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What is Jonathan's Tower of Babel.
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The Tower of Babel is one of the most mysterious stories in the Bible. It extols in us that infinite strenght that man posses in dealing with issues no matter how un-palatable the issue might be. In most cases it stems from a strong conviction from a leader to his subjects,  at times it can be disillusional but the mantra and believe is irrevocable. Those zeals concieved in the early hours of dawn with a very strong and overwhealming conviction which the individuals involved pursue to its logical conclusion must be commendable. A few example comes to mind in Africa about men who pursue such lofty goals and ambition irrespective of the financial implications or constraints. To me I see the conviction and passion attached to such projects and undertakings a lot of times not the most laudable project as a sign of men or a leader given to society and posterity what he has taken from society this more than anything is a worthy Tower of Babel that would trail the individuals to the end of time.  These kind of individuals always almost live an indelible mark in the terraine where they lord over.

Kwame Nkurumah built the first motorway in West Africa bearly 31/2 years into his reign. The road built at the time connected the City of Accra to the port City of Tema where incidently he also built an ultra mordern port. This projet cost a huge uproar at the time considering Ghana's meagre income which was based only on Cocoa,  but the fact is like they say  "the end justifies the means". The man not only threw his weight on this project but made sure it was commisioned in record time. The road was built by using re-enforce concrete the type used to build roads in Southern US and today 47 years after it still remains the only inter City dual carriage way in Ghana. To that I say what a foresight.

Picture of part of the Accra to Tema Expressway.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/34633726


Félix Houphouët-Boigny : - The Ivorian absolute President and the man that built the largest Church in the world. Although this man has died for a number of years now, his Basilaca of Our Lady of peace is a structure that would blow your minds away, structure that put the dead capital city of Yamasoukkro on the map.

lists it as the largest church in the world, having surpassed the previous recordholder, St. Peter's Basilica, upon completion. It has an area of 30,000 sq metres (322,917 sq ft) and is 158m (518ft) high.[6]  However, it also includes a rectory and a villa (counted in the overall area), which are not strictly part of the church, and it can accommodate 18,000 worshippers, compared to 60,000 for St. Peter's[7].

The Basilica is administered by Polish Pallottines


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace_of_Yamoussoukro


IBB- The man most Nigerians would like to take a pound of flesh from for the way he ran the economy between the mid 1980's and early 1990's. Amongst a few things he did, he actually built a remarkable structure in the city of Lagos, nIgeria. The 3rd Mainland Bridge still remains and maintains that lofty and prestigious position as the  longest Bridge over water in Africa. A marvel to behold, an engineering feat which should be counted and seen as some of the 7 wonders of Africa. His distractors who have being at the helms of affairs in Lagos for 10 years now and still counting have not being bold enough to commence work on the much touted 4th Mainland Bridge.

This Bridge that is the 3rd Mainland Bridge actually took blood, sweath and tears to complete but the fact he saw to to its completion is worthy of giving him a token  of respect as one of the many illustrious and controversial figures of Africa. We must not forget Abuja commenced its new status as the Capital of the Nation during IBB's reign also.


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Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the current President of the Republic of Rwanda. He rose to prominence as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), whose victory over the incumbent government in July 1994 effectively ended the Rwandan genocide. Under his leadership, Rwanda has been called Africa’s “biggest success story”[2] and Kagame has become a public advocate of new models for foreign aid designed to help recipients become self-reliant.[3]  "There was a desire to correct what we thought was wrong," Kagame said on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show in 2009, via a press feed supplied for a remote broadcast from Saddleback Church in California that featured Saddleback officials and parishioners.

However, involvement in the Congo Civil War and the recent and mysterious death of opposition deputy Andre Kagwa Rwisereka[4] has seen doubts raised over his Government's policies and motives, particularly regarding political freedom.[5] In August of 2010 it was reported that all major opposition to Kagame had been disqualified from participation in the upcoming elections.[6]

The Jury is out on Kagema, although in the economy front Rwanda has the fastest growing economy in Africa, his goverment has in the recent past be accused of haunting down opposition even opposition figures who are no longer living in the country. He was said to be involved in the death and murder of an opposition  leader living in South Africa. One legacy he would have though is turning a Franco-phone Rwanda into an Anglohone Country, English is now the official Language in Rwanda.

