CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian
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create a system of taxation‚ a nation must make choices regarding the distribution of the tax burden-who will pay taxes and how much they will pay-and how the taxes collected will be spent. In Nigeria‚ the taxation system dates back to 1904 when the personal income tax was introduced in northern Nigeria before the unification of the country by the colonial masters. It was later implemented through the Native Revenue Ordinances to the western and eastern regions in 1917 and 1928‚ respectively. Among
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Community - Nigeria In terms of an established deaf community‚ one of the brightest spots on the African continent is West Africa Nigeria’s deaf community is well-established and even has something that we lack in the United States. Demographics of Deafness in Nigeria One web source said that in 1975 there were at least four million deaf and hard of hearing people in Nigeria. According to the 2004 Nigeria census (Statistics Nigeria‚ approximately 30 percent of all disabled people in Nigeria have
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as cheques‚ wire transfers‚ debit and credit cards‚ online transactions‚ and mobile banking. The advantages of a cashless society are enormous; from regulating‚ controlling‚ and securing the financial system of any economy. The Central Bank of Nigeria‚ led by its Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ has put forward a policy requiring that all cash withdrawals and deposits be set at a daily limit of a maximum of N150‚ 000 while pegging that of corporate entities at N l‚ 000‚000‚ with penalty fees of N100
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Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption‚ bureaucratic corruption‚ electoral corruption‚ embezzlement‚ and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens‚ government officials‚ and private
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Hierarchy of courts in Nigerian Superior courts of Nigeria are courts which are listed in the Nigeria constitution of section 6 (5) which are namely: Supreme court Court of appeal The court of co-ordinate Jurisdiction Federal high court State high court Sharia court of appeal Customary court of appeal National industrial court Another superior courts added as amended by the 3rd alteration Act of 2010 is the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT With regards to this court mentioned
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Management 307 Shell-Nigeria case The Business Ethics of Shell in Nigeria The Shell-Nigeria case has produced great debates about business practices and what is deemed ethical behavior. When applying the views of some of the great moral philosophers‚ economists‚ and philosophical concepts in history to the Shell-Nigeria case‚ one is left with a variety of diverse viewpoints about whether or not Shell’s business practices were ethical. Philosopher and economist‚ Adam Smith‚ would likely have
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html versions of documents as we crawl the web. Page 1 1AFRICA REGIONAL SEXUALITY RESOURCE CENTRE Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series 3Sexuality Education in Nigeria: Evolution‚ Challenges and Prospects ADUNOLA ADEPOJU (PhD) Department of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education University of Lagos Nigeria Lagos‚ Nigeria March 24‚ 2005 © ARSRC 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 2 2Introduction Ancient theories and ideologies about
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Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
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a result of a globalized business environment‚ companies such as Shell operate in a number of international markets‚and consequently enounter various risks not normally attributed with domestic markets (Beck 1993). In developing countries such as Nigeria the regulatory frameworks may exist but are not adequatley enforced. Hence‚The intent of CSR activities performed by multinationals are not always well determined‚ And powerful multinationals such as Shell have emerged as the major players in this
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