At least 8 yoruba clans have Ancient Ancestral Territories in lagos State Complete with their own Traditional Rulers Awori with the most population,Ijebu , Ilaje,Egba,Egbado,oyo,Owu,ketu,, and in Badagry the Egun.
Every one of them arrived long before Gbadebo Rhodes Enslaved returnee Ancestors
If we tell them a little of the History of yoruba lagos if they have Conscience they will Shut up and beg for Forgiveness
There were Yorubas in lagos long before Oduduwa was born
When 1st Ijesha king was sent to moba, Lagos to fetch Oduduwa sea Water in 10th Century ,he met 5th ijebu king on Throne!! Yes 1,2,3,4,5th ijebu king in the 10th Century O !!!
Lekki in Lagos is Ijebuland!!!! moba is next to Lekki
The ijebu king gave him the guides to take him to moba after he had previously lost his way to moba at Okun Ajah all in today’s Lagos !! moba itself had had more than 10 kings already
The Igbore clan of the Egba also has moba Ancestors who were still living on Lagos Lagoon until the early 18th Century when power drunk Af0nja at Ilorin created big big problems For entire Yorubaland that sent everyone fleeing to the Mountains and to the Rocks for Refuge That was how they ended up in Abeokuta
The first Ijesha king spent 2 months at moba near koyi Lagos The Otun Ekiti are descended from the moba people of Lagos and Oore Otun Ekiti is directly descended from the moba kings
That is why the Ijesha Kings till today have the Title “Owa Obokun” ( He came back after fetching Sea Water)
That Sea Water was fetched at moba on the Lekki Peninsula and was carried to Oduduwa at Ile Ife Yes!!!
Don’t drag people’s God given Ancient Ancestral Heritage it is offensive Even God Almighty will fight you back
Interesting historical perspectives.
We have to keep saying it loud and CLEAR. The failure to NOT say these in the past due to political correctness is what has given some youngsters and revisionists from another tribal region the audacity to relentlessly fabricate disinformation and propaganda online to tarnish the several centuries-long Yoruba history. Eternal vigilance (and emphasis? is key from here on out. Period.
ibedun: The farm spans from Iyana Isolo covering ajao estate, mafoluku all the way to MMIA, into parts of Ejigbo (mainly owned by Aworis). It was a big big farmland. Everybody was a farmer back then.
And thanks for the correction, that was the original spelling but nowadays we insert a ‘m’ to shorten the spelling. I may not be 100% correct about the land but I am vastly accurate.
What?! Whoa... That's incredibly awesome. That area MUST have been a huge farm settlement. A lot of folks don't realize that Ajao Estate is part of Mafoluku/Oshodi. They think erroneously that Ajao Estate is in Isolo because of its current location on the other side of the International Airport road which cut Mafoluku into two parts.
Indeed, I appreciate your sharing this aspect of your family history which is a part of the larger Yoruba history with me. This must be well-documented in the Lagos archives and libraries so that people don't come to distort Yoruba history tomorrow.
I know of some streets in the Isolo area such in as Ajao Estate with the name Farounbi and one other called Olusola Farounbi St. in the same Isolo area this is why I asked about the correct spelling. My paternal grandfather also bought land in the late 1960s in that same Isolo area. So, I know that area very well. It's good to know that you are descended from an illustrious family in Yorubaland. I honestly used to think the Farounbis are Awori, now I know it's Egba but it's all good as Aworis and Egbas (Egbas themselves migrated from their original homeland of Ibadan under Chief Sodeke to Abeokuta in the 1830s and other towns now in Ogun and Lagos States) are ancestrally related via Ile Ife descent.
Last but NOT least, indeed, huge python snakes and crocodiles are still being seen in their natural habitats in parts of Lagos State such as the Lekki Peninsula, Igbo Efon is so named because it contained forests of antelopes and deers. The lush green deep valley that runs behind Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja right up to Omole area where huge crocodiles and pythons are still being seen by construction workers in Omole Phase 2 thereby further emphasizing the FACT that Lagos State was a thick forest with a lot of wild animals and farming was prominent back in the day. Even as of the 1910s, I read in the Lagos archival materials that elephants where still moving around in the Agege area. Back in 1979/1980, I still remember seeing thick forests where buildings are now standing today while traveling along the entire Lagos-Abeokuta Express Way. Even Ijoko road in Ota was thickly forested along the ENTIRE stretch to Ijoko. Any new comer to that axis wouldn't know that lush green forests existed along that route just 45-46 years ago.
WizardOfNG: What is your business in Yoruba matter? Indigenous Yorubas are complaining to you? Better face your region to accept and prepare for the inevitable future of greater regional autonomy.
By the way Sanwo-olu was speaking at the South-West Citizen–Government Engagement Summit in Akure on Wednesday organised by the DAWN commission.
Pretty sure you people don't have anything like it. Go and learn about their work to know Yorubas have gone far in their determination to utilise regional integration to develop every State of the region as one homogenous and evenly developed Zone.
