azpekuliar: Another name for a Dry port is a Bonded terminal. There are a number of them operating in Ijora and parts of Amuwo Odofin. One of the largest Bonded terminals in Lagos is operated by the Sifax group. They were introduced as a way of decongesting the ports. So an importer can choose to ship his goods straight to a bonded terninal (and not Tincan or Apapa) and clear them from there. All the clearing and inspection agencies you would find at a regular port are also present in a Bonded Terminal e.g customs, NDLEA, SON, DSS etc…
In a significant development for Kano and international trade, the first set of 40-foot import containers has arrived at the Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano, Nigeria, from Apapa Port in Lagos. This journey of 1132 kilometers was completed in just a few days, showcasing the efficiency of the new transportation link.
The Dala Inland Dry Port, a joint investment of over $6 million by the Kano state government, the Nigerian Government, and the Shippers Council, was commissioned in the second quarter of last year. This port serves as both a port of origin and destination, enabling direct import and export operations.
On June 6th, 2024, the Federal Government @SenAlkali @NGRPresident officially launched the reopening of this freight corridor, marking a significant milestone for the railway route connecting Kano to neighboring states and nearby countries. This railway freight service is expected to create numerous business opportunities and facilitate the movement of import and export goods between these crucial regions.
The introduction of this freight service is expected to bring several benefits, including improvements in transportation services, a decrease in road traffic accidents, lower costs of goods, and a boost to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product. This development is a testament to the commitment of the government and stakeholders to enhance the country's logistics infrastructure and promote international trade.
Kano Chronicle @KanoChronicle
Very impressive. This would reduce the wear and tear on roads and boost international business activities. All that is needed though is to have a sustainable aerial surveillance of the rail tracks using satellite technologies, drones, and helicopters to prevent attacks on the trains by criminal non-state actors or armed bandits who may want to score a political point.
The people of Urhobo are made of Igbo, Bini, Esan, etc. The Bini are made up of Igbo, Yoruba , Nupe, Esan, Igala, Ijaw! The Igala is made up of Igbo, Yoruba, Hause, Fulani, Idoma (Okpoto), Junkun.
Yoruba has Ogu, Nupe, Bini, Sudan, etc!
Point being that every ethnic group on this earth has Minorities they assimilated. Anioma is Igbo, any non Igbo in Anioma has been assimilated and acculturated as Igbo.
Move on!
You have to be guided with some of your highly irresponsible posts here. What you irresponsibly posted is what several Anioma folks including the great Rev. Father (Dr.) Kunirum Osia a prominent Anioma son from Aniocha North LGA (where Ned Nwoko also comes from) have complained about in the past. Kunirum Osia spoke about some of you the Ibos from the South East who have an overbearing penchant for referring to Aniomas as Ibos. He rejected that appellation! In an interview he granted in 2016, he CLEARLY took a swipe at ONLY the Ibos for painting Anioma as Ibos when in fact Anioma is made up of immigrants from different ethnicities that still maintain their DISTINCT ethnic origins e.g Ebu (Igala), Ugbodu and Eko Efun (Olukumis from Yoruba descent), etc. The fact that Americans speak English doesn't mean all Americans are English people. The fact that Brazilians speak Portuguese doesn't mean all Brazilians are Portuguese people. Kunirum Osia made these statements in that 2016 interview.
Your feeble response shows that YOU are an amateur in this game you are playing here. I have been a veteran member of Nairaland since 2005 and I know you to be one of the very notorious and well-known irredentists from the Ibo South East on this NL platform who try to brow-beat others into accepting warped histories and play mind games to intimidate those who are NOT well grounded.
It is instructive that you have been away but suddenly crawled out of where you have been hibernating with that moniker and have started talking in absolute terms in an insidious manner and posting sensationalism and revisionist tales. I have had reasons to burst one of your falsehoods posted on the events leading right up to the Nigerian Civil War and the 1967 states creation on this Website sometime in 2017.
As a well-read veteran of advanced global and Nigerian history including the Nigerian Civil War years we will be very ruthless in observing your every move from here on out with reference to your spread of disinformation. Period.
I doubt if Ned Nwoko as a brilliant international lawyer who is from Aniocha North LGA made this statement of referring to the proposed Anioma State as the "6th South East" state because he knows full well that the people that make up what is NOW known as Anioma ancestrally come from multiple ethnic groups of Bini, Esan, Yoruba, Igala, Nri, etc. Several towns in the different parts of Anioma know their ancestral origins and NOBODY can just push everybody to join the South East. This is the reason why when the Nigerian Civil War took place the bearded rebel leader and his group of secessionists did NOT dare to include Delta North in the rebel enclave. Even the people of Onitsha (as told by Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, who granted an interview in 2006 where he said he and his older teenage brother were arrested and forcibly conscripted by the secessionists during the two-years-six months Nigerian Civil War. Olisa Agbakoba's lawyer father was in Lagos during the War) who are an Anioma people on the Eastern side of River Niger that had been balkanized into the Eastern Region by the British after the Ekumeku War led by Issele Uku and other Anioma allies from Olukumi (Yoruba descent) commanders in Aniocha North and more were NOT enthusiastic about joining the so-called secession in 1967. This is also why Dr. Ukpabi Asika from Onitsha was the Administrator of the newly created East Central State and did not align with the rebel secessionists.
