Author: tope_litcaf
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Judiciary makes the third arm of the Nigerian government, the other two being executive, and the legislature. The law, including the ones being made by the legislative arm is interpreted and applied in adjudicating in disputes arising between separate entities. The Supreme Court, as the highest court, is the last stop on all appeal matters.…
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Osborne F.G. was a merchant of the Anglo-Colonial Trading Corporation Limited, called Alagbon in Lagos of the nineteen-tens. Born in 1852, Osborne came to Lagos in the 1870s as a clerk of another firm, later embarking on a big trading venture with a colleague under the name of Hutton & Osborne. This business flourished for…
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Anglophonism was the term used in pre-independence times to describe the tendency of the Nigerian to see self as naturally aligned with, or to show allegiance to the English. In Michael Echeruo’s account of Victorian Lagos, he writes about the African Renaissance that became a trend in Lagos through changes in name, dress, politics, among other…
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Oshodi in Lagos, is a densely populated and centrally located district. Although Oshodi evolved in modern times near the more traditional Mafoluku community, it has in time encompassed Mafoluku itself. Oshodi is site of Nigeria’s oldest modern markets, like the one officially opened in 1933 by the colonial governor, De Charles Cameroon. The relative cheapness…
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Babatunde Fashola is the Thirteenth governor of Lagos State, (2007-2015), publicly acclaimed for his analytical skill and administrative competence. He is a recipient of the 2009 Yitzhak Rabin Centre for African Development Governor of the Decade Peace award and the 2010 Award of Excellence in Leadership of the Martin Luther King Jnr. Foundation. Born on…
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Adegoke Sylvester is a Geologist from Ondo town, born July 1937. Adegoke coordinated the industrial studies of the extensive tar send bitumen-bearing beds of Ondo, Ogun and Bendel States within which heavy and extra-heavy crude oil is known to exist and which forms the basis for the production of lubricants, automatic fuels, sulphur, petrochemicals and…
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Adebayo Salami popularly known as Oga Bello was born 9 May 1953 in Agege to parents from Kwara State. Growing up in Okepopo of Lagos Island, he attended Ansarudeen school Okepopo, Adebodun Commercial School and later, Lagos Drama School which was then affiliated to University of Lagos. All the time Adebayo Salami was schooling he…
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Epetedo is an historical area in Lagos Island where some of the followers of the deposed and exiled Oba of Lagos, Kosoko, settled in the 1860s. Many of the families living in this area are ones who fled Lagos when the British attacked the city during the time of king Akitoye and went to Epe.…
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Oshodi Court, historical building and ancient home of the 19th Century warlord, Landuji Oshodi is located on Oshodi street on the Epetedo area on north Lagos Island, it is one of the finest traditional family compounds. Some members of the family fled the city with Kosoko when the British attacked during the reign of Kosoko but…
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Osinyago was one of the short lived Alaafin of Oyo, whose repressive rule led to an inglorious end. Osinyago dedicated himself to the pursuit of wealth but not even his children lived to enjoy them. His equally covetous son lost his life to this conduct and his second child who was a lady killed her…