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Olorogun Michael Ibru and his wife Cecilia in England in the 70s.

Olorogun Michael Ibru (1930- 2016 ) Businessman, Philanthropist
and founder of the Ibru Organisation.

He was born the eldest of seven, Ibru hailed from Agbarha-Otor, near Ughelli in Delta State. His mother was the daughter of the fabulously wealthy Ovedje Osadjere of Olomu.

Ibru attended Igbobi College Yaba where he was Senior Prefect. He worked briefly with UAC before setting up a frozen fish business in 1956.

Today, the Ibru Organisation is a family-run business that is now a multi-billion dollar conglomerate and one of the largest in West Africa. Its subsidiaries include:- Ibru Sea Foods Limited, Aden River Estate Limited, Aero Contractors Nigeria Limited, Ibache (Ibafon Chemicals) Limited, Ibafon Oil Limited, Ibron Nigeria Ltd; Ibru Merchandise 33 Limited, Ikeja Hotels Plc. (Lagos Sheraton and Federal Palace Hotels), Societe Benninoise De Produits De Mer (SOBEPROM), Zabadne and Company Limited, Osadjere Fishing Co. Limited, Marine Harvest Limited, Spibat Nig. Limited, Rutam Motors Limited, Nitrec Limited, Oceanic Bank Int’l. Plc, Aquamarine Finance and Securities Limited, Queens Petroleum Company of (Nig.) Limited, Guardian Newspaper Limited, Express Processing & Packaging Limited, Waskar Ltd., Mitchell Farms, Nigerian Hardwood Co. (Nig.) Limited, F. Steiner & Company Limited, Blue Water Marine, Delta Freeze Limited, Lillershall (Nig.) Ltd, Superbru Ltd, W.F. Clarke (Nig.) Limited, Boardroom Service Limited, Minet Nigeria Limited (insurance brokers), Atlantic Estates Limited, Societe Camerounaise De Product De Mer-SCPM Douala.

photo: Ibru Memorial tribute

Egwuh Oluebube

Tony Elumelu and Wife in the beginning. There is always a beginning for smart people.

NaijaphiliaBlog:
University of East Anglia in Norwich, the United Kingdom, has announced scholarships of £33,150 plus transportation cover £4,000 for foreign students pursuing Masters programmes.

From the school website, this opportunity is the David Sainsbury Scholarships in Global Plant Health, which is fully funded for students planning to travel to the UK for study in the 2024/2025 academic year.

Each full scholarship will cover up to:

A. Full cost of the tuition fee (£33,150 for 2024-25)

B. Maintenance grant (exact value at the UKRI postgraduate researcher stipend level to be determined for 2024-25; in 2023-24 it was £18,622)

C. Additional £4,000 for travel costs (subject to valid economy class travel receipts).



... For more details:

https://naijaphilia.com/blog/2024/04/25/jakpa-thingz-uk-university-offers-33k-scholarships-plus-4k-flight-allowance/

Why the JaKpa spelling? This is a word from those who spell and pronounce it as JAPA.
At least you can't alter English spelling just because of your own native style.

A rare portrait of madam Hannah Afálà (Samuel Àjàyí Crowther's mother).

Aláàfin Abiodun Adegorolu succeeded Aláàfin Ajabo, a powerful monarch of his time. Aláàfin Abiọdun gave birth to a girl child named Oṣù, Oṣù grew up to become the mother of Olámínigbìn, who in turn became the husband of Omo-oga-egun, together they gave birth to Ibisomi Telerinmasa.

Telerinmasa was said to be possessed with a special dignity which was known among her people as "Afala" (the one who loves purity or the pure one) signifying the princess or priestess of the great god Obatala (the white cloth god). Ọbàtálá's province is believed to be a sphere of absolute and dazzling purity.

Afala married a man whose name was also given as Ajayi from the Edu clan, his grandfather was the Baale of Awaiye-petu, who relocated to the Òyó empire from Ketou (now part of Benin Republic).

