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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Vanguard - Sports : Sagamu, Bulls, & Lions qualify from Sagamu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sagamu Original, Sagamu Bulls and The Lions on Saturday joined three other teams from Kaduna in the national finals of the Vmobile Golf Day tournament billed for the Ikoyi Club 1938 (Golf section)..
The trio of Sagamu Original, Sagamu Bull and The Lions emerged winners of the Vmobile Golf Day tournament held in Sagamu last weekend with a score of 109, 102, and 99 Stableford points respectively, to pick the three tickets ahead of 17 other teams that took part in the 18 hole tournament.
Commodore Shittu (rtd.) a member of the Sagamu Original team could not hide his joy and at the same time was pleasantly surprised with the performance of his team " Golf is a highly unpredictable game; it is the day that comes your day you play very well’, he said.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/sports/april05/13042005/sp412042005.html   (488 words)

  
 Sagamu, Nigeria, Pictures
Sagamu is the part of the Yoruba cultural region of southwestern Nigeria.
Sagamu controlled the trade routes between the ports in the Niger Delta and the Yoruba mainland until the British occupied the city at the end of the 19th century.
Sagamu has experienced both population and economic growth since the 1950s due to its position between the cities of Ibadan and Lagos.
www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Nigeria/Sagamu_city.html   (200 words)

  
 VIA vzw - Interculturele uitwisseling via vrijwilligerswerk - Sander Herremans, Nigeria
In het gezin zijn ze wel heel lief en Pieter is hier in Sagamu nu ook op bezoek.
In Sagamu alles koek en ei, maar het blijft een saai boerengat waar niks te doen is. Nu ja, ik vind mijn bezigheid wel.
In Sagamu is het in elk geval fijn vertoeven (wat een rare woorden, ik heb al 2 maand geen Nederlands meer gesproken).
www.viavzw.be /static/ViaVrijwilligers/Getuigenissen/SanderHerremans.htm   (7578 words)

  
 USAfricaonline VIEWPOINT
Thus in case of Sagamu, when Governor Olusegun Osoba was alerted of the break -down of order in Sagamu, statutorily, he was hemmed in.
To drive this point home, in the case of Sagamu, a crisis of confidence did arise, literally in the heat of battle, such that the Area Commander had to be replaced because his neutrality, judgment on impartiality came into question during the bloody dash.
I was born and bred in Sagamu and had my primary education there; our Hausa compatriots have lived in Sagamu for over one hundred years.They were recognized as an essential part of our cultural, economic and political landscape by my late great uncle, the late Akarigbo, Oba William Adedoyin, who was my grandfather's youngest brother.
www.usafricaonline.com /solarinfederalism.html   (1629 words)

  
 Mass burial for victims of Sagamu accident - OnlineNigeria.com
Badru, who said the state government would pay the hospital bill of the injured, stated that the date for the mass burial would soon be decided.
He said one of the buses involved in the accident was going to Iperu from Lagos, adding that many of the people in the bus were traders, who went to Lagos to sell gaari.
Burnt corpses of 16 of those who died in the accident were brought to the mortuary of the OOUTH at 6 pm on Saturday in a truck with registartion number LG 29 SGM owned by Sagamu Local Government.
nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=8642&z=17   (570 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sagamu is a metropolitan city in the Ijebu-Remo Local Government area of Ogun State.
The Hausas were regarded as settlers, who should not claim land ownership in their host communities.
The Kano ethnic violence was purposely planned to avenge the loses incurred at the Sagamu riot by the Hausas.
www.dpmf.org /ethnic-agitation-bamgbose-sept-2001.html   (972 words)

  
 »►Sagamu, Gis 2003«   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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gis-2003.osbercad.com /GIS4877/sagamu.html   (165 words)

