kidnapping Kidnapping‚ the taking away of a person against the person’s will‚ usually for ransom or in furtherance of another crime‚ is becoming everyone’s nightmare in our dear country. Daily‚ we read nightmarish stories of people being abducted as they go about their daily business. A criminal act‚ which first attracted national attention on 26 February 2006 when Niger Delta militants kidnapped foreign oil workers to press home their demand‚ kidnapping has since become ubiquitous and commercialised
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outlawed slave trade within their empire. At the time‚ they did not yet control Nigeria‚ and internal wars continually increased the available supply of captured slaves. In 1861‚ frustrated with the expanding slave trade‚ the British decided to occupy Lagos‚ a major slave-trading post and the capital of present-day Nigeria. Slowly and hesitantly‚ the British occupied the rest of Nigeria. The British moved into Nigeria with a combination of government control‚ religious mission‚ and economic incentive
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threatening and evil moor‚ but in Scene 2‚ we could know that he was chosen as lieutenant and there were fair reasons why he was chosen. This shows that there was a contrast of how Othello was mentioned in Act 1 and differently in Act 2. On the other hand‚ lago did express a positive view of Othello. He described Othello as a proud general in Act 1. This is a comparison
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Gail Atwater was pulled over for not putting a seatbelt on her child. Standard procedure would be to give Gail a minor misdemeanor but instead the officer arrested her. The court defended that Atwater did not prove that any constitutional rights had been broken. The 4th amendment was the right being broken in this case. In the 4th amendment “Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate
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Nigeria gained its independence on October 1‚ 1960. In 1963 it became a Federal Republic and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa‚ with about 140 million people (2006 national census) and the largest concentration of Black people in the world. One in five Africans is a Nigerian. There are about 250 ethnic groups‚ with three major tribes constituting over 40 percent of the population: the Hausa‚ Ibo and Yoruba. Other major ethnic/linguistic groups
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CHAPTER ONE 1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Social influence is defined as “a change in an individual’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ attitudes‚ or behaviors that results from interaction with another individual or a group of people”. Social influence is distinct from conformity‚ power‚ and authority. French and Raven (1959) provided an early formalization of the concept of social influence in their discussion of the bases of social power. For French and Raven‚ agents of change included not just individuals
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A SEMINAR PAPER ON LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS PRESENTED BY: AKOMOLAFE OLUWATOBA M. MATRIC NO: 187189 COURSE CODE: PHI 702 COURSE TITLE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY LECTURER IN CHARGE: Dr. Afolayan LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THE ABSURDITY OF METAPHYSICS NATURE OF METAPHYSICS In everyday discourse‚ “Metaphysics”
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SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. By Abiodun Fatai1 Department of Political Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos Nigeria. ABSTRACT Small and medium scale enterprises have long believed to be catalysts for economic growth and national development both in developed and developing countries. In Nigeria where private sector is not well developed SME is assumed to play the role of employment generation‚ facilitator of economic
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Nigeria’s Religious and Cultural Conflict  Ethnic conflict has scared Nigeria dating back to the slave trade and is still apparent today. The clash between Muslims and Christians throughout the Nigerian state has brought about concern on how stable a nation Nigeria is. Recently‚ the country of 126 million has seen a dramatic increase in violence. Since the election of Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999‚ there has been over 10‚000 Nigerians killed due to ethnic‚ religious‚ or political violence
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DROP IN PRICE OF CRUDE OIL: IMPLICATION ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY PAPER DELIVERED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC Executive Summary The volatility in the prices of crude oil in the international oil market which was triggered by factors within the global economy has impacted the Nigeria economy to some degree with dire consequences for the implementation of the 2012 budget. Some of the factors which triggered the fall in oil prices include a massive
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