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Emmalez:Perhaps she NEVER knew the end would come so soon for her in the physical body, that's why the Ugandan girl didn't do any gentrification to her family house. She may have had it in mind to do something of move the family out to another well- built location. |
Glimpsetv:The highway robbers look a bit laid back. No sense of urgency to escape from a potential Police sting operation and arrest. |
OLAADEGBU:https://businessday.ng/sports/article/ace-nigerian-sports-journalist-kayode-tijani-dies-in-lagos/ So, Kayode Tijani passed on in 2024 at 55. I'm only just getting to know this as of today. He was one of the best sports journalists, analysts and writer. He had a gentle but commanding demeanor when analysing sports events. My sincere condolences to his entire family. |
Saladdin:@Saladdin, I appreciate your input and will do the correction right away. I know that MOST first-time foreign male visitors to Nigeria are sometimes given the name Omowale (or in full Omobowale) when they visit Yorubaland, BUT advanced search of records show that Muhammed Ali didn't get renamed BUT Malcolm X was when he visited Ibadan in May 1964. Indeed, I got the historical timeline mixed up as Malcolm Little (Malcolm X) and Muhammad Ali both visited Nigeria (Ibadan and Lagos) separately in 1964. Enjoy your day. Cheers! P.S. More insights right BELOW: Regarding his June 1964 visit to Nigeria, advanced search shows that Muhammad Ali did NOT receive a specific Yoruba name during that trip. However, many sources confuse Muhammad Ali's June 1964 visit to Nigeria with that of Malcolm X, who visited Ibadan, Nigeria, in May 1964 and was given the Yoruba name "Omowale" (or Omobowale), which means "the son who has come home." During Muhammad Ali's 3-day tour of Lagos, Nigeria, in June 1964, he was: Clad in traditional Yoruba Aso Oke agbada. Photographed playing the gangan (talking drum). Note on Name Change: In March 1964, Elijah Muhammad gave him the name Muhammad Ali, meaning "worthy of all praises" and "most high". |
Naya261:Invest the 22 million money in Nigeria. Try pineapple🍍farming, plantain plantation farming, aquaculture of catfish and tilapia fish which you can package for export as smoked fish, or greenhouse farming of fast-growing crops like peppers, tomatoes, and other spices. Do your due diligence and get an expert or mentor in the fields you want to invest in to put you through. Make your money in Nigeria then travel on holidays around the world. There's money to be made in Nigeria. ONLY the ignorant and uninformed posters are NOT seeing what the Lebanese, Indians, and Chinese immigrants, etc, are seeing in Nigeria's untapped wealth. There's growing anti-immigration in a lot of countries in Europe and Asia right now and you say you don't want to use the Masters degree from the UK so why waste money on tuition and other expenses? |
hotwax:Or Denmark. Any Scandinavian country. Your reference to "Grade G" hustling in the United Kingdom cracked me up. |
Marvieduke:It's obviously photoshopped. I saw another video and picture online where this young man had more white hairs on his head and moustache and I wondered who the irresponsible person (or persons) creating and spreading these pictures are? They are distorting history with these highly IRRESPONSIBLE photoshopping antics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfqP2WADgo |
[quote author=wwwihy post=138416571]Muhammad Ali in Lagos at a Night club in Yaba, Lagos, August 1964 Source[/quote]https://x.com/Yorubaness/status/2020580234773577995 Ali, the Greatest! If my memory serves me well from reading years back about that 1964 visit to Nigeria, many sources confuse Muhammad Ali's June 1964 visit to Nigeria with that of Malcolm X, who visited Ibadan, Nigeria, in May 1964 and was given the Yoruba name "Omowale" (or Omobowale), which means "the son who has come home." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_uYWDyYNUg?si=BiOVZQOO15F7dSSO During Muhammad Ali's 3-day tour of Lagos, Nigeria, in June 1964, he was: Clad in traditional Yoruba Aso Oke agbada. Photographed playing the gangan (talking drum). Ali was NOT given the name Adewale or Omowale during that visit in 1964. The iconic James Brown "Godfather of Soul," James Brown also visited Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria in the 1960s and he played alongside his friends, Orlando Julius Ekemode and 'Fela Ransome-Kuti (later 'Fela Anikulapo-Kuti). James Brown sampled Orlando Julius Ekemode's 1960s hit "Ijoya" in his international hit song "I Feel Good." The 1960s was indeed