Author: tope_litcaf
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James Pinson Labulo Davies , called Captain JPL Davies was the wealthy Lagos businessman and merchant of the 19th Century who pioneered cocoa farming in West Africa. Davies is often described in literatures as the most colourful Lagosian of his time. Born in August 1828, Labulo schooled at the CMS Grammar School in Freetown before…
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Vivian Fowler Memorial College was founded in 1991 to provide quality education to the girl-child, thereby promoting womanhood to topmost heights. The school has gotten many accolades for its achievements in Arts. Curriculum is primarily Nigerian, but international examinations are given due attention. The school stands out in the teaching of languages and it has…
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Vlekete market, named after a local deity, is located in the heart of Badagry town at the western coast of Nigeria. Vlekete is the major and the most popular slave market in the region. The trade in humans was held in Vlekete every five days, with slaves been brought mostly from Oyo, Egba land, Egbado,…
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University of Lagos, federal government owned university in Lagos founded in 1962. Unilag as it is called, has two campuses, Akoka, Yaba, which is the main campus and Idi Araba, Surulere in which the College of Medicine is located. It has one of the highest student populations in the country, for the obvious reasons of…
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FGC Odogbolu was established 1973 in Odogbolu town in Ogun state. As a Unity school, FGC Odogbolu was one of the first, built by the Federal Government as one of its post-Civil War resolutions. Admission into this school is through a fairly competitive unified examination. There are four dormitories also classified as sport houses, named…
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Wale Babalakin is the entrepreneur son of a former Supreme Court Judge form Gbongan in Osun State, Bolarinwa Babalakin. Although Wale Babalakin studied law like his father, even acquiring the highest qualification attainable, he delved into property development, and is now the owner of Nigeria’s biggest construction firm, the Bi-Courtney. Childhood Wale’s mother, Ramotu…
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Wale Tinubu; oil magnate executive of Pan-African Energy Corporation with operations actively spanning all aspects of the energy value chain. Tinubu’s group is the largest non-government owned Energy Company in Nigeria and has a market capitalization worth $1 billion. It is also the first Nigerian company to achieve a dual listing on both the Nigerian…