INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with various cultural groups that are about three hundred in number. In 1947‚ Nigeria was not yet a nation. Nigeria now has been a multi-national society‚ one of the sociological problems of building Nigeria as a nation is multi-ethnicity with its concomitants such as multilingualism and completive ethnicity. There were varieties of lines which existed between the various states and people which were the predecessors of modern Nigeria. But on the other
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MULTILINGUALISM IN NIGERIA: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? PREFACE Multilingualism is an issue that has become a subject of discussion in a variety of language related disciplines. Some researchers discuss multilingualism as a sociolinguistic concept through which issues of language contact and the status of the mother tongue can be interrogated. Others see multilingualism as a political matter‚ that is‚ an issue which requires solutions to language problems from the policy makers who are political authorities
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Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems Case 2: IT and Geo-Mapping Help a Small Business Succeed Tags: Entrepreneurship; Sales Strategy Management; Sales Tea Collection; Small business IT; geo-mapping technology; Summary: Emily Meyer and Leigh Rawdon started The Tea Collection‚ a children’s clothing wholesaler business in 2002. Their first product line consisted of three baby sweaters and a single shop. Today The Tea Collection has expanded to over 300 department
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PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL (PIB) 2012 SUMMARY PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL In 2008 under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua‚ Nigeria began the arduous process of changing the institutional framework which governs the nation’s oil and gas industry. The delayed passage of the bill was followed by controversies surrounding the emergence of different versions of the document‚ Goodluck Jonathan‚ on assumption of office ordered a withdrawal of the bill to enable executive address contentious areas and ensure all
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THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA Articles on this site are extracts from literature review of research projects‚ Get the full Project THEORETICAL LITERATURES The term “Agriculture” has been subjected to different definitions by various experts. As a result Ighodo (1984: 20) defined agriculture as the art and science of the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for man’s use. He also emphasized that agriculture is also the production of fibres for
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CHAPTER THREE THE THREE ERAS OF TAXATION IN NIGERIA General Historical Overview of Taxation Taxes are as old as the history of organised human society. During the reign of the Pharaohs in Egypt tax collectors were called scribes and taxes were collected on various items including cooking oil.1 In the ancient Greek city of Athens‚ taxes were especially important in times of war. The tax imposed during times of war was known as eisphora and no one was exempted from this tax. After the war
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Political Marketing BUS: 207 Marketing Principles April 3‚ 2012 Introduction Like it or not‚ US Presidential election time is nearing. Candidates hoping to move into the White House (or remain there) are busy creating and selling their image. Just like sneakers‚ beer‚ or dish-washing liquid‚ the candidates themselves are the products for sale and each one has a team of handlers‚ public relations experts‚ and marketers carefully creating their image to sell to the voters. Being able to read
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Reassessing Impacts of MDGs in Nigeria A Global Partnership for Development was adopted by 189 nations‚ signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Bill Gates has called them "the best idea for focusing the world on fighting global poverty that [he has] ever seen." The signing of the partnership was the beginning of the process towards the establishment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Nigeria was among the countries to establish an
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POL2038F—Literature Review How do scholars understand the quality and prospects of Democracy in Nigeria? The fall of the Soviet-Union saw the emergence of democracy becoming the most universally embraced and widely spread form of governance in the world (Ogundiya‚ 2010:204). The question of what makes a country a democracy is much contested by scholars‚ however‚ the concept has widely accepted core principles. These principles include‚ but are not limited to: justice‚ freedom‚ equality‚ transparency
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Business Entities‚ Laws‚ and Regulations Paper By: Edmond Akopyan BUS/415 December 15‚ 2010 Instructor: Mark Oertel Starting a business requires some research on licensing‚ state laws and regulations and finally getting things started. It also requires looking into the business entities‚ taking control‚ taxation‚ and of course taking liability issues into consideration. It is important for the business to be able to protect itself. In this paper‚ an extermination business
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