Category: Social
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Holy Cross Cathedral is an historical Lagos church building located at Catholic Mission Street opposite the city mall, Lagos Island. The Holy Cross Cathedral was built in 1932 by French Priest, Rev. Father Aime Simon and served as the diocesan headquarters of the Catholic Church in Lagos, therefore the seat of the Catholic Arch-Bishop of…
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Humuani Alaga was the Ibadan player of the textile industry, born in 1907 to a trader mother with whom she went on several trading trips in the south-western parts of Nigeria, as a kid. Alaga became one of the first registered customers when foreign firms established branches in Ibadan in 1932. As a specialist in…
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Jimoh Ibrahim is a serial entrepreneur with huge business interests, born 1967 in Igbotako to a bricklayer father who had at least seven wives and 40 children, and a fish seller mother. Ibrahim went to St. John’s School, and then to Community Grammar School, both in Igbotako. Thereafter, he attended Federal School of Arts and…
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Idanre Hill is the system of high plains and mountains, the highest of which rises about 3,000 ft. above sea level just about 15km southwest of Akure, capital city of Ondo State. Oke Idanre, as it is being called by natives, feature the Owa’s Palace, Shrines, Old Court, belfry, the Agbogun footprint, and the thunder…
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Ikogosi is a tourist site in Ekiti state known to have two springs flowing side by side with different temperatures; one warm and the other cold. The two springs emerge from a close accessibility come to a specific meeting point and flow together with each spring preserving its thermal uniqueness. Legend has it that the…
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Isaac Oluwole, Bishop of the Anglican Church, was born June 5, 1852 in Abeokuta to Ijesha parents.With the nomination of J.B. Wood, Bishop Oluwole was among the first batch of three students who took a Bachelor’s degree at Fourah Bay College in 1879. In same year, he became the second Principal of CMS Grammar School…
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Isele Mosque was built in 1911 by Bello Ariran and Hadam Kaliah and is now owned and maintained by the Isele Muslim Community. The mosque was built on the site where the Muslim religion was first preached in Ikorodu. The mosque has Islamic and Brazilian style influence. In 1962 Mr. Lasisi made an additional extension…
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Kemi Adetiba is a film maker and television personality. She is also the host of MNet’s Studio 53, and Temptation Nigeria, Soundcity’s many shows, and for three years; the nationally syndicated reality show, Maltina Dance All. Kemi Adetiba was born 8 January 1980 in Lagos to Dele Atiba who was a veteran in the advertising…