a roaring and fantastic decade when Continental Africans, African-Americans, Jamaicans, and other folks from the Caribbean region began to explore mutual opportunities with greater intensity. Some founding members of the Black Panther Movement also visited Nigeria later in the 1960s. It's ALWAYS an emotional experience when African-Americans visit the Motherland. African-Americans are more genetically and ancestrally mixed now. Modern DNA testing results show that genetically, each African-American is largely related to folks from nearly all the different regions of Africa (West Africa, Central Africa, parts of "Southern" Africa for those deported on slave ships to the Americas via the slave ports of Madagascar) and Europe more than Continental Africans who aren't so mixed up with other ethnicities BECAUSE most folks in Africa LARGELY get married within their ethnic groups and ancestral homelands. |
SixSeven:The war on Jihadi terrorists is a global war and NOT just for Nigeria to fight. The JNIM jihadi group with headquarters in Mali and tentacles in over half of Mali, over half of Burkina Faso and Niger Republic already in their control, is the BIGGEST and deadliest jihadi group and it's affiliated to Al-Qaeda. As of 2024, the United States Government raised an alarm that ISIS is now using the West African Sahel region as it's BIGGEST base for jihadi terror activities NOT even in the Middle East. So, it's good this collaboration is taking place and there's NO need to be ashamed BECAUSE the United States and her allies are responsible for the inflow of illicit weapons into the arms of Tuareg-led jihadi groups who once worked for Muamar Gaddafi but left Libya for Mali after French troops killed Gaddafi. They should help West Africa using advanced satellite tracking technologies, surveillance and attack drones, sonic weapons and other expensive, advanced Military weapons in clearing up the security mess they created in West Africa via North Africa. Period. |
iwaeda:https://x.com/i/status/2020898321200505225 |
[quote author=wwwihy post=138416245]Opebi-Mende-Ojota link bridge Completed by Sanwo-Olu Govt [/quote]I watched the FULL video version on the Opebi-Mende-Ojota link bridge on YouTube last week and the young YouTuber (Sanni) did a fantastic job with his drone shots. I had to follow him as a subscriber on YT. It's brilliant that Julius Berger has finally finished this iconic bridge that is certain to reduce the horrendous traffic jams on Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way and the Maryland axis right into the Opebi area. Kudos to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and his team on that. |
PDPdestroyer:After rereading your post right ABOVE, it became obvious to me that you are being sarcastic BUT please STOP using your brand of sarcasm in your posts as it can confuse readers. What has Alex Oti got to do with the construction of this bridge which was ORIGINALLY started and finished by Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu's government? A post should convey EFFECTIVE communication to other readers and NOT very annoying innuendos. Some people don't know the difference between sarcasm and reality. Second, I MUST also emphasize here that the aspersions being cast on Oti by some of you guys is uncalled for. You all fail to realize that Alex Oti is a very good friend of President 'Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos State Governor, and many APC members as well because he once contested under APC for the Abia State Governorship race some years ago and lost. He then left to another party (Labor) and won. |
AnambraPeople:I'll have to do more reading on this project. It seems innovative in plastics recycling. Lagos and more states can make do with this. |
Alusiizizi:You're WRONG. Eko Atlantic City It's NOT a "white elephant" project as it's not in the same situation as this sinking Chinese Airport or the Japanese artificial Island. I'm very familiar with the goings on with the Eko Atlantic City project. Second, the United States and other big multinational institutions would NEVER invest millions of USD of their funds in a so-called "white elephant" project if they aren't convinced about the structural integrity of that prime location. That place is already gaining momentum daily in terms of construction with First Bank's new highrise headquarters located there, Total Energies is carrying out a housing project, Television Continental TVC has a new headquarters there, The Rugby School is located there and more. The U.S. government is constructing a new $537 million Consulate General on a 12.2-acre site in Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, which is expected to be completed in 2027-2028. It was designed by the respected firm Ennead Architects, and this facility will be the LARGEST U.S. Consulate in the world, featuring sustainable, secure, and modern infrastructure to support diplomatic operations in Nigeria. The 3 videos right BELOW show what the new US Consulate General in Lagos will look like: US Celebrate Groundbreaking Of $537m Consulate Building In Eko Atlantic City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IXMNwxPCBU?si=pUCSgBNmKcnyKjWQ Channels Television • 31 Mar 2022 Eko Atlantic: LARGEST US Consolate in The World! