This has not been without dire social consequences on local communities of the Niger Delta which are doubly impoverished with attendant increase in abuse occasioned by struggle for survival. This paper interrogates issues of interest in the concrete experiences of Niger Delta communities in Nigeria in...
Specifically, studies on poverty alleviation have focused on small-scale enterprises. This paper fills the gap by focusing on Madonna University, a private university with its campus in the rural community of Elele, River State in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. The role of this private university...
In a more severe scenario, Fig.3depicts that PM2.5concentration exceeds 50μg/m3in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Oman, Bangladesh, Chad, Pakistan, Bahrain, Iraq, and India. Prior literature has aptly acknowledged the transboundary sources of pollution, signifying that air pollution no...
In Nigeria it is often grown as a cash crop and its fresh roots exhibit higher income elasticity of demand than grain cereals (Nweke, 2004). In other countries it is characterized as a famine reserve food, and it has even been argued that it behaves as a Giffen good, with few ...
1997), the informal housing built by residents in poverty-stricken areas in Brazil or rented out by merchants in the 1950s (Koster 2012), the squatter settlements in city centres in Pakistan due to the migration of rural population into cities from the 1950s to the 2010s (Malik et al. ...
Household poverty and inequality: the implication of migrants’ remittances in Nigeria This article examines the nature of migrant remittances and the amount by which income poverty and inequality will be reduced given migrants鈥 remittances... JC Odozi,Timothy Taiwo Awoyemi & Bolarin Titus Omonona...
In many developing countries, there are unmet needs for family planning, with as many as 35% of couples lacking access to family planning services (7). Poverty, malnutrition, poor sanitation, and lack of medical care all contribute to the staggering health consequences that women and their ...
This paper identified critical and priority land issues in the country, goes to evaluate how these issues were addressed as developmental strategy and poverty alleviation strategy as contained in the land reform agenda. The paper evaluated land tenure system in Nigeria from the colonial era to the ...
Dr. Sylvanus Ayeni to discuss the long-term impacts of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa on the rest of the world and engage in a dialogue regarding the misguided benevolence of outside sympathizers. Ayeni, a retired neurosurgeon, was born and raised in Nigeria. His latest ...
This paper comprehensively examines gender-based violence (GBV) in Nigeria, using the death of gospel singer Mrs. Osinachi Nwachukwu as a tragic case study. It explores the prevalence of GBV globally and in Africa, defines various forms of violence (physical, economic, psychological/emotional, and...