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heo88:
I didn't really mix them up and here's why:

UCA Nigeria were a company owned by United Africa company whigh later became a subsidiary of Unilever, and was founded in 1931.

In 1943 it became known as United Africa company Ltd and remained dormant until 1955. At this point it started acquiring, over a period of five years, a large part of the business of UAC International.

In 1960 C.W.A. Holdings Ltd, England also a subsidiary of Unilever, acquired the interest of UAC International in the company.

Further reorganisation concluded in 1973 and resulted in the acquisition of a number of wholly owned fellow subsidiaries of C.W.A. Holdings.

Following reorganisation, the company conducted the acquired businesses as operating divisions, which are now in voluntary liquidation.

The company took the name UAC of Nigeria Ltd in 1973.

In compliance with the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act 1972, 40 percent of the company's share capital was acquired in 1974 by Nigerian citizens and associations and in accordance with the provisions of the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act 1977, an additional 20 percent of the UAC's share capital was publicly offered in 1977, increasing Nigerian equity participation to 60 percent.

The name UACN Plc was adopted in 1991

You have a superior argument.

naptu2:
"Where is that cartoonist?"

Ibrahim Babangida (in 1989) enquiring about the cartoonist who drew a sketch of him feeding Halima with a giant feeding bottle.

Could that have been Jossy Ajiboye or Omooba?

heo88:
-Unilever Nigeria, owned by Unilever which is a British company that was originally called 'United Company Africa'. This company owned the land which was the Lagos Colony (comprises much of modern South West Nigeria/yoruba land) with the Royal Niger company. They sold it to the British government in circa 1887.

You got Unilever got mixed up with UAC.

Unilever was formerly known as Lever Brothers.

Their popular brands include(d):

Omo
Pepsodent
Close-up
Dove
Lifebuoy
Sure
Surf
Vim
Vaseline
Lux
Sunlight
Annapurna
Lipton tea
Planta margarine
Blue Band Magarine
Royco
Knorr



UAC is the colonial company you referred to.

It was formerly United Africa Company hence the name UAC.

UAC is actually related to Unilever in that it took over some of the businesses of Unilever. Check Wikipedia for United Africa Company.

UAC brands include

Gala
Supreme Ice Cream
Mr. Biggs'
Gossy spring water
Grand soya oil
Dulux paints

stevecantrell:
Since the Cadbury scandal involving the Nigerian ceo, Mr ***** ***. Top jobs in most multinational coys in this country are reserved for expatriates.

Lever Brothers (Unilever) R G
Cadbury B O
Nigerian Breweries F O


In that order

AnonymousIP:
@VIVIANGIST

LWKM ... He even gat something Paul does not have ... A Security ... Oh! Lemme come and be going, Naija will not kill me! #Viviangist

SOURCE - http://www.viviangist.net/and-paul-psquare-thinks-he-is-the-only-one-that-has-jacuzzi-pictures

May be the guy is hoping Paul would invite him and build a house for him.

Recall how P-Square invited the lady (Gee Jay) who sang the gospel version of "Bank Alert" and recorded with her?

cutefergiee:
LWKMD

Self publishing!

WotzupNG:
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) was established vide LASEMA Law 16 of 2008 for emergency and disaster management in the State in pursuance to decree 12 of 1999 as amended by Act No. 50 of 1999 which established the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Agency is responsible for the overall co-ordination of emergency management in Lagos State. Below are pictures of their new response unit at Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.


http://wotzup.ng/photos-of-the-new-lasema-response-unit-dispatch-center-in-lekki-phase/

Great picture quality!

Which camera was used?

madjune:
Hmm. Bros, na Bode George?

I remember madam kofo. Time don pass o.

Madam Kofo


It was Chief Dapo Sarumi, minister for Africa Cooperation at a time during OBJ's government.

He contested for the SDP ticket against Prof Agbalajobi.

