Solid Mineral Resources: Alternative Source of Revenue for the Nigerian Economy
The mining of solid minerals in Nigeria accounts for only 3% of its GDP, due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining industry is grossly underdeveloped and that necessitate the need to import mineral resources that could be produced at home such as bitumen, iron ore, salt etc. The Nigeria government is presently controlling the sector but given rights to corporate organizations to mine and sell mineral resources. This paper tries to expose the potentiality in solid mineral resources as viable alternative to the petroleum sector, which production in Nigeria is unpredictable and the crisis in the region that produce the oil make unreliable as source earning for the country. This paper further shows areas where full private ownership or in partnership with federal, state or local communities can be encouraged, so as to fully developed the sector and generate a reasonable foreign exchange for the government and serve as an input to other sectors of the Nigerian economy. The study intends to provides additional sources of revenue for the government in view of the crisis in the oil producing region of the country and the study further show the available revenue generating options available to the government of Nigeria.
Geochemistry and Economic Potential of Jaruwa Iron Ores, NW-Nigeria.
: Iron ores are known to occur in many parts of Nigeria especially within the metasedimentary / metavolcanic rocks prominent in the western half of the country where they occur mostly as Banded Iron formations (BIF). One of such areas are the iron ores around Jaruwa area, but the grade and quality of these deposits have never been established. This study was targeted at assessing the quality of Jaruwa iron ores as well as characterizing them into grades based on their raw iron content (Fe%) Gangue (SiO 2 and AL 2 O 3 ) and contaminants (P and S) using XRF geochemical data obtained from drilled-core samples from the study area. The quality of these iron ores was evaluated and compared with ‘Generalized World Market Standards’ and ‘Ores from other Nations’ to establish their suitability to serve as raw material for iron production. It was found that Jaruwa ore is a rich hematite (Fe 2 O 3 ), three representative samples corresponded to grade I (Fe content ranging from 66 to 67%), another three samples to grade II (Fe content ranging from 60 to 63%) and four to grade III (Fe content ranges between 52 to 58%). It has little gangue and low content of impurities, it corresponds to acceptable levels for exploitable and exportable Iron Ores.
A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations
1 PROLOGUE: THE PREHISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LAW OF OBLIGATIONS 2 STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS 3 UNITY AND FRAGMENTATION OF THE MEDIAEVAL LAW OF CONTRACT 4 TRESPASS, TRESPASS ON THE CASE, AND THE MEDIAEVAL LAW OF TORT 5 THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF TORTS 6 THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF CONTRACT PART 2 THE TRIUMPH OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE 7 TORT, PROPERTY, AND REPUTATION: THE EXPANSION OF THE ACTION ON THE CASE 8 THE RISE OF THE ACTION OF ASSUMPSIT PART 3 THE MODERN LAW OF TORT AND CONTRACT 9 TRESPASS, CASE, AND THE MORAL BASIS OF LIABILITY 10 THE LAW OF TORTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE RISE OF THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE 11 THE LAW OF TORTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: EXPANSION AND COLLAPSE OF THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE 12 FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN LAW OF CONTRACT 13 THE RISE OF THE WILL THEORY THE WILL THEORY AND THE CLASSICAL MODEL OF CONTRACT 14 THE DECLINE OF THE WILL THEORY: LEGAL REGULATION AND CONTRACTUAL FAIRNESS PART 4 UNJUST ENRICHMENT 15 UNJUST ENRICHMENT 16 LEGAL CHANGE AND LEGAL CONTINUITY