Author: tope_litcaf
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Queen’s College is the sister college of King’s College, Lagos, founded in 1927. Queen’s College is historically prestigious and high student performance at joint external examinations has been consistent. This girls only school is government-owned with boarding facilities, located in Yaba, Lagos. It is presently one of the 104 Federal Government owned Unity colleges run…
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Kitoyi Ajasa was a key figure in Colonial Lagos born in 1866. His original name, Edmund Macaulay was relinquished upon his attainment of full qualifications as a lawyer in London. His family had returned from Sierra Leone upon their emancipation by British anti-slavery squadron to Ajase and afterwards, Lagos. At the age of 14 he…
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Potto is an arboreal, nocturnal, frugivorous and insectivorous primate belonging to the Loridae family and Genus Perodicticus. Lorises are primates and are more closely related to humans, apes, Old World monkeys and New World monkeys than any other living nonhuman primate group. Of the four subspecies of the Perodicticus potto, juju and edwardsi is found…
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Postnatal (puerperal, postpartum) psychiatric disorders are mental conditions that arise in women within the first 42 days after childbirth. Based on the degree of severity, these conditions have been grouped into three; postnatal blues, postnatal depression, and postnatal psychosis, although they overlap to some extent. Blues Majority of women experience this with the symptoms…
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Radiance High School was founded in September 1999 by F.L.O Menkiti and wife. Radiance High School was inspired by the success of the older junior school that came into existence ten years earlier. The school, which offers a boarding option for students, is located in Festac Town in Lagos. The school is amenable to the…
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Praxis as a theory entails the development of a revolutionary doctrine which will enable one to understand the basic force in history and the possibilities for developing or revolutionary movement so that men can gain control over their lives. Unlike positivism which refers to practise as an utilitarian category, revolutionary praxis affirms that practise is…
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RADIOPHONE CURIOSITY By Adekambi, Editor, Eko Akete, 2 February, 1924 Television another possible scientific invention Seeing Wimbeley from Lagos!!! To make a telephone call upon a friend or a businessman at Agege and indulge in a lively conversation in the ordinary way is wonderful enough. To receive a cable-gram sent from London, Lisbon, or New York…
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Railway Compound in Ebutte-Meta, Lagos is the original headquarters of Nigerian Railways, with residences for senior staff members. Since the foundation of the Nigerian railways in 1893 the building activity of this company has been expanded over the whole Nigeria, but it started in the former capital, Lagos. Some of the first railway stations still…
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Red flanked Duiker is a species of duiker, also known as Diving Buck for its dexterity in diving. The Red flanked Duiker is a tiny, stocky duiker with a rounded back. They are classified in the family Bovidae and the subfamily Cephalophinae. Red-flanked duikers, called Èsúró in Yoruba, grow to almost 35 cm in height…
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Rainbow College is a co-educational secondary school now located in Johnson Street, Surulere. The school’s boarding facilities is situated along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Rainbow College was the first private all-boys college in Lagos when it was established in 1996. The school’s modernist approach to education is especially apparent in its Information Technology infrastructure, which enables connectivity…