Yaradua - presided over the largest number of arms amenesty since the second world war. This fantatastic acheivment can be lost in its importance and significance if arms are taking up by dissendents OR better still by disgruntled surrendered militant, time would tell if this laudable project is worthy of mentioning in the next millenium. I believe it would be lost amongst other things in the harrowing and convoluted history that has beseiged Africa.

OBJ: Made sure the Country was not owing a dime, but his predecessor's Yaradua and Jonathan has opened the credit book once again and the debt is creeping up at a accelerated rate at present it is in the region of $9 Billion Dollars. OBJ's sham expenditure of 16 Billion dollars on electricity has put paid to any encomiums that might have being showered  towards him for clearing the Nations debt

Jonathan: like many other past head of states up to now has not left any indelible mark. I hope the earlier he identifies his niche the better it would be for him, he should not hesistate but pursue it with a reknewed  vigour. Time they say wait for no one. He has not started well either,  the $500 million electoral register and the $125 million on a fleet of Presidential Jets does not help nor add to the decaying infrastruture that abounds the nation,  but rather one can be tempted to believe that it would facilitate lackeys and Yes men of his in that dire art of  siphoneing scarce resources out of the country courtesy of his Majesty's Presidential Jet a prospect many people would not want to fathom or think about.   

[size=14pt]The first 3 leaders have planted their own Tower Babel's on the landscape of Africa, nothing we can do about that other than to improve upon it, the question to be asked is What is Uncle Joe Planning to make his own Tower of Babel. [/size]  

[size=14pt]Nigeria is not ready for this kind of perversion, and I hope we would never be ready.[/size] 

[size=14pt]50 million dollars should be able to put electoral names in a bloody database for goodness sake. Where are these id-i-o-t-s from spending $500 million dollars on such an exercise that only requires an army of data input staff.

Staff who would input data, safe data and back-up data where and how they arrive at this mind blowing figure is anyone's guess. [/size]

Ohakim over to you, na your capital the man dey yap like, shame on you Mr Governor. Extract from ordeals of a foreign biker on Nigeria Roads.[b][/b]


[size=14pt]I found myself in Owerri, a city of more than 225,000 people on the northern lip of Nigeria’s Delta Region.

Massive piles of stinking, rotting garbage lined the middle of Owerri’s main road. These half-dozen piles were the size of tractor trailers, and now a bucket-loader was laboring to remove them. The odor was piquant and nauseating, like diapers and death. The thousands of people crammed in proximity to this Third World urban landfill seemed oblivious, or at least resigned, to the stench[/size]

Abuja Light Railway might be scrapped because they do not have a Mayor to bid for her

The recent threat by Special Duties Minister, Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd), that the Federal Government may revoke the Abuja light rail project calls for concern by all stakeholders. The Nigerian government had signed a deal worth $840 million (about N133 billion today) in 2007 with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company for an intra-city rail system to solve the rising problem of traffic congestion in the federal capital and ease transportation between the city, its suburbs and satellite towns.



Funded jointly by the Federal Government and the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory, the rail project is planned to connect the city centre, the districts and satellite towns with high-speed light trains ferrying thousands of commuters to and from their places of work, business or recreation. It is expected that, when fully in operation, about 1,000 persons will be moved by the rail coaches every few minutes.



The project, despite being dogged by the usual controversy over costs, processes and delays, is a worthwhile venture and should not be abandoned. Abuja certainly needs it to tackle the chaos that has crept into its transportation system. The existing facilities have proved inadequate to handle the population influx as road transport in the territory is gradually replicating the nightmare in Lagos, the former federal capital. A large and still growing urban conurbation needs a diversity of transportation modes and careful planning. Instructively, the original master plan for the FCT had envisaged a light rail project in anticipation of massive population growth.



Begun in 1976 and located in the central area of the nation, Abuja was carefully planned to be a well-laid-out urban centre. Abuja’s population grew from a few thousands in 1980 to reach about 403,000 in 2003 according to the United Nations while the 2006 national census put the population at 778,562. Experts even say more rapid migrations to the city have brought the figure to well over one million persons. Rapid population growth and increased commercial activities have since put tremendous pressure on the city’s buses, taxis and commercial motorcycles.



