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CMS Grammar School, Lagos is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It was founded on the 6th of June 1859. In honour of its 156th Anniversary here is a brief history of the school. A Brief History of the School One of the major consequences of the advent of European Missionaries and the subsequent exploration of the interior regions of Nigeria was a rise in the establishment of Churches and Schools by the Missionaries. The missionaries had projected that if evangelism was to witness success and progress, education of the citizenry was inescapable. Thus, began the founding of many elementary schools, under the auspices of the CMS Mission and in line with that exploratory pattern. One of the leaders of the CMS Mission, Henry Venn was said to have favoured and encouraged the education of Africans for the African Mission, under a familiar climate. One of the products of that indigenization campaign was Thomas Babington Macaulay, an African and Nigerian who was spotted and picked from...
It is interesting to know that the sci-fi world is starting to notice Lagos; the large and industrious city got mentioned in the movie Captain America. If you have seen the movie, then you would know that a lot of action went on in the fictional city that was created in the movie. This made the hashtag #CaptainamericaInNigeria trend on social medias. Olalekan Jeyifous, a Nigerian-born, Brooklyn-based artist, has recreated this major city in Nigeria with his artistic waves of imaginations in a series dubbed ‘Shanty Megastructures’. Jeyifous, an architect turned artist has been able to show through these pictures what Lagos would look like in 2050. According to his creations, the city’s luxury real estate areas would be replaced by tin shacks. Although he used a series of digital software to create his 3D visuals that were later transformed to photographs, it was to represent the country’s marginalized poor according to him. Find below the pictures of the new Lagos...
Portugal international Nani have completed a £7million move to join Spanish side Valencia. The former Manchester United forward showed fans some serious capoeira (Brazilian martial arts dance) moves at his unveiling at new club. The former Manchester United player will hope to have many more goals – and somersaults – in him at Valencia. “This is a very special day for me,” Nani told Valencia’s English-language web site. “I’m happy to joining a great club and I hope to be at Valencia CF for many years to come. “I thank Suso [sporting director Jésus Garcia Pitarch] and Kim Koh [Valencia CF director] for their interest in signing me, and now I hope to repay that confidence they have placed in me with hard work, dedication and goals.” Recall that Nani was part of the Portuguese team that won the just concluded Euro 2016 Championships in France, with Ronaldo presenting him his silver boot, Nani says he loves the Brazilian style of dance after football. “If I was not playing football,...
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