BabaRamota1980:
Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon put Nigeria and Lagos in particular on the map and became a household name in US.

Lagos should honor him.

pussyeater:

Guy! Nor make me vex!

davillian:

Ask 10 Americans if they have heard of Lagos b4. U would be surprise @d ans u get.

ikorodureporta:
Lagos State Government unveils The Football Forever Statue at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1615846405103286&id=492378324116772

franzis:
How can they just unveil a statue that has been on display for the past 6 months or more than

Alphasoar:
We don't even know the people there sef

omenka:
Egbon Musiwa, I come to you with greetings and respect.

Your Royal Majesty, the entire black race recognize and appreciate all you've done for them Kabiesi! Were it not for you, we wouldn't have known the difference in altitude.

May you live long and may your bond with the Queen of England continue to grow from strength to strength until your dying days!

Thank you our King!

napoleonbaba:


Nigeria had no basketball team in his days

pussyeater:
Unnecessary waste of money!

davillian:

Ask 10 Americans if they have heard of Lagos b4. U would be surprise @d ans u get.

naptu2:


Of course Nigeria had a basketball team. Hakeem was discovered by the great Ganiyu Otenigbagbe (who played for and coached Nigeria) while he was at Muslim Secondary School and he actually played one game for the Nigerian national junior team before he went to the US.

EPONOjuku:

The opinions of gala sellers and fan yogo hawkers don't count.

JamesReacher:
His name stayed the same. Is it a crime to go to where they have better standards?

kurupt1:
I just hope Unilag babes will not disturb this statue.There should be a 24hr security to protect this statue from Unilag babes.

naptu2:


Of course Nigeria had a basketball team. Hakeem was discovered by the great Ganiyu Otenigbagbe (who played for and coached Nigeria) while he was at Muslim Secondary School and he actually played one game for the Nigerian national junior team before he went to the US.

kannymoore:


It was called Muslim Teacher Training College that has presently metamorphosed into present day Obele Community High School situated at Randle Avenue, Surulere Lagos.

I know cos I once attended that Obele and I remember vividly when Hakeem Olajuwon donated some Basketballs to the school back in the mid 1990's.

School allowed us use only one basketball. And since we had no court, the ball itself couldn't last up to a single school term before it burst due to endless bouncing on the bumpy uneven terrain of the school compound. Lol!

chinex276:
eko is far far far ahead of other states in Nigeria

naptu2:


He also donated a lot of equipment to the Nigerian Basketball Federation in the 1990s, but I discovered (a year later) that the equipment was left to rot at the port because the NBBF said that they didn't have enough money to pay the port charges.

abbeyty:

e be like say that one with braid is kalu

ademusiwa3r:
nv


My family mostly developed Lagos

My scupture playing football with the team.. under a military government

the military has a tradition
I am honored..
There are many military tradition...