Author: tope_litcaf
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Forest Genet, also known as Panther Genet, scientific name; Genetta Maculatta. This Viverrid, formerly belonging in same taxonomic subfamily with terrestrial civets and linsangs, is a large spotted, carnivorous animal endemic to the rainforest zone of southern Nigeria, and also widespread to a great part of sub-Saharan Africa. In southeastern Nigeria, sightings are not common…
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Forest Hog, Hylochoerus meinertzhageni is the largest wild member of the pig family, Suidae. It is most common near permanent water sources, especially where there is a thick understory cover. The rimator subspecies is found in the highland forest in the Cameroonian border of Nigeria. Standing approximately 1m high and 190 cm long, adults have…
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Giant Forest Squirrel, Protoxerus stangeri, is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family typified by their slender bodies, bushy tails and large eyes. Squirrels, called Òkéré in Yoruba, are noted for its undying love for the palm-fruits, and are used as a metaphor for dexterity in Palm Oil production in verbal salute known as…
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Fountain Heights Secondary School located in Animashaun St, Surulere, was established in 2001 following a successful experience with the founder’s Nursery and Primary school. The school claims to run three-tier curriculum, which focuses on the so-called Cognitive, Psychomotor and Affective development. Library facilities and the laboratories are handy, and the school’s realist approach bequeaths it…
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Four-toed Hedgehog, Atelerix albiventris, oval bodied nocturnal insectivore with long snout, short limbs, and short tails, called Túrùkú oraya in Yoruba, belonging to the Erinaceidae family of placental mammals. Their body is covered in over 3,000 short spines, which are simply modified hairs made from keratin. Only this spike is exposed, offering protection against predators…
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Fox is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the Canidae family along with Jackal, wolves, and dogs. Foxes, called kolokolo in Yoruba, have more flattened skull than the dog, and erect, triangular ears. They have lean bodies covered with long, thick fur. They range in length from less than 60 cm to more than 90 cm,…
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Free Enterprise, as an economic principle, features minimum intervention of government and greater participation of private individuals in business management. This system, idealised by early political associations such as the People’s Union, endured in the tenets of the educated elites that Ademola II, Alake of Abeokuta, had recommended at his coronation in 1920 that “all…
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Funlola Aofiyebi is an actress, recognizable by her fine diction, and tall headdresses. Dark and tall Aofiyebi has a certificate in Drama and Theatre Arts from the Westminster College, England. In 1996, as a student of the University of Lagos, she auditioned for and got the part of Ese in hit Nigerian movie ‘Violated’, in…
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Funsho Williams was the Lagos civil servant and politician murdered in July 2006 during preparations for the 2007 elections. Born 1948 in Lagos, Funsho schooled at St Paul’s Catholic School, Ebute Metta; St Gregory’s College, Lagos and got his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Lagos in 1968. He also obtained a…
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FUTA Sec located in Oba-Kekere sub-campus, Federal University of Technology, Akure, is a Secondary school for boys and girls, established in November 1994 as the parent University’s venture. Federal University of Technology Akure had before then ran a primary school. A suitable option for locals, F.U.T.A. Sec, as it is informally called, has the University…