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Focus on Niger State Housing Corportation – Being an Article for Journal Publication In
Housing Today: The Journal of the Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria, Volume 8, No. 3, November 1992, Pp. 62-70 FOCUS ON NIGER STATE HOUSING CORPORATION (N.S.H.C.) Mohammed, A.; Bobi, M.T.; Minin, U.; Babalola, O.; Shaaba, A.P.; Namagana, N.M.; Olukade, I.J. and Bako, M.D. @Niger State Housing Corporation, P.M.B 105 Minna, Niger State, Nigeria Abstract: Established in 1979, Niger State Housing Corporation (NSHC)had the primary responsibility to address qualitative and quantitative housing inadequacy in Niger State, thereby enhancing the standard of living of her citizens, this article with the aim of elucidating the activities of the Corporation for performance rating , has the objectives to examine its consultancy and contracting services, and to assess its home ownership and other programmes. The methodology adopted for the study was the qualitative research design method which provides description of case studies with purposive sampling, hence the analyses also. The results of the study concluded that the NSHC’s performance from inception to date has been very satisfactory, and recommended that the Corporation enhances its programmes and continue to discharge its responsibilities to Nigerian citizens in the State with more enlightenment about its activities. Keywords: Consultancy, contracting, direct-labor, housing, tenure. ARTICLE OUTLINE Alhaji Isa Mohammed Kagara was 1.0 Introduction appointed secretary. They were replaced in 2.0 Relevant Review Works November, 1984, by Arc. Mustapha 3.0 Research Methodology Zubairu and Alhaji Mohammed Isa Ekkan 4.0 Data Presentation, Analyses and Discussion respectively, in September 1990 Mallam 5.0 Conclusion Mohammed Tukur Bobi was appointed the References new Secretary of the Corporation. -
NIGERIA, YEAR 2018: Update on Incidents According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) Compiled by ACCORD, 25 February 2020
NIGERIA, YEAR 2018: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 25 February 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015a; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015b; incid- ent data: ACLED, 22 February 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 NIGERIA, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Violence against civilians 705 566 2853 Conflict incidents by category 2 Battles 474 373 2470 Development of conflict incidents from 2009 to 2018 2 Protests 427 3 3 Riots 213 61 154 Methodology 3 Strategic developments 117 3 4 Conflict incidents per province 4 Explosions / Remote 100 84 759 violence Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 2036 1090 6243 Disclaimer 8 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). Development of conflict incidents from 2009 to 2018 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). 2 NIGERIA, YEAR 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Methodology on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event is known. -
NIGERIA, FOURTH QUARTER 2018: Update on Incidents According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) Compiled by ACCORD, 25 February 2020
NIGERIA, FOURTH QUARTER 2018: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 25 February 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015a; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015b; incid- ent data: ACLED, 22 February 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 NIGERIA, FOURTH QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Battles 124 82 753 Conflict incidents by category 2 Violence against civilians 113 65 276 Development of conflict incidents from December 2016 to December 2018 2 Protests 79 0 0 Riots 50 8 58 Methodology 3 Strategic developments 34 0 0 Conflict incidents per province 4 Explosions / Remote 18 16 107 violence Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 418 171 1194 Disclaimer 7 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). Development of conflict incidents from December 2016 to December 2018 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 22 February 2020). 2 NIGERIA, FOURTH QUARTER 2018: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 25 FEBRUARY 2020 Methodology on what level of detail is reported. Thus, towns may represent the wider region in which an incident occured, or the provincial capital may be used if only the province The data used in this report was collected by the Armed Conflict Location & Event is known. -
