THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Oluwaseun Olawale AFOLABI‚ PhD (in view) (Ibadan) Institut Français de Recherche en Afique (IFRA) - Nigeria Research Fellow‚ Institute of African Studies‚ University of Ibadan‚ Nigeria. Abstract Nigeria has a pluralistic State has taken religion to a position of importance in every facet of her politics. The nation is the most populous country in West Africa vest with religious diversities: Christianity
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Ranging from a variety of positive and negative views that influence the women’s physical looks today. A plastic toy that has been very popular for the past fifty years has slowly found its deeper meaning. I will first give you a brief overview of how this research is mapped out. Starting with the background information about Barbie then rolling into the positive and negative effects‚ later wrapping it up and leaving it up to the audience to decide what kind of influence this doll has made to the
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agreement for Australia. Since entering into force during January 2005‚ TAFTA has greatly affected on investment flows between Thailand and Australia. Like most Free Trade agreements‚ the main objective of TAFTA are to facilitate trades‚ open up business opportunities to bring about mutual Benefits for the two partners. To begin with‚ the reductions and eliminations of trade barriers such as certain tariff rates is one of the results from TAFTA. Before‚ Thailand’s average tariff rate was around
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Social physical and mental benefits of physical exercise Sports or physical activities can be classified into many different types including high impact and team sports. However they all have 3 main benefits: Physical‚ Mental and Social. Many people take part in sports mostly because they enjoy or want a physical challenge however they do not realise that in doing these sports they gain physically‚ mentally and socially. Physical 32480259588500-285750326326500The physical benefits are most renowned
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Sherbourne & Mazel‚ 1993) and Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (Thorson & Powell‚ 1993) was completed by the participants. RAND Health Survey yields eight dimensions of Health-Related Quality of Life: Physical functioning‚ role limitations due to physical health‚ role limitations due to emotional problems‚ energy/fatigue‚ emotional well-being‚ social functioning‚ pain‚ general health and health change. It was hypothesized that humor would be significantly associated with health and that individuals
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higher levels of stress.” This can cause stress hormones that are known to depress the volume of the hippocampus over time. The hippocampus is the central structure of the limbic system that is involved with emotion and memory formation (Newberg‚ 20ll). How is this affecting our society? Religious radicalism has become a new trend; an increase of terrorist attacks has our people in utter fear. We
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Abortion can significantly affect each relationship a women has; not only is her relationship with her partner influenced‚ so are her relationships with other individuals in her family and friends. After a premature birth‚ the rate of marital breakups is anywhere between 40 to 75%. This is often identified with the malfunction of intimacy and trust. Furthermore‚ numerous ladies experiment sorrow‚ blame‚ and anger related to feelings of having been let down by their partner‚ which‚ thus‚ leads to
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Free trade was a concept that was introduced by Globalization and global theorists gladly embraced this. The specialized trade community hailed the treaties and institutions such as North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and World Trade Organization (WTO) that were set up to encourage World trade. Even though many theorists and logicians were behind Free trade‚ but also many Environmental non – governmental organizations attacked NAFTA and WTO because they believed these strong forces would
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classroom. Through play‚ they improve their communication skills‚ they practice negotiation and cooperation‚ and they learn how to be part of a team (Murray‚ & Ramstetter‚ 2013). For instance‚ when children invent games to play at recess‚ they practice listening and communicating as the rules are negotiated and compromised. They ask questions to get clarification about how to play. Once the rules are set‚ they practice following them. They learn that they have to take turns and work as a team to
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In the Afghan world today‚ especially in Kabul‚ the Taliban government has a strong and terrible influence on everyone living there. The Taliban are a Muslim fundamentalist group that took control over the government from 1996 until 2001. They enforced many unrealistic rules that caused many hardships for men and women. Many countries have stepped in to try bringing peace to Afghanistan. The Taliban had control of over 90% of the population until countries came together to stop them. They now‚ only
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