Category: Government
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Dipomu, in Yoruba language, Di opo mu, meaning ‘catch hold of the post’. Ancient judicial practise in southwest Nigeria in which an offender or anyone who was in trouble sought sanctuary in the king’s palace. A veranda post is usually grabbed to claim the king’s protection. The Dipomu system had been highly effective in divorce…
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Judiciary makes the third arm of the Nigerian government, the other two being executive, and the legislature. The law, including the ones being made by the legislative arm is interpreted and applied in adjudicating in disputes arising between separate entities. The Supreme Court, as the highest court, is the last stop on all appeal matters.…
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Osborne F.G. was a merchant of the Anglo-Colonial Trading Corporation Limited, called Alagbon in Lagos of the nineteen-tens. Born in 1852, Osborne came to Lagos in the 1870s as a clerk of another firm, later embarking on a big trading venture with a colleague under the name of Hutton & Osborne. This business flourished for…
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Anglophonism was the term used in pre-independence times to describe the tendency of the Nigerian to see self as naturally aligned with, or to show allegiance to the English. In Michael Echeruo’s account of Victorian Lagos, he writes about the African Renaissance that became a trend in Lagos through changes in name, dress, politics, among other…
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Babatunde Fashola is the Thirteenth governor of Lagos State, (2007-2015), publicly acclaimed for his analytical skill and administrative competence. He is a recipient of the 2009 Yitzhak Rabin Centre for African Development Governor of the Decade Peace award and the 2010 Award of Excellence in Leadership of the Martin Luther King Jnr. Foundation. Born on…
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Adegoke Sylvester is a Geologist from Ondo town, born July 1937. Adegoke coordinated the industrial studies of the extensive tar send bitumen-bearing beds of Ondo, Ogun and Bendel States within which heavy and extra-heavy crude oil is known to exist and which forms the basis for the production of lubricants, automatic fuels, sulphur, petrochemicals and…
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King’s College was established in 1909 to provide for the youths of colonial Nigeria a higher education than that supplied by existing schools to prepare them for matriculation examination of the University of London. King’s College Lagos is located in 3, Catholic Mission in Lagos Island. The school was split into two campuses to cater…
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Parker International High School was established in 1994 by Ghanaian educationist, Mr. Parker Quartz, who had achieved renown the decade before due to his activities at the “Talk of the town” which then translated to the establishment of a primary school, the precursor to the Parker International High School. The Rockview Campus in Akure is…
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Accountancy as a professional and managerial function was imported into Nigeria just like any other white collar job by the British colonialists through their various commodities trading companies and supporting financial institutions. The Royal Niger Company and the Bank of British West Africa (now First Bank Plc) were at the forefront of introducing and developing…
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Pinefield College is a modern secondary school established 1999 in highbrow Lekki Phase I. The school’s spacious compound encompasses highly functional facilities; science laboratories, interactive whiteboard room, Arts studio and a football pitch. Unlike many schools, there is also a swimming pool. Pinefield College pays attention to the discovery of talents, and pupils are encouraged…