A Publication of the Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt P.M.B 5323 Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE VOLUME 20, NO 2, 2020 A PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL STUDIES, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT P.M.B 5323 CHOBA, PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN LIBRARY i JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE VOLUME 20, NUMBER TWO, 2020 EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Prof. K. I. Owete ASSISTANT EDITORS Dr. C. Mbonu (Executive Editor) Dr. J. O. Obineche (Reviews Editor) Dr. J. N. Gbule (Research Editor) Dr. J. U. Odili (Secretary) Dr. I. Suberu (Assistant Secretary) EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS Prof. W. O. Wotogbe-Weneka (University of Port Harcourt) Prof. A. O. Folorunsho (Lagos State University) Prof. C. I. Ejizu (University of Port Harcourt) Prof. F. M. Mbon (University of Calabar) Prof. A. R. O. Kilani (University of Port Harcourt) Prof. S. I. Udoidem (University of Port Harcourt) Prof. M. A. Bidmus (University of Lagos) Prof. M. Opeloye (Obafemi Awolowo University) Prof. Vincent Nyoyoko (Akwa Ibom State University) Prof. I. O. Oloyede (University of Ilorin) UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN LIBRARY ii ENQUIRIES All enquiries and subscription should be directed to the Secretary Dr. O.U. Jones and Dr. I. Suberu, Department of Religious and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, P.M.B. 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, email: [email protected] or visit our website www.joracuniport.com or telephone 07038133706, 08032219105. Interested scholars may submit the Manuscript of well-researched works at any time of the year for possible publication in duplicate (15-20 A4 pages) with a CD-ROM in Microsoft Word format, 12 points, Time New Roman. -
Oral Literature Genres of the Nupe of Central Nigeria
Oral literature genres of the Nupe of Central Nigeria [DRAFT CIRCULATED FOR COMMENT] Roger Blench Kay Williamson Educational Foundation 8, Guest Road Cambridge CB1 2AL United Kingdom Voice/Ans 0044-(0)1223-560687 Mobile worldwide (00-44)-(0)7967-696804 E-mail [email protected] http://www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm This printout: July 16, 2010 Roger Blench Nupe oral literature genres Circulated for comment TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND TO NIGERIA.............................................................................. 1 2. THE NUPE PEOPLE ................................................................................................................................. 2 3. THE NUPE LANGUAGE .......................................................................................................................... 3 4. WRITTEN FORMS OF NUPE LITERATURE GENRES..................................................................... 5 4.1 Arabic script literature..........................................................................................................................................5 4.2 Roman script literature .........................................................................................................................................6 5. NUPE ORAL LITERATURE GENRES................................................................................................... 8 5.1 General....................................................................................................................................................................8 -
Historical Origin and Customary Land Tenancy of Rural Community in Nigeria
専修大学社会科学研究所 月報 No.684 2020 年 6 月 Historical origin and customary land tenancy of rural community in Nigeria Regina Hoi Yee Fu Introduction This paper is a record of the historical origin and customary land tenancy of the agricultural villages in Nigeria, West Africa. The ethnic group of the people concerned are the Nupe, which is the most dominant ethnic group in Niger State of Nigeria. The research was conducted in the area locates on the so-called “Middle Belt” which stretches across central Nigeria longitudinally between the eighth and the twelfth parallels north. The Middle Belt is populated largely by minority ethnic groups and is characterized by a heterogeneity and diversity of peoples and cultures. In the Niger State, the other major ethnic groups apart from the Nupe are the Hausa, the Gwari, the Fulani and the Kumuka. Literature concerning the rural Nupe community are very rare (Nadel, 1942, 1954; Forde, 1955; Masuda, 2002). The contents of this paper are mainly based on the information gathered by direct observation and unstructured interviews with local people during interrupted fieldwork conducted between 2004 and 2009. This paper aims to fill the information gap about the rural society in Nigeria, as information about the society of this country has been limited due to prolonged political instability since the 1980s. Research Area The area in which I conducted fieldwork for this paper is the “Cis-Kaduna” region of the Bida Emirate of the Niger State. Niger State locates on the central-north geopolitical zone of Nigeria1. The drainage of the state is dominated by the Niger River which forms its southern boundary. -
UJFAAJ JOURNAL 2019.Pdf