Think matters through to understand whether it is under such an agenda Yoruba Lagos indigenes and Yoruba non-Lagos indigene would still matter.
Your divisive post only shows how backwards you guys are in comparison to Yorubas and I feel sorry for you because it is myopic people like you who get overtaken by events with horrendous consequences.
ibedun: From Lagos State - Farombi Family who owns the land the international airport (MMA) is sitting on. That was my great grandfather’s farm. Of Egba origin . Remember most of Lagos state was carved out of what we call ogun State today.
Reason for your question?
The Farounbis of the Isolo/Mafoluku area of Lagos State are of Egba origin? The MMIA was your great grandfather's farmland which MUST have been very big. That's historically interesting. Indeed, over 95% of what is NOW Lagos State was carved out of the Old Western Region (in what is now largely Ogun State) on May 27,1967 by General Yakubu Gowon's military government after due consultations with the traditional rulers and indigenes. The major industries of the Old Western Region set up by Chief J. Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN, from the 1950s such as the Ikeja Industrial Estate, the Ilupeju Industrial Estate, the Iganmu Industrial Estate with finished products made to be exported are now located in Lagos State since 1967 due to the boundary adjustments.
festacman: This is a grand plot spearheaded by non indigenous Lagos Yoruba for them to dominate indigenous Lagos Yoruba in their own state.
The only one moment a true Lagos indigene was elected the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, it was swiftly revised and even some indigenous traditional rulers who supported the move were sanctioned and later forgiven when they kowtowed once again in total submission.
Why is Badagry treated like an orphan in Lagos State? When will a true Lagos Indigene: an Awori, an Egun, an indigenous Egba or Ijebu become Lagos State Governor instead of people from other states? Funso William, Musuliu Obanikoro, Jimi Agbaje, etc. were all frustrated. Why should non indigenous Yoruba have access opportunities in both their true State of Origin and Lagos while Lagos Indigenes eat crumbs in their own state. So many questions.
God never sleeps.
You are obviously NOT well-informed about the ancestral history of the indigenous people of Lagos State despite living in Festival Town (or Festac Town) with links to Lagos State despite you being from the South East of Nigeria.
First off, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is an Ijebu man and unknown to you, Ijebuland straddles both sides of Ogun and Lagos States. Ikorodu LGA, Epe LGA, Ibeju-Lekki LGA and Ajah are Ijebuland in Lagos State which extends right into Ogun State.
Second, the Yorubas who are of Awori descent whose direct male ancestor Olofin Ogunfunminire was a Prince of Ile Ife now in Osun State and he migrated from Ile Ife over 700 years ago to what is now Iddo Island and Isale Eko under the guidance of Ifa divination with the Awo or sacrificial plate (hence the name AWORI). The Aworis straddle both sides of the Ogun (Ota and environs) and Lagos States border areas right into Badagry LGA which they share with the Ogus who are also directly related to the Yorubas.
Third, the Ogus of Benin Republic and Badagry evolved from the fusion of Yorubas and Fon people during the Colonial days of the militarily powerful Oyo Empire centuries back. The Fon people ALSO evolved from the Fusion of the Yoruba and Aja people of Togo/Benin.
Yoruba + Ajah = Fon Yoruba + Fon = Ogu.
This is why the indigenous Yoruba Oba of Ajase (Porto Novo) in Benin Republic emphatically stated in his documentary interview with the ace film maker 'Tunde Kelani that the Yorubas of Ajase a Yoruba Kingdom of Iseyin origin in Oyo State welcomed the Ogus to live with them over 100 years ago BECAUSE they are blood relatives. The fantastic subtitled Yoruba-English documentary by 'Tunde Kelani is still online for all to see.
Last BUT NOT least, the indigenous Yorubas of Lagos State such as the Aworis and Ijebus are descendants of Ile Ife in Osun State from centuries back and this is why a lot of the Awori Obas of Lagos State and Ogun State paid a powerful royal visit to Ile Ife to see the Ooni of Ife to reaffirm their descent from Olofin Ogunfunminire. Olofin Ogunfunminire's descendants who are the famous White Cap Chiefs you see in pictures and occasions with Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Eko Island (Lagos Island) are the REAL land owners of Eko (Lagos Island).
So, it's very ridiculous that some Ibos would come online to start casting aspersions and questioning Yoruba folks from other Yoruba States about their relationship with the indigenous Yorubas of Lagos State NOT realizing that they are all related ancestrally with Osun State being a focal point of origin as they spread throughout West Africa over the centuries where they are indigenous to Benin Republic, Togo, and parts of Ghana in the Accra region alongside the Ga of Accra who they are related to. The Ikoyi Island you see in Lagos State is named after the Ikoyi in Oyo State. Same with the Ejigbo in Lagos State is named after the Ejigbo Kingdom in Osun State where the former Nigerian VP, Professor Yemi Osinbajo's biological mother hails from.
