Category: Government
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Frederick Lugard was the first Governor General of Nigeria, who in January 1, 1914 amalgamated the Northern and the Southern protectorates to form one country under the British empire. Lugard was born in 1858 of missionary parents in India, and trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England. In 1894 Lugard visited Nigeria for…
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Victor Banjo, born in 1930, was a soldier who, caught in the middle of an ideological complexity during the Nigerian Civil War, was executed by separatist army in 1967. In 1953, Victor Banjo joined the Royal West African Frontier force, training in Teshi, Ghana, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, and then the Military College…
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Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro is a secondary school founded as a result of post-independence deliberations by the Federal Government of Nigeria on the need to increase the new country’s manpower. The school had kickstarted with technical assistance from the Harvard University USAID and the Ford Foundation. Technical subjects such as Basic Electronics and Applied Electricity…
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Corona High School was established in 1955 by a group of expatriates in the Corona Women’s Society. In the years after Nigeria’s independence, the school had expanded and six sister schools have been opened. The school operates the British model of education. There are Corona High schools in Ikoyi, Gbagada, Victoria Island, among other places. From…
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Henry Dallimore was a pionner Christian missionary in old Ekiti Division and founder of the area’s premier secondary school; Christ School, Ado-Ekiti. Born 1885 in England, Dallimore came to Ekiti, Nigeria in 1925 alongside Rev. T. Harding, Mr. Babamboni, and Canon Jebb. Before this time, he had expressed his dissatisfaction with the defects and the conservatism…
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Deeper Life High School is the school founded by W.F Kumuyi, the pastor of Deeper Life Bible Church who is reputed for his fundamentalist approach to morality. The school design, very decent in its layout, has modern facilities. The school is full boarding but contacts between different sexes are minimized by design. The Nigerian national…
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D-Ivy is a private co-educational institution in Lagos founded in 1998 by Dr. (Mrs.) Oyinlola Ilo. D-Ivy College has operative accommodation, laboratory and library facilities. Academic achievement apparently enjoys the most attention and the school prides itself as delivering on that mission. The institution has annexes in Ota, Ogun state and Ikeja, Lagos. Many D-Ivy…
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Doregos Academy is a co-educational institution in Ipaja, Alimosho in Lagos. Doregos is a private school with well equipped science laboratories, learning resources center, ICT labs and classrooms. The school has recorded success in international Science and Technology competitions. It has also produced the youngest person in Africa to be a Microsoft Certified Professional. A group of…
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Dowen College is a private secondary school located in the Lekki area of Lagos. The school is co-educational and boarding facilities are provided. Dowen consciously train pupils to further their education in overseas universities. About 2,000 titles are shelved in the internet-ready library of the school, and there is a French cultural section within. Dowen…
