Author: tope_litcaf
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Anaesthesia is a state of controlled and reversible loss of consciousness usually associated with insensitivity to pain, reflex depression, and a variable degree of muscle relaxation. This definition by Famewo C.E. of the University of Ibadan is summed up in the Greek epistemology, ‘a’ meaning without, and ‘aesthesis’ meaning perception. Anaesthesia became a subject of…
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Americanism, the propensity of the Nigerian to lean towards American ideologies increased after independence from the British. However, the year 1938 marked the formal beginning of cultural relations with other countries by the United States government as well as the formal opening of the Ogbomoso People’s Institute (OPI) in Nigeria. This was the first school in…
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American International School is a co-educational school for Pre-school pupils to 12th Grade, offering the American educational program for students of all nationalities. The school was established 1964 in Lagos as a US State Department school to provide the American experience to international students. Studentship comprises pupils from over 30 countries while Nigerians and Americans…
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Long-tailed pangolin, Manis tetradactyla, have long prehensile tails that make up almost two-thirds of their total length, therefore having the longest tails and shortest bodies of the Pangolins, the only group of known mammals having keratin scales. They range in size from 30 to 40cm in length and 2 to 3 kg in weight. Their…
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Losii Osokale was the Egba chief from Ake, commissioned by Maye, the head of the Oyo-Ijebu-Ife coalition that subdued the Egba people prior to their migration to Abeokuta, to determine the dexterity of Egba’s intention to find a new settlement after the alienation of their villages. Losii was to do this by splitting and casting the…
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Alli Balogun was a Lagos politician and merchant in the 19th Century born in 1830 as Alli Makanjuola. Like his father, he was a slave dealer but he assumed a legal trade as supplier of local needs to European merchants upon the abolition of slavery in 1852. In his thirtieth year he had become rich…
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Louisville Girls School located in 114B, Ilupeju Way, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi Lagos. Louisville was named after the 19th Century Roman Catholic priest born in Paris, Louis. The well-equipped school is a girls only school and is located in Ijebu-Itele. The school is run by the Sisters of St. Louis Nigeria province. The graceful nature of…