All Yorubas are intertwined ancestrally so this is why NOT much fuss is made when an Awori or Ijebu person from Ogun who has lived his or her life in Lagos State is elected sometimes into office in Lagos State BECAUSE they are ancestral relatives. It's just the artificial border that seems to divide them. Musiliu Obanikoro's father is from Oyo State. Musiliu ONLY changed his surname to Obanikoro BECAUSE his mother is from the Obanikoro family. It was his mother's extended family that EXPOSED this truth in media publications back in the late 2000s.The famous Candido Darocha family, the Pinheiros, the Dacostas, and the Alakijas are all from Yoruba Brazil returnee descent in Bahia, the Vaughans brothers (whose biological father was an Egba deported to the United States) returned from South Carolina in the United States via Liberia on their father's last wish, Funso Williams, Bode George, Funso Doherty, that young guy called Rhodes-Vivour, etc, are ALL from the Yorubaland interior areas such as Yewa, Egba, Ijesa, Oyo, etc, [The popular Rhodes family is the maternal Yoruba side of the hyphenated surname while Vivour is still unknown to be of Yoruba origin BUT the paternal side named Vivour is from Sierra Leone via a male ancestor who migrated to Fernando Po in the 1800s and became rich from his plantation farming and oil palm trading] NOT originally indigenes of Isale Eko (Lagos Island). The returnees ONLY settled there on returning as liberated Yoruba folks to Lagos Island and Abeokuta in the 1800s from the end of the slave trade in Brazil, Cuba, United States, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
It's just like the Ngwa people of Abia State who largely migrated from Mbaise now in Imo State. The current Abia State Governor Alex Oti is ORIGINALLY from Arochukwu and he said his ancestor was from the AROS who migrated into the Aba area where they and the Ibibio settlers accounted for about 10% of the community while the Ngwa descents from Mbaise constitute 90% of the community as told in a Punch newspaper interview he granted which I read about 10 years ago. The AROS who are of mixed ethnic heritage but largely Iboid and Ibibio also migrated from Abia State to Arondizuogu in Imo State, Abakaliki in Ebonyi, some migrated in the last 200 years to parts of Anambra to set up Aro settlements.
After destroying your green card because of hate for Donald Trump , he still wants to reapply for another under the president he hated so much .
This old baba is foolish
Hey! You and your ilk have to STOP the shameless disinformation you're ALL spewing out here. The iconic 91-year-old statesman Professor Wole Soyinka NEVER said he would apply for another Green Card under Donald Trump!Infact Professor Wole Soyinka said in another interview I personally heard two days ago that when Trump leaves office, he would then get his Green Card back and even under this Donald Trump's government, the United States offered to give the respected Professor and 1986 Nobel Laureate another Green Card BUT he declined due to Donald Trump's very obvious prejudices and racist acts towards millions of folks from Africa, Asia, Latin-America, the Caribbean, etc, in favor of those of European descent. We all saw how Donald Trump was highly prejudiced towards the SA government and favored White South Africans to migrate to the United States this year on baseless sentiments and allegations BUT a lot of those White folks are now regretting ever moving to the United States because of the harsh economic realities on ground. They even say the conditions they left behind in SA are BETTER.
He said right in the post ABOVE that when Donald Trump is finally convicted he would get his Green Card back. That's a man who is respected international and a man principle and conviction. You're one of those young people of South Eastern Nigeria who jump impulsively and relentlessly into important topics on this discussion forum to insult Soyinka who is Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's 1st Cousin because Soyinka's mother is from the Ransome-Kuti family of Abeokuta) WITHOUT reading properly and you end up detailing NL threads!
I'm NOT surprised that 22 other impulsive bigots gave you IRRESPONSIBLE likes on your post. It's actually you who are foolish, NOT the 91-year-old Soyinka like you unwisely stated because he is fighting for the larger dignity of mankind against overt racism from Trump. Period.
The four bills: -The Nigeria Tax Bill -The Nigeria Tax Administration Bill -The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill -The Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill
800 pages would be 2 days reading for me but that's on business and management books, but most definitely not societal development books.
I easily get triggered to implement what I learn; it's very difficult for me not to. That's why I have many projects/products I start and run.
But the 3 projects I have started and couldn't sustain have been for the community and I have realized that until you have positional power in Africa, people you have touched revert back to the societal level.
So, maybe because of this conversation I might make the "mistake" of looking for it secretly but I am hoping I won't.
Your last paragraph about "making the mistake of looking for it" cracked me up right here.
Whoa! 2 days to read 800 pages. You're a very fast reader. Although it took me 1 weekend to really finish reader that book because I was less busy then on a Saturday and Sunday so I had the full days to read and take some notes notes from the book.
