Category: Environment
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Bate’s Dwarf Antelopes, Neotragus batesi, are very small antelopes, only some 5.5 cm long, and weighing from 2-3 kg. Males are a lot bigger than the female and it is only they… read more
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Straw-colored Fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum, is a species of bats, called Àdón in Yoruba, a mammal having the distinguishing feature of their forelimbs being developed as wings, thereby becoming the only mammal… read more
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The Banded Jewel fish, Hemichromis fasciatus, is an ornamental fish, which occurs in many hydrographic basins in West Africa. Together with the Tilapia it belongs to the cichlid family, which are perch-like… read more
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African Wild Dog, scientific name, Lycaon pictus, means painted or ornate wolf. It is called Ajá in Yoruba and used metaphorically in the culture to denote promiscuity, uncritical followership and ill table… read more
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Mushin is a Lagos district with one of the highest population concentration and a pool of small scale industries. The area, 12 kilometer square in sold land is slightly high so usually… read more
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The African Pygmy Mouse, Mus minutoides, is counted among the world’s smallest mammals. Adults can weigh from 3-12 g. Being social creatures, they will live in colonies preferably around water in grassy… read more
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African Palm Civet, Nandinia binotata, is a solitary, nocturnal, arboreal mammal, also commonly known as the Two-Spotted Palm Civet. Unlike the other Civet species which are all very closely related to one… read more
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African Civet, Civettictis civetta, called Eta in Yoruba, is a small, semi-aquatic, lithe-bodied, mostly nocturnal mammal, distributed all over Nigeria as is found in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, except in the… read more
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Esugbayi, the Oba of Lagos was designated Eleko of Eko, meaning, “the owner of Lagos”. He was the first Lagos monarch to reinforce the title. Others may have abstained for the reason… read more
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Ogun River is the waterfront originating in the isolated area of Saki, adjoining the Oyo National Park and gliding through Ogun State to empty into the Lagos Lagoon. Weaponry needed for the… read more