Afala parted with her lovely son, when he was just 12 after their town, Oshogun, near Isheyin, was invaded by Fulani slave traders in about 1821. As a passionate mother, she waited patiently for the day she will surely meet her son again.

They finally reunited during Àjàyí's missionary sojourn in Abẹ́òkúta after slavery had separated them for decades.

Madam Afala was later baptized by her own son and was given the name Hannah on February 5, 1848 at Abeokuta. Madam Hannah and some other relatives moved in with the Bishop at Abeokuta where she lived to be over a hundred years old.

#yorubablog

jjcena:
It's shameful when adults come online to talk geographical land mass like it they have used it to achieve anything meaningful.

[s]As large as the north is, yet what exactly have they done with it[/s]
. The herdsmen still come to the south to cause havoc in the name grazing..

As small as the south is yet they are more productive than both human capacity and natural resources, if only the gold in Zamfara was deemed a national property then we would know the real worth.

The bigger the landmass, the more problematic it is, the smaller the landmass the more productive an area is in Nigeria.

The north remains the food reservoir of Nigeria. Stop this bitterness

paramakina202:
Correct.
A state in Russia is larger than Nigeria.
Russia is almost 20 times bigger than Nigeria.

Can you try and put this in facts and figures?

paramakina202:
And size of Borno almost swallow southwest.

Yes that's a fact. No one bickers with realities

Iamgrey5:
Southwest Nigeria is bigger than what I see Here..

Stop arguing. Bring your facts

Paraman:
Is the OP sure the south west is bigger than Niger state sha?

Why not? Don't you know the size of OYO state alone almost swallow the South East?

Iamgrey5:
Southwest is bigger than that

Check Google is your friend

Whst do you need Google for when what you're looking for is rightly written in black and white here?

Below is the Nigerian landmass distribution according to geo-political regions

Zonefree:
Is it not yet time FG proscribe Yoruba nation as a terrorist group?

Even when you see one of the most globally acclaimed intelligent steps for this kind of struggle?

ZombieTAMER:
He knows where godfatherism thrives
Only in the coward region of the South

Wike is learning the hard way

Like in Abia, right?

IGBO SHOULD LEARN CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE YORUBA NATION.
By Joe Igbokwe
April 18,2024

You would have seen a video of what Yoruba leaders did to the home of a lady, Onitiri Abiola who read the declaration speech of the Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan Oyo state. Yoruba organized themselves , encouraged and supported the soldiers to invade the venue of the so called declaration and arrested all them and successfully seized their guns, ammunitions , military uniforms, weapons, Matchets, charms and destroyed Onitiri Abiola’s home etc.

No single very important Yoruba men and women rose to defend the bandits rather they told them that their horrible mission is not Yoruba agenda. Totally the Yoruba Nation rose to the occasion and rebuked them in no uncertain terms. Yoruba Nation left a monumental lessons for my tribe. How I wished that leaders in Igboland metted the same response to IPOB, UGM and ESN when they seized South East destroyed all the things we hold dear, killed our people in their thousands, destroyed and burnt their homes, killed police men and soldiers,stole our people to bones, gang-rapped our wives and daughters, snatched many our wives and daughters to become their wives, looted our markets and extorted money from our wealthy men and women that ran into billions. They committed unquantified atrocities in Igbo land.

Our SE Governors, Ministers, National Assembly Members, Traditional Rulers, Bishops, Professors , law makers, intelligentsia, professionals, business magnets in Igboland, our vibrant youths etc maintained grave silence or silence of the grave yards. We all kept quiet and gave tactical support to pure criminals who paraded themselves as our liberators and freedom fighters. For close to four years they made South East the Thomas Hobbes State of Nature where life is nasty , brutish and short. We became good for nothing elders, cowards, Lilly livered men and women who watched as children destroyed their once vibrant zone. Today Igboland lies in ruins.