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHDb-HJ2J4?si=AqvdrAn2cFgXzX6b Ownahome TV • 17 Mar 2024 THE U.S CONSULATE OFFICE IN EKO ATLANTIC CITY LAGOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjM50dsJeMs MR CONDOS • Nov 2025 |
helinues:You did well by firmly schooling that creep here. That boy you responded to is one of the MOST overated monikers I've ever seen in my over 20 years of membership of this discussion forum called Nairaland. He and his ilk are always derailing threads, typing banal and toxic speculations online with NOTHING functional to contribute for the benefit of all. I wish there's a dislike button here and he'll definitely know how he stands in the committee of those with intelligence and intellect here. |
CodeTemplarr:The situation isn't surprising for those of us with a deep knowledge of global geopolitical dynamics. It was predicted years ago. Now the nightmare scenario is here with Iran and Turkey being able to manufacture off-the-shelf surveillance and attack advanced drones. Some of these drones end up in the hands of these Isis and Al-Qaeda affiliates in the West African Sahel region such as JNIM jihadi group operating in more than half of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic. ISWAP is a breakaway faction of BH operating in the Lake Chad Region bordering Chad, Nigeria, Niger Republic and Cameroon. The rest of the free world as a collective MUST NEVER give up in destroying the foundations of all jihadi terror groups. This isn't a battle for ONLY Nigeria or the rest of West Africa to fight. It's a global war on terror and the United States knows that based on warnings given by the United States as of 2024, or they would go down if NOT checked. Period. |
That's an insightful podcast. Britain chose the "balance sheets" over "war" with America despite being the MOST militarily powerful nation on Earth as of the late 1700s through to the 1800s. That's a good lesson many countries have to start learning. Right of the bat, I strongly think China can learn a lesson from this video with relation to Taiwan and simply trade with China and let her be. Singapore has over 80% of Han Chinese descent mainly from Guangdong Province among her citizens and they are thriving and partnering with China. |
The Real Reason Britain Never Invaded Again Why Countries Do This: The Podcast Why Britain Never Tried to Retake the United States In 1815, British warships sailed away from a burned Washington, D.C., leaving behind a young republic that had just survived its second war with the world’s most powerful empire. Britain had the navy, the army, and the opportunity to reclaim its former colonies. Yet it chose not to. This video explains why. The answer isn’t American invincibility or British weakness. It’s economics. After independence, British merchants realized something uncomfortable but decisive: the United States was more valuable as a trading partner than as a rebellious colony. Britain could sell goods, finance railroads, and earn profits, without paying the cost of occupation, rebellion, or administration. From the War of 1812 to the Oregon Crisis and the American Civil War, moments of near-war came and went. Each time, London chose trade over territory, investment over invasion. By the late 19th century, British capital was deeply embedded in the American economy, and rising threats like Germany made the U.S. a potential ally, not an enemy. This is the story of how Britain lost America politically but kept it economically, and why empires stopped conquering land and started conquering balance sheets instead. What this video covers: – Why Britain accepted American independence. – The War of 1812 and the choice not to reconquer. – Trade, finance, and the “informal empire.” – Near-war crises that ended in compromise. – How economic power replaced territorial empire. |