I indeed have a BETTER understanding now of what you meant by NOT wanting to read the book as it would trigger you to start implementing things which you couldn't SUSTAIN for the community (or get finished). For me though, the book gave me deep insights (and the confidence that massive mountains can be moved and unbendable steel can be bent) that development can be achieved in one's personal life FIRST by being brutally HONEST with oneself and this triggers further down into building your personal company into a world-class firm or international business and then the society benefits from your wealthy status through your innovative companies in different fields of endevor such as the Forbes-listed USD billionairesAliko Dangote, Otunba Mike Adenuga, Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates in NY who wrote the book which deals with country cycles "The Changing World Order," Larry Elisson, Bill Gates and Elon Musk,etc, are ALL doing right NOW. The nauseating belief or urban legend of the average person on the street level that Africans CANNOT get out of the developmental rut and underachieving status MOST Africans have found themselves in have been proven WRONG by the Asian Tiger countries and many more.
But I really get what you meant in your post right ABOVE.
Concerning that Lee Kuan Yew's book, i bought it because of Pastor Sam Adeyemi but I never read it.
I thought about the enormity of work needed to execute it and I knew that Nigeria, as a society, wasn't ready for it.
To burden myself with the knowledge of something that deeply true yet not have the power to execute it would have run me mad. Or become a society change crusader anyway.
But your intelligence is something I respect.
I feel nairaland should have a small quarterly segment where like-minds can just meet to chat to share ideas and insights. One never knows what serendipity will bring.
@TheBizGenius
How's it going? Brilliant feedback.
You have to read that book at least once or maybe if you can find a book summary of the book to motivate you to read the full original book. Sam Adeyemi is indeed a good reader. That's one thing I like about him. I'm NOT surprised that folks who are NOT even of his faith have said they enjoy listening to his talks and speeches as he tries to connect events in relation to cause and effects.
Lee Kuan Yew used a lot of the developmental principles used by the iconic Chief J. Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN, to develop the Old Western region from the early 1950s leading right up to the establishment by Awolowo of industrial estates in Ikeja, Ilupeju Industrial Estate, Iganmu Industrial Estate, Oluyole Industrial Estate, etc, the FIRST EVER TV station in Nigeria, the Cocoa House highrise building in Ibadan the Western House highrise building on Lagos Island, etc. If the politicians had been allowed by the military coupists to remain in charge and allowed to correct themselves and their mistakes through self-awareness or being voted out of power, Awolowo and members of his Action Group Party would have advanced beyond what they did. Awo was ahead of his time and Singapore was way poorer than the Western region back in the 1960s when they had to break away from their initial union with Malaysia.
I read the over 800-page book (which lies in my home library) twice back in the early 2000s and took down notes as I read it. There's even an entry on what Lee Kuan Yew thinks about Nigeria, her politics and politicians of the 1960s since he was right in Nigeria for the Common Wealth Heads of Government meeting in Lagos, Nigeria when the 1966 coup took place.
The global bestseller book by Lee Kuan Yew is awesome as it shows that with intentionality in a multiethnic country such as Singapore with 80% of the population being of Chinese descent, any country can develop into an advanced country economically and militarily. China, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, the Scandinavian countries, etc, have done it and even Rwanda is getting some things right.
The truth is that we got here as a society, open eyed.
In my consulting line, 20 years ago, I started seeing businesses being started without a business plan, I knew something was off.
In the building industry, learned people started building without architectural drawings. Etc.
Where do I lay the blame?
Motivational speakers, pastors and imams. (Not the government.) They had become the force of reason to which everyone deferred to but they were not promoting ethics, morals and standards.
"The promotion of ethics, morals, and STANDARDS"... You've said it all.
Lee Kuan Yew was a benevolent dictator and Singaporeans complained bitterly initially about the very tough decisions that Lee and his team took, BUT as of the time he passed on (shortly after Babatunde Raji-Fasola paid a visit in 2007 to Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore), Singapore was already an advanced financial hub and tech-based society. To bring robust development to a country such as Nigeria, with ethics, morals and standards the Lee Kuan Yew model of a benevolent dictator has to be adopted where even the death penalty is being applied till date for heinous crimes such as Indian hemp and other hard drugs. I purchased Lee Kuan Yew's iconic book of over 800 pages back in the early 2000s entitled: "From Third World to First The Singapore Story" and that book literally blew my mind as to how a city-state such as Singapore and any other country can be build.
press9jatv: “House Is Seen Being Demolished At Midnight In Spite of Occupants Still Asleep Inside Amidst Gale of Demolitions in Oworonsoki, Lagos”.🙆🏼♂️💔
TheBizGenius: Unlike certifications run by motivational speakers, especially online by unknown organizations, most acceptable certifications are conducted by bodies that have ethical standards beyond even the universities.
So, having those certifications are a better guarantee that you will be stifled to stay on point when discussing subject matters.
Imagine that you are ICAN certified and you do TikTok post with incorrect accounting figures, ICAN has a body will sanction you as a member.
Heheheheh. It will be such a fantastic law.
Succinctly stated.
Your summations right ABOVE are on point. I'm glad you referenced the ICAN certifications as an example of what we are saying here.