Even Asaba, Ebu, Illah and Okpanam have significant Igala origins. Nnebisi of Asaba whose father was of Igala ethnicity we know full well from history gave all his children Igala names.
Reverend Father (Dr.) Kunirum Osia who is from Obamkpa in Aniocha North in Delta North of Delta State had granted interviews in the past where he emphasized on the mixed ethnic origins of Anioma folks and he said CLEARLY that it is wrong to refer to Delta North as Delta Ibo, so, YOU cannot say that Anioma State is an Ibo State (even though there were some migrants who came from areas on the East of River Niger such as Nri). That is HIGHLY irresponsible and Ned Nwoko would NEVER say that, and if the Facebook post is not fake and he did say so, then he must be testing the waters to see reactions and stimulate discussions.
Edo State House Of Assembly on Monday passed a bill for a law to declare ‘Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo’ as the official Anthem of the state.
A motion to consider the bill was moved by the Majority Leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, (PDP Ovia North East) and it was seconded by the Minority Leader, Henry Okaka(APC Owan East).
Considering the bill clause by clause, the lawmakers said the “Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo” as the official anthem was to promote unity, pride and a sense of identity among Edo people.
The lawmakers said that the Anthem, composed by the wife of the state governor, Mrs Betsey Obaseki would leave a lasting legacy of her in the state.
Aiguobarughian said the bill, when passed into law, would also promote the cultural heritage of Edo people.
The Deputy Speaker, Maria Oligbi-Edeko, also said that late Anthony Enahoro was the first to move a motion for Nigeria independence,
Oligbi-Edeko added that Edo was always known for initiating new policies and programmes in the country.
The Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, said that Edo would be the first state to have an official anthem.
According to Agbebaku, if you listen to the lyrics and rhythm of the three stanzas of the anthem, they are all perfectly arranged and composed.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said that we should all go back to the old national anthem of “Nigeria we hail thee”, it also good that as a state, we also have our official anthem,” he said.
The Speaker directed the Clerk, Yahaya Omogbai to forward clean copies of the bill to the governor for his assent.
I like the sonorous chorus... But the rest of the PROPOSED Edo anthem in English seems a bit too long and drawn out. Some Edo regional words could have been incorporated into the anthem though to give it a more authentic cultural vibe though, in order to project the Edo image. Let's see how things pan out down the road.
Welcome to our latest video exploring Festac Lagos in 2024! Join us as we take you through the vibrant streets of this dynamic neighborhood, showcasing its modern infrastructure, bustling markets, and cultural landmarks. Discover how Festac has evolved with new residential areas, innovative businesses, and community spaces. Whether you're a local or just curious, this tour will give you a glimpse of the unique blend of tradition and contemporary living that defines Festac today.
The Festac Town I knew back in 1980 was VERY modern and exclusive. Something like a scene right out of well-planned American or European gated estates with smooth roads. The lights came on automatically if there was ever an outage. I remember the 5th Avenue area had some ongoing construction and freshly built twin-duplexes that had NOT yet been occupied by families... Just empty.
The years of military rule led to the master plan of Festac being distorted and the playgrounds, underground drainage channels and other areas were shared among some of those military guys from the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida years, who built many posh mansions after becoming overnight multimillionaires on the restricted areas and "Cocaine Avenue"... then the visible influx of large numbers of economic migrants from parts of Nigeria and people of different social classes who started living in BQs of some houses and sharing flats from the early 1990s right into the 2000s gradually undid FESTAC Towns beauty. Even Satellite Town went through the same decay.
The FHA clearly wasn't allowed to do a good job of maintaining Festac Town tbh. Facility management has always been a problem for most estates that are not privately built in Nigeria. A strict adherance to the original Festac Town master plan would have been the best but those military boys from the 1980s and their cronies started altering some of those plans including the green belt (separating Festac Town from the Lagos-Badagry expressway) that some churches started building and encroaching on.
Eriokanmi: Point of correction. I'm not attacking anyone. I don't like Tinubu's ideologies, same way as millions of lagosians who didn't vote him. As you can see, I'm not one of those whose sources are not known. Where's Tinubu from, can you tell cos he's not part of us in lagos. He's denying everything.He adopted that name, not his real name. Shame on all those claiming to be omoluabi but still following such a controversial man like him.
