| | |Early history of Nigeria | |Early Nigerian history relates to the period of history in Nigeria prior to the common era. Recent archaeological | | |research has shown[who?] that people were already living in Nigeria (specifically the Iwo-Eleru) as early as 11‚000 | | |BC and perhaps earlier at Ugwuelle-Uturu (Okigwe) in south-eastern Nigeria.[1] Microlithic and ceramic industries |F| |were
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ECON1101 Essay: Petrol subsidies in Nigeria Nigeria‚ an oil-abundant nation‚ produces two million of barrels of crude oil a day‚ though despite this‚ it relies solely on importation to sustain its refined-fuel needs. This is because its four refineries fail to function effectively and continue to operate beneath capacity. Governmental mismanagement and political corruption are some of the reasons why Nigeria’s refineries remain in this state. The Nigerian government therefore implemented subsidies
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Nigeria: The Unstable Democracy 1999 marked Nigeria’s return to democratic rule. However Nigeria is not a stable democracy. Nigerians are still waiting to see the aspects of a democracy that many stable democracies see today; social welfare programs‚ justice‚ and equal access to resources and power. Corruption in the government‚ lack of human rights‚ increased civil discord‚ and the absence of electoral reform keep Nigeria from becoming a stable democratic country. The oil boom in the late 1970s
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EDUCATION IN EASTERN NIGERIA: Being a Summary of an Essay Paper. BY Leechichi Okpechi Introduction The high performance of people from eastern part of Nigeria in areas of business‚ trade‚ farming and handiwork seem to trigger a curiosity to explore into its primary reasons. Some admirers have come up with the explanation that their traditional education coupled with great level of efforts and unconditional devotion to customs make the difference. This is because education for the
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DYNAMICS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA‚ 1914-1999 Abstract: This article examines the intractable problem of constitutional engineering in Nigeria. It is asserted that the drafting of constitutions is a recurring decimal in Nigeria’s chequered political history. Right from the colonial period‚ Nigerians were barely involved in the art of constitution making while the British colonial overlords employed constitution making to consolidate their imperial strategies. Post colonial Nigerian
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A Brief History of Nigeria The history of Nigeria is bound up with its geography. Nigeria is located above the inner curve of the elbow on the west coast of Africa‚ just north of the equator and south of the Sahara Desert. More than two hundred ethnic groups—each with its own language‚ beliefs‚ and culture—live in present-day Nigeria. The largest ethnic groups are the mostly Protestant Yoruba in the west‚ the Catholic Igbo in the east‚ and the predominantly Muslim Hausa-Fulani in the north. This
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Federally funded education and job training programs for low-income youth. Since the Great Depression‚ the federal government has been funding programs that provide low-income‚ out-of-school‚ and unemployed youth with education‚ job training‚ and supportive services (Fernandes‚ 2011). Although the names of the programs have changed over time‚ as have the models on which they are based‚ their primary goal remains the same. Specifically‚ the programs are designed to address the multiple barriers to
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structure to banking in Nigeria is a relatively recent invention. Prior to 1952 there was no legislation governing the banking system in Nigeria. The British Bank of West Africa (BBWA) started operating in Nigeria by the year 1892. After the BBWA‚ Barclays Bank became the second expatriate bank to operate in Nigeria by the year 1917. The first indigenous bank‚ The Bank of Nigeria was founded in the year 1933 and also operated successfully. After the World War 11‚ British rule over Nigeria weakened with the
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University The Adventure to Democracy In the midst of the prevalence of democratic transitions‚ a number of developing countries are seeking to achieve the successful consolidation of civil order in modern days. Among those participants‚ Mexico and Nigeria has been spotlighted for the completely contrastive endings at the end of their long-adventures towards democratization since their independence; Mexico‚ from its independence‚ has maintained the political stability despite the authoritarian single-party
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4/10/12 Human Development Essay: Nigeria Life expectancy is how long an infant‚ at birth‚ is expected to live for if they are healthy and born with no birth defects or diseases. The life expectancy is determined by finding the median age that both males and females live up to. Trends illustrate that women have a longer life expectancy than men. In Nigeria‚ the overall life expectancy is 52.05 years. Life expectancy for men and women are respectively 48.95 years and 55.33 years. Short life expectancies
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