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ABSTRACT Nigeria has a long history of religious conflicts, some of the most virulent being those of the ‘Maitatsine’ (1980s) and ‘Boko Haram’ (July 2009). The latter matched the former in intensity, organization, and spread. Given the international attention to global terrorism, there is the likelihood that fundamentalist group receive motivation, material, and ideological support or influence from a global jihadist movement. Unresolved national issues, including the weak economy, weak ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY It is generally expected that developing countries, facing a scarcity of capital, will acquire external debt to supplement domestic saving (Pattillo, Poirson,  and Ricci , 2002; Safdari and Mehrizi, 2011). The rate at which they borrow abroad - the “sustainable” level of foreign borrowing - depends on the links among foreign and domestic saving, investment, and economic growth. The main lesson of the ...

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Nigeria is a nation blessed with abundance of natural resources; over the years the oil and gas sector has being the major contributor to the nation’s economy since the deviation from agriculture. Among all the states in Nigeria, those states under the Niger-delta region are the pivot behind the national power in the oil and gas sector. Over the years the region ...