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controversy that overlooked, which of these things not only affect the community, but, kept to a violation of human rights. Human rights abuses against the Ogoni people: Military dictatorship. Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has started oil production in the Niger Delta…

Theoretically speaking, it could be that circumstances like Horizontal inequalities where the prevailing regime plot to keep resource-rich underdeveloped communities or regions marginalised; and that these same condition also create other domestic pressures – economic, socio-political, or increased tension of another nature – which result in heightened risk of conflict. Assuming the two events are causally linked, there is no reason why causality should run in only one direction. For example,…

Shell claims of ‘honesty, integrity and respect for people’ it had ‘failed to use its strong interest in Nigeria to bring about drastic change in the Niger delta’. Furthermore, the main reason there have a lot of protest is because the people sense that Shell mostly don’t take responsibility for their actions. The quality of life of the people of the Niger Delta have been terribly affected, but still it almost feels like nobody is making…

before fifteen. Analysts project that if current trends continue, 142 million girls will marry before adulthood within this decade.” (Child Marriages) “Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, and India are presented as the top ten countries with the most child brides.” (Child Marriages) Among the ten, India is has a number one ranking spot with more than ten thousand child brides. This is a large amount compared to the others that…

Abstract 6- bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives 2-7 were synthesized.. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anti-microbial activity using the agar diffusion technique . The tested compounds were evaluated against, Gram +ve bacteria , Gram -ve bacteria, Yeast and Filamentous Fungus. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was made in vitro for compounds which showed antimicrobial activity. Compound 3b has broad spectrum activity against Gram +ve bacteria, Gram…

Nigeria was entirely artificially constructed. In early 1892 Flora Shaw, “The Times” colonial editor did extensive traveling in Parts of Africa. During her time in what was formerly known as the Royal Niger Company Territories she coined the name “Nigeria” to refer to the British protectorate along the Niger River (Kwarteng, 2012). Around the same time, Lord Salsbury, the Prime Minister of Britain at the time observed that, “we…

literally meaning “black”, was used by the Spanish as a simple description to refer to the people that they encountered. Negro dnotes “black” in Spanish, derived from the Latin word niger, meaning black. “Negro” was also used of the peoples of West Africa in old maps labelled Negroland, an area stretching along the Niger River. From the 18th century to the late 1960s, negro was considered to be the proper term for people of black African descent. The N-Word Usage The word negro was adopted…

Arrangements and Implications: Colonial Legacies and Nigerian Education Travis Boyco 997664825 POL301Y1 – Government and Politics in Africa Professor Wilson Prichard Wednesday, November 5, 2014 II. Arrangements and Maintenance of the Colonial State Much of the colonial history of Nigeria begins in 1807. At the time, the British Empire influenced much of the territories that now form the current Nigeria. With the introduction of the slave trade, the country’s colonial history begins…

specifically for the Niger Delta — with a popular consciousness of the longue durée of the region’s incorporation into a world market. Nigeria has been part of global markets for 500 years, a history captured in Bonny Island itself which links Bonny to the Atlantic Ocean. A century ago those tankers would have been steamships coming for palm oil, which was critical for lubricants and soaps in an emerging industrial economy. From the mid-19th century throughout the colonial period, the Niger…

British colonialism was the cause of the Biafra war/ Nigerian civil war from 1967-1970. When the European countries colonised Africa they split it in different territories based on what they wanted and preferred. All they wanted was the country’s rich oil resources. They were not bothered by which tribes they mixed with, instead they drew up political entities and Nigeria happened to be one of them. The British planned Nigeria and they included areas that were controlled by a variety of…