Author: tope_litcaf
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Egerton Shyngle was the politician who became first party president when in 1923, Herbert Macaulay and his friends formed the Nigeria National Democratic Party that was to dominate Lagos politics for the next fifteen years. Born 15 March 1862 in Barthurst, Gambia, Shyngle’s secondary education was at Freetown Grammar School. He also went to Fourah…
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Eric Moore was a prominent Lagos Lawyer of the early 20th Century, one of the first Nigerian member of the Colonial Legislative Council. Eric. O. Moore enrolled at the Supreme Court in 1903. He was head of the deputation sent from Lagos to consult with the Acting Governor Boyle during the intrigues that followed the…
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Nigerian Navy Secondary School Abeokuta is a boys only secondary school established on 2 February 1991 as the second Nigerian Navy secondary school. The school is located at the site of the defunt St. Leo’s Teacher Training College in Ibara, Abeokuta. Success of the Ojo Navy school and subsequent upsurge in student population had necessitated…
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Nigerian Navy Secondary School Ojo is the first Nigerian Navy secondary school. The Ojo Navy School was established in 1982 originally to educate children of serving and retired Navy personnel. The success of this experiment had inspired the creation of Abeokuta and Ogbomosho schools, among others. This Navy school, located within the Nigerian Navy barracks…
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Nigerian shrew, Crocidura nigeriae, belongs to the order of small insect-eating mammals with long flexible snouts. It is a large shrew with a very dark brown dorsal pelage appearing grizzled. Shrews, called Èkúté in Yoruba, are fast-paced animals and they are known to eat very frequently, burrowing into the ground with their pointed snout. Tail…
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JC Omosanya Vaughan was a Nigerian nationalist at the beginning of the 20th Century. Vaughan was a social activist and also a Medical Practitioner. Born in 1893, to James, son to American former slave. James had left America with his brother in 1853 after their father’s death. These were times when those who knew where…
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Nigerian Turkish College, established in 1998 as a co-educational secondary school with sister schools in Ogun and Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Yobe. Nigerian-Turkish international College is run by Surat Education Limited. The school holds an annual national language festival to promote cordiality in Nigeria. The mission statement of the school satisfactorily attests to the clarity…
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Nike Davies-Okundaye is a Nigerian artist, who from her first solo exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Lagos in 1968 grew to become one of the major imprints on the international art circuits. As a textile designer, Nike brought a vivid imagination as well as a wealth of history and tradition in regulating the production of…
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Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticusis, is the second largest extant reptile species, about 5m long and weighing some 225 kg, having a lizard-shaped appearance, with a rough and scaled hide. This vicious and widely feared animal is largely restricted to living in tropical and sub-tropical environments such as the Afro-tropics of Central Africa. Lurking almost totally…
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Nile Grass Rat, Arvicanthis niloticus, are medium-sized rats with stoutish bodies, widely distributed in sub Saharan Africa, but traditionally held to extend to the mouth of the Nile River. The genus rattus to which it belongs was introduced to Africa by Arab and European ships in sometimes well-documented progression. It is an important reservoir for…