PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENT IN LAGOS: Event to hold between 8.00am and 12 noon, the traffic management of the event necessitated the release of the alternative routes.

- Motorists from Apapa/Oshodi will be able to use Agege Motor Road to link PWD to connect Works Road or General Adeyinka Adebayo Road to access Oba Akinjobi inward Ikeja General Hospital and connect Local Airport through the Underpass.

- Motorists on Agege Motor Road are advised to link Charity by the Armed Resettlement Centre on the service lanes and make a U-turn at Cappa/Bolade axis inwards shogunle to access PWD to continue their journey.


Maryland/Mobolaji Bank Anthony is also open to motorists to link the Local Airport and access Muritala Muhammed Airport, alternately, Motorists can go through the Third Mainland Bridge inwards Gbagada to connect Ikorodu/Maryland to reach the Airports.

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (@followlastma) will be on ground along the alternative routes to help motorists navigate their movement to ensure free flow of traffic.

naptu2:
I find it bewildering that people ask questions that have obvious answers.

For example, back in 2012 someone created a thread in which he asked why Nigerians love titles so much. I told him that we obviously inherited it from the British. A former mod also appeared and repeated what I said. The guy that asked the question got angry because he was determined to make it seem like a uniquely Nigerian issue but we were not playing along. This is one of the examples that I gave him.

So whereas, in Nigeria the Chief Justice is Known as Chief Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais (CJN), in England the Chief Justice is known as The Right Honourable
(The Lord Judge) Igor Judge, Baron Judge (PC), Lord Chief Justice and President of the Courts of England and Wales.

All those titles like "honourable members", "distinguished senators", "right honourables" and "lord justice" were all inherited from the UK.

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Someone asked a similar question yesterday and it's a question that has often been asked and the answer is the same as the answer to the question above.

His question was, where did Nigerians learn this habit of commissioning things before using them? If you build a road, why don't you just start using it? Why do you need a commissioning ceremony?

The answer, of course, is that we learnt it from the British who colonised us. The only difference is that in most cases it's members of the Royal Family that commission things in the UK, while in most cases in the US it's state governors and mayors that commission things there.

It reminded me of a documentary that I saw in which they interviewed Prince Edward about the way that he commissions things. He talked about the different styles that his mother, his father and his siblings use in commissioning things and he also talked about his own style. Prince Edward likes to add a little energy and razzmattazz to his commissioning ceremonies, as you'll see in subsequent posts.


Meanwhile, here is a video of President Kennedy commissioning a road.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeL-J8l1JBo

naptu2:



King George V delivers a speech as he commissions a new bridge in Newcastle. His speech began with, "22 years ago, my dear father opened the King Edward VII Bridge". This commissioning took place on December 31st, 1930.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVwHaIVgDTk

naptu2:
I can't find that documentary in which Prince Edward talks about the different ways of commissioning things, but I can give you a taste of what he meant.

In this video he tells his audience that unveiling a plaque is not the most exciting thing in the world, but that on this occasion, he wants them to pretend that it is exciting. Then he does his usual razzmatazz. Watch.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAudgksixww

naptu2:
And here's Prince Edward's mother (and Queen Mary's granddaughter) Queen Elizabeth II (accompanied by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex) commissioning a new bridge over the Mersey River in 2018.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eOen9kjm6Q

naptu2:
Let's review some of yesterday's propaganda stories.

1) Did Putin plead with the West not to impose sanctions?

There was a story that made it seem like President Putin was pleading with the West that they shouldn't impose more sanctions. That story is misleading. Here's what actually happened.

They were commissioning a ferry service between Kaliningrad and the Russian mainland. Although Kaliningrad is a Russian state, it is surrounded by Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. President Putin joined the ceremony by video link. During the ceremony, the governor of Kaliningrad said that the ferry service was very important to Russia's transport security because it was the only means of transport between Kaliningrad and the mainland that could not be affected by the political decision of Russia's neighbours (probably referring to Poland and Lithuania).

It was in response to that comment that Putin said that Russia has no negative intention towards its neighbours. He said that this was not a time for Russia's neighbours to impose restrictions, but rather it was a time for them to normalise relations with Russia. He said that Russia's neighbours should not stir up tensions like the West is doing.

He said that Western sanctions were hurting Russia, but they were also hurting the countries that imposed the sanctions on Russia. He said that the sanctions could delay some joint projects that Russia has with other countries, but they will not derail them completely. Finally he said that Russia will simply develop its own competence to replace imported technologies and he said that this was already happening in the aviation and other sectors.

https://www.rt.com/news/551237-putin-sanctions-baltics-poland/

The governor's speech begins at the 4:54 minute mark in the video. Putin's response about the neighbours begins at the 6:15 minute mark in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsTFA1u7okw

Malory:
Since I was born I haven't heard that president of America is commissioning new airport terminal or a newly built factory. Buhari can do better

Malory:
Since I was born I haven't heard that president of America is commissioning new airport terminal or a newly built factory. Buhari can do better

Kixamo:
Any where wey Buhari go, things must spoil

Malory:
Since I was born I haven't heard that president of America is commissioning new airport terminal or a newly built factory. Buhari can do better

Blackfire:
So presidential.. we the entire country love you baba buhari


Our darling president

North2023

Anyways I sell cows

Malory:
Since I was born I haven't heard that president of America is commissioning new airport terminal or a newly built factory. Buhari can do better