CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The world is fast becoming a global village and a necessary tool for this process is communication of which telecommunication is a key player. The quantum development in the telecommunications industry all over the world is very rapid as one innovation replaces another in a matter of weeks. A major breakthrough is the wireless telephone system which comes in either fixed wireless telephone lines or the Global System of Mobile Communications
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4.2 MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF MINERALS TO THE ECONOMY IN NIGERIA Mineral resources contribute majorly to the Nigerian economy in d following ways; 1) Sources of raw material for allied industries As we can see from the minerals highlighted above‚ minerals are major source of raw materials in industries e. g gold used for jewelries‚ limestone for cement‚ and so on. Organic deposits like coal and petroleum products like natural gas are used in powering machines in the industries. The raw materials
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Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv‚ 116‚ pp. 739-773 Akinlo‚ A.E. 2004. "Foreign direct investment and growth in Nigeria: An empirical investigation". Journal of Policy Modelling‚ 26: 627-39. Aliber‚ Robert Z. "The Multinational Enterprise in a Multiple Currency World." In The Multinational Enterprise‚ ed. John H. Dunning. London: Allen & Unwin‚ 1971. Aluko‚ S.A. (1961). "Financing economic development in Nigeria". The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies‚ 3(1): 39-67. Bengos‚ M. and B. Sanchez-Robles
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healthy board culture that safeguards policies and processes. Magdi and Nadereh (2002) stress that corporate governance is about ensuring that the business is run well and investors receive a fair return. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report provides a more encompassing definition of corporate governance. It defines corporate governance as the system by which business corporations are directed and controlled. The corporate governance structure specifies the distribution
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THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN NIGERIA POLITICS BY IRABOR IKECHUKWU EMMANUEL. MPA 822. THIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PARTIAL FUFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTERS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA). UNIVERSITY OF BENIN. LECTURER DR EBOHON JANUARY‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION The role of the military in Nigeria politics cannot be over looked. We are going to analyse this issue from 1966-1979‚ 1983-1999 and their role in present
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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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information Act was a long awaited bill which was finally signed into Law in 2011‚ thus putting an end to the era of secrecy in the act of governance in Nigeria. The basic aims of this study therefore are 1) To carry out an in depth review of Freedom of Information Act 2011‚ (2) Critically examines its implications for ethical Journalism practice in Nigeria. The method used in carrying out this study includes assessing the content of freedom of information Act which form the Secondary source of data
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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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1.1 INTRODUCTION The term electronic voting is a blanket term used to describe an array of voting methods that operate using electronic technology. Electronic-Voting (also known as Biometric Voting) is the use of computer-based machine to display an election ballot and record the vote. E-voting machines typically use touch screens as the data entry method for a voter’s selection. E-voting is different from online voting‚ where users vote over the Internet. Under the e-voting system‚ polling stations
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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