Author: tope_litcaf
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Gradualism is a principle of slow, stepwise change. The gradualist approach to privatization of government concerns has been argued to serve to spread the time within which the pains of the exercise may be felt and thereby reduce its impact. Sir Kitoyi Ajasa‘s belief that social and political stability depended upon a process of slow…
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Owiwi Battle was an historical military engagement of the Egba and Ijebu resulting in the defeat of the latter. The battle of Owiwi emanated from the rancor between the newly settled Egba people of Abeokuta and the people of Ijebu Remo. Ijebu villages gathered immediately after the withdrawal of Egba victorious army to avenge their…
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Maye was the commander of the joint army that waged war against the Egba tribe following the fracas at Apomu market in which the people of Owu were pitched against the Ijebu. Although Owu was originally involved, Maye’s army had extended hostility to Egba villages, thereby causing them to unite in a relatively safe place…
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Lamodi was the second Balogun of Egba army after Yisa who achieved renown for his military tact. Lamodi was from Igbehin, which was one of the Egba villages before the migration to Abeokuta. As a high-ranking army chief under the subjugation of the Oyo-Ijebu-Ife coalition, he was required along with a few other Egba nobles…
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Egba people: According to titleholder of the land and author, F.I Sotunde, it is undocumented how the people of Egba came to inhabit the geographical area known as the Egba forest. What is relatively known for sure is that the political turmoil following the fall of the Oyo Empire indirectly led to their migration to…
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Solid Rock Girls Academy is a private all-girls’ secondary school in Sagamu. British model of teaching is used but with West African School Certificate exam in mind. The school’s unostentatious campus, located in Old Lagos-Ibadan Road, Sagamu, has facilities that may be available in any elite private school. Vocational education is included in a way…
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Solomon Grace International School is a private secondary school in Lagos. School boasts of well-designed laboratories, and maintains a lively culture. Graduating students, in a symbolic gesture, pass on a torch, called the torch of excellence, to representatives of the newer generation. The school’s colorful campus may have been purposed to invigorate student senses in…