Nigeria essays

Even though numerous strong global proofs support harm reduction strategies, the coverage, adoption, and implementation for people who inject drugs (PWID) is poor, and Nigeria is not an exception to this. PWID constitute a considerable quota of at-risk drug users in Nigeria, and 20% of vulnerable drug users are injecting drugs (NBS, 2018). It has been reported that the most common drugs injected were pharmaceutical opioids, followed by cocaine and heroin. In Nigeria, the level of risky injecting practices and...

1.0 Introduction To improve quality management, this report examines the effect of quality management on building construction in Nigeria. Construction failures and, in extreme cases, building collapses have been blamed on a variety of factors, including poor quality management. Quality control measures employed in quality management by the Nigerian construction industry include physical checks and statistical reliance, indicating that quality management and effective quality evaluations (a measure of quality assurance in building production) are not generally implemented. Greed, bribery, and...

The understanding of Nigerian foreign policy cannot be achieved through the application of one and only theoretical perspective. As a matter of fact, its formulation depends on multiple factors and it is influenced both by the international and the state level. Consequently, it is appropriate to distinguish selected elements and compare how different IR theories understand them. In this paper, there will be a critical juxtaposition between the liberal and neoclassical realist understandings of the active engagement of Nigeria in...

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to safe drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human waste and sewage (Oxford Dictionaries, n.d.). Nigeria is located in West Africa and has the largest population of approximately 200 million in Africa (UNDP, 2019). Nigeria has a Human Development Index of 0.534, which ranks the country as 158th in the world (UNDP, 2019). The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development:...

South Africa, the southernmost country on the African mainland, prestigious for its changed geography. South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Nigeria, country located on the western coast of Africa. Nigeria has a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial. Nigeria is more developed compared to South Africa. Nigeria’s population is high compared to that of south Africa. Both countries have high level of corruption. Both these...

On Sunday, the 1st of February, news emerged that a suspected suicide bomber who infiltrated the premises of a Winners' Chapel branch in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna State was apprehended with explosive devices. Social Media users celebrated his arrest and expected to hear some staggering details about his motivation and sponsors. Many sections linked him to the regular culprits, the Boko Haram sect, although this terrorist group has been relegated to some parts of the Northeastern part of Nigeria. As for...

The impact of the Twitter ban on the Nigerian economy is examined in this article. The Nigerian government's move to ban Twitter could have serious economic consequences. The reason for the restriction appears to be the social media companies' decision to delete a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was labeled as 'abusive behavior' by Twitter just a few days ago. Twitter is one of Nigeria's most widely used social networking platforms. Later, it was discovered that the Twitter ban...

This paper will appreciate the thesis about the issues involved in media ethics - and examine these issues from a social, professional, and cultural perspective, with an emphasis on media practice in Nigeria; However, before presenting the main arguments in favor of this thesis, I will have to deal with the main consideration that just as there is a positive aspect of the conflict - conflict is like having a serious disagreement with someone or something. when you see a...

The history of Nigeria mass media needs to be discussed under two headings for comprehensive understanding. The print media - newspapers, magazines, periodicals and paperback as well as broadcast media - radio and television. This report will brief point into the media history, which also x-ray the performances, problems and successes of mass media from 1859 to date which has been in the fore front in the country's independence and subsequent nation building. It will also be of great importance...

The major cankerworm that has eaten deep into the root of Nigeria, is the menace called insecurity. The continuous degradation of security in Nigeria is of concern to each and every one of us, from the youngest to the eldest and every effort must be exerted to conquer this challenge. Adam Oluwadamilola of National Defense Academy Abuja highlighted some of the pertinent questions that should be raised among us is: Can our IT skills and strategy provide 100% of both...

The history of Nigeria is heavily intertwined with British colonization. Ambiguity arises regarding the emergence of this imperialism, in the mid-1900s, and the end of its reign as the dominant authority in Nigeria, in 1960. Lugard’s amalgamation of Lagos and the Northern and Southern Protectorates led to Nigeria as we know it now, a British creation. British imperialism asserted imperial power through law. European law was illustrated as a gift of legal stability and legal coherence which juxtaposed the natives’...

The most popular newspapers in Nigeria are The Nation, Vanguard and Daily Trust. In this essay, I am going to review them. The Nation The Nation was launched on July, 31 2006 and published by the Vintage Publishers Limited, Lagos. The newspaper has a two -term former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, as the proprietor, who also has a profile of having represented Lagos West Constituency in 1992, 1999 and 2007 on the platform of the Alliance for...

Nigerian rapper Falz has picked up the media glove This is America to undress the most serious problems facing his society. With This is America, the American singer Childish Gambino has assaulted in recent weeks the Olympus of the combination of culture and social networks and, at the same time, has opened unsuspected doors. As expected, the shock of This is America's viral earthquake has been felt especially in Nigeria, the great African giant that is also the setting for...

Background of the Study The continued existence of any organization is relatively determined by the interaction with its environment. Hence, their impact on their immediate environment and society is also based on their activities. In essence, as organizations seek to achieve competitive advantages over their competitors, the businesses grow complex and quite industrious, this, in turn, will affect the environment and society. Industrialization is also associated with economic, social and environmental hazards ranging from environmental degradation to air and water...

Growing up my two favorite dishes were all I would think about the minute the sun set down and the kitchen lights turned on. I knew it was time for my mother to serve up a quesadilla with jollof rice. A quesadilla is essentially a tortilla bread with cheese prepared with various spices and vegetables, while Jollof rice is a rice that’s made with tomatoes, tomato paste, and cooking oil served with fried plantains and chicken. The aroma of these...

Introduction In this report, I plan to delve into the concept of media ethics, and its application in Nigerian media practice. After that, I would then proceed to place judgment on the level of ethical practices in Nigeria. Let me start by describing what I mean by media, and then I will describe what ethics are and how they are swiftly molding our online interactions and our communities. The word media describes any channel of communication. These are the channels...

Abstract This study seeks to understand both Nigeria and South Africa’s respective unemployment situations. This study discusses what factors can contribute to the consistent disparity between South Africa and Nigeria’s unemployment rates. In this research, various possible factors are considered, including an underdeveloped agricultural sector, a lack of quality education, and a lack of accessibility to jobs. This proposal also seeks to better understand why Nigeria’s unemployment rate seems to have been steadily climbing over the past five years. In...

The reality of computer technology entering many professions has become the actual fear for a few employees/laborers in Nigeria. Much has changed drastically when it comes to physical labor which has unfortunately been substituted by computer technology. The idea of creating AI(Artificial Intelligence) for businesses is to lessen some physical labor and get effective results with little time duration. Nonetheless, with the assistance of computer technology in our daily activities, the efforts of manpower are no longer appreciated as they...