Author: tope_litcaf
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Idanre Hill is the system of high plains and mountains, the highest of which rises about 3,000 ft. above sea level just about 15km southwest of Akure, capital city of Ondo State. Oke Idanre, as it is being called by natives, feature the Owa’s Palace, Shrines, Old Court, belfry, the Agbogun footprint, and the thunder…
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Ijebu Ife, the old district of Ijebu province lying south east of Ijebu Ode contains three distinct units: the Ijebu Ife village area, the Isele village area, and a group of village and scattered hamlets named after the largest village, Ogbere having a distance of about 22 kilometres from Ijebu-Ode. Ogbere serves as headquarters to…
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Ikogosi is a tourist site in Ekiti state known to have two springs flowing side by side with different temperatures; one warm and the other cold. The two springs emerge from a close accessibility come to a specific meeting point and flow together with each spring preserving its thermal uniqueness. Legend has it that the…
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Iledi osugbo Abalaiye is a pre-colonial period pagan ritual site along Ajina Square in Ikorodu. It was built in 1810 by joint community effort. It is a traditional Yoruba compound in Ikorodu. The building is used for the traditional rights and installation ceremony of the Obas and Chiefs; it is also used as the residence…
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Intelligence Report in colonial Nigeria was a document outlining the history and the administrative culture of the people as constructed from oral traditions and in some cases, other trusted written accounts. The main objective of the Intelligence Report was to show how far the executive and judicial practice is in conformity with the indigenous institutions,…
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International School Ibadan was established 1963 as a joint project between the Ford Foundation and the University of Ibadan. Unlike most University secondary schools, I.S.I.’s purpose was not to accommodate University staff children but to provide standard education for expatriates and others who want world standard education for their children. In its effort to demonstrate…
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International School Lagos is the staff secondary school of the University of Lagos, established in 1981 within the University campus Akoka, Yaba, Lagos. This came as sequel to the elementary school that served primarily to educate staff children. Barely four years after the school founding, operations had commenced in its permanent site. Expectedly, the school…
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Isaac Oluwole, Bishop of the Anglican Church, was born June 5, 1852 in Abeokuta to Ijesha parents.With the nomination of J.B. Wood, Bishop Oluwole was among the first batch of three students who took a Bachelor’s degree at Fourah Bay College in 1879. In same year, he became the second Principal of CMS Grammar School…