POPULATION GROWTH The absence of virtually any reliable current demographic data has not prevented national and international bodies from generating estimates and projections of population and population growth in Nigeria. The World Bank estimate of Nigeria’s 1990 population was 119 million‚ with an estimated annual growth rate of 3.3 percent. Although other sources differed on the exact figure‚ virtually all sources agreed that the annual rate of population growth in the country had increased from
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OUTLINE BACKGROUND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM FOUNDATIONS FOR HISTORICAL MATERIALISM HISTORICAL MATERIALISM RELEVANCE OF THE CONCEPT TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Society is constantly changing. History attempts to catalogue these changes and tries to explain them. But what are the laws that govern historical change? Do such laws even exist? Just as the evolution of life has inherent laws that can be explained‚ and were explained‚ first by
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CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION RESEARCH UNIT Date : 2nd Quarter‚ 2009 From : Agriculture Desk Subject : Boosting Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria. Introduction: Agricultural sector was the mainstay of the Nigerian economy before independence‚ 75% of the Nigerian workforce was engaged in agriculture and immediately after it‚ until the oil boom of the 1970s. In the 1970s‚ agriculture provided the needed food for the population as well as serving as a major foreign exchange earner
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and legislation plus a 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
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risk of Nigeria. In this regard we have identified their culture‚ people‚ economy‚ investment‚ opportunity‚ some key problems like Corruption‚ bureaucracy‚ piracy‚ Counterfeit‚ Criminal activities and fraud‚ legal safeguards etc. This paper also intends to show the regulatory framework issue‚ micro economic and macroeconomic issue to give a detailed picture of the Nigerian business Risk. But there are also upside risks especially to inflation‚ which could create challenges for Nigeria given emerging
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CHALLENGES OF MICROFINANCE BANKING IN NIGERIA-1 Nigerians‚ like many other Africans are generally known as their brother’s keepers in view of the extended family system. But when truly analyzed‚ there is a possibility that this may not be so? Perhaps a hypothetical deep may reveal that not up to 10% of Nigerians would invest in ventures or people that would yield them nothing in return and here I mean‚ “Returns in the short run or in the immediate”. The returns may be financial‚ emotional‚ spiritual
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The case of youth unemployment in Nigeria has been a popular discourse with various perspectives to causes and consequences of unemployment. The rate of youth unemployment has been alarming according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2004‚ young people aged between 15-24 years made up 52.9% of the total number of unemployed persons while those aged between 25-44 made up a further 41.1% . It is also estimated that there would be 14 million new entrants into the labour market between 2009-2011
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HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY EMMANUEL IWUH/DI: 440 Being a Term Paper Submitted to the Philosophy Department of Dominican institute of Philosophy and Theology‚ Samonda Ibadan. (In affiliation to the university of Ibadan) In partial Fulfilment for the Award of Bachelor degree in Philosophy. COURSE: TEE/301 HISTORY OF NIGERIA EDUCATION LECTURER REV. FR. EMMANUEL OGU‚ OP (PhD) MAY‚ 2012. CONTENT Introduction 1. The word “education” 2. Spread
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The Nigeria Ecological Fund Office Aroboinosen Hillary Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Minna‚ Niger State‚ Nigeria E-mail:aroby_hillary@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria has a total land area of 983‚213 km2 occupied by about 140 Million people: The interaction of these millions of people with their environment has left indelible mark on the landscape. Deforestation‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ erosion and all kinds of pollution as well
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1 History * 2 Types * 2.1 Patents * 2.2 Copyright * 2.3 Industrial design rights * 2.4 Trademarks * 2.5 Trade dress * 2.6 Trade secrets * 3 Objectives * 3.1 Financial incentive * 3.2 Economic growth *
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