Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A cartoon map of Europe in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist.
v. t. e. Corruption is an anti-social attitude awarding improper privileges contrary to legal and moral norms and impairs the authorities' capacity to secure the welfare of all citizens. [1] Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012, Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence.
The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999, it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple ministries which made policy planning ...
2012. Launched. February 28, 2013. June 17, 2013 (UK) Links. Website. www.tvcnews.tv. TVC News is a Nigerian news 24-hour television news channel [4] based in Lagos. [5] The channel airs on British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSKYb) in the UK, Naspers Ltd. (NPN)'s DStv and Startimes in Nigeria, and Multi TV in Ghana.
The Daily Times is a newspaper with headquarters in Lagos . At its peak, in the 1970s, it was one of the most successful locally owned businesses in Africa. [1] The paper went into decline after it was purchased by the government in 1975. What was left was sold to a private investor in 2004. Folio Communications Limited officially assumed the ...
The National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons [a] was formed in 1944 [2] by Nnamdi Azikiwe and Herbert Macaulay. [3] Herbert Macaulay was its first president, while Azikiwe was its first secretary. [4] The NCNC was made up of a rather long list of nationalist parties, cultural associations, and labor movements that joined to form NCNC.
The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria 's multiple ethnic groups. [1] [2] The country has 527 languages, [3] [4] seven of which are extinct. [5] [6] [7] Nigeria also has over 1,150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the southwest ...
Elections. The All Progressives Congress ( APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, [6] [7] [8] the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari [7 ...