₦airaland Forum

RealityKings1:
This is a modeling pose naa.
Its absolutely different from that boys pictures

Validated:
How I wish Peter Obi lowers his expectations and support Atiku to booth out these rogues. Anyway, time shall tell.

kingbee90:
THIS ONE NA CONFIRMED AGAYGAY TOO.

madridguy:
So e dey pain like this? But where were you when your dad Obidients cult were attacking people’s families ? Did you or your father preach this to them?

The most painful one was the attacks on Joke Silva and her family.

The full blown push back and counter attack self never start.

SuperEagles:
Poverty wan finish una head fior SE

DeLaRue:
Nothing wey person no go read for Nairaland o

So, Ondo is 'Ijaw and Ondo mixed', and Ondo people are not 'typical' yoruba

Orisirisi.

ariesbull:
Dr. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe (1915–1990) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, and statesman whose influence extended beyond the political sphere into the physical and administrative development of Lagos. Though he hailed from the East, his tenure as a federal minister and administrator left a lasting imprint on the city, shaping its growth, urban planning, and reputation as Nigeria’s modern capital at the time. His contributions to Lagos can best be appreciated through two main lenses: his physical transformation projects and his administrative excellence.

Physical Contributions to Lagos Development

1. The Surulere Urban Renewal Project

One of Mbadiwe’s most remarkable achievements was the transformation of Surulere in the 1950s. As Minister of Lands, Surveys, and Natural Resources, he spearheaded a bold urban renewal program that cleared slums on the Lagos Mainland and replaced them with modern housing estates.

• Before his intervention, Surulere was a congested settlement marked by poor sanitation, overcrowding, and unsafe housing conditions.

• Within a year of policy execution, Mbadiwe successfully rehoused displaced families in well-planned estates with better infrastructure, ventilation, and access to roads.

• This project not only raised the standard of living for thousands of Lagosians but also set the stage for Surulere to evolve into one of Lagos’s most vibrant districts.

This intervention remains one of the earliest and most successful examples of urban planning and slum clearance in Nigeria.

2. Lasting Legacy Through Infrastructure Naming

In recognition of his developmental strides, one of Lagos’s most important roads, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue in Victoria Island, was named after him. Today, this road is not only a major artery that connects commercial and residential hubs but also hosts landmarks such as the Civic Centre and Civic Towers, reinforcing his association with modern Lagos infrastructure.

Administrative Excellence in Lagos Development

Beyond physical projects, Mbadiwe’s impact stemmed from his administrative capacity and visionary governance style.

1. Visionary Leadership in Urban Planning

Mbadiwe demonstrated foresight by introducing policies that combined slum clearance with resettlement, ensuring displaced residents were not left homeless. This was a departure from many colonial-era urban renewal efforts, which often displaced people without proper plans for relocation. His insistence on structured rehousing reflected a people-centered approach to governance.

2. Policy Innovation and Strategic Execution

He recognized the need for planned land use in a rapidly growing Lagos. His ministry introduced systematic housing layouts, orderly street patterns, and accessible infrastructure that improved the city’s livability. Importantly, his projects were executed with efficiency and speed, showing that government initiatives could deliver results when guided by strong administrative leadership.

3. Institutional Strengthening

Mbadiwe’s tenure strengthened federal and local agencies in charge of land administration and housing. His leadership style emphasized discipline, accountability, and measurable outcomes, which set new standards for government ministries. Later bodies like the Lagos Executive Development Board (LEDB) would build on this foundation, extending housing projects across the state.

4. A Model of Administrative Discipline

Mbadiwe was renowned for his flamboyance in public life, but behind this personality was a highly organized administrator who believed in efficiency, order, and accountability. His governance style served as a model for future administrators in Lagos, showing that development required not only political vision but also administrative competence.


Dr. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe’s contribution to the development of Lagos State is best understood as a blend of tangible projects and intangible leadership qualities. His physical transformation of Surulere remains one of the city’s most enduring urban renewal successes, while the naming of Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue immortalizes his role in Lagos’s physical growth.

Equally important, his administrative excellence — characterized by visionary planning, policy innovation, institutional strengthening, and disciplined execution — provided the framework that allowed these physical projects to succeed. In many ways, Mbadiwe demonstrated that true development comes not just from building roads or houses but from building institutions and systems that sustain progress.

Today, his legacy lives on in both the landmarks that bear his name and the administrative principles that continue to guide urban development in Lagos.

Christistruth03:
Stop lying!!!!!

it was LEDB that did the Surulere project, so you can pack in the lies and Propaganda that it was Mbadiwe and FG.which it wasn't .

Mbadiwe how?!!!!!!
Mbadiwe was always passionately fighting against anything benefiting the west and tried to stop the project!!!!!!

Sir Kofo Abayomi the Chairman of LEDB had to constantly stop Mbadiwe from hindering and interfering with the smoothly and successful running of the Surulere regeneration and rehousing project of the Lagos Exective Development Board


Lagos was already an International Port and African Economic power before your Ancestors knew it existed !

