and to reduce political intereference in the work of anti-corruption agencies. Foreword “Nigerians agree that corruption in public life‚ which was pronounced under military rule‚ has reached alarmingly pandemic proportions‚ and should now be a matter of very serious and pressing public policy concern.” Unfortunately‚ the often-quoted statement by the Oputa Panel is still relevant today‚ many years after the drafting of the report. Corruption is recognized as a grave national problem. Virtually all
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in Nigeria “Nigeria’s oil production reached 2.1 million barrels per day in 2010.” Nigeria is currently the sixth largest crude oil producer and it is the top oil producer in Africa. Similar to Bougainville Island‚ Nigeria is being exploited by many western countries and their multinational corporations because of their rich natural resource. Oil wasn’t the first thing that was exploited in Nigeria; in 1471 Portuguese traders landed near the Niger Delta‚ the southern tip of Nigeria‚ and
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4% a higher rate of return for the same level of risk. 00) P8-4 Initial Investment Annual Rate of Return Pessimistic Most Likely Optimistic a) Range Expansion A Expansion B 12000 12000 16% 20% 24% 10% 20% 30% Expansion A Expansion B 8% 20% Range of A: 24% - 16 Range of B: 30% - 10 b) Expansion A is less risky because the range for Expansion A is substantially lower than the rang c) I’m a risk-averse decision maker. I would prefer Expansion A over
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THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE In order to investigate the problem we made up a list of questions (see a questionnaire in Appendix) about using different vocabulary in sensitive topics.The results we got are as follows. 1. Nobody called physically disabled people ‘cripples’. A great number of adults (66%) call these people ‘invalids’ but the vast majority of schoolchildren (teenagers) chose the PC variant (physically disabled). 2. The vast majority of respondents
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ENTREPRENUERSHIP IN NIGERIA Entrepreneurial forces are relatively strong in this country‚ as the lack of jobs and a rise in poverty leave few other options for the Nigerian people. Although difficult due to a lack of resources‚ there are non-profit organizations such as the Fate Foundation in Nigeria that are dedicated to promote entrepreneurship. Apart from the information about Nigeria that is so widespread and often negative‚ there appears to be a recognition of the critical role and place of
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POVERTY AND INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA: THE BOKO HARAM CHALLENGE. ABSTRACT: This paper aims to study the insecurity in Nigeria which is widely caused by Islamic sects known as Boko Haram in Nigeria and its effects on security. This paper will also find if there is a connection between poverty and Insurgency that has led to a great unrest in Nigeria‚ the aim of writing is
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this problem solving? Problem Solving is a tool‚ a skill and a process. It is a tool because it can help to solve an immediate problem or to achieve a goal. It is a skill because you can use it repeatedly‚ like the ability to ride a bicycle‚ add numbers or speak a language. It is also a process because it involves taking a number of steps. Problem solving is a mental process that involves discovering‚ analyzing and solving problem. Reed (2000) posits that the ultimate goal of problem solving
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SECTION 1: PEST Analysis Royal Dutch Shell plc also known as Shell is an Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company. It’s headquarter is located in The Hague‚ Netherland while its registered office is located in London‚ United Kingdom. Shell is the world’s second largest revenue company and it operates in over 90 countries and has 44‚000 service stations worldwide. PEST analysis‚ “Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological analysis” is the external macro-environment in which a firm operates
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Face-To-Face Communication Wasim Feroz Coleman University Face-To-Face Communication Introduction Besides the traditional communication way - letters‚ email and telephone calls are available too. They make people ’s communication easier‚ faster and more convenient. However‚ in my opinion‚ face-to-face communication is better than the above types of communication. There are several advantages of this personal communication. When people communicate to each other in person‚ they can have instant feedback
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kidnapping should attract capital punishment. Four‚ in the social contract theory that created the notion of sovereign (monarch or constituted national authority)‚ a key argument is that prior to the creation of the sovereign‚ there was what the English political philosopher‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ called the ‘state of nature’. This ‘state of nature’‚ he argued‚ was characterised by the ‘war of all against all’. People agreed to the creation of this sovereign‚ and willingly gave up their right to self-help
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