Good day,
I would like to bring to our memory
this entity called Nigeria; when we were
trying to shape what our destiny would be,
before greed, killings and all manner of evil
truncated that destiny.

However, what is lost can be restored
if we can acknowledge our past mistakes,
forgive one another and move forward

Here we go...

A petrol station in the 50s in Ibadan.
pls note the cleanliness and orderliness in terms of landscaping
and design of the station

A court house in Abuja

A young Hausa trader

Crystals in a wayside rock near Abeokuta

Brushing a non-tarred road in order to reduce
corrugations.

A bookshop in Abeokuta.
Notice the type of books being read by
our parents back then...

A rare plant Cycad- Encephalatos Barteri growing near Jebba

The Emir of Bida in his recently decorated reception room; most likely
a Fulani leader

A clear, uncontaminated spring for washing
in the Lanszu valley near Abuja.
Despite the simplicity, yet life was still good in terms of low-level pollution
of our environment.

The beauty of the Gurara waterfalls near Abuja.
What a potential tourism site. What is now its present state? This would have been
an alternative to the Niagara falls despite it being a giant.
Definitely a big brother to Erin-Ijesa waterfalls.
Might even be useful as a site for generating hydro-electric power.

The Emir of Abuja. Reorted to had travelled by car and even foot in order to oversee
his emirate and supervise layout of new villages. There was law, order, peace (relative)
and neighbourliness. What is now the situation?

NOW, on a lighter, hilarious ending, an advert
on kerosene-powered refrigerator.
Maybe we need an hybrid of electrical and gas-powered refrigerators
due to our epileptic power supply

RecordKeeper:
The Emir of Bida in his recently decorated reception room; most likely
a Fulani leader

Nupe Leader. No call Fulani here if yhu no wan make we fight. Toh

Source: Duckworth, E.H (1950). On Tour:Thoughts and Observations during a journey by car from Lagos to Abuja.Nigeria magazine,Lagos,33:93-152pp

RecordKeeper:
NOW, on a lighter, hilarious ending, an advert
on kerosene-powered refrigerator.
Maybe we need an hybrid of electrical and gas-powered refrigerators
due to our epileptic power supply

Such is life

Oga ooooo

RecordKeeper:
A rare plant Cycad- Encephalatos Barteri growing near Jebba

During the days of black and white tv

cc: seun, lalasticlala, mynd44.

This is front-page worthy.
Be prepared for educative, entertaining and well-researched topics
free from bias and intentionally to bridge the 'history-divide' between the different
generations of Nigeria (50s to 2000s).
Amen.