That was why Lagos Economy was still

boooooooooooommmmmmmiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggggg tremendously during the civil war when you ran away!!!!!!


Mbadiwe fought against Awolowo, Akintola and Western Region with all his strength

Our people are just too magnanimous in victory


https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwZ8v86sYzX/?l=1

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document%3Frepid%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf%26doi%3Df5f119598382e318c378da836cc4ba6154accb2c&ved=2ahUKEwjZ8Py01J2PAxUaXEEAHZJsO5AQFnoECCMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3zssdqzpvSmIPM8JPaQNYn

ElSudani:
A wi tan o loun iba diwe, boo diwe un o ka o.- Akintola

OfoIgbo:
SE people resident in Lagos are improving the SW scores.

If SE residents of Lagos are moved from the SW count and added to the SE count, the SE will immediately top the table and the SW will occupy the 3rd position as SS will immediately climb to the second place

kayusely70:
Very accurate. According to The History of the Yoruba by Samuel Johnson the Ilorin were attacked at night and they were utterly defeated! Since then they never ventured to attack the Yoruba.

SuperEagles:
Culled

From

Where

lgbo

Boy


This was how lpob littered their propaganda across NL only to refrence their lies as fact.

Seun should verifiy this fraudulent claim before letting liars propagte fraud on this platform. .

CoachBush:
We Igbos should stop making things more difficult for the Igbo community in lagos

christistruth01:
Mbadiwe was such an Arch enemy of the Western Region that if the assassination of Premier Akintola is investigated deeply he would be part of the conspiracy just as Azikiwe was .
He was one of the prominent Eastern leaders who should have been on top the list of the coup plotters but mysteriously was spared by his kinsmen while Premier Akintola over 100km away in Ibadan was almost machine gunned into bits and pieces

Meanwhile Mbadiwe was one of the most corrupt politicians in the Balewa Govt

In 1952 Mbadiwe moved a motion to have Lagos removed from the Western Region

Mbadiwe fought against Awolowo,Akintola and the western Region with all his strength

givedemwotowoto:
Ok I see your point. So what you’re saying is, any Tom Dick and Harry can go and put up a stand on Nigeria’s booth and exhibit anything they like? and it should be called “Private inviduals on Nigeria’s booth” not “Nigeria’s booth”. That’s what you’re saying, right?

ariesbull:
Africa has always been a continent of ideas, symbols, and intellectual traditions, though history books rarely tell it that way. Among the Igbo, one of West Africa’s oldest civilizations, the script of Nsibidi stands as powerful proof. This was not just a set of drawings or markings—it was an indigenous writing system that carried laws, conveyed emotions, marked rituals, and preserved memory. Through Nsibidi, the Igbo and their neighbours revealed a vision of literacy rooted entirely in African soil.

What makes Nsibidi even more remarkable is its shared nature. It was not confined to the Igbo alone but circulated among the Ejagham, Efik, and Ibibio peoples, functioning almost like a sacred cultural commons in the Cross River basin. In this sense, it broke ethnic boundaries and embodied a shared intellectual heritage. Its existence undermines the tired colonial narrative that African societies were “pre-literate” before contact with Europe or Arabia. The truth is that Africans were experimenting with symbols and scripts long before outsiders arrived.

And Nsibidi is not an isolated case. When we look across the continent, we find a gallery of indigenous scripts: the ancient hieroglyphs of Egypt, the Meroitic script of Nubia, the Geʽez writing still alive in Ethiopia, the geometric Tifinagh of the Berbers, the Vai syllabary in Liberia, and the Bamum script in Cameroon. Taken together, these traditions demonstrate that Africa was never silent. It has always sought ways to record thought, to preserve history, and to speak in its own voice.

That is why Nsibidi matters today. It is more than a set of symbols—it is a window into an intellectual independence that Africa once lived and could live again. To revive Nsibidi in classrooms, art, and popular culture would be to restore pride in an authentic African heritage of writing. It would remind us that literacy is not something Africa borrowed from the world; it is something Africa contributed to it.

helinues:
Bro, now this particular op has lumped different people together, people dey their own oo and they would be expecting chocolates in return??

Kankere:
What do you do for a living?

Sultanofpiglets:
Yoruba and advancement abroad?
Like Tinubu that developed Chicago?
Like Gbajagbiamila developed Florida?
Like Dapo Abiodun developed Florida?

Freebills12:
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Funny people from tribe of betrayal. This is not Obi's son. It's funny how a whole tribe is trying hard to paint Obi black. All their propaganda have fallen, bring another. Ordinary Google search would have saved you from disgracing your tribe

When dem post TINUBU daughter own...no shout and cry victimhood oooo!!!
As una start we go finish am

Goodvibes007:
One of them below.
That tweet was very funny. Batist and atikulate were wishing the boy a happy birthday, obidients instead were all out harassing the boy..