  
 NIGERIA / ETHNIC TENSION
Sagamu's market is crowded these days, and to a casual observer, there are few outward signs that this small town - about an hour's drive northeast of Lagos - was the scene of violent ethnic riots in July.
The clash in Sagamu was sparked when a woman from the Hausa ethnic group accidentally witnessed a secret ceremony being performed by the town's ethnic Yoruba majority.
Local leaders - and many residents - in Sagamu are reluctant to discuss the root causes of the violence in July, preferring to blame the killings on divine intervention.
globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/1999/10/991022-nigeria1.htm   (1303 words)

  
 BBC News | Africa | Violence takes Nigeria by surprise
Sagamu, about 50km from Lagos, is a typical Yoruba town, a sprawling, bustling trading centre.
The trouble in Sagamu reportedly began when a northern, Hausa woman was killed after seeing the night-time procession.
Although Sagamu is far from the Hausa areas of northern Nigeria, it has a resident Hausa community.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_398000/398404.stm   (308 words)

  
 Nigeriaworld Feature Article - Open letter from Lanre Banjo to Gov Otunba Gbenga Daniel - Monday, June 26, 2006
Sule Animashaun, alias Age in Sagamu, which was alleged to have been perpetrated by your hit squad.
It is on record that those who attacked Chief Bayode Oluwole's residence in daylight left the Sagamu Local Government office wearing OGD Strike Force uniforms and in a bus without plate numbers.
Perhaps you were made Arole in Sagamu based on these records of violence against the indigenes of the town that opposed your misrule.
nigeriaworld.com /feature/publication/banjo/071206.html   (1838 words)

  
 »►Gis 2003 Sagamu«   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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gis-2003.osbercad.com /gis-2003-sagamu.html   (177 words)

  
 BioMed Central | Full text | Maternal deaths in Sagamu in the new millennium: a facility-based retrospective analysis
Maternal deaths in Sagamu in the new millennium: a facility-based retrospective analysis
This study presents the magnitude and distribution of causes of maternal deaths at the beginning of the 21st century in a Nigerian referral hospital and derives recommendations to reduce its frequency.
This study presents the magnitude and distribution of causes of maternal mortality at the beginning of the 21st century in a Nigerian referral hospital and derives recommendations, to reduce the frequency of maternal deaths in this centre and in other centres in similar setting.
www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2393/6/6   (3852 words)

  
 THISDAYonline
Addressing journalists in Sagamu, the Olootu Omoba of Ijagba and the Spokesman for the Ojelobaiye family, Otunba Oluwole Ogunjimi said that since the family received the information it has been worrying about the safety of the aspirant.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Sagamu youths, on Monday, held a solidarity rally in support of the gubernatorial aspiration of Daniel in Sagamu and also condemned those behind the reports alleging that Daniel is not from Sagamu.
Raufu Jinadu and Dele Abiona also presented a petition to the Ewusi of Makun Sagamu in council against five PDP local government Chairmen of Makun extraction who were alleged to have signed a petition alleging that Daniel is not an indigene of Remo.
www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2002/10/17/20021017pol01.html   (539 words)

  
 Angry Refugees Protest the Untimely Death of Legendary Goal Keeper
Upon his arrival at the clinic, he was examined by an intern nurse commonly referred to by residents at the camp as David.
David indicated that he wasn’t equipped technically to handle the situation; therefore advised that Boye Cooper be taken to Ogun State University Teaching Hospital at Sagamu, where medical cases beyond the prowess of clinic at the camp are handled.
After receiving the fact that both cars did indeed contain enough petrol to drive “Dino” to Sagamu for emergency medical treatment, the Liberians at the camp, gathered around 7:00 AM (on the morning of June 3, 2004) furiously went on the rampage, ransacked and looted the almost emptied warehouse.
www.theperspective.org /2004/june/refugeesprotest.html   (903 words)

  
 THISDAYonline
The initial rationale for embarking on the construction of the road was to end the exploitation of Ogun state indigenes thorough payment of multiple tolls at toll plaza.
For a citizen of the state moving from Abeokuta to the farthest part of Ijebu area along the sagamu - Benin Express way, toll must be paid at the Sagamu Inter-change, Sagamu and at the Ijebu Ode.
Hitherto, residents of the towns the roads transverse and its numerous satellite villages and hamlets had to first join the Sagamu - Benin Expressway before heading for Lagos, Abeokuta or Ibadan as the case may be or subjecting their vehicles and themselves to an arduous journey on the decrepit road.
www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2002/01/26/20020126let01.html   (743 words)

