Author: tope_litcaf
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Corona High School was established in 1955 by a group of expatriates in the Corona Women’s Society. In the years after Nigeria’s independence, the school had expanded and six sister schools have been opened. The school operates the British model of education. There are Corona High schools in Ikoyi, Gbagada, Victoria Island, among other places. From…
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Crevalle jack, Caranx hippos, called Owere in Yoruba, is a fast swimming fish found in the Eastern Atlantic, from Portugal to Angola. Crevalle jack has a distinguishing black spot on the margin of the gill cover about level with its eye. Body color ranges from greenish to bluish or bluish-black above and silvery white to…
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Crested Porcupine, the North African crested porcupine, Hystrix cristata, is a species of rodents belonging to the old world porcupine, Hystricidae family that is distinguished by their spiny covering. Hystricidae or old world porcupines don’t have barbs found on the quills of New world porcupines, but they can still get stuck in the flesh of…
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Dada Adeshigbin was a 19th Century townsman and one of the principal founders of the African Bethel Church. Dada Adeshigbin was born in Owu in 1865. Hardly anything is known of his early life except that he was educated at the Breadfruit School, Lagos and later he was apprenticed to a famous tailor of his…
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Henry Dallimore was a pionner Christian missionary in old Ekiti Division and founder of the area’s premier secondary school; Christ School, Ado-Ekiti. Born 1885 in England, Dallimore came to Ekiti, Nigeria in 1925 alongside Rev. T. Harding, Mr. Babamboni, and Canon Jebb. Before this time, he had expressed his dissatisfaction with the defects and the conservatism…
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Deeper Life High School is the school founded by W.F Kumuyi, the pastor of Deeper Life Bible Church who is reputed for his fundamentalist approach to morality. The school design, very decent in its layout, has modern facilities. The school is full boarding but contacts between different sexes are minimized by design. The Nigerian national…
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Desert Jerboas, Jaculus jaculus, are usually found in the deserts in Northeast Nigeria. The head and body are roughly similar in appearances to those of a mouse and range from 3 – 15cm in length. The tail is longer than body, ranging from 6 – 23cm. Hind legs tend to be around four times as…
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Kurunmi was the tyrant of Ijaiye, and Aare Ona Kakanfo installed in 1836 by childhood friend, Alaafin Atiba to defend the ancient south western Nigeria territories against Dahomey. His ascendancy to power and entrenchment of aristocratic rule kickstarted with the expulsion of Dado, the army captain of an allied battalion who invited him with his…
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Damilola Adegbite, the Tinsel soap opera actress was born May 1985 in Surulere, Lagos into a family of four. Through the high-quality TV series aired on MNet, she became one of the most recognizable faces in the industry, but quitted in 2012 to explore the film industry, stating the time consuming and high demands…