My dad is from a yoruba town in edo state, same way the likes of dino melaye, smart adeyeni etc are yorubas from yoruba towns in kogi state. So, I'm yoruba not bini man. I'm not hiding my identity. We bear yorubas names and speak only yoruba called akoko dialect, same as akungba and ikare akoko dialect. I'm lagosian by birth and origin while my mum is lagosian. Dad was born in lagos but chose to align with edo. That's my genealogy my friend. I'm more lagosian than tinubu, sanwoolu and his deputy. We know their roots.
Finally, democracy is a choice. You claim I keep attacking your mentor when you guys are also guilty of same offence by constantly attacking Obi, my candidate. It's normal in democracy so, respect my choice.
@Eriokanmi,
I just saw your mention and didn't realize you had made this post here. I only got to read it after posting the real NL feedback which I just sent to you right NOW. Tinubu ain't my mentor and I'm not his biggest fan... As a Diasporan, I've never met him in my over 5 decades on earth. I sent you a positive feedback so that some self-reflections can take place here for the good of all.
I'm getting to understand some of your insightful perspectives in this post of yours. A few Edo-born folks online were saying that NO Yoruba community exists in the Akoko Edo area of Edo and there was this back-and-forth here in the Culture section of NL. But here you have confirmed that your town is one. A guy here claimed that his own folks in Akoko Edo are related to the Ebiras, so, it's clear that Akoko Edo is NOT monolithic in ethnic origins.
I do know of the people of Usen and Egbeta (near Benin) who clearly identify with their Ile Ife ancestries and Yoruba roots though they are bilingual and speak their dialect of Yoruba and Bini languages. Olumide Akpata is said to have his paternal roots linked to the Ogbebor family of Usen, though his paternal side migrated to Benin. Usen was founded by Oranmiyan's older brother who came from Ife (Ufe) with Oranmiyan, who then moved from Usen on his way to Igodomigo (the Benin area) to found the Oranmiyan dynasty as the first Oba.
membranus: Oga, remove the logs from your eyes, and for once be true to yourself. Go through all your posts on Nairaland and your diatribes, your insults, your curses, your hateful comments against the Yoruba race and their son Tinubu, who will then believe your assertion that you are not an Igbo man and a core TRIBALIST at that. Yoruba so wipe ile lati ko eso rode, but with you it is the opposite.
Not every Yoruba man loves Tinubu as a politician, because all politicians are thieves. But a Yoruba adage says " Omo eni ki ise idi bebere ka wa fi ileke si idi omo elomiran". Tinubu has proved himself in Lagos before where he is still a political colossus, and out of all the 3 candidates that contested, he was the best. So if he is facing governance and economical problems on this bigger platform called Nigeria, the problems are not of his own making, he met them there, he is just trying to find solutions, which are becoming more difficult everyday. The governors, and all other political actors at all levels are not also helping him because they have different greedy agendas apart from the ones he hold. And unlike Lagos, he has little control over them. The Boko Haram, the F00lani and IP0B insurgents and the crude oil thieves at the creeks are also compounding the problems. Yes we in Nigeria are all suffering from the huge hyperinflation ravaging the country, especially in food prices, but since we cannot force him out until his terminal date, let us give him a little time more to find additional means of ending these sufferings. And if he fails after 4 years, we will vote him out if we find a more intelligent savior.
Therefore #Eriokanmi, instead of always execrating him and all Yoruba race with him on Nairaland, rather pity him, since you cannot do better than him if you are there.
He once stated here on NL that his father is from Edo State while his mother is Yoruba. He said so himself in some of his posts. I wonder if that is what is responsible for his consistent attacks on this man... A case of self-hate of his own mother's people or something. He's annoyingly sounding like a broken record with his self-righteousness tbh.
Eriokanmi: You can say that again. My love for Nigeria is indescribable but I'm sad with what I'm seeing today. The majority of those tribalists here on NL have not done half of what I had done for my people in donations through my partners in Lagos alone. I don't have to mention one. Unfortunately, this generation of youths are so glued to sentiments which always inform their weird decisions 99% of the time, which would later haunt them in life. Presently I'm in America for another batch of donations to the less privileged in the society, especially in Lagos where I belong. There's one of our partners who is into sports, grooming young Nigerians across tribal lines on how they'd find their place at the global stage, through scholarships and all.
But I chose not to support this man called Tinubu for a lot of reasons. Those living here, who used to be his supporters are so disappointed right now but I told them last year during my visit that it's not enough to rely on propaganda. They need to come and see things themselves at home. Had either fashola, ambode or even osinbajo contested, I'd have supported him with my might and main. The moment I realised this man wanted to get there both by hook and crook, I decided to back off and then I suddenly became an omo ale to the tribal bigots who share in his fake ideology...Tinubu knows the number of his children, wondering how I can be an omo ale by not supporting him. Democracy is a choice but not in Nigeria.
