CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian
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create a system of taxation‚ a nation must make choices regarding the distribution of the tax burden-who will pay taxes and how much they will pay-and how the taxes collected will be spent. In Nigeria‚ the taxation system dates back to 1904 when the personal income tax was introduced in northern Nigeria before the unification of the country by the colonial masters. It was later implemented through the Native Revenue Ordinances to the western and eastern regions in 1917 and 1928‚ respectively. Among
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Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption‚ bureaucratic corruption‚ electoral corruption‚ embezzlement‚ and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens‚ government officials‚ and private
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as cheques‚ wire transfers‚ debit and credit cards‚ online transactions‚ and mobile banking. The advantages of a cashless society are enormous; from regulating‚ controlling‚ and securing the financial system of any economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria‚ led by its Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ has put forward a policy requiring that all cash withdrawals and deposits be set at a daily limit of a maximum of N150‚ 000 while pegging that of corporate entities at N l‚ 000‚000‚ with penalty fees of N100
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Hierarchy of courts in Nigerian Superior courts of Nigeria are courts which are listed in the Nigeria constitution of section 6 (5) which are namely: Supreme court Court of appeal The court of co-ordinate Jurisdiction Federal high court State high court Sharia court of appeal Customary court of appeal National industrial court Another superior courts added as amended by the 3rd alteration Act of 2010 is the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT With regards to this court mentioned
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St. Anthony College Calapan City Local Area Network Based Computerized Enrolment System for High School Students in Good Shepherd Academy A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of St. Anthony College Calapan City Camilmil‚ Calapan City In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Submitted to: Mr. Cirile Dominic A. Horlador Submitted by: Hernandez‚ Mary Ann Y. Ilagan‚ Methus Klen C. Pangilinan‚ Sir Leandro C. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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Management 307 Shell-Nigeria case The Business Ethics of Shell in Nigeria The Shell-Nigeria case has produced great debates about business practices and what is deemed ethical behavior. When applying the views of some of the great moral philosophers‚ economists‚ and philosophical concepts in history to the Shell-Nigeria case‚ one is left with a variety of diverse viewpoints about whether or not Shell’s business practices were ethical. Philosopher and economist‚ Adam Smith‚ would likely have
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Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
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Nigeria is named after the Niger River. A British journalist in the 1890s named Flora Shaw suggested the name because of the river was a dominant presence in region and the name was accepted as the official name of those territories in the Niger Region. (ANYANWU) The country can be divided into three regions that include the forest lands in the south‚ the Sudan savanna in the north‚ and the Middle Belt‚ in between. Nigeria has an extensive geographic size‚ with a large degree of ecological‚ economic
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Nigeria and Joseph Asagai Skill 7a: Conduct short & more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject‚ demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. 1. Describe where Nigeria is located in the world. Use Google maps to explore the landscape of Nigeria. It is to the left of chad and to the right of Benin Nigeria is located in the Western part of Africa. Its coastal
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