My advice: please learn from the Yoruba Nation. They did not go to war when their prominent son, Chief MKO Abiola won the Presidential elections in 1993 and they Killed him, killed his wife and destroyed all his businesses. They appplied common sense, wisdom and tact . They did not want any further tragedy to befall their people , the did not want their pride, Lagos to be destroyed, they lost many of their people in the struggle for Abiola’s Mandate. They sacrificed a lot but God rewarded them abundantly. Obasanjo became president for 8 yrs. Prof Osibanjo became Vice President for 8 yrs and today we have President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the saddle and he will rule for 8 years. Wisdom is always profitable for any decent nation or tribe. Good evening Nigerians.

Felabrity:
Na USA dey give them weapons

Na you dey help them deliver am!

kestolove95:
Nonsense.... I will be spraying #100 notes 2marow at a friend's birthday. Come arrest mi

The issue with unknown and heady nonentity like you is that you would serve your jail term PEACEFULLY without your street people knowing!

ogododo:
https://punchng.com/p-harcourt-refinery-to-begin-operation-before-year-end-senate-committee/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Not before May again?

What has Senate got to do with date, are they the agency of policy making and implementation?

press9jatv:
best Governor so far in Oyo State history

I am cork sure you don't have ANY fact about this statement.
BTW, how old are you to make this categorical statement about OYO state?

Olachase:
Omo they just want to do this man Wetin no good 😊

Cubana go still go meet him/her shim

Fixed!

MrProlific95:
Propaganda, Dangote refinery shud do amd start selling PMS

From someone who does not have any business or deal with just a dollar!

Na dem

helinues:
Churches are being build almost daily in Nigeria yet the rate of crime is increasing.

We have had several religious bodies for years, yet the politicians are not acting different.

When are we going to question the community that keeps on producing those set of people?

Have you taken time to imagine what would have happened if there's no church?

HAPPY 11TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO PASTOR NATHANIEL AND SARAH BASSEY
Gospel Music Minister, Instrumentalist and Songwriter
Resident Pastor, RCCG The Oasis, Lagos State Nigeria.

We thank God for every blessing that He has showered on your lives and family and all that He has been doing through this union. Thank you for your dedication towards the fulfillment of the assignments the Lord has entrusted into your care. We appreciate your dedication and commitment to God's work in our generation. Thank you for shining the light of God to the World through your ministry and family.

We pray that your union will continue to prosper and may the Lord increase your love for each other and sustain your union with His mighty hand. We pray that the peace of God shall remain in your union. May the glory of the Lord envelope you and your seeds and cause you to remain a blessing in this generation. We pray for fresh anointing, fresh grace and new wine of marital bliss in the name of Jesus. Keep enjoying God's goodness!

Congratulations And God's Multiplied Blessings.
From all of us at Church Gist.


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weMUSTsayIT:
These owambe people just love to drag positions

The only civil way acceptable. They will not go the way of assassination or kidnapping like certain people

aljharem:
Whether they praise whether they don't praise. Nigerians will use Air peace.

We will use our own

I think the way we use our Innoson and Glo right?

IFuckWell:
Bleep off/throw a fit, then die

Most importantly, die!

See pains.
Continue to Fuckwell. Maybe you have forgotten how your forebears ended.

spencekat:
He is Oladele Johnson.

He does not know that's a name!

FreeStuffsNG:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/06/lasg-threatens-to-seal-supermarkets-over-non-disclosure-of-price-tags-on-products/

Price tagging is practiced in a sane environment and economy. Not a country where prices at 9am will be different from 11.59am of the same day. Who will be bearing the cost of the labels?

damoobaba:
Dont we have freedom of expression again in Nigeria, i just say make i ask.

This query reveals the pool of ignorance you're feeding from

Emusan:
Just as Elisha the follower of Elijah prayed to the God of Elijah

Do you believe that part of the scripture or you look away?

Again if you're to be around during the time of Elisha you won't believe he served the same God written in the scripture with Elijah.

Why are you bothered about this spiritual, pained and ignorant nonentity?

Owon:
Okay.

Mexico and Congo DR is a very big surprise.
>90%, yet high on Violence, crime and war....

Don't mind them unlike your peaceful Afghanistan, Yemen, Iran and the rest