Yoruba would say, ęję ka tibi ishana kiye soogun(which literally means, we should observe the efficacy of a charm by just imagining how the matches ignite, when you strike it) . You said you're Mr magic who built Lagos yet you lost in same Lagos. The 2023 election ought to have been a means of reciprocating your kind gesture in Lagos if you truly deserved our votes. Instead, you started intimidating people with your thugs cos they didnt vote you. Some myopic minds said he lost in lagos cos of the Muslim Muslim ticket however, in alimosho, the largest local government in Nigeria by population and where yorubas constitute over 95% of the population whom are both Muslims and Christian massively voted a non-lagosian was a proof he's not what he's claiming to be..
When they realised that the muslim-muslim ticket they claimed didn't hold water, they now said its ibo votes that made him lose lagos. It's ibo votes but yorubas won the LP seats in Lagos where ibos live...imagine how myopic they are in thinking. 2023 is just a tip of the iceberg. I pray we all witness 2027 in peace. I reserve my comment on Northern votes for the apc.
@Eriokanmi,
How's it going? I want you to read this feedback to the end. Tbh, while constructive criticism is a vital aspect for giving positive feedbacks, the only thing I'm beginning to get irritated with some of your posts is your tendency to get into hyper criticisms and behave in a self-righteous manner by attacking the man who is now the current President of Nigeria. It's a fact that it was the foresight and master plan put in place by that man called Bola Tinubu that made it possible for the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ), the new Lekki Deep Seaport, the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery at the LFTZ and more Industries to come on stream as of today. I'm not his biggest fan because of some of his annoying gentlemanly actions (with regards to not dealing with his public image that has been hugely dented by online criminal defamations and propaganda) but I will NOT join dishonest folks to say he didn't do anything in Lagos State. He and his lieutenants from Babatunde Fasola, Akinwunmi Ambode, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and more, are indeed the architects of the renewal of modern Lagos State that had been left abandoned after the brutal military dictatorships and in a very deplorable state of infrastructural decay when he became a Governor in 1999. The rebuilding and gentrification of Broad Street on Lagos Island and other CBD areas, and the push back of the raging Atlantic Ocean water surges that had overwhelmed Victoria Island and parts of Lekki with the construction of Eko Atlantic City put a stop to the total disappearance of Victoria Island (Iruland) from the face of the earth. I still remember even back in the very early 1980s, the beachfront was far away from the Modupe Osikoya Street and Ahmadu Bello Way axes bordering the Bar Beach. Even the financial sagacity he brought in to increasing the Lagos IGR from a couple of millions to the billions (N600 million to N5 billion monthly during his administration as Governor of the State from 1999 to 2007) that it is today is commendable and his knack for choosing technocrats to work with him in government being a technocrat and former Senior Treasurer of Mobil Nigeria (now ExxonMobil) is commendable.
You've been sounding like a broken record with your consistent jabs at him and it's been a long time that you've not liked him. It didn't start during the last Presidential election cycle. You did say that your father is from Edo and your mother is Yoruba and I'm wondering if that is responsible for your resentful posts towards your mother's ethnic people in your posts as well?
I remember you also once complained in your post during the last election cycle that you were denied bursary when you applied for it during Tinubu's Governorship years and you didn't hide that fact online. This indeed is part of why you don't like him and more.
Whatever the reason, as best as you can, just forgive him and every other person who may have offended you covertly and overtly. I think you feel hurt badly and disappointed over the sequence of events over the years.
Remember you and your family survived COVID-19 which you shared here last month on a thread and it was a HIGHLY moving testimonial as a survivor during those lockdowns. I hardly ever respond to your posts whenever you get riled up, but I have to do this here. I believe looking at some of the indices that things will look up with Dangote Refinery PMS coming on stream in June and the CNG refill station deployments which would lead to a lower cost of production and more.
Tbh, some of the headwinds we are hearing and reading about coming out of Nigeria in terms of hyperinflation are not the best, and Diasporan Nigerians and Nigerian folks aren't happy at the turn of events, but I have seen some indices that things will pan out right from this June.
obedience4: Russia has added extra manpower for its offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, forcing "thousands of migrants and foreign students" to fight alongside its troops in its war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on June 9, citing unnamed European officials.
Moscow launched a new offensive on May 10 in Kharkiv Oblast, where it reportedly managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) before Ukraine halted the advance near the first line of defense. On June 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian troops had failed their Kharkiv Oblast offensive
According to the Bloomberg report, Russian officials have been threatening African students and young workers not to extend their visas unless "they agree to join the military." Such a tactic was first deployed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Bloomberg reported
While Russia has also been enlisting convicts, some Africans on work visas "have been detained and forced to decide between deportation or fighting," Bloomberg cited an anonymous European official
"Some of those people had been able to bribe officials to stay in the country and still avoid military service," the report reads.
