NIGERIA The Federal Republic of Nigeria comprises thirty six states and its Federal Capital Territory is Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The Flag The flag of Nigeria consists of three equal sized vertical stripes - the right and left stripe are green; and the middle stripe is white. The Nigerian
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Compare and contrast the political system in the UK with the political system in your country of origin. Clearly indicate your home country. The Oxford Dictionary‚ defined politics as ‘the activities associated with the governance of a country or area‚ especially the debate between parties having power’. Therefore political systems are the processes involved in decision making and the governing of nations. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the political system of both the UK and Nigeria‚
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“Diversify the economy”‚ Many Nigerian presidents and executive figures have used this phrase time immemorial as a talking point when asked about economic solutions. Just a few months ago‚ during a BBC HardTalk interview‚ former President Olusegun Obasanjo also stressed the need to diversify the economy away from oil dependency and it looks like some states are finally listening. Last year‚ Lagos and Kebbi partnered for rice farming and processing‚ developing a division of labour whose synergy culminated
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INTRODUCTION: The natural resources of any nation‚ particularly the minerals‚ often constitute the lion share of the nation ’s wealth. It is known that oil and gas sector is driving sector of any oil producing country’s economy; this is particularly true of the OPEC nations including Nigeria. The oil and gas Industry is divided into three major sectors namely the upstream‚ midstream and downstream. Nigeria has an abundance of oil and gas resources to justify subsidized and‚ in fact
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY To be able transform into an industrialize economy; an underdeveloped economy has to be privately and commercially developed. The importance of establishing public enterprises or corporation began during the 19th century with the British telecom in 1884 under the telecommunication act and gained a worldwide support in Britain thereafter. Several nations particularly those in Africa‚ have come to embrace the principle as a way of eliminating
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THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT Oluwaseun Olawale AFOLABI‚ PhD (in view) (Ibadan) Institut Français de Recherche en Afique (IFRA) - Nigeria Research Fellow‚ Institute of African Studies‚ University of Ibadan‚ Nigeria. Abstract Nigeria has a pluralistic State has taken religion to a position of importance in every facet of her politics. The nation is the most populous country in West Africa vest with religious diversities: Christianity
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RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN Nigeria In addressing this topic; Rural Poverty Alleviation‚ it is necessary to define each of the words in this phrase. Efforts will therefore be made to clearly describe/define the following words; Rural‚ Poverty‚ and Alleviation. WHAT IS RURAL? To define what is rural is daunting task‚ because the word rural is an inexact term that can mean different thing to different people. For example‚ what is considered rural in a place like United States of America and United
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Chapter 33: Postcolonialism and Beyond: Latin America‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and the Middle East 1. Beyond the Postcolonial era i. Postcolonial societies experienced four stages in the relationship to the industrial European and Europeanized nations: the influence of Cold War rivalries on the new states‚ the economic effects of globalization‚ progress in the spread of the ideals of civil society and participatory government‚ resurgence of cultural and religious traditions. 2. Latin America since 1945
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A THESIS ON ENERGY LAW THAT CRITICALLY EXAMINES THE LEGAL ISSUES IN THE DEREGULATION OF THE DOWNSTREAM SECTOR OF THE NIGERIA INDUSTRY: CONSIDERING THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR AND AGAINST DEREGULATION INCLUDING ISSUES PERTAINING TO OPERATION OF THE REFINERY ‚WITHDRAWAL OF OIL SUBSIDIES AND APPROPRIATE PRICING IN A LIBERALISED ECONOMY. . INTRODUCTION. Nigeria is blessed with vast quantity of oil making it the 6th largest oil exporter in the organization of petroleum exporting country. Oil
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AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCES COURSE: FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS CODE: POLS 807 MOHAMMED MOHAMMED HARUNA M.Sc/SOC – SCIE/16884/2007 – 08 LECTURER DR. UMAR A. KA’OJE COMPARE AND CONTRAST NIGERIA’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.A. IN (1960-1966) AND (1999-2003) NOVEMBER‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION: A country’s foreign policy is a set of goals outlining how the country will interact with other countries economically
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