UNIVERSITY OF JOS FINE AND APPLIED ARTS JOURNAL (UJFAAJ) MAIDEN EDITION University of Jos Fine and Applied Arts Journal (UJFAAJ) is a peer reviewed Journal. The journal helps to spread visual arts research findings and reports from the studio, theoretical and empirical works in the field in order to advance the knowledge base of practice led and practice based studies. The Journal is peer reviewed and published twice in a year and welcomes contributions from academics, art connoisseurs, critics and art Entrepreneurs. UJFAAJ EDITORAL BOARD MEMBERS EDITOR – IN – CHIEF Dr. Yohanna C. Datiri Department of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty of Environmental Design University of Jos – Jos Plateau State. E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: +234 (0) 8036206270 EDITOR Dr. Jacob E. Onoja Department of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty of Environmental Design University of Jos – Jos Plateau State. E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: +234 (0) 8035984125 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Prof. Ema Ema Department of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty of Environmental Design University of Jos – Jos Plateau State. Prof. Habila Joel Gukas Department of Fine and Applied Arts Faculty of Environmental Design University of Jos – Jos Plateau State. Email: [email protected] Prof. Enoch G. Wuritka Department of Industrial Design i Faculty of Environmental Technology Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi (ATBU) E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] Prof. Abdullahi A. Umar Department of Industrial Design ATBU E-Mail: [email protected] Prof. Philip O. Gushem Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Environmental Design Ahmadu Bello University Zaria – Kaduna State E- Mail: [email protected] Prof. -
Foreign Influence on Igbomina, C
FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON IGBOMINA, C. 1750-1900 By ABOYEJI, ADENIYI JUSTUS 97/15CA020 (B.A. (2001), M.A. (2006) HISTORY, UNILORIN) BEING A Ph.D THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA i FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON IGBOMINA, C. 1750-1900 By ABOYEJI, ADENIYI JUSTUS 97/15CA020 (B.A. (2001), M.A. (2006) HISTORY, UNILORIN) BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA © March, 2015 ii iii DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to the custodian of all Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Might, Counsel, Reverential Fear (Isaiah 11:2) and the Donor of the ‘pen of the ready-writer’ (Psalms 45:1), through our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My indebtedness for accomplishing this study is undoubtedly, enormous. Contributions within the academic circles, family link and notable individuals/personages deserve due acknowledgement. This is because a man who beats up his doctor after he has been cured is incapable of being grateful. Nature‘s cruelty, to candour, is more bearable than man‘s ingratitude to man. Words are undoubtedly inadequate to quantify the roles of my supervisors, Dr. Kolawole David Aiyedun and Professor Samuel Ovuete Aghalino, to whom special accolades are exclusively reserved. In spite of their busy schedules as Head of Department, Senior Professor and in many other capacities, they never denied me the benefits of their supervisory acumen. -
Facts and Figures About Niger State Table of Content
FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT NIGER STATE TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE Map of Niger State…………………………………………….................... i Table of Content ……………………………………………...................... ii-iii Brief Note on Niger State ………………………………………................... iv-vii 1. Local Govt. Areas in Niger State their Headquarters, Land Area, Population & Population Density……………………................... 1 2. List of Wards in Local Government Areas of Niger State ………..…... 2-4 3. Population of Niger State by Sex and Local Govt. Area: 2006 Census... 5 4. Political Leadership in Niger State: 1976 to Date………………............ 6 5. Deputy Governors in Niger State: 1976 to Date……………………...... 6 6. Niger State Executive Council As at December 2011…........................ 7 7. Elected Senate Members from Niger State by Zone: 2011…........…... 8 8. Elected House of Representatives’ Members from Niger State by Constituency: 2011…........…...………………………… ……..……. 8 9. Niger State Legislative Council: 2011……..........………………….......... 9 10. Special Advisers to the Chief Servant, Executive Governor Niger State as at December 2011........…………………………………...... 10 11. SMG/SSG and Heads of Service in Niger State 1976 to Date….….......... 11 12. Roll-Call of Permanent Secretaries as at December 2011..….………...... 12 13. Elected Local Govt. Chairmen in Niger State as at December 2011............. 13 14. Emirs in Niger State by their Designation, Domain & LGAs in the Emirate.…………………….…………………………..................................14 15. Approximate Distance of Local Government Headquarters from Minna (the State Capital) in Kms……………….................................................. 15 16. Electricity Generated by Hydro Power Stations in Niger State Compare to other Power Stations in Nigeria: 2004-2008 ……..……......... 16 17. Mineral Resources in Niger State by Type, Location & LGA …………. 17 ii 18. List of Water Resources in Niger State by Location and Size ………....... 18 19 Irrigation Projects in Niger State by LGA and Sited Area: 2003-2010.…. -
Native Craft and Tourism: a Study of Ushafa Pottery Emeafor, Obinna F.; Eze-Uzomaka, Pamela I