This is not the first time the Russian military is reported to have started bringing prisoners, migrants, and foreign nationals into its ranks.
Last September, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported that Russia was stepping up its campaign to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries and exploited migrant workers for its war against Ukraine
The push to recruit foreigners and migrant workers "allows the Kremlin to acquire additional personnel for its war effort in the face of mounting casualties," the ministry said.
treesun: Lagos residents are raising concerns about continued increase in the price of beans, their major source of protein.
They said that consistent rise in the price of beans since 2024 had become unbearable, urging governments to intervene.
The residents spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos.
NAN reports that a 40kg bag of beans, which sold for N26,000 in January, now sells for N115,000, while a 100kg bag which sold for N55,000 at the beginning of the year, now sells for N230,000.
This made the staple food beyond the reach of many of the residents.
Mrs Uloma Chigozirim, a housewife and mother of four on Santos Estate, Akowonjo, expressed worry that children might be malnourished following the high increase in the price of beans.
“Beans used to be the cheapest food; now, we do not even understand what is going on.
“Every other week, the price keeps going up; even traders cannot tell us the reason for the hike.
NAN reports that a 40kg bag of beans, which sold for N26,000 in January, now sells for N115,000, while a 100kg bag which sold for N55,000 at the beginning of the year, now sells for N230,000.
Gistmedia10: Throwback Video has surfaced showing Celine, one of the two missing women from Port Harcourt, enjoying a fancy meal at an expensive restaurant. This video was shared online by Celine on April 6, just days before she and her friend left for Aba to visit a man named Andrew Ochekwo. They have been missing since then.
The video, which shows Celine having a good time, has gained a lot of attention online. Celine and her friend traveled from Port Harcourt to Aba shortly after the video was posted. Their families and friends have not heard from them since.
This girl was truly naive and annoyingly lacked the power of discernment, otherwise she would have detected a lot of obvious red flags after that criminal and psychopath called Andrew Ifeanyi offered her and her Ghanaian friend the offer to attend the supposed wedding ceremony.
Gistmedia10: The groom, looking dashing in his suit, leaned in for the romantic kiss, but the bride, resplendent in her white wedding dress, turned her head away, leaving the poor man frustrated and embarrassed.
The incident has left guests and onlookers stunned, with many wondering what could have led to this unexpected twist.
A simple soft, light kiss is what this girl is dodging in a social gathering consisting of family and friends? At a small wedding ceremony of all places?
Some women sure know how to behave like prudes in public but are the opposite when others aren't watching... Whoa!
Have you ever wondered what year formal education was established in Nigeria?
Or have you ever questioned just how long some of the famous schools in Nigeria have been in existence?
Well, your prayers have been answered because someone has really taken the time and painstakingly compiled this list of the Oldest Secondary Schools in Nigeria:
1. CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos (1859) 2. Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos (1878) 3. Methodist Girls High School, Yaba, Lagos (1879) 4. Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos (1885) 5. Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar (1895) 6. St. Anne’s School, (Old Kudeti Girls’ School) Ibadan (1896) 7. Oron Boy’s High School, (Old Oron Training Institute) Oron (1897) 8. Wesley College of Science (old Wesley College), Elekuro, Ibadan (1905) 9. St. Paul’s College, Iyenu, Awka (1900) 10. Methodist Boy’s High School, Oron (1905) 11. Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta (1908) 12. King’s College, Catholic Mission Street, Lagos (1909) 13. St. John’s School, Bida (1909) 14. Alhuda-Huda College(OldGovernment Secondary School), Zaria (1910) 15. Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode (12 Jan. 1913) 16. Eko Boys High School, Mushin, Lagos (1913) 17. Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan (1913) 18. Government Secondary School, Ilorin - (1914) 19. Government College, Katsina-Ala - (1915) 20. Etinan Institute, Etinan, Akwa-Ibom - (1915) 21. Ondo Boys High School, Ondo - (1919) 22. Duke Town Secondary School - (1919) 23. Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta - (1923) 24. Government College, Kaduna - (1920) 25. Barewa College, Zaria - (1921) 26. Methodist College, Uzuakoli, Aba - (1923) 27. Ibo Boys’ High School, Uzuakoli, Aba - (1923) 28. Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha - (1925) 29. Queens College, Yaba, Lagos (1927) 30. Government College, Apata, Ibadan (1927) 31. Government College, Umuahia (1927) 32. United Memorial Grammar School, Ibadan (1928) 33. St. Gregory College, Ikoyi, Lagos (1928) 34. St. Thomas College, Ibusa (1928) 35. St. Charles College, Onitsha (1929) 36. Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu (1931) 37. Igbobi College, Yaba, Lagos (1932) 38. St Theresa College, Oke-Ado, Ibadan (1932) 39. Oduduwa Grammar School, Ile-Ife (1932) 40. Christ the King College, Onitsha (1933) 41. Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti (1933) 42. Ilesha Grammar School, Ilesha (1934) 43. St. Patrick’s College, Calabar (1934) 44. Holy Rosary College, Enugu (1935) 45. Government Secondary School, Owerri (1935) 46. Edo College, Benin City (1937) 47. Ibadan Boys High School, Ibadan (1938) 48. Baptist High School, Bodija, Ibadan (1940) 49. Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha (1942) 50. African Church School, Kajola, Ifo (1943) 51. Lisabi Grammar School, Abeokuta (1943) 52. Offa Grammar School, Offa (1943) 53. Olivet Baptist High School,Olivet Heights Oyo (1945) 54. Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode (1945) 55. Government College, Ughelli (1945) 56. Anglican Girls’ Grammar School, Lagos (1945) 57. Urhobo College, Effurun (1946) 58. Remo Secondary School, Sagamu (1946) 59. Ansar –Ud – Deen Comprehensive College, Otta (1946) 60. Imade College, Owo (1946) 61. Victory College, Ikare, Ondo (1947) 62. Hussey College, Warri (1947) 63. Ahmaddiya College, Agege, Lagos (1948) 64. Government College, Keffi (1949) 65. Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo (1949) 66. Baptist High School, Borokiri, Port Harcourt (1949) 67. Oriwu College, Ikorodu (1949) 68. Osogbo Grammar School, Osogbo (1950) 69. Ago-Iwoye Secondary School, Ago-Iwoye (1950) 70. Ijebu Muslim College (1950) 71. Our Ladies of Apostle Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos (1950) 72. St. Peter Claver’s College, Sapele (1950) 73. Egbado (Yewa) College, Ilaro (1950) 74. St. Thomas’ Aquinas College, Akure (1951) 75. Kiriji Memorial College, Igbajo (1952) 76. Queen’s School, Ibadan (1952) 77. Government College, Afikpo (1952) 78. Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure (1953) 79. Ogbomoso Grammar School, Ogbomoso (1953) 80. Loyola College, Ibadan (1954) 81. St. Bernadine’s Grammar School, Oyo (1954) 82. Our Ladies of Apostle Secondary School, Ijebu-Ode (1954) 83. St. Anthony’s Grammar School, Ijebu-Imusin (1954) 84. Manuwa Memorial Grammar School, Iju-Odo (1954) 85. Fiditi Grammar School, Fiditi (1954) 86. National High School, Arondizuogu (1954) 87. Iheme Memorial Grammar School, Arondizuogu (1954) 88. St. Louis Secondary School, Ondo (1954) 89. Gboluji Grammar School, Ile-Oluji (1954) 90. Badagry Grammar School, Badagry (1955) 91. African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta (1955) 92. Ibara Anglican High School, Abeokuta (1955) 93. Doherty Memorial Grammar School, Ijero- Ekiti (1955) 94. St Patrick’s College, Asaba (1955) 95. St. Monica Girls’ School, Ondo (1955) 96. St. Catherine’s Anglican Girls School, Owo (1956) 97. Methodist High School, Okiti Pupa (1956) 98. Mayflower School, Ikenne (1956) 99. Isonyin Grammar School, Isonyin (1956) 100. Ebenezer Grammar School, Abeokuta (1956) 101. St. Joseph College, Ondo (1956) 102. Odogbolu Grammar. School, Odogbolu (1957) 103. Notre Dame College, Ozoro (1957) 104. Government College, Makurdi (1957) 105. Holy Rosary College, Idah (1957) 106. Anglican Grammar School, Iju-itaogbolu (1957) 107. African Church Grammar School, Oka-Akoko (1957) 108. Okemesi Grammar School, Okemesi-Ekiti (1958) 109. Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan (1958) 110. Ahmadu Bahago Secondary School (old Niger Baptist College) (1958) 111. Anglican Grammar School, Igbara-Oke (1958) 112. St. Patrick’s College, Oka-Akoko (1959) 113. Ondo Anglican Grammar School, Ondo (1959) 114. Premier Grammar School, Abeokuta (1959)..
This is so surreal... I still can't believe Noa Argamani made it back to her family after being taken hostage and taken on that motor bike into Gaza on October 7, 2023. The viral YouTube videos of Noa being taken hostage 8 months ago is still on my laptop and mobile devices.
