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Most of the energy comes from traditional biomass and waste, which accounted for 73.5% of total primary consumption in 2018. The rest is from fossil fuels (26.4%) and hydropower. [1][2] Coal, petroleum reserves, natural gas, peat, hydroelectricity, solar and wind are major energy resources in Nigeria [3][4][5] and the country remains a top ...
Nigeria in the 19th century showing the Tiv lands. The Tiv believe they emerged into their present location from the southeast. It is claimed [5] that the Tiv left their Bantu kins and kite and wanderedd through southern, south-central and west-central Africa before returning to the savannah lands of West African Sudan via the River Congo and Cameroon Mountains and settled at Swemkaragbe the ...
Human capital flight from Nigeria. Brain drain from Nigeria, nicknamed Japa[1] (meaning run or to flee in Yoruba) is the exodus of middle-class and highly skilled Nigerians which has been occurring in waves since the late 1980s to early 1990s. This trend was initially restricted to certain professions but has now become free for all with the ...
The Ijaw people, otherwise known as the Ijo people, [2] are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, with significant population clusters [3] in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. [4] They also occupy Edo, Ondo, [5] and small parts of Akwa Ibom. [6] Many are found as migrant fishermen in camps as far west as Sierra Leone and as far east as ...
Climate Change in Nigeria is evident from temperature increase, rainfall variability (increasing in coastal areas and decline in continental areas). It is also reflected in drought, desertification, rising sea levels, erosion, floods, thunderstorms, bush fires, landslides, land degradation, more frequent, extreme weather conditions and loss of ...
The word maize is used by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, [24] and in the names of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico, the Indian Institute of Maize Research, [25] the Maize Association of Australia, [26] the National Maize Association of Nigeria, [27] the National Maize Association of Ghana, [28] the ...
A water-energy-food (WEF) nexus assessment supports natural resource management by providing an integrated framework for evaluation and decision-making. The participation of a wide range of stakeholders is essential for achieving environmental, economic, and social sustainability in this framework.
Impacts. Food insecurity has a number of negative consequences for Nigeria. [7] It can lead to malnutrition, which can impair physical and mental development. It can also lead to social unrest, as people become desperate for food. There are many consequences of hunger, namely malnutrition, undernutrition, nutritional deficiencies child wasting.