I'm indeed irritated by the level of mediocrity, disinformation and lawless behavior of some younger posters on this NL Website (and other online platforms) right under the nose of a lot of the mods here. The so-called AI antispam bot is a low-budget thing that doesn't do the deeping work of cleaning this discussion forum. Some mods here create new thread topics and right from the FIRST page, you will begin to see relentless toxic defamations of prominent individuals, disinformation and more. These NL moderators cannot say they don't see these trolls but they choose to leave them alone. The pussyfooting (with reference to whipping everyone into line by the authorities) is IRRESPONSIBLE. There's NO absolute freedom anywhere.
Unfortunately, it will kill the morale of so many "online entrepreneurs" in Nigeria. It shouldn't because it simply forces people to stick to what they have mastery in.
But since most youths are hustlers without any specific career in mind or plan in the head beyond "Make man just make money", this will seriously affect them.
It is well. I guess.
The Chinese law doesn't state in absolute terms that you MUST have a Uni degree alone, BUT you MUST have the necessary "certifications" in what you are practicing. Industry-specific certifications that you can get within 1 year are even more important than 4 to 5-year Uni degrees.
Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world needs this kind of law otherwise massive online disinformation would lead to sustained Civil Wars and even trigger a 3rd World War. Enough of the political correctness in dealing with a lot of the horrendous toxic hate speech and FAKE news we see almost everyday being relentlessly posted on YouTube, Wikipedia, FB, X, Nairaland, Sahara Reporters, People's Gazette, and even some segments of mainstream media.
Very impressive moves from the Chinese regulatory agency. Certifications for so-called online influencers would help to minimize the spread of toxic disinformation.
biaframaster200: Additionally, the federal government has allocated a specific sum of money to each and every viable ports in the country. ...
Many development projects are underway in Calabar Port, Onne, and Warri; Peter Obi shouldn't have been so narrow-minded in his submission. He is simply lazy and should have done his research before coming on social media to criticize without reason.
SJMag1: Air Peace Limited on Sunday launched its first-ever direct flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja to the London Heathrow Airport, marking a historic step in Nigeria’s aviation sector.
This development was announced in a statement signed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, and issued in Abuja on Sunday.
According to the statement, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, led a group of distinguished passengers aboard the inaugural flight.
“The flight took off this morning, Sunday, October 26, 2025, and is expected to arrive this evening in London, marking a major milestone for Nigeria’s aviation industry.
“You will recall that the minister has been at the forefront of securing the explicit reciprocity of air-service rights under the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
“While dispatching a letter dated August 1, 2024, to his British counterpart, Louise Haigh, UK Secretary of State for Transport, the Minister insisted that a Nigerian carrier be granted landing rights at London Gatwick and the coveted Heathrow slot.”
At the Abuja airport before departure, Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, commended Minister Keyamo for his decisive intervention in ensuring fair treatment for Nigerian airlines.
Onyema urged local operators to recognize the government’s support for the aviation industry.
“I could remember when Customs brought in a four per cent FOB charge for our imports, the aviation operators, we went to the Minister, and he stepped into it immediately. He took the matter to the Finance Minister and to Customs.
“Today, within one week, the four per cent FOB has been removed for Nigerian airlines. I will support and applaud this government. The government listens to aspirations of people, the complaints and challenges of the people.
“When Nigerian helicopter-airline owners cry to the minister about a certain charge, he removes it on the spot to make life very simple for these airlines. So it’s not just about Air Peace.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Festus Keyamo emphasized that the achievement reflects President Bola Tinubu’s directive to strengthen and empower local carriers to compete globally.
According to the Minister, Nigeria’s aviation sector has faced a high mortality rate for decades.
“Over 100 airlines have come and gone. Concord, Belview, Sosoliso, Chanchangi—name them. So we had a clear mandate to ensure that we support the growth, sustenance, and competitiveness of our local operators.
“If you destroy the private sector in your country, you destroy the country. Every good economy thrives on the wealth and well-being of the private sector,” he said.
He further reiterated that the federal government has provided all necessary support to enhance the competitiveness of domestic airlines in the global aviation market.
”International airlines have been coming to Nigeria for nearly 90 years on some routes, lifting passengers back and forth without our operators fully participating. Under our BASAs, we had rights too.
”But no capacity, no access, no slot at Heathrow. Today, that changes.”
“The Abuja-London Heathrow route underscores Nigeria’s commitment to enhancing connectivity, supporting local aviation infrastructure and promoting flag carriers on the global stage,” he added.
Keyamo had earlier stated in June 2025 that the landmark flight was the culmination of sustained diplomatic engagement by the Federal Government of Nigeria to enforce reciprocity under international air travel agreements.
Keyamo had earlier stated in June 2025 that the landmark flight was the culmination of sustained diplomatic engagement by the Federal Government of Nigeria to enforce reciprocity under international air travel agreements.
