Author: tope_litcaf
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Majeogbe was the third Alaafin to reign during the repression of the worst villain in Yoruba history, Basorun Gaha. Majeogbe made efforts to rid himself of Gaha but the scoundrel will only increase in power, joined by his sons to perpetuate unbelievable acts of cruelty. The Alaafin was quite aware of the danger that lay…
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Mangabey is an arboreal (also terrestrial), endothermic, frugivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous, bilaterally symmetrical, social primate found only within approximately 200 km of the Nigerian coast. They are also found in swamp, mangrove, and valley forests, from western Nigeria southward to the east Cameroon through the coast of Equatorial Guinea to Gabon. Of the 4-6 species of…
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Margaret Claires Comprehensive College is a school by the founder of Nickdel Schools, established 2012 in Ibadan to cater for the specifics of girl-child education. Classes had started with only six students in spite of the reputation it had gathered over the years with the highly successful sister schools. Nigerian National curriculum is used alongside…
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Maryland Comprehensive is a co-educational secondary school established in 1969 on the site of the relocated St. Agnes Teacher’s College. The school in its first decade offered boarding facilities for girls, but this was to be truncated with the 1979 Lagos State government take-over of missionary schools. The school was upgraded to the status…
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Harry Akande is a businessman and one time presidential aspirant born 1943 in Ibadan. As a child, Harry showed himself to be brilliant in academics and in sports. Being a staunch fan of the famous American singer, Harry Belafonte, Ayoade Akande took to the name ‘Harry,’ and is fondly called so. After the Olivet Heights…
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Mayors Height College was established by the Iya ewe of Ikeja, Mrs. Morohundiya who drew inspiration from the success of her initial project, the primary school precursor to the secondary school, Mayors Height. Like many private secondary schools in Lagos, moral upbringing of pupils constitutes a major part of the school’s objective. While success rate…
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Meat is the term used to describe any freshly dressed or treated tissues, mainly skeletal muscle from warm blooded animals suitable for use as food. This 1992 definition by Alonge, in a book, “Food Hygiene” excludes all other types of meat, which must now be qualified, e.g. snake meat, dog meat, or elephant meat. Edible…
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Ajisafe Kayode Ajayi was an historian and poet born in 1875 as Emmanuel Olympus Moore. The patriotic zeal and cultural renaissance in him prompted the change of his name to a fully African one in 1921. A.K. Ajisafe is the author of The Laws and Customs of the Yoruba People published in 1924. As one…