Nigeria

On January 1, 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate. Nigerians believed that their country could strive better through their independence. They believed that their country potential in becoming powerful if there was no foreign country holding them down. They believed that demanding their independence and their separation from the ruling of the British was the best thing, along with and enforcing rulings and ideologies of their own. Nigerians wanted to have their own form of import and…

Grace Alele Williams was born December sixteenth in the year nine-teen thirty-two. She grew up in a town named Warri, Delta State in the country of Nigeria. She has no known siblings and her parents are unheard of as well. She was married to the late Professor Babatunde Williams with whom she had five beautiful children that blessed her with nine beautiful grandchildren later on in life. Williams attended government school in her home town of Warri before moving on to attend Queens college,…

“Scramble for Africa” was well under way, and British colonist influence began to appear in Nigeria as well as the presence of missionaries, who brought with them the word of God. Colonization, is the migration of a large quantity of one or more groups to a colonial area, whom keep links with their country to obtain special rights and privileges over others previously residing there. Colonization efforts within Nigeria can be dated back to the 1700’s, but colonization itself has existed for…

Nigeria is the home of many languages and cultures. This nation contains up to 250 languages, deserts, plains, music, etc. This country is often referred to as “Giant of Africa”. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, and the 7th most populous in the world. Although it is populous it has its perks concerning religion. This country is roughly divided between Christians and Muslims. A minority practice religions indigenous to Nigeria. This country was created when the British defeated…

LONELINESS Loneliness has been my major problem since I came into the United States in May, 2015. My family and friends are all in Nigeria. The life I live now is very different from how I had lived in Nigeria. I was so busy in Nigeria that sometimes I sneaked out of my house for thirty minutes just to get a quiet nap. I was the production manager of a juice company, and my job took all my time during the week and weekends. I scheduled production for weekends when the company ran out of products…

Ever since UNICEF initiated their activities in Africa, in general, and in Nigeria in particular, the organization has met with numerous difficulties and rather struggle to deliver their services to the community in the righteous way. Nigerian community has an extensive distrust with Western culture, the people are compelled to have negative expectations toward Western organizations, especially ones that work through the government such as UNICEF. (Obadare, 2005) The reason behind this…

Yoruba, from the Yoruba individuals of Nigeria, has been spreading over the U.S. throughout the previous 50 years. The religion is especially prominent with African-Americans who discover it offers a divine way and a profound feeling of social belonging. Although the religion of Yorubaland has historically been lumped together along with Australian and Native American religions, it is as different from the religion of Sioux as Buddhism is from Islam. It is considered one of the great religions…

language or have a sense of their history.” [ Nigel – do I a) have to reference this quote (I did refrence it at the end) and b) indent it? ] Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie is a compelling novel about life during the Biafran War. Set in Nigeria, it concerns itself with several characters and how they experience love, turmoil and hardship that appears throughout the duration of the war. Also included in the novel is the importance of language during such a fragile time. This can…

Introduction: Nigeria, a country located in West African region is touted as the most populous country in Africa with over 140 million people. It is a richly blessed country with a large oil and mineral deposits and over natural resources and was presently quoted to be the biggest economy in West Africa. Unfortunately, the Nigerian health sector, a foremost social service sector has never really fared well, principally due to its chronic underfunding. The WHO (2000) ranked the Nigerian Health…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ROYAL SHELL DUTCH usually called as SHELL by people all over the world. And, is known as SPDC in Nigeria (Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited). SPDC along with JV with NNPC, NAOC and TOTAL had planned to develop the Dodo - NAG Wells Project to meet the objectives of the company. Along with business objectives the idea of SPDC was to help locals by supplying domestic gas and bring the gas flares down (Flaring into atmosphere also known as emission of…