The Minister’s letter of August 1, 2024, addressed to Louise Haigh, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, had pressed for immediate allocation of landing rights for Air Peace at Heathrow, warning that failure to do so would trigger reciprocal action by Nigeria.
The 92 years old man has ruled Cameroon for 43 years since 1982. He will now rule another 8 years until he is just 100. By then, he can contest again .
Funny enough, people are ruling through him, the Ancestor may not even know that there was an election.
LegendHero: The Bureau De Change (BDC) operators have lamented that they are close to going out of operations as most of its members are struggling to stay afloat and meet up with overhead expenses.
These licensed currency traders have attributed this mainly to the suspension of dollar allocation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to the BDCs, as they struggle to have access to foreign exchange from the official window.
The operators lamented that with the huge drop in income level, paying staff salaries, office rent, licenses and other compliance expenses has become a major challenge.
This is further compounded by the uncertainty in the retail sub-sector of the forex market, with many of the BDC operators still battling to meet up with the recapitalization and license processes.
The CBN has since stopped the sales of forex to the licensed currency traders with little or no intervention till date. The BDC operators, who said that the CBN could not sustain the exercise, however, noted that they are `engaged in positive discussion with the apex bank for the return of their active participation in the BDCs in the retail end of the forex market.
Customers now prefer to use IMTOs In an exclusive chat with Nairametrics, a BDC operator, Abubakar Ardo, said that most of them are barely managing to stay in business, as the non-sale of forex directly to the BDCs has affected their operations badly.
Apart from the challenge of getting forex from the official window, Ardo explained that the demand for forex has dropped sharply as most customers now prefer to do transfers or use online platforms or International Money Transfer Operator (IMTOs) instead of physical cash exchanges.
He said, ‘’Honestly, things have been extremely tough for us lately. Most operators are just managing to stay afloat. Since the CBN stopped selling forex directly to us, our operations have been badly affected. We used to depend largely on the official window to get foreign exchange at regulated rates, but that avenue has been shut for a long time.
‘’Right now, survival depends mostly on what we can get from walk-in customers — people coming in to sell small amounts of dollars, pounds, or euros. But that’s not structured or steady. Sometimes, you can go days without a single serious transaction. The market is very dislocated, and demand has dropped sharply because most people now prefer to do transfers or use online platforms or IMTOs instead of physical cash exchanges.
‘’This may be good for the Naira, but sincerely, many of us are suffering. That’s why we’re proposing we get fully integrated.
‘’Meeting up with overhead costs has become a major challenge. Office rent, staff salaries, licenses, and other compliance expenses are still there, but the income isn’t coming in as before. As I talk with you, many operators have either closed shop temporarily or reduced their workforce just to cut costs.’’
He insisted that they are basically operating in survival mode — trying to keep their licenses active and hoping that the CBN will eventually re-integrate BDCs into the official market.
Going extinct Making his own contribution, the President of the Association of Bureau Dec Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Aminu Gwadebe, pointed out that the majority of its members are struggling to meet up with their overhead expenses, with their operations almost going extinct.
He said, ‘’The market is stable. As patriotic citizens, we align with policies that strengthen our sovereignty, which is the naira and commend both the regulatory and fiscal authorities on the naira stability and elimination of the exchange rate spikes.
‘’Our operations are currently near extinction, with the majority of our members struggling to meet up with overhead expenses. There is an ongoing positive collaboration between the CBN and the operators on the return of active participation of the BDCs in the retail end of the FX market.
‘’The BDCs, over time, remained the most potent tool of the CBN’s foreign exchange policy transmission mechanism. The majority of us are comatose as survival is largely dependent on the official foreign exchange market, which is not accessible to the BDCs, with only very few grappling with dislocated and unstructured walk-in customers.’’
imMannerPhilipz: SSDC AND LPV TECHNOLOGIES PARTNER TO ACCELERATE CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS IN SOUTH SOUTH
The South-South Development Commission (SSDC) has taken a major step towards achieving energy access across the region with the commencement of its Regional Energy Agenda through a planned partnership with LPV Technologies, a foremost Nigerian solar manufacturing company.
The partnership was initiated during a working visit by a SSDC delegation, led by its Managing Director, Ms Usoro Akpabio to LPV Technologies’ state-of-the-art, fully automated, and AI-integrated solar manufacturing plant in Ikotun, Lagos, on Monday.
This initiative, which follows recent engagements between the SSDC and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), seeks to accelerate the deployment of clean energy solutions across the South-South region.
It is strategically aligned with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda and Nigeria’s policy framework promoting local content participation in renewable energy manufacturing.
During the visit, the SSDC delegation was warmly received by the Chairman of Levene Energy, parent company of LPV Technologies, Mr. Nzan Ogbe, and his management team, who conducted an extensive tour of the advanced solar production facility. The visit showcased Nigeria’s growing industrial capability in renewable energy manufacturing and highlighted opportunities for collaboration in technology transfer, human capital development, and regional expansion.