Sir Michael Otedola (Femi Otedola's father) who contested on the NRC platform eventually won the election.

All three were indigenes of Epe.

As a matter of fact, Chief Sarumi was on his way from or to Epe when the accident you referred to occurred.

Incidentally, two other ministers's convoys had been involved in fatal accidents before Sarumi's without any consequence on their positions.

Sarumi had to resign or was dropped following protest by the victim's influential family (she was a newlywed pregnant cousin of Access Bank's current CEO) and public outcry.

Bode George was never a minister. He was military governor of Ondo State though.

madjune:
You might be talking about a different accident.
Can you remember the couple's name?

Is D.S Femi Pedro?

I don't think so.

Not Pedro.

Guess again.

Another clue: He was the cadidate of SDP in the said electio but lost. The eventual winner, his major opponent for SDP's ticket and him were all indigenes of Epe.

madjune:
I don't want to speAk bad of the dead but it was during this man's tenure that Nigeria recorded the highest frequency of plane crashes...

And it was his convoy that ended the life of some sweet young couple on Lekki highway in 2001.

I do remember.

He wasn't the minister involved in the accident.

That minister (names witheld) was a contestant in one of the most intriguing contests for the governorship of Lagos State in the third republic.

Clue: D.S.

RIP to all the dead.

naptu2:
Wasn't he the one that said that plane crashes were caused by witches?
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It was FFK, who took over from him, that made that remark.

Bollinger:
Obasanjo did far worse. Before the first election that got him elected as a democratically elected president, a reporter asked him a question with he did not like and he said "asko" on camera which pretty much means in Yoruba to go phuck yourself. That's when i knew we were phucked.

Most are unaware that this man is a joker.

Here's a report on an encounter he had with Ibe Kachikwu at the height of the fuel crisis:

SGF criticises Kachikwu over fuel crisis
AYODELE OLUWAGBEMI
18 MAY 2016

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, on Wednesday took a swipe at the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, over the current fuel crisis in the country.

Lawal slammed the minister at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja shortly before the commencement of a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The SGF had been struggling unsuccessfully to make ministers who were busy exchanging pleasantries settle down ahead of Buhari’s arrival.

Not even his announcement that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was already seated was enough to make the ministers settle down.

Disturbed that the venue was still in a rowdy situation, Lawal looked round and saw Kachikwu shaking hands and discussing with a colleague.

The helpless SGF then said loudly but jokingly, “Kachikwu, there is no fuel and you are there shaking hands!”

While the venue erupted in laughter, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola also replied Lawal, saying, “There is fuel. It is N107.”

The meeting which Lawal said would be very short is currently ongoing with Buhari presiding.

The SGF announced to the ministers to keep their contributions during the meeting short, saying jokingly, “all those grammar should be avoided.”

He also said the only item that would be accommodated under AOB would be a presentation by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige.

http://punchng.com/sgf-slams-kachikwu-fuel-crisis/

Is he alighting from Keke NAPEP (Marwa)?

dre11:
“At a point I became sick, so a French doctor came to check on me. He gave me some drugs and said I must be taking it from time to time.

“I learnt that I was infected with HIV/AIDS. I don’t know if I got it from the marathon sex or from the three husbands I married. My current husband, Bama, was also taking his own drugs just like me before I left our base. We are both infected,” she said.

Kabir said she fled Sagil Huda in the wake of the Nigerian Military Joint Task Force (JTF)’s military assault on their base in Sambisa Forest.

“We ran away from Sagil Huda because the army came and stormed our camp and killed many of our members. Right now, my mission is to go and meet my brother Fadagana, he is at Kangarwa with Mamman Nur. I have Mamman Nur’s phone number, I have been communicating with him. My plan is to go and meet him,” she said.

http://thenationonlineng.net/boko-haram-infected-hivaids-vvf-marathon-sex-sambisa/

French doctor? French-speaking or actually from France?

She has Mamman Nur's number and has been communicating with him?

