Category: Government
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Medicine men in ancient Egba society, took Osanyin as their deity and holders of the title bestowed in its cult formed a close association, like they do in Egypt, where advanced practice of medicine, as mentioned in Homer’s Oddysey, is said to have “left the rest of the world behind.” Notwithstanding the historical connection, which ought…
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Vivian Fowler Memorial College was founded in 1991 to provide quality education to the girl-child, thereby promoting womanhood to topmost heights. The school has gotten many accolades for its achievements in Arts. Curriculum is primarily Nigerian, but international examinations are given due attention. The school stands out in the teaching of languages and it has…
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University of Lagos, federal government owned university in Lagos founded in 1962. Unilag as it is called, has two campuses, Akoka, Yaba, which is the main campus and Idi Araba, Surulere in which the College of Medicine is located. It has one of the highest student populations in the country, for the obvious reasons of…
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FGC Odogbolu was established 1973 in Odogbolu town in Ogun state. As a Unity school, FGC Odogbolu was one of the first, built by the Federal Government as one of its post-Civil War resolutions. Admission into this school is through a fairly competitive unified examination. There are four dormitories also classified as sport houses, named…
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Wale Babalakin is the entrepreneur son of a former Supreme Court Judge form Gbongan in Osun State, Bolarinwa Babalakin. Although Wale Babalakin studied law like his father, even acquiring the highest qualification attainable, he delved into property development, and is now the owner of Nigeria’s biggest construction firm, the Bi-Courtney. Childhood Wale’s mother, Ramotu lbironke…
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Alexander Sapara Williams was the 19th Century lawyer, who when called to bar at the Inner Temple in 1879 became Nigeria’s first to qualify as an advocate. His clamour for press freedom, and opposition of the Seditious Offences Ordinances of 1909 which fortified Colonial authority against dissidence provided the background upon which Herbert Macaulay and…
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Obafemi Awolowo University, University in Ile-Ife, founded in 1962. The campus is believed to be one of the most beautiful in Africa. About seventy Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses are offered. The University was for most part of the 2000s notorious for irregularities in calendar due to external causes as well as its own complex structure.…
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University of Ibadan, established in 1948, is Nigeria’s premier University. Courses in Sciences, Arts, Engineering, Social Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine and Law are offered, and degrees are awarded. The first set of Graduate students were awarded Post Graduate degrees in 1952, in affiliation with the University of London, and the school, after attaining its independent status,…
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Abeokuta Grammar School was the first secondary school in Nigeria to be established outside Lagos, founded in 1908 and managed by the Anglican District Church Council in its first decades. The school had enjoyed the goodwill of Abeokuta royalty and the entire town since its inception. The sizeable football pitch that is in the campus is…