Following extensive discussions, both parties agreed to work closely in key areas such as rural electrification, community-based solar projects, and the establishment of logistics and distribution hubs across the South-South to improve access to clean energy components. The partnership will also includes a strong focus on youth empowerment, as SSDC and LPV Technologies will jointly develop specialized training and skills transfer programmes aimed at building local expertise in solar technology. This component is expected to promote employment, innovation, and technical self-reliance among young people in the region.
The collaboration further underscores a shared commitment to advancing Nigeria’s local content objectives by strengthening indigenous manufacturing capacity, reducing import dependence, and contributing to the nation’s economic diversification drive. LPV Technologies’ business model anchored on local sourcing, automation, and innovation was commended as a practical example of how domestic industry can drive sustainable growth and support the stability of the Naira through value-added production.
Speaking during the visit, Ms Usoro Akpabio described the engagement as a highly productive milestone in the Commission’s ongoing efforts to promote sustainable energy access and inclusive regional development.
She emphasized that the partnership will represent a concrete demonstration of SSDC’s transition from planning to action in implementing its clean energy agenda.
“This partnership represents a concrete demonstration of our shift from planning to action,” Ms Akpabio said. “Through strategic collaboration with credible private sector partners such as LPV Technologies, we are working to deliver reliable and affordable electricity to communities across the South-South while promoting local manufacturing, job creation, and value addition to the national economy.”
Ms Akpabio reaffirmed the SSDC’s commitment to the Federal Government’s clean energy transition and local content development policies, noting that sustainable partnerships such as this will not only enhance energy access but also foster innovation, youth empowerment, and environmental resilience.
In his remarks, Mr. Nzan Ogbe, of LPV Technologies, lauded the SSDC’s proactive approach and pledged his company’s full support for the success of the initiative. He stated that LPV Technologies remains dedicated to advancing Nigeria’s renewable energy manufacturing capacity through the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, local sourcing, and continuous capacity development.
The visit is one of the SSDC’s recent moves to build enduring partnerships with key national agencies and private sector stakeholders in order to deliver on its mandate of driving sustainable development in the South-South.
The South-South Development Commission (SSDC) has taken a major step towards achieving energy access across the region with the commencement of its Regional Energy Agenda through a planned partnership with LPV Technologies, a foremost Nigerian solar manufacturing company.
The partnership was initiated during a working visit by a SSDC delegation, led by its Managing Director, Ms Usoro Akpabio to LPV Technologies’ state-of-the-art, fully automated, and AI-integrated solar manufacturing plant in Ikotun, Lagos, on Monday.
imMannerPhilipz: IBOM INTERNATIONAL HOTEL: FROM COMMONWASTE TO COMMONWEALTH
On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, after returning from the flag-off ceremony for the ARISE Youth Friendly Center in Nsit Ubium, I decided to make a brief stopover at the Tropicana Mall on Udoudoma Avenue to pick up some groceries. As I exited the mall, my ears were pricked by the sibilance of heavy construction work at the Ibom International Hotel, located less than 400 meters within the 82-hectares of the Tropicana complex.
Drawn by curiosity, I skirted around the mall to the construction site. It was a busy hive of industry, swarming with haulage trucks, day laborers, engineers, and safety professionals in reflective gear. And towering over it all was the gigantic 14-storey hotel building, wrapped in skeletal scaffolding. A few men as little as birds, perched on the steel framework, while a massive crane arched close to the building.
For over 15 years, this 200-room, abandoned 14-storey hotel stood in infamy, with its massive grey concrete and sun-bleached blue glass dominating that end of the city skyline like a menacing tombstone.
As I inched closer to the site, the warm golden glow of the evening sun caught a male laborer idling in front of me. Not more than 35 years old, he seemed much like he might have been molded from the dust of the site. His dark skin and face and hair were coated in pale grit.
There were countless others like him at the site. Perhaps a hundred, both male and female.
But Mr Alade, the admin officer disagreed with the figure the moment I sat in his air-conditioned container cabin to discuss it.
There are 320 workers here on any given day,” he said matter-of-factly. “And upon completion, the hotel is expected to add a significant number of jobs to the 3,000 jobs projected for the Ibom Tropicana complex.”
“That’s impressive.” I replied “The governor seems quite impressed by the pace of work in the hotel the last time he visited. When is the project expected to be completed?” I prodded.
He did not hesitate. “Well, barring force majeure or other unforeseen circumstances, this project would be ready for commissioning in eight months.”
I made a mental note. “That’s May, 2026?”
“Absolutely”. He said.
“Including the landscaping and all?”
Sensing my anxiety, he arched his head backward in a smile. The construction site was a vast, chaotic mountain of debris and craters filled with muddy water.
“Quite soon, the landscaping will begin.” He assured. “And when it’s completed, the result will be as picture perfect as what you see in the model,” he said, pointing to the picture of the hotel model on the wall. I took a few pictures.
