Nigeria

Introduction: Business was started by Shell in Nigeria in 1937 as Shell darcy and was given a license of exploration .Olioberi was the first commercial oil field discovered in the Niger Delta. Prior to discovery of oil, Nigeria depended on agricultural exports to other countries. The largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria is Shell Petroleum Development Company, which operates over 6000 kms. The villages’ individuals surrounding facilities of oil production occasionally drill holes into pipelines…

the problem of grand corruption in Nigeria did not attain its all-pervasive status during the colonial era. According to Tignor, ‘concerns about corruption were seen as one of the reasons colonial rule was needed as it provided good government in place of oppression and chaos’. On the contrary, Osoba argues that the British colonial administration laid the foundation of what metamorphosed today as endemic grand corruption emphasising that ‘corruption in Nigeria is a kind of social virus which…

possible to keep her unemployed youths, especially graduates off the streets by engaging them in some sort of craftsmanship by formulating and the implementation of different economic policies. For example, the encouragement and the patronage of made in Nigeria merchandise by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo when luxury goods, beverages as well as poultry products with the aim of boosting local production (BBC, 2003). This awareness campaign is also seen as a means of diversifying the…

Nigeria is a federal republic of 36 states western African country located on the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean. The country boarders Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the East. Nigeria has become Africa’s largest economy due to the abundance oil since the 1970s resulting a $1.089 trillion GDP in 2016. Apart from Oil Nigeria’s natural resources also include natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, and arable land. Although being rich in desired…

Once a religious commune and now a violent terrorist organization, Boko Haram is impacting the country and surrounding countries of Nigeria. Their activity includes killing civilians, targeting government buildings, and even sending children in as suicide bombers to bomb buildings such as mosques. The main goal is for the group to turn the country of Nigeria into a true Islamic state. They believe that Islam should be the main religion and the country should move away from western and secular…

students’ entrepreneurial intention (Lee, Chang & Lim, 2005; Lourenço, Jones, & Jayawarna, 2015) while to some entrepreneurial education has no influence on students’ intention to choose an entrepreneurial path (St-Jean & Mathieu, 2015; Maina, 2011). Nigeria like any other developing countries embraced entrepreneurial education mandated it in higher education curriculum and has been made a compulsory course of study in all fields of education. This step taken by Nigerian federal government to…

Okonkwo’s Cultural Collision in Nigeria In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, just such a culture clash takes place, with the main character Okonkwo's village being overtaken by Christian white men seeking to convert his tribe. Although many people become convinced of the new religion's authenticity over time, Okonkwo is an inflexible warrior at heart, and his refusal to accept the changes taking place in his community serves to further aggravate the point of the novel- that things…

Previous chapters has discussed and examined both Chevron and Shell's CSR exercises in Nigeria and their effects on the host communities. The study maintains that both companies in a joint effort with other development partners and NGOs, contribute essentially to economical growth and developments through community development and other related projects that assists in empowering the development of local economies, capacity building and social capital formulation. Nevertheless, these…

President Buhari previously ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 after his role as one of the major military leaders in the coup to overthrow the democratically elected president, Shehu Shagari. Buhari argued the coup was justified due to corruption in the government and the economic decline…

goals. I was born in Lagos, Nigeria into a family of 3 children and parents who are still married. I have two elder siblings, a boy and a girl and I am the last child. Nigeria is one…