"The Real REASON Britain NEVER Invaded America Again" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JMMliqVJd0 Why Countries Do This • Jan 5 2026 |
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ladywriter:That's quite interesting. |
Wulfruna:"Radio silence..." Okay, we are over 8 billion folks living on planet Earth with many people having "ideas and styles" that are quite similar. It's one of the quirky occurences in life. I'm sure you've heard of the "6-degrees of separation" (it's now reduced to 4-degrees of separation). |
ProfitableMan1:Bump. Insightful contents. |
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Jakumo:You said "stone age." That cracked me up over here. ![]() Indeed, It's gonna be 21 years as of March 2026 since I started using NL. It gives me some goose pimples as well when I think about it. This is my alternate account which I had to switch to when this poorly configured new NL AI bot started deleting some of my posts without commiting any infractions. The only reason why I stayed on is because of the monochrome green layout of NL and the FACT that I've always liked the use of discussion forum formats like that of Allen Says, and more since the 1990s. We keep truckin'... To our success. Cheers again! |
PriceActionZ:@PriceActionZ I appreciate your being on the same page with me here. Indeed, Lagos State can do BETTER. As I'm typing this, there's some anger swelling in me towards the Lagos and Ogun State Governors and their Commissioners of Environmental for being underachievers in the area of urban waste disposal and provision of simple public loos that use biogas to generate cooking gas and electricity. It's an anger laced with the desire to assist them to succeed NOT to pull them down. Lagos and Ogun States for instance can construct Biogas toilets for free and request for a token of say N100 for regular maintenance in high human traffic areas of Oshodi, Mushin, Ikeja, Marina axis of Isale Eko (otherwise known as Lagos Island), etc, so that people like that woman you referenced in your post peeing in Oshodi can easily pee or relieve themselves while out in public instead of looking around for a fast food outlet to relieve themselves. Biogas for cooking, biogas for electricity, organic fertilizers from urban waste for organic urban and rural farming is what the Japanese have long created since the 1990s when I saw FIRST saw a documentary on how human waste was turned into totally harmless organic fertilizer by the Japanese and they still do it today. Did you know that the dirty waters of the Lagos Lagoon can be made sparkling clean? The Japanese have the technology to do that as well and I saw with my two eyes how dirty or murky water became very clean while the dirt settled to the bottom. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu's FIRST EVER female Commissioner of Agriculture and Systems, gave a time line of May 2025 for the phase 1 of the "Epe Central Agro food Hub" to start. Till date, they haven't started. The aim of the project is to crash the price of food items in Lagos State by 50% of the current open market value by reducing post-harvest loses in refrigerated environments and cutting off these middle men who hoard commodities leading to spikes in prices. Lagos State though has done well by setting up the Mushin Agro Food Hub where food items are sold cheaply which I saw on YouTube and Lagos State also launched 150 CNG-fueled 40 ft trucks for food haulage purposes in late 2025. BUT the Lagos State Governor and his team have to speed up there plans for the benefit of those on the street level and STOP foot dragging. Even the high-capacity CNG buses and electric buses Sanwo-Olu said in 2024 would be rolled out by 2025 haven't been done yet while Enugu and Kaduna States have already launched their own CNG buses. Promises MUST be implemented with a sense of URGENCY by Governors such as Sanwo-Olu to guarantee a re-election in 2027 for his next successor and political party so that a different political party will NOT irresponsibly use vendetta to abandon highly important, current projects such as the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway or the "Epe Central Agro Food Hub" as a vendetta. I've been seeing revenge posts online by these paid trolls stating that if ADC comes into power, the very strategic Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be terminated. Even one of Atiku Abubakar's son irresponsibly said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway should be stopped but he never said the Sokoto-Badagry Highway should be terminated. Such silly thinking. Cheers. |
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