CREATE A PICTURE OF A DEVELOPED AND MODERNIZED COMMUNITY/SOCIETY IN NIGERIA AND STATE WHY SUCH COMMUNITY IS A CYNOSURE OF ALL EYES No better picture of a developed and modernized society in Nigeria comes to mind other than Lagos state, the centre of excellence and the economic nerve centre of Nigeeria.. The fact that Lagos is developed is not just because it was once the nation’s capital, but due to other factors. There are a number of factors that have contributed to making Lagos a cynosure of
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Corruption in Nigeria: Theoretical Perspectives and Some Explanations Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya Department of Political Science, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto,Sokoto State, Private Mail Bag 2346, Post Code 840001, Nigeria Mobile Phone: +234 8036059225, +234 8053426560; E-mail: oisarafa@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Ethnicity. Prebendalism. Patrimonialism. Clientelism. Democratic Instability. Corruption ABSTRACT Corruption has been the bane of legitimacy, democratic stability and socio-economic and political
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1818-6785 © IDOSI Publications, 2008 The Influence of Class-Size on the Quality of Output in Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria T.O. Adeyemi Department of Educational Foundations & Management, University of Ado-Ekiti, P. M. B. 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Abstract: This paper examined the influence of class-size on the quality of output in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the 141 secondary schools that presented students for the year 2003 SSC examinations
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growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through the increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods, services and international capital flow’ (IMF, 1997). There was an increasing importance of an integrated economic platform in this new era. Nigeria made significant progress since it was first introduced into the globalisation process with Structural Adjustment Program, marking with a shift from protectionist policies to promoting free trade and economic growth
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CAUSES OF ECONOMIC RECESSION (MELTDOWN) IN NIGERIA Broadly defined, a recession is a downturn in a nation's economic activity. The consequences typically include increased unemployment, decreased consumer and business spending, and declining stock prices.[1] Recessions are typically shorter than the periods of economic expansion that they follow, but they can be quite severe even if brief. Recovery is slower from some recessions than from others. The global financial crisis, brewing for
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country 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 three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. In terms
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Introduction The primary objective of every country in the world is to have a sustained economic growth and development, a society where opportunities for good health, nutrition and increase in wealth, national security and religious tolerant, adequate and improved infrastructure among others abound. However, it is disheartening to note that what are experienced today are increase in crime rates, political and religious uprising, corruption and other social vices. The situation is further worsened
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOUTH AFICA AND NIGERIA Africa is the second largest continent with vast resources and inhabits more than 12 percent of the world’s population. Although we know that the continent has plenty of resources, Africa remains the world’s poorest and most undeveloped continent. [1]Poverty is widespread, there is a great threat of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Politically, I would say that the country is unstable as there were civil and liberation
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Global Business and Economics Research Journal ISSN: 2302-4593 Vol. 2 (5): 102 - 115 The impact of petroleum on economic growth in Nigeria Michael Baghebo Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria baghebomichael@yahoo.com Timothy Okule Atima Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria Abstract The study examines the impact of petroleum on economic growth of the Nigerian economy. Data covering the period 1980-2011 was collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, and
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