CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION ON THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBALIZATION IN NIGERIA.

The p...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: The term ‘ethnicity’ has its roots in the Greek term ethnos/ethnikos, which was commonly used to describe pagans,...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: This work provides the overview of the major underlying causes of secondary school dropout and its effects in some selected secondary school in Ovia North East local government...

CHAPTER ONE

GENERAL INTRODUCTION: What do you expect would come to the minds of many, assuming you stand on Mountain Everest and shout the word “Africa” to the hearing of all mankind? Arguably, many (especially Westerners) would immediately...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY: It has come to light that good governance and democracy in all societies, including third world countries, Africa in particular, are not merely desirable but v...

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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: According to oxford dictionary of current English the word ‘cult” means a system of religious worship especially one that is exposed in rituals. From this definition...

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

In our consumption-oriented and mediated society, much of what comes to pass as important is based often on the stories produced and disseminated by media institutions. Much of what au...

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INTRODUCTION:  SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Purple Hibiscus, by third-generation Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie, is (at its most basic level) a coming-of-age tale. Fifteen-year-old Kambili and Jaja, her older brother, must face political unrest, uncaring...

Chapter 1: The Logic of Capital and the Possibility of Resistance in Chris Abani’s GraceLand

Among its many concerns, Chris Abani’s GraceLand is particularly interested in the possibilities of resisting the forces of global capitalism in the postcolonial era...

ABSTRACT

This study evaluates United Nations Development Programme assistance for the promotion of democratic norm in Nigeria (2003 to 2015) in order to determine its impact on voter registration and confidence in the Election Management Body (EMB), as well as in law making, legislative...

Background of the Study

A man can be born again; the springs of life can be cleansed instantly…if this is true of one, it can be true of any number. Thus, a nation can be born in a day if the ideals of the people can be changed [William Jennings Bryan].

Nigeria is one o...

BACKGROUND OF OTHE STUDY

Literature has continued to fulfill its unique functions in national development. This clearly shows that no society exists significantly without its literature neither can literature function and blossom in isolation of the soc...

1.1Background to the Study

Since the return of sovereignty, education that is to do with socio-political, ideological orientation and democratic tenets and that helps to liberate the mind and mould the individual for self-reliance has been the main national objective of Nigerian educati...

Abstract

This thesis examines the human impact on the environment, especially on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, and its treatment in the selected poetry of Niyi Osundare, Tanure Ojaide and Nnimmo Bassey, using the ecocentric and the anthropocentric theories from the domain of ecocri...

ABSTRACT

Nigeria is a multi-ethnic society with a conglomerate of nations each with distinct and unique identities and values but fused together as a state by European imperialism in Africa as perfected by British colonialism. Since the advent of British rule following amalgamation of t...