hindrances of 1978 Land use Act: In the Niger Delta region‚ the traditional land holding system have been thwarted by the land use act as the interest of a majority of the people have been hijacked by a few powerful individual who now control land and land resources in collaboration with multinational companies. In most part of southern Nigeria‚ particularly the Niger Delta region‚ the administration of Landwas carried out under the customary tenure. At this point of time Nigeria was under military
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Introduction:- Pollutants in the air threaten the lives of everything living on earth. They cause acid rain and smog‚ weaken the ozone layer‚ increase the chances of cancer and contribute to changing the climate of the world. Pollutants can be invisible and often we don’t even realize that we’re making them. Polluted air travels with the wind‚ affecting all of us‚ whether or not we are responsible for it. Smog aggravates heart and respiratory diseases. Acid rain erodes buildings‚ hurts
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EVOLUTION OF LAND LEGISLATION IN NIGERIA By Oluwatosin O. Obiyomi and Adeyemi S. Ifaturoti Department of Estate Management Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile number: +234 706 270 9658‚ +234 806 420 5023 February 2009. The territory now known as Nigeria comprises of various communities with diverse cultures and disparate customs which guide the ownership and control of land. This is commonly referred to as the customary land tenure law. Nigeria is located
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Main air pollutants and their sources Carbon Monoxide- motor cars‚ cigarettes‚ bush‚ forest and farm fires‚ slow combustion stoves Oxides of nitrogen (NO+NO2)- combustion (vehicles and power stations) Particulates (soot)- combustion (transport and industry)‚ many industrial processes (mining)‚ bush fires‚ farms and forest burn-offs‚ backyard incineration; abets in dust from insulation and pre-1986 fibrous cement board in old buildings and from their demolition Airborne lead- lead smelters (Broken
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An assessment of the impact of land use characteristics on residential choice making: Implication to urban transit planning in Port Harcourt‚ Nigeria. SURV (DR) chima OGBA DR inah OKON Geoid & Envt’l Services Ltd Geography/Regional Planning #11 Owuchekwa Str‚ Rumuomasi‚ University of Calabar‚ Port Harcourt‚ Rivers State PMB 1115 Calabar‚ CRS. chimaogba@yahoo.com inah.okon@yahoo.com 2348039675438 2348034126049 Key words: Land use‚ residential choice making‚
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"An Ecosystem ’s Disturbance by a Pollutant Paul Cordova L. Lehr December 11‚ 1995 Freedman defines a pollutant as "the occurrence of toxic substances or energy in a larger quality then the ecological communities or particular species can tolerate without suffering measurable detriment" (Freeman‚ 562). Although the effects of a pollutant on an organism vary depending on the dose and duration (how long administered). The impact can be one of sublethality to lethality‚ all dependent upon the factors
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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NIGERIA The Federal Republic of Nigeria comprises thirty six states and its Federal Capital Territory is Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The Flag The flag of Nigeria consists of three equal sized vertical stripes - the right and left stripe are green; and the middle stripe is white. The Nigerian
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government and its elite ruling class have come together to create a powerful force that has exploited people‚ land‚ labor‚ resources and markets. The class structure created by the Nigerian governmental system is the fundamental cause of their peoples’ poverty‚ and the global political economy produces an increase in unjust social relations in class‚ race‚ and even ecological systems. As Nigeria consists of a wealthy class which seeks wealth by any means‚ it is hard to see how a country like this can
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NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Hello‚ my name is Mesoma Ejeh and I’ll be talking about Nigeria. Off all the feautures of Nigeria that acronym missed a very important one.It’s my home.Probably 98% of this class knows little to nothing about Nigeria so I will cover our foods and drinks‚our people and culture‚our fashion and its impact to the world and Nigeria’s location‚season‚weather and cilmate. For Starters Nigeria is in west Africa.North of Nigeria would be Niger‚ south‚ the Atlantic Ocean and the
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