I left the site feeling a warm, satisfying sense of pride. Governor Umo Eno had resurrected a dream everyone had written off. By mustering the political will to pull this off barely two years into office, he has definitively rejected the corrosive culture of abandoning the previous administration's projects and set a new template for those to come after him.
A couple of years back, the Tropicana project was labeled a white elephant and impossible to actualize by not a few prominent voices in the state. And it’s debatable whether or not their fears were justified.
The immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, in one of his live interactive sessions with the media acknowledged the project was non-viable. But despite his observation, the forward-thinking governor, to his credit, pressed on and completed the Tropicana Mall, one of the key components of the project.
Where Mr Emmanuel expressed cautious skepticism about Tropicana project, Arc, (Obong) Victor Attah, Godswill Akpabio’s predecessor, was emphatic in his condemnation as soon as it was conceptualized. He noted that the project raised environmental concerns, structural concerns and even siting concerns. Not given to repressing his opinion on topical issues, he had written a lengthy letter to that effect to then-Governor Godswill Akpabio who, as it turned out, did not think he was deserving of such a letter. What followed was a media blitzkrieg against Obong Attah which eventually birthed the famous rebuttal from the media handlers of then governor “What does Attah really want?”
This honest recollection is not intended to stir strife, exhume contentious issues surrounding the 16-year-old project, or insinuate that Godswill Akpabio’s vision was faulty. Its purpose is simply to provide a brief backdrop to the project’s unfolding story.
As a matter of fact, dwelling on past conflicts serves no purpose, not with Governor Umo Eno at the helm of affairs. He is a conciliator, a unifier, and a peacemaker, the one charged with the ministry of reconciliation.
“We have resolved to put the past behind us. We have structures on ground, what I’m doing now is to see all of the vision, what it was all about, how we can link them together and how we can revive them. This is Akwa Ibom money and so my duty as Governor is to protect the assets of Government, life and property of the people. Government has sunk in so much money here and so I believe we can look at it.
“For me, what is important, going forward, is how we can reclaim this place and make it functional. This project when completed will provide thousands of jobs to Akwa Ibom people “ the governor said.
Beyond the 200 rooms Ibom International Hotel, which lies within the 82-hectare Tropicana complex, work has progressed significantly on the Ibom International Conference Center. Furthermore, the Ibom Shopping City has been approved, with work set to commence soon.
It is worth recalling that Governor Umo Eno has consistently demonstrated ability to convert our commonwaste to commonwealth. Evidence abound. The Arise Recreational Park for instance, which was given birth to on a ravine is transforming into a world class resort facility with completion date set for December 2025.
iLegendd: One of the ways to make things memorable is to use either colour, humour, make it childish, or use images.
I want to teach all my family members crypto. I have taught some already. But it's now different. I want to remove TA and all forms of analysis do that we won't bother with those things other than knowing that month to enter, the month to leave, and the price to sell in every 4 years.
This was one of the reasons I came up with colourful system.
I have posted it already, but I want to paint an entirely different picture to it to make it more vivid and memorable. This is for my family, but you're allowed to follow.
In my previous post, I showed you my colour system called RUGBY-WHO, where r is red, u is ultraviolet (purple), g for green, b for blue, y for yellow, w for white, h for honeydew and o for orange.
These colours are memorable, but I needed a picture for proper visual.
At the mention of red, what come to your mind? For me, it's red sea, red dress, red wine, etc. What about purple? It's purple hibiscus, a book by Chimamanda.
What of green? Green tea, green card, green flag. For blue, it's blue whale, blue hmmm, the blues (Chelsea), etc. For yellow, it's yellow fever, yellow card, etc.
For white, it's white garment, white wolf, white rice, white wedding, etc. For honeydew, it's the fruit. And finally, for orange, the only thing I think of is orange juice.
So, you see how I have painted a vivid picture with each of the colours.
Now, when you see red sea, you know it's a trade in BMY (buy more year) of March or April and you're to close it in BMY of June or July at a price which you calculate by using the x1.5 or any value associated with the picture.
These values are not random, but carefully formulated and tested to work 95 to 100% of the time since BTC started many years ago.
In each image or colour, there are some texts on them and that is your cheat code.
Below are the images. As I said, this is for family use, but you can use it if you like it.
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There aren't any images here. It seems you've already removed the images you attached here or are you still gonna attach them later?
iLegendd: One of the ways to make things memorable is to use either colour, humour, make it childish, or use images.
I want to teach all my family members crypto. I have taught some already. But it's now different. I want to remove TA and all forms of analysis do that we won't bother with those things other than knowing that month to enter, the month to leave, and the price to sell in every 4 years.
In my previous post, I showed you my colour system called RUGBY-WHO, where r is red, u is ultraviolet (purple), g for green, b for blue, y for yellow, w for white, h for honeydew and o for orange.
These colours are memorable, but I needed a picture for proper visual.
Politics › Re: Lagos Is Yoruba United States — Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu by AlphaTaikun: 9:34pm On Oct 30, 2025
