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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by ibietela2(m): 11:19am On Mar 21, 2018
JackBaueress1:
I am fine Sir jare! Some news you read on nairaland can be so annoying.

Long time no talk
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by ibietela2(m): 11:20am On Mar 21, 2018
naptu2:
It was never owned by the Lagos State Government.

The Yacht was brought to Lagos as part of a deal between Diamond Bank and some private investors.

There was a dispute between the investors which led to several court cases and the yacht was abandoned at Marina. It became an eyesore and the Lagos State Government gave the investors a deadline to remove the yacht from the Marina.

The yacht was towed away and it was in the United Kingdom the last time I heard about it.

This is how they make shady deals and the useless government approves it
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by hush15: 11:42am On Mar 21, 2018
AutoJoshNIG:
Remember the very imposing Sunburn Yacht Hotel that moored for about 4 years at the Marina Waterfront at Marina, Lagos?

Throughout that period, it was the cynosure of all eyes.

Whatever happened to it?



Recall that, in November 2008, the Lagos State government through the then commissioner of tourism and Inter-governmental Relations, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, amidst pomp and pageantry, took delivery of the luxurious ship.

It is on record that Senator Afikuyomi told Lagosians that the floating hotel was the first of its kind in Africa and the Middle East.

He also said that it would put the State and Nigeria in the league of the first five major cities of the world with similar hospitable facilities and tourism earnings capabilities.

Afikuyomi also added that the yacht came to Lagos to turn around the state’s fortune in tourism and hospitality services.

The Sunburn Yacht Hotel is a custom-built yacht. It features 102 elegant suites. It was brought to Lagos state from England.

The yacht hotel was expected to serve as a four-star hotel and a revenue earner for the state.

It was said to be worth about 5 Billion Naira.


But today, there is no trace of it anywhere.

So, again, we ask – where is the Sunburn Yacht Hotel?






https://autojosh.com/where-is-the-sunburn-yacht-hotel/


Guess it took a voyage to the sun where it should be really
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by ChiefSweetus: 12:06pm On Mar 21, 2018
naptu2:
It was never owned by the Lagos State Government.

The Yacht was brought to Lagos as part of a deal between Diamond Bank and some private investors.

There was a dispute between the investors which led to several court cases and the yacht was abandoned at Marina. It became an eyesore and the Lagos State Government gave the investors a deadline to remove the yacht from the Marina.

The yacht was towed away and it was in the United Kingdom the last time I heard about it.
Don Naptu the greatest! cool I stan you so hard, bro!
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by AceVentura: 12:27pm On Mar 21, 2018
JackBaueress1:
Sweet mouth of Tokunbo Afikuyomi. At the end, the ship became an eyesore and it was towed away.

Nigeria mentality!

@naptu2 has info that you don't have.

Case closed
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Nobody: 12:36pm On Mar 21, 2018
AceVentura:

@naptu2 has info that you don't have.
Case closed
Say what?
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by bjhandz: 12:39pm On Mar 21, 2018
9ja nija kiolorun shanu
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by DeLaRue: 12:50pm On Mar 21, 2018
TheDevilIsALai:
It's currently in the Caribbeans offering tours between idyllic Islands.

It is being operated by a company domiciled in the Cayman Islands under the name BOREMI Ventures


This can't be true.

Sunborn Yatch has no engine and an engine cannot be retrofitted.

It can't move by itself. It has to be towed from location to location.

The idea that it is '...offering tours between idyllic Islands...' is impossible.

It was towed to and from Lagos.

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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by ifrosh: 1:07pm On Mar 21, 2018
the earlier u free yourself from this country politicians promise the earlier u became a true Nigerian.
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by cardoctor(m): 1:12pm On Mar 21, 2018
I used to admire that yacht when i drive over London City airport bridge back in those days then suddenly it appeared on the marina in Lagos looking so derelict. It disappeared again. Na wah

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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by naptu2: 1:29pm On Mar 21, 2018
TheDevilIsALai:
It's currently in the Caribbeans offering tours between idyllic Islands.

It is being operated by a company domiciled in the Cayman Islands under the name BOREMI Ventures


DeLaRue:



This can't be true.

Sunborn Yatch has no engine and an engine cannot be retrofitted.

It can't move by itself. It has to be towed from location to location.

The idea that it is '...offering tours between idyllic Islands...' is impossible.

It was towed to and from Lagos.

It's not the exact same yacht. The company that built it realised that it could make a lot of money from building several similar yacht hotels and there are many Sunborn Yacht hotels around the world.

https://www.sunborn.com/yacht-hotels/
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by IgandoIkotun(m): 2:25pm On Mar 21, 2018
Ask Jagaban .
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by manmidtexy(m): 9:08pm On Mar 21, 2018
Maybe mission had been accomplished on reason it was brought on the first place.

Bank and powerful investors to pack dirty foreign papers that look like money.

No be my mouth talk am ooo, na my mind.

Check out one of Leonado films.
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by TylerDurden: 8:46pm On Mar 19, 2020
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naptu2:
It was never owned by the Lagos State Government.

The Yacht was brought to Lagos as part of a deal between Diamond Bank and some private investors.

There was a dispute between the investors which led to several court cases and the yacht was abandoned at Marina. It became an eyesore and the Lagos State Government gave the investors a deadline to remove the yacht from the Marina.

The yacht was towed away and it was in the United Kingdom the last time I heard about it.
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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by naptu2: 12:50am On Mar 20, 2020
Funny people who are not intelligent enough to put forward any points take the childish and cowardly route of cancelling posts as if that has any meaning.

Just watch, they will make the dumb, dull and dim move of cancelling posts again, because that's all their brains can muster.

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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Nobody: 1:18am On Aug 28, 2020
Who has the answers?
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by GamalNasser: 1:44am On Aug 28, 2020
RuudVanNisteroy:
Who has the answers?

It's now been redecorated and now operating as the Gibraltar Sunborn Yacht hotel..I don't know if our Jaga has a hand in it's current operation but it can be investigated

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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Nobody: 2:03am On Aug 28, 2020
GamalNasser:


It's now been redecorated and now operating as the Gibraltar Sunborn Yacht hotel..I don't know if our Jaga has a hand in it's current operation but it can be investigated

Saharareporters will have to look into this. They linked the ownership to him.
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Nobody: 2:16am On Aug 28, 2020
TheDevilIsALai:
It's currently in the Caribbeans offering tours between idyllic Islands.

It is being operated by a company domiciled in the Cayman Islands under the name BOREMI Ventures
Cayman Islands is money laundering capital. Boremi sounds like a Yoruba name, the ownership will never be knows. Businesses registered in Cayman Islands ownership is impossible to determine, they have layers upon layers of shell companies to hide ownership.
Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Agbegbaorogboye: 9:29pm On Aug 28, 2020
RuudVanNisteroy:

Cayman Islands is money laundering capital. Boremi sounds like a Yoruba name, the ownership will never be knows. Businesses registered in Cayman Islands ownership is impossible to determine, they have layers upon layers of shell companies to hide ownership.
BOREMI grin grin

You guys self. Bola and Remi ventures. Una no go kill person oo cheesy cheesy

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Re: Where Is The Lagos Sate-owned Sunburn Yacht Hotel? by Nobody: 10:08pm On Aug 28, 2020
Agbegbaorogboye:

BOREMI grin grin

You guys self. Bola and Remi ventures. Una no go kill person oo cheesy cheesy

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