  
 Sexual Health Matters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sagamu is a town in south-western Nigeria, about 60 kilometres from the port city of Lagos.
The Sabo community in Sagamu is cosmopolitan in nature with immigrant populations from all over Nigeria and indeed West Africa resident there.
The mission of the centre is to promote the development of Sagamu community through improving health and standard of living of its members particularly the most vulnerable groups.
www.sexualhealthmatters.com /v2iss1/article1.html   (1399 words)

  
 NAPEP - Overview of Ogun State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The remaining 173 hotels/guest houses are located in the remaining LGAs with the highest number of fourty-seven in Abeokuta group of LGAs followed by fourty-seven in Sagamu LGA group, twenty-eight in Ado-Odo/Ota, twenty-one in Ijebu-North groups of LGAs.
Cement manufacturing plants at Ewekoro and Sagamu were based on the available limestone and other components in the state.
Availability of forest, agricultural and mineral resources in the state, access to a large pool of skilled manpower, the presence of water and electric power supply, incentives by successive governments and the locational advantage of the state, all make it a favoured location for several kinds of industrial establishments.
www.napep.com /states/ogun_state.html   (3573 words)

  
 Reproductive Health | Full text | "Near-miss" obstetric events and maternal deaths in Sagamu, Nigeria: a retrospective ...
At Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, a state-owned referral centre in southwest Nigeria, maternal mortality ratio is close to 2000 per 100,000 deliveries [5].
The majority of these maternal deaths are largely unpreventable as they occur in unbooked emergency cases that present too late to the hospital and die shortly after admission.
The study was conducted at the obstetric unit of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, a publicly funded tertiary care institution, which serves as the major referral centre for other public and private hospitals within Ogun State, in southwest Nigeria.
www.reproductive-health-journal.com /content/2/1/9   (4644 words)

  
 nigeria's ethnic violence Economist 31 July 1999
When the delegates returned to the capital, Abuja, the president’s spokesman said they had been alarmed by the extent of damage and loss of life in Sagamu and promised that the government would do all it could to stop such things happening in future.
In Sagamu, as in most of the clashes, the reason for the fighting boils down to a question of respect for other people’s cultures and rights.
However, so long as a minority of Nigerians are willing to reach for their machetes and clubs to settle disputes, as they were in Sagamu last week, it looks as if Mr Obasanjo will have to continue to send out presidential delegations to calm enraged communities and comfort weeping families.
plato.acadiau.ca /COURSES/POLS/grieve/2683/4region/Africa/nigeria_ethnic.html   (768 words)

  
 Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Vol. 20, No. 2 (2003)
Background: The incidence of uterine rupture is high in most developing countries and it is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Objectives:To determine the incidence, aetiology and the associated morbidity and mortality in cases of ruptured uterus presenting at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria.
Conclusion: Uterine rupture continues to be a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in Sagamu and efforts should be geared towards reducing the number of women affected by this problem.
www.ajol.info /viewarticle.php?jid=79&id=6663   (378 words)

  
 Finance24 : Empowering Financial Decisions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sagamu, Nigeria - Fifteen months ago, Modinat Odulawa was bedridden with Aids-related diseases.
I have drugs now," Odulawa said as a nurse checked her pulse at the community clinic in Sagamu, north of Lagos, where the Nigerian patients are treated.
Dr Yomi Ogun, a doctor at Nigeria's Ogun State University Teaching Hospital who oversees the treatments at the Sagamu clinic, describes his patients as "ambassadors of prevention" because of their willingness to break the stigma preventing most of Nigeria's Aids patients from speaking openly about their disease.
www.finance24.com /articles/email_article.asp?articleid=2-11_1210746   (718 words)

