Throes of Floods‚ in: The Guardian‚ Thursday‚ October 8‚ pp: 9. Durotoye‚ B.‚ 1999. Human Occupation of Hazard Areas in Nigeria‚ in: Oshuntokun‚ A. (ed.) Environmental Problems of Nigeria. Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Edward-Adebiyi‚ R.‚ 1997. The Story of Ogunpa‚ in: The Guardian‚ Saturday‚ May 17‚ pp: 5. Folorunsho‚ R. and L. Awosika‚ 2001. Flood Mitigation in Lagos‚ Nigeria Through Wise Management of Solid Waste: a case of Ikoyi and Victoria Islands; Nigerian‚ Paper presented at the UNESCO-CSI
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POPULATION GROWTH The absence of virtually any reliable current demographic data has not prevented national and international bodies from generating estimates and projections of population and population growth in Nigeria. The World Bank estimate of Nigeria’s 1990 population was 119 million‚ with an estimated annual growth rate of 3.3 percent. Although other sources differed on the exact figure‚ virtually all sources agreed that the annual rate of population growth in the country had increased from
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION According to Phillips (2007) “Corporate governance is an encompassing policy‚ processes and people‚ which serves the needs of shareholders and other stake holders by directing and controlling management activities with good business savvy‚ objectivity and integrity”. The author stated that sound corporate governance is dependent on external market place commitment and legislation plus a healthy board culture that safeguards policies and processes. Magdi and Nadereh (2002)
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distinguished itself as a leading institution and a major contributor to the economic advancement in Nigeria. Guaranty Trust Bank Plc with its headquarter at Victoria Island‚ Lagos as at December 2011 had an operating income of N141.729 billion‚ net income of N52.654 billion‚ total asset of N1‚525.010 billion and a total equity of N235.911 billion and it had more than two thousand‚five hundred employees in Nigeria. Its subsidiaries include Guaranty Trust Assurance Plc‚ GTB Registrars Ltd‚ GT Homes Ltd‚ GTB
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Strategic Management and Organisational Analysis TITLE OF RESEARCH PAPER: THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS MARKETING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA: WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? ABSTRACT: The process of getting petroleum products off refineries and getting them to the costumer has become one of the biggest industries in the energy sector‚ with so much economic implications. Interestingly‚ petroleum
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and civil engineering Company‚ registered to conduct business in construction‚ real estate‚ civil‚ mechanical and electrical engineering works. Generally‚ housing and infrastructures are big matters in Nigeria‚ like it is with most developing economies in the world‚ and personally I believe Nigeria has the potential to be one of the biggest construction markets on this planet. While the world is still struggling to emerge from the global economic collapse‚ Nigeria’s construction industry is growing
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Anglia Ruskin University Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Computing A research proposal for the major project: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): Understanding its adoption level amongst business enterprises in Nigeria Submitted on 15th of May‚ 2012 In partial fulfilment of the Postgraduate Study in MSc. Business Information Systems Abstract The attention that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has garnered in recent years has focused on the new business model that on-demand
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Cash-strapped Peugeot Automobile Nigeria‚ has said that it will soon commence importation of used cars into the country in a move to shore up its revenue profile. The company’s Managing Director‚ Dr. Haroun Aliyu‚ said at a news conference held at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fair that since Nigeria has a large market for second hand vehicles‚ there was nothing wrong if PAN imported and certified such vehicles for the use of Nigerians. Justifying the company’s new direction‚ the PAN boss
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA MIKE I. OBADAN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY AND OKOJIE‚ I. ELIZABETH DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS UNIVERSITY OF BENIN BENIN CITY ABSTRACT Many economists generally agree that openness to international trade accelerates development. The relationship between trade and growth is envisaged through
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In this essay I will reconstruct my first visit to Nigeria. The journey took place when I was seventeen in early 1993‚ during which time Nigeria was under the military rule of General Sanni Abacha. For the most part of my trip I stayed in Lagos‚ former capital state and still highly recognised as the commercial capital of Nigeria‚ although I did visit other parts of the country including Ondo State and Jos. Between this time and the time I left‚ in early 1994‚ I experienced and learnt a lot about
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