She's looking quite fresh like she NEVER went through that horrendous episode that has led to the death of other hostages. Kudos to the IDF.
adamusuleiman1: "I don't want supporters who will suppress and oppress people the same way these people are fighting our present people. I don't wish for supporters who would go to the extent of even arresting people because they say something they don't like on Facebook. I don't want those kinds of supporters. I don't want to be an ‘Obidient.’”
Speaking further, Sowore noted that “the word ‘Obidient’ in itself riles me that anybody would form an organisation that's obedient during the period of oppression”.
FG unveils National Dairy Policy to boost milk local production of milk
The Federal Government has unveiled the National Dairy Policy (2023-2028) aimed at guiding both public and private sector investors towards achieving self-sufficiency in milk production and enhancing global competitiveness.
Speaking at the official launch during the 2024 World Milk Day celebration in Abuja, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement, Dr. Kingsley Uzoma, emphasized the government’s commitment to transforming the dairy industry by addressing key challenges such as outdated breeding practices and midstream inefficiencies.
His words: “The National Dairy Policy aims to transform the dairy industry by addressing key obstacles, including the lack of modern global best practices for crossbreeding and calving, and midstream challenges.”
“Currently, Nigeria spends $1.5 billion annually on importing dairy products due to a production deficit. Nigerians consume an average of 1.6 billion litres of milk and its products, but domestic production is insufficient to meet this demand.”
Shettima highlighted significant investments by local and international firms such as Friesland Campina WAMCO and Danone’s Fan Milk.
“These companies have initiated extensive backward integration projects to boost local milk production and foster a strong market for dairy products, aiming to reduce imports and enhance food and nutritional security.
“The Federal Government will continue to support such efforts by sustaining an enabling environment for capital inflow and technology transfer,” he added
“Currently, Nigeria spends $1.5 billion annually on importing dairy products due to a production deficit. Nigerians consume an average of 1.6 billion litres of milk and its products, but domestic production is insufficient to meet this demand.”
dre11: As Nigerians expect premium motor spirit from the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery this month, petroleum marketers have started registering with the company ahead of loading the product, The PUNCH has learnt.
The marketers are registering as individual business owners applying to get direct fuel supply from the oil refinery.
This is even as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said it would continue talks with the company to get bulk supply for its members who may not be able to buy a large volume of petrol from the refinery.
The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, last month disclosed that it would begin the sale of PMS in June, saying his refinery would end the importation of petrol into Nigeria.
Speaking at the recent Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, Dangote expressed optimism about transforming Africa’s energy landscape.
“Right now, Nigeria has no cause to import anything apart from gasoline and by sometime in June, within the next four or five weeks, Nigeria shouldn’t import anything like gasoline; not one drop of a litre,” he declared
“We have enough gasoline to give to at least the entire West Africa, diesel to give to West Africa and Central Africa. We have enough aviation fuel to give to the entire continent and also export some to Brazil and Mexico.”
“We have started producing jet fuel, we are producing diesel, and by next month, we’ll be producing gasoline. What that will do, it will be able to take most African crude,” Dangote told the panel.
The words of Dangote appeared to have come as a soothing balm to marketers who have not been able to import fuel for a long time.
Either the CNG distribution outlets or the Dangote Refinery PMS scheduled for final production and distribution in June 2024 would be game changers and bring maximum respite for the Nigerian and non-Nigerian folks in Nigeria who are battling with hyperinflation and reduced purchasing power. It is expected that the cost of transportation of goods and passengers would drop sharply, thereby leading to a drop in the cost of production.
Mynd44: They are not debating cow, they are debating the beef and dairy industry which is a multi-billion industry and affects the lives of millions it also employs thousands of people.
You can't just over-simpkify it to be cow
Succinctly stated.
The by-products of the dairy industry alone are more profitable globally (in terms of return on investment) than just selling cow meat got from cows that have been herded over several kilometers in search of grazing land by uncultured and intolerant Fulani herders from countries in the Sahelian regions of West Africa.
Dairy farms have to be set up in the far-Northern parts of Nigeria by industrialists just like the dairy companies such as WAMCO have done in the Western part of Nigeria where cattle owners sell fresh cow milk to the dairy milk processors in Oyo State.
MightySparrow: Yeah, you get it. The Dohertys may likely be of ẹgba paternity.The mother Princess Helena Fatiregun Doherty was from Ekiti. Now the Dohertys are used to Ekiti than any other place. The mother became a missionary and brought Anglican church to Ekiti. She is a name in Ekiti anglikani church. She influenced her children in her work for her Lord and development of her place.
My father and my maternal grandfather were her disciples.. Bless her soul.
When you hear names like obasa, three places I know bear such names: Ìfẹ, Ado -Ekiti,and ìjerò. It has a connection with Ọbàlùfọ̀n, the deified Ife King. Wherever ọbàlùfọ̀n is worshipped, such names come out for their males and Aye for their females.