  
 BBC News | Africa | Ethnic fighting follows Nigeria festival
The centre of Sagamu presents a horrifying scene; burnt corpses are on the streets and many buildings are on fire.
Yoruba people in Sagamu told the BBC that the Hausa community had refused to obey this traditional rule, whereas Hausa people said they had been attacked indiscriminately.
Residents of Sagamu told the BBC that the violence was unprecedented in the town's history and they appealed to the authorities to bring it under control as quickly as possible.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_397000/397922.stm   (316 words)

  
 International AIDS Society
The situation in Sagamu, Nigeria provides a unique opportunity to do this and shows clearly that the devastation of HIV can be greatly mitigated if ARV is introduced on a wider scale in the continent.
Antiretrovrial medications were given free of charge to 148 patients at the Centre for special studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital Sagamu, Nigeria between July 2000 and July 2003.
Data relating to their response, adherence to treatment and survival during the 3 years of followup were collated and compared to similar data on 245 patients who could not be accommodated on the free ARV program because of limited supply
www.iasociety.org /abstract/show.asp?abstract_id=2173662   (372 words)

  
 Nigeria: SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE - Ogun State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The analysis of the distribu tion of secondary schools in the state shows concentrations of the facilities in Ogun Waterside (1.6), followed by ljebuEast (1.3) and Sagamu LGA groups,Odeda LGA breaks even while the remaining LGA groups show various levels of inadequacy in secondary school facilities.
Four LGA groups show concentration of tertiary educational facilities.These are ljebu North followed by Abeokuta LGA group ljebuOde group and Egbado South.Four other LGA groups had no tertiary educational facility (ljebuEast, ObafemiOwode, Odeda and Ogun Waterside) and these are the rural LGA groups.
The remaining 173 hotels/guest houses are located in the remaining LGAs with the highest number of fortyseven in Abeokuta group of LGAs followed by fortyseven in Sagamu LGA group, twentyeight in AdoOdo/Ota, twentyone in ljebu Ode, fifteen in Egbado South and eight in ljebu North groups of LGAs.
www.onlinenigeria.com /links/Ogunstateadv.asp?blurb=339   (1717 words)

  
 Culture versus religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Not surprisingly the representative of the traditional institutions, the Olisa of Makun, Sagamu opposed the bill, saying "Tradition must not be discarded at the altar of civilization" and reminding the lawmakers and others gathered that the Christian and Muslim religions were foreign to Africa.
He of course did not mention that electricity, modern medicine, television sets, motor vehicles, aero planes, secondary schools, newspapers, beer and coca cola, and modern governments and democracies were also foreign to Africa.
Obaship has received the sanction of the state, is backed up by laws and state institutions, has territorial jurisdiction and exercises authorities over all citizens in their territories whether Christians, Moslems or traditional worshippers.
www.businessdayonline.com /?c=47&a=7262   (919 words)

  
 Kabissa - African Civil Society
The vision of SCC is the attainment by Sagamu Community members of a level of health that will permit them to live a socially satisfying and economically productive life.
SAGAMU COMMUNITY CENTRE (SCC) An Innovative Approach to Health and Community Development INTRODUCTION The Sagamu Community Centre (SCC) is a non-governmental organization owned and managed by members of the Sagamu Community.
The Centre was established in 1996 and the impetus for its formation came from a need to educate and empower members of the community on issues affecting their health and development.
www.kabissa.org /legacy/contact/index.php?action=view&id=2407   (853 words)

  
 News -- Ogun: Checkpoint robbery saga: Why four dismissed police officers can’t be recalled now
THE fate of four dismissed police officers, who were later acquitted by the Sagamu Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State seems to be hanging in the balance, as the police high command may have foreclosed their recall.
The ex-police officers, who were serving in Sagamu Division, were arrested and initially detained at the division, which carried out preliminary investigation into the alleged robbery incident.
The officers were eventually transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Abeokuta, which conducted a comprehensive investigation on the matter before their arraignment in court for alleged conspiracy and armed robbery.
odili.net /news/source/2004/dec/26/511.html   (644 words)

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