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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:30pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Ishilove: Usually, people sacrificed goats, sheep, etc to the ancestors when they wanted the ancestors to do something for them. Eromosele felt that this method of communication was too slow. He felt that it was better and much faster to sacrifice the medicine man. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:33pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his "jewel of inestimable value" Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:34pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
The Awolowos 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:36pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:38pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Dr (Sir) Akanu Ibiam |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:43pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams (Attorney General of the Western Region) 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:45pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Dr Michael Okpara
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Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:47pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Bola Ige 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:49pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1959 |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:50pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
The G.O.C. Royal Nigerian Army, Major General Christopher Welby-Everard, welcoming Lieutenant Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo on arrival from a peace keeping mission in Congo (1961) 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:52pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardauna of Sokoto & Premier of the Northern Region) |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 9:54pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Naptu, more power to your elbow. I wish more young men were like you 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:54pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa The small convoy reached the Onikan roundabout at approximately 0230 hours and halted near the PM's residence. Major Ifeajuna ordered all troops to leave their vehicles and divided them into three groups with targets as shown… …The Major knocked on the gate and was answered by a policeman who was on guard inside. The Major identified himself as an Army Officer whereupon the PC (Police Constable) granted them access. The Major asked the PC how many men were on guard with him and was told that there were six. The Major then ordered the PC to show where they could be found. The PC agreed whereupon the Major seized his rifle and passed it to one of his men. The PC then led the group to round up the remaining members of the Police guard. At the back of the house, i.e. at the creek side, they found a PC armed with a rifle and accompanied by a Police dog. The Major ordered the PC to surrender his rifle, which he refused to do. He was then hit in the face by Sgt. Odunze whereupon he capitulated and surrendered his firearm. Major Ifeajuna ordered Sgt Odunze and Cpl. Okoh to stand guard over the PC and his dog with orders to shoot both if they made an attempt to abscond or raise the alarm. All the other members were disarmed and taken to the main gate where they remained guarded by Sgt Iberesi and 2 others. They were all informed that they would be shot if they attempted to escape or raise the alarm. Major Ifeajuna and few of his men then approached the back entrance to the Prime Minister's residence having secured the police orderly, and the stewards under arrest, and broke into the lounge and thence to the Prime Minister's bedroom. A voice from the inside asked who was there. The Major replied by kicking the door open, entering the room and pointing his gun at the Prime Minister and thereafter led out the PM wearing a white robe with white trousers and slippers. The PM was then led away by Major Ifeajuna along Awolowo Road where Ifeajuna had parked his car adjacent to the Onikan swimming pool. (later in the day) The time was about 0400 hrs. Major Ifeajuna drove away on to the Abeokuta road. On the way they stopped and Ifeajuna asked the PM out of the car whence he shot and killed him. When he and Okafor became certain that the PM was dead they left the body in the bush at a point beyond Otta on the Lagos to Abeokuta road. They then opened the boot of the car and dropped the body of Lt. Col. Largema near that of the PM. They then drove on to Abeokuta. (police report into 1966 coup). |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 9:55pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
naptu2: Prince Adeniji Adele (c. 1920)Meeeeow... 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Nobody: 9:55pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
naptu2: The G.O.C. Royal Nigerian Army, Major General Christopher Welby-Everard, welcoming Lieutenant Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo on arrival from a peace keeping mission in Congo (1961)Obasanjo with this im face sef! Mtscheeew! 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:56pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 9:58pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Nnamdi Azikiwe on Jan 16th 1966, speaking about the Jan 15th 1966 coup “Violence has never been an instrument used by us, as founding fathers of the Nigerian Republic, to solve political problems. ….I consider it most unfortunate that our 'Young Turks' decided to introduce the element of violent revolution into Nigerian politics. No matter how they and our general public might have been provoked by obstinate and perhaps grasping politicians, it is an unwise policy……..As far as I am concerned, I regard the killings of our political and military leaders as a national calamity….” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrNGHehpGhU |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 10:01pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 10:01pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
End of the First Republic. |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 10:08pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
berem: exactly! He just concentrated mainly on the history of Lagos.Eremosele's history was more about his love life.it looked like a romantic story. I don't think I can remember all of them off heart. However, I have a book that has the list of Obas. I'll search for the book and post the list here. |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by nagoma(m): 11:22pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
Nigeria was really moving forward and highly respected internationally until those Igbo savage murderers , chukwuma Nzegwu, ifeajuna, okafor and others came with their ethnic cleansing agenda. This is what brought everything that followed and now we end up where we are - a headless chicken of a nation. 4 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by nagoma(m): 11:28pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