The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria, reckons that thousands of vehicles and one million passengers commute to Abuja daily from the satellite towns, suburbs and other states of the federation. Official sources say the real figures could be much higher. To tackle the problem, the FCT administration under a former minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in 2005, banned commercial motorbikes (okada) from the city, restricting them to the satellite towns and suburbs; brought in over 600 buses in partnership with the private sector and launched a taxi cab system, while laying out plans for trams and the light rail system. But poor maintenance and funding have reduced the fleets. Traffic gridlocks are now common and residents commuting to and from the outlying areas face considerable hardship.



The ostensible reason for Olubolade’s threat to review the contract is that Nigerian engineers are allegedly not being employed by the contractor, CCECC. Head of a committee assessing federal projects, Alhaji Ibrahim Bunu, complained that the company had 1,500 persons on its payroll of which 100 were foreigners. Bunu and the minister were however irked that no Nigerian engineers were involved in the project. The 10 Nigerians described by CCECC as “engineers” were found to be artisans.



But was this clause built into the contract? While it is desirable, indeed, officials should insist, that Nigerian professionals be allowed on-the-job experience, it does not constitute sufficient ground to delay the LRT project. The government had already spent N27 billion on it by February this year and the money should not be allowed to go down the drain. Any issues or grey area in the execution should be decisively resolved with the contractor. The appropriate agencies should supervise and monitor the project to ensure that CCECC adheres strictly to the terms of the agreement.



The government should avoid repeating the grievous error it made with the Lagos Metroline project in 1984/85. Conceived in 1980 by Lagos State government under Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the $700 million Lagos Metroline contract was awarded to a French consortium and was planned to drastically ameliorate the Lagos traffic problems.



It was planned to carry up to 40,000 persons per hour to and from the suburbs and Lagos Island. But in a fit of arrogance, the Buhari-Idiagbon military junta that sacked the civilian government in 1984 finally terminated the contract in 1985. That avoidable policy somersault cost the Lagos tax payer $78 million in judgment debt and three more decades of prolonged traffic pains in the metropolis.



The Abuja LRT project must not go the way of the Lagos Metroline project which now requires $3 billion to complete what $700 million would have accomplished in the mid-1980s.



The Federal Government must insist on using the project to expose competent Nigerian professionals to rail technology but it must not derail this project nor countenance cost overruns and delays.

[size=14pt]Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory yesterday sought a formal agreement with the Federal Government over its possession of the Federal Capital Territory. It said the pact had become imperative in view of the systematic marginalisation of the indigenes in the running of the territory.

This was coming just after it alleged there were attempts by the National Assembly to enact a law barring the position of a mayor for the territory on elective basis. It said the federal legislature would opt for an appointive mayor which may not take the interest of the indigenes at heart.

Speaking yesterday in Abuja at a forum tagged "Abuja Indigenes and the 1999 Constitution," organised by the Citizens' Forum for Constitutional Reform (CFCR), the Nigerian Ambassador to Gambia and two-time chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Mr Ayuba Jacob Ngbako, who spoke on behalf of the indegenes, said both parties must sign an agreement formally handing "their land to the Federal Government or otherwise.

"We have to come into an agreement to formally inform the government that we have agreed to give them land or not. There was no agreement before the Federal Government took over our land", he posited.

Advocating the need for a political structure in the form of mayoralty in the territory to check the trend of the marginalisation of the area, he alleged that there were attempts to influence the National Assembly to enact a law banning a democratically elected mayor from presiding over the territory. Instead, he said, plans were afoot to make a law for the appointment of a mayor which he said would not favour the indegenes.

"The grand plan now is to have the National Assembly pass a law barring the election of a mayor and opting instead for an appointed mayor", he said.

In a related vein, he called for the creation of two more senatorial districts which he referred to as Abuja North Senatorial District comprising Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Kuje and Karshi while Abuja South Senatorial District would comprise Gwagwalada, Kwali, Abaji and Rubochi.

On Federal Constitutuencies, he proposed the creation of four new constitutuencies from the existing two in view of the rising influx of people into the Federal Capital Territory. The proposed ones include Abuja Municipal/Bwari federal constitutuency, Gwagwalada/Kwali, Abuja/Rubochi/Yaba and Karshi/Kuje federal constitutuencies.

The political structure of the territory according to him, would entail a territorial mayoralty with a mayor to administer the territory with a territorial government and area councils which should have a corresponding status as in other world cities.

"There shall be a mayoral assembly to exercise the same powers as a state house of assembly" comprised of elected council chairmen and two members from each area council elected by political parties.  [/size]

[size=14pt]This same yardstick should be used on public officers, any scandal they are involved in and it is proven they should be forced to resign. Our journalist should become more covert and imbibe a thorough investigative demeanour in the way they go about their business. 

