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    Soil Degradation in Nigeria Introduction Nigeria is a country in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Nigeria is in the tropical zone of Africa (between latitude 4 and 14 degrees N, and longitude 2 and 14 degrees E), with a vast area of savanna vegetation in the northern part. The climate is damp, very humid and highly influenced by the combined effects of the ocean, desert, humidity, temperature, and mainly the variation that exist in the

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    Presentation Training is said to be act or procedure of bestowing or securing general learning, building up the forces of thinking and judgment, and by and large of setting oneself up or others mentally for experienced life. The Ministry of Education is responsible for instruction in Nigeria. The instruction framework in Nigeria is separated into Kindergarten, essential training, auxiliary training and tertiary training. Foundation Problem The present example of Nigeria training framework,

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    a massive region which spans to several thousand miles of coast in Western Africa, from the fringes of the Sahara to the southern ocean. It is here where the business of capturing slaves for their transportation to the new world is completed. The Niger river winds northeast into the continent for thousands of miles, and in the vast river basin from which its might is drawn is situated the kingdom of Tonga which reaches from the coast to an indefinite boundary inland, the extent of which is not known

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    The Niger Delta is a region of Nigeria that is very rich in crude oil and gas. Crude oil and gas make up 70% of the country 's revenue and 95% of it 's export earnings (Ezekoli, 5608). Those percentages are incredibly high and represents large amounts of money that can be found in the region. However, the people of the Niger Delta never see the wealth that comes from their natural resources. The wealth instead goes to the oil companies set up in the area as well as the pockets of a few elite government

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    The aim of the pictures is to have low contrast to smooth the skins of the people in the pictures out. We eventually decided to use the spots and individually light each artwork. The rest of the room will be darkened to enable the eye to perceive some forms that are hidden in the background as we can see with the woman sitting in the back of Figure 2. We would hang the photographs simply on the wall like a painting and the disposition of the pictures will help the dialogue between the pieces. Since

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    The World Bank was originally established in 1944 by 28 countries as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development with the aim of assisting and financing public development projects. In 2015 the World Bank Group is an umbrella organization of five parts with 187 member countries. While the Bank remains the largest such institution in operation, there are now so many other similar institutions that there are four subcategories to describe them: Multilateral Development Banks (used to

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    For example, the Niger Basin Water Resources Development and Sustainable Ecosystems Management Program (APL2A), for which the World Bank is providing $55.2M of the $259.53M total is described as follows: Sectors Large Hydropower 80% Public administration- Water, sanitation

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    Niger Delta is one of the top ten largest deltas in the world, to the south of this delta is the Atlantic Ocean and to the north is the famous River Niger. The Niger Delta region in Nigeria is blessed with the natural resource of crude oil. Crude oil was discovered in this region since 1958, this made the Nigerian government to divert their attention from agriculture to oil production due to the excessive wealth they made from this new sector. At that time, many indigenes of the region called the

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    Royal Niger Company, states that they pledge themselves not to enter any war with other tribes. This document is important because it shows that some tribe didn't have a choice to fight to keep their land. When the Dutch came in they they pushed the tribes off their land which caused the tribes to fight other tribes for land. This document states that they were not going to do that without the sanction of the Royal Niger Company. The tribe's foreign affairs were controlled by the Royal Niger Company

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    Cotonou my city Situated in West Africa, “with an area of 112,622 km² to some extent larger than Bulgaria, or somewhat smaller than the U.S. state Pennsylvania”, (Nationalonline.org) my country Benin a French colony from the late 19th century until 1960 with Cotonou the largest city as its capital, is the place where I grew up. Not very well-known around the world certainly because of its tranquility, and its uniqueness that I am about to show you in the rest of this essay, Benin is one of the

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