naptu2: Alhaji (Sir) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Prime Minister of Nigeria), Otunba T.O.S Benson (Minister of Information, Nigeria) & General Dwight David Eisenhower (President of the United States). Need to watch this ! |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 11:43pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
naptu2: Samuel Ladoke AkintolaThis is some real Rambo shiit right here! . Just look at his face...he looks like he fought with a tiger and the animal left claw marks on his face as battle scars . A real Ibadan warrior; he made sure he didn't go down without a fight. Wikkid! 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 11:55pm On Oct 01, 2012 |
ehie: balewa was really spartan and simple,Spartan, simple, and one of the worst tribalists you can even begin imagine. |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 12:04am On Oct 02, 2012 |
naptu2: The G.O.C. Royal Nigerian Army, Major General Christopher Welby-Everard, welcoming Lieutenant Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo on arrival from a peace keeping mission in Congo (1961)Goodness me, it seems our OBJ has NEVER been attractive. E don tey wey the man worwor 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Ishilove: 12:19am On Oct 02, 2012 |
naptu2: Sir Abubakar Tafawa BalewaReports have come out where claims are being made that the PM who was asthmatic died of an asthma attack when he was still in custody. Witnesses and some participants with a crisis of conscience claim his body was relatively intact and devoid of any external injury or trauma when it was discovered. So who do we believe now? 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by Nobody: 12:29am On Oct 02, 2012 |
The state house in Marina looked amazing, what happened to it?? Okotie Eboh and T.O.S Benson were pimps before pimping... The sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his wife... Hmmm... Lovely family... Nnamdi Azikwe was a proper aristocrat... Ahmadu Bello did't look Nigerian at all... |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by nagoma(m): 4:44am On Oct 02, 2012 |
Ishilove: Eediot !! Asthma attack in the bushes of abeukuta road or in boot of okafors vehicle? you would be willing to join those igbo animals who took the life of such an honorable gentleman I am sure. 3 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by nagoma(m): 5:41am On Oct 02, 2012 |
shymexx: The state house in Marina looked amazing, what happened to it?? How does a Nigerian look? What about Obasanjo ? Did he look Nigerian? |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 5:52am On Oct 02, 2012 |
Wole Soyinka wanted by police (Daily Times, Oct 18, 1965). In October 1965, he was arrested and charged with holding up a radio station at gunpoint and replacing the tape of a speech by the premier of Western Nigeria, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, with a different one accusing the premier of election malpractice. “It all proceeded according to plan. The duty officers responded as any sensible person would under the gun, removed the premier’s tape and replaced it with mine. It ran long enough for the message to the government to be clearly transmitted – drop your stolen mandate, leave town and take your reprobates with you etc. etc. Then a disbelieving senior operator in another control room roused himself from his paralysis, rushed into the studio and cut off the transmission. By that time I had slipped away. My retreat was unhindered”. Wole Soyinka was declared wanted for stealing the tape of the premier’s speech. He went into hiding, first in Ibadan and later in the Eastern Region. The government of the Eastern Region and the Eastern Region police were sympathetic to his cause. The Federal Police found out that he was in the East and guessed that he would be at Professor Sam Aluko’s house, so they sent a signal to the Eastern Region police to search for him there. The following ensued. “They arrived as promised, armed with copies of the WANTED notice that was now home to my photograph. A charade ensued. Sam accompanied them as they looked through the rooms, one after the other, passed through the living room where I was seated, looked right through me as through a windowpane. Content with the futility of their mission, they sat down with the Aluko family in the same living room. With a straight face, they enquired of Sam Aluko if he had any news of me. Sam shook his head in the negative. Well, be sure to keep us informed if he makes contact – we’ll leave this WANTED notice with you in case you lay eyes on anyone resembling him – again looking straight through me as I sat sipping my coffee”. 11 Likes |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 5:55am On Oct 02, 2012 |
Emmanuel Ifeajuna being honoured by the Governor-General, Sir James Robertson and other officials (at the far left is Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony). (In 1954 Ifeajuna jumped six feet eight inches to win gold at the commonwealth games in Vancouver Canada, probably Nigeria’s first medal at an international multi-sport event. In 1966 Major Ifeajuna lead Nigeria’s first military coup). 67. Although not initially alloted to Major Ifeajuna as a target for assassination, Major Ifeajuna proceeded to Ikoyi Hotel to kill Lt. Col. Largema. On arrival at the hotel Major Ifeajuna told the receptionist on duty that he had an urgent message for Lt. Col. Largema of Room 115. The time was between 0330 and 0400. He then asked the hotel receptionist to supply him with the master key which can open all doors in the hotel but was told that this was not available. He then ordered the receptionist to lead him to the room in which Lt. Col. Largema was staying, warning the receptionist on the way that he would be shot if he refused to comply with whatever he might be ordered to do. 68. On their arrival on the first floor Major Ifeajuna, accompanied by 2/Lt Ezedigbo instructed the hotel receptionist to knock on the door of Lt. Col. Largema and to inform him that he was wanted on the telephone. It should be pointed out here that rooms in this hotel have no telephones. There are situated in small alcoves in the corridors. In the case of Room 115, the telephone alcove is only a few paces away. 69. Lt. Col Largema responded and came out dressed in pyjamas and slightly dazed by sleep. In the meantime the two armed soldiers had stepped back into the corner near the lifts from where they could not be observed by Lt. Col. Largema when he came out of his door. The Lt. Col. then picked up the receiver, which was off the hook. At this moment both the soldiers near the lift opened fire with their SMG. Lt. Col. Largema fell down and died. 70. The killers went downstairs and called the third man to come up. Between the three of them they then carried the dead body down the stairs and deposited it on the floor. They then called yet another soldier from the Mercedes car who helped the other three to carry the body to the car. The whole party then drove off. |
Re: Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly. by naptu2: 5:57am On Oct 02, 2012 |
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