Today we have camera phones, and other small devices that can record un-wanton utterances which can end political careers this should be encouraged. When someone is caught red-handed there is always almost little or no room to manoeuvre one self out of such howlers and quagmires,  so the earlier we start bringing some of these crooks down the better it would be for Nigeria.

We all saw how a Ghanaian Minister and a Zambia Minister where forced out of office because of a $20,000.00 misappropriation.
The same action should be extended towards those Governors who are in the habit of over inflating contracts to their own benefit.[/size]

Even their Churchgate 1 is not having the best of times since MTN moved out; they haven't found any new high-profile occupants.


I recently bought a townhouse in Lekki from a developer, into which I just moved in. I'm still the second occupant in a complex of 26 apartments. The company is even struggling to complete the external facilities. When I look at all these issues, I wonder who exactly is going to build this 'ocean city

[size=14pt]Everything should depend on demand and supply, if you build luxurious flat in Ikoyi and VI and you are expecting people to cough out $80,000.00 per annum on rent is that feasible in a depressed economy like Nigeria.

The rental demands should be at par with what local demands can afford or pay OR better still it should reflect what the market is prepared to pay. Luxirious apartment rental even in the poshest part of town should be between $5,000.00 and tops $20,000.00 per annum and not $80,000.00 per annuals. [/size]

Please rush now and get a boxer's helmet before Tinubu haters would descend on you and daze you with e-punches!

[size=14pt]Let us call a spade a spade what can Tinubu and Buhari have in common other than both men are interested in the Presidency but a true Democrat would suppress his own desire for other more sellable and popular candidates.

Buhari on the other hand I see that man running for the Presidency when he is 90 years old.[/size]

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[size=14pt]I have thought of it why would JEG allow Ribadu back into the country only for Ribadu to turn around and run against him,  it is common knowledge when Ribadu was in exile he was always singing praises for Jonathan.

He fought for and was quite vocal insisting the authorities that need be should wake up to her responsibility by elevating JEG into the Presidency albeit he did it from abroad with a loyalty and determination that left little to be desired as to which side of the divide he belongs when Yaradua was incapacitated.[/size]


[size=18pt]The issues at stake here[/size]


[size=14pt]1. Tinubu b4 1999 was amongst the many Nigerians who because of the dictatorial regime of Abacha and IBB seek Solace in the USA. Why would Tinubu now endorse either IBB OR Buhari when he is fully aware of their old ways.


2. Buhari’s ANPP could not broker a deal with AC because let us be frank they belong to different schools of thought. One is an abject dictator in a democrats clothing while the other is not only a reformed democrat having tasted what true democracy was all about in the USA is now a die hard and an astute democrat.


3. The elections of 2007 was the worst in the history of the nation, Tinubu has not got any issues with Yaradua, what he was against was the way and manner the will of the people was robbed by OBJ, with GEJ promising a free an fair elections, AC even if they do not win the Presidential elections outright would and should be able to capture those SW State’s back and gain a foothold in some Northern States too. Talking of good spoils of war. I believe after the election there would be a coalition Government between AC and PDP so it does not really matter who wins between AC and PDP, although I believe PDP would still edge it coming from a high base of 28 States.


4. Ribadu is a young man only 49 years old, he has still got a lot of time in his hand to fight another election if he does not win the 2011 elections. I believe a kind of deal would have being agreed just like the zonal thing,  unfortunately just like the zonal bro-ha-ha again it can be jettisoned as it is a gentleman’s agreement.


5. The sole aim of drafting Ribadu into this race is to split the votes in the North. I think it is a master-stoke[/size].


             [size=14pt]Time would proof my theory wrong, ladies and gentlemen wait and see events unfold.[/size]

[size=14pt]Mr Yusuf, tell us what is your boss’s game plan, does he want to run come 2011, and while at that let us know if he is still choosing Messers James Ibori as his running mate, whilst still puzzling over the answer to that question please give us an insight of the party he intends flying her flag as the PDP might have being fully subscribed to by the incumbent OR am I missing something, does he hope to slug it out with Mr President in the primaries giving the Presidency’s assurance and antecedence towards an open and fair democratic elections in the primaries.[/size]

[size=14pt]He should pick Duke as his running mate, Duke has nothing to lose, Oshiumile would be reluctant to take what can only be construed as a poisonous chalice, no wonder Fashola turned it down.[/size]

[size=14pt]With a $1.7 million dollars windfall at stake for the House of Reps and Senate members who scale through, me self go kill for that post, at least one has a 1 in 10 chances, if one is contesting against 10 people of winning the sit, than ever winning the British Lottery which has a 14 million to 1 chance, and to add salt to the injury the remunerations are almost the same.

