Nigeria has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping missions, deploying military contingents, unarmed military observers, military staff officers, formed police units, police advisors and civilian experts to over 25 UN missions. Nigeria first provided UN peacekeepers to Congo (ONUC) from 1960 to 1964. Nigeria is currently one of the largest UN contributing countries […]
Clearly most Nigerians, particularly youthful graduates, don’t have the foggiest idea about the basic method of reasoning behind the foundation of the NYSC Scheme. Consequently you hear them make inquiries as: What is even the requirement for NYSC, must I serve my nation as an obligatory 1 year NYSC? While we are not questioning the […]
The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is a para-military agency of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that is commissioned to provide measures against threat and any form of attack or disaster against the nation and its citizenry. The corps is statutorily empowered by lay Act No. 2 of 2003 and […]
The Nigeriasat-1 was the first satellite to be built under the Nigerian government sponsorship. The satellite was launched from Russia on 27 September 2003. Nigeriasat-1 was part of the worldwide Disaster Monitoring Constellation System. The primary objectives of the Nigeriasat-1 were: to give early warning signals of environmental disaster; to help detect and control desertification […]
The Nigerian television authority, proudly the first television station in Africa, started operation formally in 1977 as a body owned by the Nigerian government. The station, whose major responsibility is broadcasting in the country, is believed to be the largest TV network in the whole of Africa with its stations widely spread across states in […]
The History Of Nigeria Slave Trade The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. However the social, economic, and legal positions of slaves were vastly different in different systems of slavery in different times and places. Slavery can be traced back to the earliest records, such as […]
The History Of Nigerian Tax System Prior to the early 1930s, the formalization of taxation in Nigeria was practically non-existent. We were only exposed to variety of levies as dictated by paramount rulers at that time. The Various traditional rulers all created their various forms of taxes and levies which was used in boosting the various […]