International journal of Rural Development, Environment and Health Research(IJREH) [Vol-2, Issue-3, May-Jun, 2018] https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijreh.2.3.1 ISSN: 2456-8678 Native Craft and Tourism: A Study of Ushafa Pottery Emeafor, Obinna F.; Eze-Uzomaka, Pamela I. Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Abstract— The main thrust of the paper was to discuss the produced. They also mention the people of Benin kingdom relationship between indigenous craft and tourism as high quality brass workers and the Nupe people as development using Ushafa pottery as the focus of inquiry. acclaimed glass ware producers. Adopting the qualitative approach to enquiry, the study Pottery is among the most enduring crafts known sought to, among other things, study the processes of to human race. pottery making, ascertain the challenges which confront In most places it is the oldest and most potters, and investigate the contributions of pottery to the widespread art; primitive peoples the world over development of Ushafa. Findings show that the processes have fashioned pots and bowls of baked clay for of pottery production include collection of clay, breaking their daily use. Prehistoric remains of pottery of clay into small particles, sun-drying and soaking of clay have proved of great importance in archaeology in water as well as sieving to produce fine clay. Other and have often supplied a means of dating and stages are kneading for plasticity, moulding, application of establishing an early chronology. Pottery has designs and finally, firing or baking of clay item. Pottery also been of value as historical and literary which leads tourism growth in Ushafa has made the records, for instance, ancient Assyrian and following contributions such as improvement in local Babylonian writings were inscribed on clay economy, provision of basic amenities and self-esteem tablets (The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th (Ed.) among community members. -
Introduction
Notes Introduction 1. For definitions of plantations, see P. P. Courtenay, Plantation Agriculture (London, Bell and Hyman, 1980), 7–19; Paul E. Lovejoy, “Plantations in the Economy of the Sokoto Caliphate,” Journal of African History 19, 3 (1978): 341–68; Frederick Cooper, Plantation Slavery on the East Coast of Africa (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977), 2–20; Jay R. Mandle, “The Plantation Economy: An Essay in Definition,” in Eugene D. Genovese, ed., The Slave Economies: Volume 1 Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1973), 223–24. 2. Paul E. Lovejoy, “The Characteristics of Plantations in the Nineteenth-Century Sokoto Caliphate (Islamic West Africa),” American Historical Review 84 (1979): 1271. 3. Kenneth M. Stampp, The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956), 31. 4. Ibid., 36. 5. Such as Jay Mandle, The Root of Black Poverty: The Southern Economy After the Civil War (Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 1978), 3–15; M. G. Smith, “Slavery and Emancipation in Two Societies,” Social and Economic Studies 3, 3–4 (1954): 239–90; and M. G. Smith, “Slavery and Emancipation in Two Societies,” M. G. Smith, ed., The Plural Society in the British West Indies (Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1965), 116–61. 6. See the works of Paul E. Lovejoy, Transformations in Slavery. A History of Slavery in Africa (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000); and “Characteristics of Plantations,” 1270–85 for more on this viewpoint. 7. Lovejoy, “Characteristics of Plantations,” 1270–85. 8. Ibid., 1267–92. However scholars may differ in their definition of “plantation,” most would agree that the features highlighted in this last definition are among essential characteristics. -
Es Ah Etsu Saba: a Bronze Stool from Nupeland
Rev. do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, 4\ 141-151, 1994. ES AH ETSU SABA: A BRONZE STOOL FROM NUPELAND R. O, R. Rom Kalilu* ROM KALILU, R.O. Esah Etsu Saba: a bronze stool from Nupeland. Rev. do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, 4\ 141-151, 1994. RESUMO: Este estudo visa enfatizar a iconografia, iconologia, proveniên- cia idade e significância na História da Arte Nupe e nigeriana de um banco de bronze de valor de antiguidade encontrado em Nupeland, Nigéria. São feitas comparações a objetos de arte similares, yoruba e do Benin, bem como a fontes escritas e orais relevantes. Evidências indicam que o banco pertenceu a Etsu Saba, que governou Nupeland entre 1591 e 1600.0 banco é relacionado estilística e morfológicamente a alguns objetos de bronze em Nupeland, Ile-Ife e Benin. Consequentemente, é localizado, tentativamente, no período do séc. XIV ao séc. XVI, no qual aqueles objetos a que está relacionado têm sido datados. Era, pro vavelmente, uma mercadoria yoruba ou do reino Edo do Benin, destinada a Nupeland. UNITERMOS: Arte Africana - Bronze - Nigéria - Nupe - Metalurgia. Introduction: brass workers. In the 1820s, the brothers Lander noted their good skill in wood carving (Hallet, 1965:198) while Leo Frobenius in 1911 marvelled The Nupe, who regard themselves as at their intricate skill, especially in metal work Nupecizi and who have been described as the (Frobenius, 1913:643). This explains the reason Black Byzantines (Nadel, 1942) occupy Kin Nupe, for the scholarly attention so far given to their ar their homeland of about 11,200 square kilometres1 tistic culture.