One down, 99 more to go, as long as they continue paying this obscene amount to our legislators I am afraid a few good and innocent men would be going six foot under b4 May 2011[/size].

[size=14pt]Going by the farcical elections in neighboring Imo State, knowing where the Governor’s allegiance lies- Political-wise, does it surprise anyone that PDP swept the field even thus this same Governor is known to have grossly tortured and bludgeoned a journalist to almost death, are these the kind of men one would put armed law enforcement officer’s under. The answer is Capital NO.[/size]

[size=14pt]Just like drugs, sex, po-no-gr-ap-hy, alcohol and cigarette with its other variables such as smoking Igbo OR Indian Hemp, excessive and compulsive eating is an addiction that should be frowned upon. I have decided that any fat pastor, Imam, telling me about the virtues of Christianity OR Islam should go and first get rid of their food addiction.

Food is for the sole purpose of survival, when gluttony encroaches into this universal instinct of man,  that is when it becomes a problem, although some people may have a medical conditions that made them have excessive weight, to these groups of individuals accept my sincere apologies, you are exempted, but others who are on a un-controllable binge get rid of your addiction OR better still using a very popular biblical saying remove that log of wood in your own eyes first before thinking of removing the log of wood in your neighbors or your congregations eyes.

This is my take on fat preachers, [/size]

[size=14pt]Excessive fat causes the following diseases[/size].


1. [b]Diabetes which is a disorder where the pancreas is not producing enough or sometimes not any insulin. Diabetes can lead to a whole host of other medical issues and obesity is one of the main causes due to the body having excess glucose due to overeating.


2. Cancer has many different forms and types and many of them could be prevented with more attention to eating healthy and avoiding obesity.


3. Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood to the body’s other organs.


4. Enlarged Heart is another heart condition where the muscle of the heart become larger due to being overworked which naturally happens if you are overweight.


5. Pulmonary Embolism is a sometimes fatal blockage of an artery. Being overweight causes most people to reduce activity and after time lack of activity can result in an embolism.


6. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is when cysts develop in your ovaries. These can burst causing even further problems.
7. Gastro esophageal Reflux Disease means that stomach acid and juices flow from the stomach back up into the esophagus. It is common in overweight people.


8. Fatty Liver Disease is a reversible condition where large pockets of fat accumulate in liver cells. Fatty liver can be considered a single disease that occurs worldwide in those with excessive alcohol intake and those who are obese.


9. Hernia is caused when the hole in the diaphragm weakens and enlarges.


10. Erectile Dysfunction is the inability to develop or maintain an erection which can be caused by a medical problem due to obesity or a psychological effect.


11. Urinary Incontinence is the inability to control ones urine and is frequently associated with obesity, weak bladder and pelvic floor muscles


12. Chronic Renal Failure meaning the kidneys fail to work is a much greater risk to those that are overweight or obese.


13. Lymph edema is a condition that occurs from a damaged or dysfunctional lymphatic system sometimes caused by people suffering from obesity actually crushing the lymphatics.


14. Cellulitis is clinically a spreading infection involving both the dermis and subcutaneous tissues due poor lymph flow caused by obesity.


15. Stroke is a lack of blood supply as the body has to work harder when you are obese.

16. Pickwickian Syndrome is mainly characterized by sleep apnea due to obesity placing an excessive load on the pulmonary system.

17. Depression is a condition where a person feels extremely sad all the time. Even to the point of being suicidal. This can be greatly enhanced for someone that has a weight problem.


18. Osteoarthritis is a clinical syndrome in which low-grade inflammation results in pain in the joints, caused by abnormal wearing of the cartilage oftentimes due to obesity.


19. Gout occurs when uric acid accumulates in the blood. Nerve endings then become irritated causing extreme pain made worse by carrying extra weight.


