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University Press plc (UPPLC) is Nigeria's largest indigenous book publisher. It was founded as the Nigerian branch of the British Oxford University Press [1] in 1949 with the name Oxford University Press (OUP), Nigeria. At incorporation [2] as a public liability company in 1978, the company's name was changed to University Press Limited. [3]
Kola Onadipe was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, Nigeria.He was born into a polygamous family and was the second son of his mother. Onadipe studied law at the University of London in 1949 and later opened a law firm with his close friend Abraham Adesanya.
The Boy and his Dog (Children's novel) Lagos: Eph Communications Ltd, 2010. Hands that Crush Stone. (Play) Ibadan: University Press Plc, 2010. Barmaid and the Witches of Izunga. (Play) Ibadan: University Press Plc, 2010. Roses and Bullets. (Novel) Lagos: Jalaa Writers' Collective, 2011. Toki Learns the Hard Way. Lagos: Melrose Books and ...
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
Government College Umuahia, or GCU, is an independent secondary school for boys located on Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene road in Umuahia, Nigeria. [1]Twenty years after the establishment of Kings College, the first government-owned high school, by the British colonial government, three similar public schools were founded in 1929.
Abah has been involved in protesting several cases of human rights violations. Some of them include campaigns for the release of the Chibok girls abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist in North East Nigeria, campaigns for the environmental rights of Niger Delta women, the case of the torture involving three women in Ejigbo, Lagos by members of a vigilante group, the case of the kidnapping of Ese ...
Chike and the River is a children's story by Chinua Achebe.It was first published in South Africa in the year 1966 by Cambridge University Press, [1] with illustrations by Prue Theobalds, and was the first of several children's stories Achebe would write.
Methodist Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls located in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. It was established in 1879 and affiliated with the Methodist Church. It is the first female secondary school and the third oldest secondary school in Nigeria.It is the sister School of Methodist Boys High School. [1] [2] [3]