Report on Nigeria released in May this year‚ the World Bank noted that “Nigeria’s annual growth rates that average over seven per cent in official data during the last decade place the nation among the fastest growing economies in the world noting that the growth has been concentrated particularly on trade and agriculture‚ which would suggest substantial welfare benefits for many Nigerians. Nevertheless‚ poverty reduction and job creation have not kept pace with population growth‚ implying social distress
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NORTHERN NIGERIA: BACKGROUND TO CONFLICT Africa Report N°168 – 20 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. COMMUNITIES‚ ISLAM AND COLONIAL RULE ................................................... 2 A. THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA...................
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Analysis of the challenges of religion and ethnicity on political stability in Nigeria’s fourth republic (1999-2011) INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Basically‚ Nigeria is a plural society and heterogeneous in virtually all the facet of life. The custom and tradition of Nigerians is so diverse to the extent that Nigeria as a country is now confronted with the problem of religion and ethnicity towards their political stability. The origin and history of ethnic conflict (societal wars and violence)
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INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ a nation endowed with natural‚ human and capital resources with a population of over 160 million people an estimated growth rate of 4.65 percent and covers 923.8 thousand square kilometers‚ about the size of California‚ Nevada and Arizona states in the United States‚ (Usman‚ 2007). Nigeria as a country‚ is the eight largest oil exporting country in the world and its oil reserves are estimated over 1000 trillion cubic feet (Usman‚ 2007). It is unfortunate that a country with
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International Marketing Plan Report (Pizza Hut) (Target Market-Nigeria) Submitted to: Dr. Jawahitha Sarabdeen Subject: Marketing in a Global Economy (TBS982) Due date: 5th December 2013 Prepared by: Nithin Suresh 4465702 Noel Philip 4471350 Mohammed
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Impact of Cashless Economy in Nigeria By Omotunde M. Sunday T. John-Dewole A.T. Greener Journal of Internet‚ Information and Communication Systems Vol. 1 (2)‚ pp. 040-043‚ April 2013. Research Article Impact of Cashless Economy in Nigeria *Omotunde Muyiwa1‚ Sunday Tunmibi‚1 and John-Dewole A.T.2 1 School of Computer Science‚ Mathematics and Information Technology‚ Houdegbe North American University‚ Republic of Benin. 2 Department of Computer Science with Electronics
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EVOLUTION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING IN NIGERIA HISTORY OF ADVERTISING. Global Overview Advertising or advertising is a form of communication for marketing and used to encourage‚ persuade‚ or manipulate an audience (viewers‚ readers or listeners; sometimes a specific group) to continue or take some new action. Most commonly‚ the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering‚ although political and ideological advertising is also common. This type of work belongs
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A SURVEY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN NIGERIA VIZ-A-VIZ TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT P.A. Ozor Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Nigeria‚ Nsukka‚ Nigeria. e-mail paul.ozor@unn.edu.ng ABSTRACT Sustainable technology development of any economy is anchored in a sound knowledge-base for her citizens. But successful development of such knowledge-base depends on modern infrastructure‚ rule of law and functional institutions. When a society completes infrastructural
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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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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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