Category: Social Sciences
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: Fundamentalists whose failed bid in 2010 to bomb an airplane with 289 people on board lend credence to fears that Nigeria was becoming a fertile ground for extremist recruitment. Farouk was a model student, keen, enthusiastic. Often he would stay behind to discuss items in the lesson or in the news. Farouk…
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Fundamentalism; is ideological or religious intolerance. There is a clear demarcation between terrorism at an international level and the rise of fundamentalism in northern Nigeria as a region. There are many factors that led to the low level of tolerance and peace in this part of country. First is the problem of illiteracy. There is a…
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Counseling is a professional activity involving the use of interpersonal relationship to quicken understanding of oneself and to encourage changes in life choices. Counselors often employ particular counseling theories in their operation or may go eclectic. There is the Client Centred approach which involves active listening and empathy, geared towards assisting clients to discover and…
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Consumer Behaviour, the understanding of the buying behaviour of people composing the target market of marketers, particularly retail outlet operators, is a major task facing their business. The rather keen competition in today’s market makes it imperative for the individual retailer to seek not only to retain their patrons but also to attract new ones…
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Leke Alder is the brand strategist and policy consultant credited with introducing branding as a discipline to Nigeria. Through the Alder Consulting, which he founded, he has consulted on policy, politics and business at the highest levels locally and internationally. Born as an only child, Leke Alder’s dream from childhood was to be a lawyer,…