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Item Open Access People of Nigeria(Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, 1989) IKIEBE, R.O., Oddelm, O.O., Arah, Stella, Ogbonna, Ezenwa, Obodeze, Joe, Lipede, OluThe Hausa The igbo The Yoruba The Tivs The Ijo The Isoko The Bibilos The Junkus The KanuriItem Open Access NIGERIA AHAGH INWE AGBA(Lagos state: Ribway Printers Ltd.,, 1979) SHAGARI, Shehu AliyuOKWU MBÚ NKE ONYE ISI-OCHICHỊ ALHAJI SHEHU SHAGARI BU PRESIDENT NKE OBODO NIGERIA KWURU N'AMA EGWUREGWU ANAKPO TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE N'UBỌCHỊ MONDAY, NKE BỤ UBỌCHỊ MBU NKE ONWA IRI NKE AFO 1979 OKWU MBŲ NKE PRESIDENT BŲ ALHAJI SHEHU SHAGARI GWARA QHA-NA-EZE SITE NA RADIO NA TELEVISION, NA UBOCHI MBÚ NKE ONWA IRI NA AFO 1979Item Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos. June, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat, 1886-06) COLONY of Lagos• A: Maintenance and education of African Children; Return of Alien Children; Estate of Alishamadu (Congo Free State); Animals slaughtered and impounded. • B: Notification of the death of Chief Justice Bailey at Accra; Births, Marriages, and Deaths returns; Licensed Butchers. • C: Calendar of Prisoners; Licensed Canoes (Passenger and Cargo); Constabulary changes; Foreign Consuls; Criminal statistics. • E: Education Board meetings; Estimates for 1886. • H: Hospital and vaccination returns; Meteorological observations. • O: Ordinance No. 3 of 1886 (Savings Bank Ordinance). • P: Post Office notices and statistics.Item Open Access Government Gazette, Protectorate of Southern Nigeria of December, 1905(Calabar: The Secretary's Office, Protectorate of Southern Nigeria., 1905-12) GOVERNMENT printing department• Circular Despatches: Including modifications to commercial agreements between the UK and Greece regarding duties on currants and other goods. • Appointments and Changes: Notifications of European staff arrivals (e.g., Marine Officer, Forestry Officers) and consulate appointments. • Public Notices: Including rewards for detection of illegal percussion cap imports and notices of public holidays. • Marine Notices: Information on new fairway buoys and vacancies in the Marine Department. • Official Reports: Specifically, a detailed report on the Southern Nigeria section of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition held at the Crystal Palace in 1905.Item Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos. May 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat, 1886-05) COLONY of Lagos• A: Alien Children returns; Animals slaughtered/impounded; May Assize calendar; Auctioneers' Licenses. • C: Calendar of Prisoners; Constabulary changes; Foreign Consuls; Criminal statistics for May. • E: Escaped prisoner (KOSO); Appointment of Frederick Evans as Colonial Secretary. • H: Harbour Regulations; Queen Victoria's Birthday celebration; Hospital and vaccination returns; Meteorological observations. • S: Shipping Intelligence; Estate of Margaret Smith; Movements of Harbour Master Speeding. • T: Treasurer's Receipts; Rules for the Custody of Public Money.Item Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos. March 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat, 1886-03) COLONY of Lagos• Government Notices: Includes marriages, judicial appointments, and departmental instructions • Post Office Notices: Guidelines for money orders and mail registration • Legislative Information: Details on Ordinance No. 2 of 1886 • Commercial and Shipping Data: Import/export statistics and shipping intelligence • Official Changes: Returns of new appointments and salary changes for the March quarterItem Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos. November, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat, 1886-11) COLONY of Lagos• Government Notices: Includes public holidays, official leaves of absence, and administrative appointments. • Proclamations: Details on the Telegraph Line subsidy and the constitution of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the Gold Coast as a Court of Appeal for Lagos. • Commercial & Economic Information: Reports on the Colonial and Indian Museum, products of the Colony, and payment of accounts. • Judicial & Prison Records: Rewards for escaped prisoners, sale of prison manufactures, and criminal statistics. • Postal & Shipping Data: Statistics on money orders, postal articles, and shipping intelligence.Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos February, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-04-27) COLONY of Lagos• Rules for the Custody of Public Money in the Colonial Treasury • Circular regarding Government Property Inventories • Notification of the reading of Letters Patent and Royal Commission • Proclamation of the separate Colony of Lagos • Re-appointment of Officers for the Colony of Lagos • Alien Children returns; Animals slaughtered/impounded; February Assize calendar; Auctioneers' Licenses. • Circular on "Cats" and Birch Rods; Constabulary changes; Foreign Consuls; Customs notices. • Departmental Instructions regarding official correspondence and stationery requisitions. • Hospital returns; Vaccination records; Meteorological observations. • Letters Patent reading; Administrator’s Levee; London Gazettes receipt. • Ordinance No. 1 of 1886; Re-appointment of officers for the Colony. • Rules for the custody of public money in the Colonial Treasury.Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos July, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-07-31) COLONY of Lagos• Estates of deceased persons (Abuduramanu, alias F. Martins); Prison rules regarding alcoholic stimulants for prisoners under sentence of death; Escaped prisoners (Ikodu Sule and Amoshan). • Births, Marriages, and Deaths returns; Butchers' licenses. • Census of 1881; Civil Service examinations; Consuls for foreign nations. • Education Board meetings and Grant-in-aid regulations. • Hospital and vaccination returns; Meteorological observations. • Land acquisition notices; Lagos Houssa Constabulary changes. • Ordinances and Orders-in-Council. • Shipping intelligence; Spirit licenses. • Index to Government Gazette No. 7 of 1886. • Official notification regarding the separation of the Customs Department from the Treasury. • Establishment of the Lagos Treasury Savings Bank. • Standing Orders for the Powder Magazine. • Departmental Instructions for Treasury, Customs, and Post Office guidance. • Judicial and administrative appointments, including the Acting Judge of the Supreme Court. • Proceedings of the Royal Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London.Item Open Access Government gazette, colony of Lagos December, 1886(Lagos stsate: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-12-31) COLONY of Lagos• Alien Children returns, Animals impounded or slaughtered, and Anonymous letters to the Governor. • Christmas and New Year's holidays, Constabulary changes, and Consuls of foreign countries. • Hospital and prison medical returns. • Land requirements for government service and Lagos Races schedules. • Ordinances No. 9 and 10 of 1886. • Post Office statistics and Prison administration updates. • Shipping intelligence and Spirit licenses. • Treasury Savings Bank Ordinance and Telegraphic message protections.Item Open Access Government Gazette, Colony of Lagos April, 1886(Lagos state: Colonial Secretariat,, 1886-04) COLONY of Lagos• Official Notices and Ordinances • New Colony Status: The Gazette references Letters Patent dated January 13, 1886, which erected the Settlement of Lagos into a separate colony known as the Colony of Lagos. • Ordinance No. 1 of 1886: Extends existing Ordinances, Rules, and Orders of the Gold Coast Colony and the Settlement of Lagos to the new Colony of Lagos. • Ordinance No. 2 of 1886 (Supply Ordinance): Authorizes an expenditure of £55,317 12s 0d for the service of the year 1886. • Departmental Instructions: • Gazette Distribution: Establishes a regular free distribution list for Gazettes and Ordinances to various heads of departments, religious denominations, and foreign consuls. • Government Property: Instructions for Heads of Departments regarding the care of property and the formation of a "Board of Survey" to inspect unserviceable articles. • Private Use of Labor: Explicitly forbids using government employees or prisoners for private purposes. • Printing: Sets standard printing quantities: 250 copies for Ordinances and Gazettes, and 100 copies for notices. • Appointments and Personnel Changes • Henry Higgins: Appointed as Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Lagos; he arrived from England and assumed duties on April 7, 1886. • Captain Shuttleworth: Appointed Acting Harbour Master while the permanent Harbour Master was on surveying duty. • Americo Marco: Appointed as a Second Class Prison Officer on a three-month probation, replacing Joseph Simmonds. • Joseph Simmonds: Dismissed from the public service for absenting himself from duty without leave. • T. A. D. Cole: Resigned from his post as Public Vaccinator. • Civil Establishments: £14,671 12s • Constabulary: £12,292 2s • Public Works: £4,073 • Medical: £2,647 • Marine: £1,464 • Education: £950 • Judicial: £2,500