RAPID TRANSIT 3. FINANCING THE OPERATING FLEET 4. INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY CONTEXT 5. CREATION OF THE LAMATA 6. THE INTRODUCTION OF LAGOS BRTS 7. THE BENEFITS OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM 8. SUMMARY 9. CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) AS A PANACEA TO TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM IN LAGOS INTRODUCTION Lagos city‚ Nigeria’s commercial capital‚ is one the most population dense cities in Africa. Consequently‚ traffic congestion had become a daily reality
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The British colonial government in Lagos did not have local support to abolish domestic slavery because it would upset and cause conflict with the individuals of power in Lagos. Rather‚ the British used a variety of terms to describe slavery‚ for example “[they] insisted that ‘domestic’ slavery in Africa was ‘benign’ or ‘mild’‚ and that slaves should be regarded as ‘servants‚’ ‘serfs’ or ‘family retainers‚’ rather than downtrodden beasts of burden.” The British feared that upsetting the regional
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peace we are guided by strategy 2020 our collective plan of major humanitarian and development challenges of the present decade. This project is to look into the social problem affecting Red Cross‚ Makoko and the intervention processes adopted by the agency to look into this issues and the successes it has achieved. Social problem can be defined as a condition which exists when a significant number of people and a number of significant people perceive a difference between social ideal and social reality
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LECTURER IN CHARGE - DR RUFAI CURRENT PROBLEMS OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA The height the educational system in any given nation attains is a function of the attention the government and other stake holders pay to the sector. The development of the educational sector in Nigeria has been bedeviled by a variety of challenges‚ which have‚ in no small way retarded the educational development we’ve all been envisaging. Some of such problems‚ among others‚ are highlighted below: 1
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Indian Economy: Current Problems and Future Prospects ms and rethinking of the pre-crisis policy regime‚ and even more importantly our development strategy‚ were called for. This realization led Dr. Singh to initiate systems reforms. In my view‚ these reforms would not have been initiated but for two external events. First was the collapse of the Soviet Union and its economy‚ whose central planning was the model for our own development. Second was the phenomenal success of China since the opening
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STATE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS: AN APPRAISAL OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS IN NIGERIA* By Prof. Aderibigbe S. Olomola Director‚ Surveillance & Forecasting Department Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)‚ Ibadan PAPER PRESENTED AT THE NISER RESESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES (NRSS) HELD AT THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH‚ IBADAN SEPTEMBER 11‚ 2012 1 STATE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS: AN APPRAISAL OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS IN NIGERIA
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A CRITICAL STUDY ON USER GENERATED CONTENT ( UGC ) MA ART & DESIGN ( VISUAL COMMUNICATION & NEW MEDIA BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The emergence of a second generation web development and design that include communication‚ information sharing‚ interoperability‚ and collaboration‚ Web 2.0 ‚ an expression made in 2004 by web-business mogul Tim O’Reilly‚ have led to the development of web based communities‚ services and applications such as social-networking sites‚ video-sharing sites‚ wikis‚ blogs
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Atwater v City of Lago Vista (2001) was a case concerning the fourth amendment. This case was where the defendant Atwater was arrested for a seat belt violation. O’Connor wrote the dissent that the arrest was unreasonable. O’Connor stated “…pointless indignity’ that served no discernible state interest and yet holds that her arrest was constitutionally permissible (Electronic Privacy Information Center‚ 2005).” She implies that if an officer believes someone committed a crime in their presence they
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LIFE IN NIGERIA VS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Having lived in Nigeria almost all my life‚ and since relocating to the United States seven years ago‚ there is a huge difference between the way things are been done in both countries. The way of living in Nigeria is hectic and filled up with a lot of chaos and fewer opportunities offered by the government‚ while here in t he United States‚ life is more structured and there are various opportunities available to people who wants to take
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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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