20. Gallbladder Disease commonly affects overweight people as a result of high blood cholesterol levels and causes gall stones[/b]. [size=14pt][/size]

They would have to kill all the godogodo’s around his house, if wishes were horses beggars would ride.

10 QUOTES OF JIMOH IBRAHIM

1, 'If they want to sell Ekiti state, I will issue the cheque', 2006, responding to allegation that he was fronting for ex-Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose then

2, 'By 45 I want to retire and give out my wealth as charity', 2007, shortly before his 39th birthday

3, 'They(Dangotes, Adenuga and co) know me, I'm already there', when a journalist asked him whether he was in the billionaire's league already, especially as many Nigerian soft-selling mags don't rate him among Top 10 richest Nigerians

4, 'Who doesn't borrow? We all borrow. That is the fact', when approached by a journalist that he may not be rich as portrayed, especially as his business are majorly financed by debt

5, 'I want to create as many employment as possible. I want to be like my brother, Dangote, who is the biggest single employer of labour in Nigeria today', 2005
6, 'These guys are implementing Harvard economics theories, I'm familiar with them', in 2006, referring to Okonja Iweala's economic policies then.

7, 'I will take the matter up in courts, I'm not owing banks that much', August 2009, responding to Sanusi's debtors list where he featured prominently. Never mind the fact that he later went to pay, inviting journalists to witness it, and publishing his accounts in papers

8, 'The solution to the current economic crisis is to print more money', 2009

9, 'The guys are illiterates', 2007, referring to Dangote and Otedola, obviously furious at Obj's selling of refineries to them, before YRD later revoked it. And of course, reminding us that they were not Harvard-trained like him

and now

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10, 'I am bigger than Richard Branson', August 2010

There is something fueling these utterances, money at times can make a man intoxicated. This man money don make am kolo.[b][/b]

[size=14pt]If with what I have posted detailing the vast cosmopolitan nature of Lagos which did not in any way or manner corroborated the Bini sham stories, someone still has the guts and effrontery to come out and talk of some vague Bini influence in Lagos, that person to my reckoning is a block head.

To all intent and purposes the Tapas OR nupe’s can claim to have contributed in no small measure to the cultural hybrid that Lagos evolved into in the late 19th Century, their influence in the customs and traditions of Lagos cannot be over-emphasises,  so also the part they played with the growth and spread of Islam, this more than anything is of immense significance than some alien from the moon called Binis whose antecedents are no wear to be found, unlike the Nupe’s, 


The centre of the world after the creation was once(We are talking of creationism here, as a Christian I believe God created heaven and Earth) the Middle East, our lord Jesus was born there, Mohammed was born there, every race grew out of there, with that fact established would it be right for present day Middle Easterner’s who were once  at the epic centre of man’s civilisation to claim faraway land’s just because some distant citizen’s of the Middle East Migrated East, North, West, and South.

The Bini’s claim to Lagos is not any different from the scenario described above, in fact the recent Oyo Empire’s influence which came after the Bini Kingdom’s supposedly reign has made any remote claim of the Bini’s influence in Lagos pale into infinitum, calling it an hapless exercise would not be over exaggerating the level of its insignificance.

The thought itself and the unsolicited paradigm has become convoluted ranting of self styled Bini historians whose unsubstantiated stance have become the butts of jokes in Yoruba communities, this self delusion which some individuals want to continue wallowing in, is acceptable, after all our constitution grant us and guarantees us our God giving right to express our selves no matter how whimsical and deranged the theory seems to be.


The influence of Binis in Lagos can only be reminiscent to someone telling you a Ghanaian once lived in Lagos Island in the 16th century with no trace of name or linage, the Bini story should be seen as a Morden day fables that should be told to the marines OR better still told to some minuscule tribe in Edo State for self aggrandizement.[/size]

Essential components of social life and relaxation in Lagos include the annual festivals that are celebrated by the various communities but which virtually the entire population of the island regard as their own and therefore participate fully. These include
Meboi, the extremely popular Aguda Brazilian celebration whereby masquerades dance around the island, dressed in the appearances of various animals: tiger, bear, lion, elephant, etc, the people singing along accompanied by the Kokoma and steel bands. It is a celebration that came with the Brazilians from Salvador in Brazil. It is normally celebrated during the Easter festivities.


[size=14pt]And that brings me to the end of a lovely article, Ladies and Gentlemen you can see Lagoon State once had a soul, but today Lagos is just a mayhem of urban madness.[/size]