THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA: A CRITICAL EXPOSE OF THE EFFECTS OF 1914 AMALGAMATION ON NIGERIA. INTRODUCTION Chinua Achebe citing an Igbo proverb in his “There was a country” tells us that a man who does not know where the rain started to beat him cannot say where he dried his body. The rain that beat Nigeria began more than a decade ago‚ from the resolutions of the Berlin conference of 1884/1885 to the economic–driven amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria in 1914 by Lord
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THE COLLAPSE OF UNIVERSAL BANKING SYSTEM IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF SPECIALZED BANKING AND HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEM. BY AIMINHIEFE OSAGIE BENEDICT Osazemogie@yahoo.co.uk‚ 08055819143 BEING AN M.Sc. (ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE) SEMINAR PAPER‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING‚ FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES‚ BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY‚ MAKURDI. Abstract The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reviewed the universal banking system in favour of separate banking licenses
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layers presents a significant challenge for the development of education management information systems in Nigeria and‚ in common with other developing countries‚ there are issues of capacity and commitment. Structures and responsibilities for EMIS are complex‚ reflecting historical developments and more recent imperatives. Education Management Information System: A Short Case Study of Nigeria October 2006 WORKING PAPER NO. 5‚ 2006 About infoDev’s working papers series: These short papers represent
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My experience of oppression when I was in Nigeria Women are exploited and face oppression every day mostly single women.. In the workplace women are forced into low paying‚ insecure and in the community. Women’s problem does not stop at the work place. In my own experience‚ when I was in Nigeria with my mother‚ she was oppressed; she couldn’t buy a house because she was a single mother. The seller wanted to sell his house to a married woman or couple because they think that a single mother cannot
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Law‚ Corporate Objective and Social Responsibility: The Nigerian Situation Background Information Corporate associations largely influence the lives of humans and economies of nations. Confederation of British Industry rightly notes that human ‘...lifestyle is determined by the activities and the style of businesses’. [1] These businesses are in turn largely determined by the activities and styles of companies.[2] Therefore‚ the impacts of businesses and their organisations on
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Is there a credible linkage between the works of Phillis Wheatley‚ the internationally know slave poet in British Colonial America? I believe that a case can be made that Wheatley’s work‚ directly or indirectly‚ can to the attention of William Blake and influenced his abolitionist polemic. The primary area of investigation is to search for any influence of Phillis Wheatley on the British Abolitionist movement and the Romantic poets‚ especially Blake. Wheatley’s one book of poetry was published
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THE STUDY The study of profits is important not only because of the information it provides about the health of the economy in any given year‚ but also because profits are a key determinant of growth and employment in the medium-term. Changes in profitability are an important contributor to economic progress via the influence profits have on the investment and savings decisions of companies. This is because a rise in profits improves the cash
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The British Government’s stance on newly acquired land and imposed tax reforms caused anger and unrest among the colonists leading them to declare independence from them. This greatly effected not only the colonists but also their slaves by bringing unity to both rich and poor in the colonies and providing hope to the enslaved that they could have freedom. After the French and Indian war‚ Britain acquired half of the French colonies in America. The British tried to force their desires on the Natives
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found themselves in relative peace. However‚ under this peace began the rumblings of dissent by the American colonies who felt they could not be taxed without valid representation in British parliament. This would eventually be the rallying cry for revolution for the colonists. Several decisions made by the British towards the colonies during the period between 1763-1776 led to eventual revolution‚ and the eventual loss of Britain’s North American colonies. During the peace that developed after
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Motives for British Imperialism in Africa Before the Europeans began the New Imperialism in Africa‚ very little was known about the inner parts of the continent. However‚ after some explorers delved deeper into the heart of Africa‚ the Europeans soon realized how economically important this area was‚ and how much they could profit from it. At the time‚ Britain had only small occupations of land in Africa‚ but after they realized that they could make money from the rich resources from the inner regions
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