What intelligence are we still looking for?

autojosh:
He was later offered admission to study Architecture at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria but declined the offer for a similar course at the Birnin Kebbi Polytechnic, Kebbi State from 1986 to 1988 – the institution that formally embedded in Jelani the culture of automobile design.

The road less travelled.

Outstanding!

Looks like work on the Lekki-Epe expressway is about to be extended to Eleko junction.

MMM?

FP at last!

Should have been up there since day 1.

Was reading about Nazi Germany recently and was surprised to read that blacks were affected along with Jews and Roma people following the extension of the Nuremberg Laws in 1936.

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At the rate work is going on, I think the bridge would be opened within the next three weeks.

I suspect the roads running beside the bridge might be opened for use first.

In all, I think the work has been within time estimate.

The initial projection was 18 months with the project kicking off Dec 2015.

In a TV interview (available on youtube), sometime last year, an engineer said the bridge would be ready by Easter this year.

So far, so good.

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Approaching the bridge from Abraham Adesanya

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Approaching VGC along the Ajah Market side of the bridge

Here's a recent picture of Adesina.

Any resemblance?

Are you sure that was the match Okwaraji died in? From the background, the stadium was packed so there's that likelihood .

I also wonder why ngodigha did the introductions.

Thoughts of this being a flying eagles match are cancelled by the fact that Okwaraji did not plau for the Flying Eagles and that the introductions would have been done by Ali Jeje

I think the person on the extreme left is Chibuzor Ehilegbu.

Naptu2 posted

"I'm a little bit confused by this picture.

David Ngodiga is the goalkeeper. He is introducing Etim Esin to Admiral Aikhomu. Samuel Okwaraji is behind them. I'm not sure who is between Etim Esin and Okwaraji.

But here's the confusing thing. I remember this match and I know that Stephen Keshi was the captain, so why was Ngodiga doing the introductions?

Nigeria vs Angola (1989). Okwaraji slumped and died during this match."


Naptu2, would you be willing to bring us into your thoughts?

The diary section doesn't allow for contributions. I find your diary entries simulating and really love to discuss some of them but for the limitation above.

Is there a way around this?

Concerning the picture, the player on the extreme left is not Etim Esin.

The player you are puzzled about seems to me to be Ademola Adeshina.

Admiral Aikhomu really looks young in this photo. Sure that's him?

I know he was a regular at the Eagle's matches.

If that's him, it means we guys don old be that o!

Probably means he was younger than we are now or about the same age as we are now.

I also remember the match where the tracksuits were cut. It was a sight to behold.

Cameroon also carried the show of shame to the World Cup where they used black markers to write their numbers behind their jerseys.

naptu2:
The man was irritated and was just about to walk out the door when the scent of the food brought him back. He followed the scent into the kitchen.

The final scene showed him sitting at the dinning table with his wife. Both of them were smiling happily.

C johnie

Just before he walked to the door, he grabbed his car key.

When the aroma wafted into the living room, his nose started twitching as he was drawn towards the kitchen.

When he realised that his wife had caught his attention, he struggled to regain his composure

Thanks guys.

Interestingly, someone created a similar thread in this section earlier today.

The thread has more pictures. Check it here https://www.nairaland.com/3718014/advert-late-90s#55180394

I got the picture I posted from a twitter post making the rounds.

Naptu2, ishilove, thankyouGod, waleyp, sommyblaze

I just came across this picture taken from an old advert.

The man frowned as various items were brought to him by his wife until she brought a particular one and then he beamed with a wide grin.

Does anyone remember the product being advertised?

I don't.




Tag naptu2, caveatemptor, ishilove

oruma19:
When entertainment still had some form of reputation and decency.... God bless our olden days entertainers...they didn't just entertain us, we learnt lessons from their songs..not all this scata money, maga don pay, shake up ur bombom we hear these days..

You forgot to add "pop something, shayo, Moet, Hennessy..."