So Mudasiru Obasa may be from any of these places.
Can you see that aborigines are asking for complicated stuff.
Those are interesting summations there. Well, we now have ironclad proof that Ifabiyi Doherty (Baba Oko) was from Ilaro and his wife Helena Fatoregun was from Ijero-Ekiti. Both of them were of royal family descent and both got married to each other in Waterloo, Sierra Leone.
It means that Helena Fatoregun, the biological mother of Josiah Henryson Doherty was also deported on a slave schooner but was fortunately rescued by the British Navy Squadron and resettled in Sierra Leone.
Slightly over 100,000 Africans from different ethnicities were rescued from slave schooners by the British Navy Squadrons off the coast of West Africa. That, I must commend the British for doing, although not all the slave schooners were intercepted on their journey to the Americas in the 1800s. We would not have an Ajayi Crowther or a Herbert Macaulay (Ajayi Crowther's grandson from one of his daughters) if the Brits had not spent time and resources to abolish plantation slavery and rescued Africans on those infamous slave schooners.
MightySparrow: In his honour, the school I attended was named after him: Doherty Memorial Grammar School, Ìjerò Ekiti, founded in 1955.
I like a studious person like you.
@MightySparrow,
I already copied you on another longer post on this thread.
Reading those Weblinks below revealed a very moving story on genealogy and the triumph of the human spirit! I have you and the Internet to further thank for unlocking one aspect of a Yoruba (Saro) family genealogy for me despite my decades of research on the family genealogy of some of the brave returnees of Yoruba descent... Many of whom were even from aristocratic families and members of Yoruba royal families (Such as the former Emperor of the Oyo Empire, Alafin Abiodun) who found their circumstances change all of a sudden and got deported on slave schooners headed for Cuba, Brazil, U.S., Trinidad, Guyana, etc.
Here are two Weblinks that would be of interest to you on the genealogy of the Doherty Family descendants who are originally from a royal Ilaro in Ogun State paternal lineage with a direct Ijero-Ekiti matriach:
The Doherty family of course claim naturalized indigeneship of Lagos Island, Lagos State like a lot of descendants of Yoruba returnees from after plantation slavery ended in the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America in the 1800s.
Goodvibes007: Josiah Doherty is the grandfather of Funsho Doherty that contested in the last Lagos election. They are Saros. However Josiah's mother is Ekiti.
Ambode is also Ilaje even though he was born in Lagos. He is not an Ogun man.
Ps: if Nigeria breaks today, everybody will go back to their region of origin or ancestral lands.
~~~~~~~~ Josiah Doherty is not originally from Ekiti. He is only maternally related to Ekiti. His mother, Helena Fatoregun, is from a royal family in Ekiti.
@Goodvibes007,
Indeed, thanks for the heads-up on the Ijero-Ekiti maternal ancestry of Helena Fatoregun, the mother of Josiah Henryson Doherty. After I did some further advanced data mining or research, I cracked the code and found out that Josiah Henryson Doherty's father (Henry Ifabiyi Doherty) was born circa 1829, and is actually an indigene of Ilaro in the present-day Ogun State from where he was taken captive as a kid and deported with others on a slave schooner heading for the Americas. As the universe would have it, the slave schooner got intercepted by the British Navy Squadron off the coast of West Africa and the captives on board were rescued and taken to Freetown, Sierra Leone. He (Ifabiyi) and Helena got married in Waterloo in Sierra Leone, before finally returning to Yorubaland (Lagos Island) like most Yoruba returnees of the 1800s from Brazil, Cuba, the U.S., Trinidad and Tobago, etc, did before some finally headed into the Yorubaland interior to trace their family members where most of them came from.
Here are two Weblinks that would be of interest to you on the genealogy of the Doherty Family descendants who are originally from a royal paternal lineage in Ilaro in Ogun State with a direct Ijero-Ekiti matriach:
Ibrahimcoomasie: Why is no one talking about this guy. He has an impeccable resume.
Funso Doherty was born in Lagos on 16 June 1968. His father, the late Dr. Henry Aderounmu Aremu Doherty, a medical doctor, was also born in Lagos, in the year 1900 to “Oga” Josiah Henryson Doherty (popularly known as “the prince merchant of Alakoro”). His paternal grandmother, Germana, was from the Reis family. Funso’s mother, Gladys Urunowonekawo Kirstein, now in her nineties, was born in 1931 to an Itsekiri mother, Mary Kponuko Eyesan and a German father.
Here are two Weblinks that would be of interest to you on the genealogy of the Doherty Family descendants who are originally of Ilaro in Ogun State paternal lineage with a direct Ijero-Ekiti matriach:
The Doherty family of course claim naturalized indigenship of Lagos Island, Lagos State like a lot of descendants of Yoruba returnees from after plantation slavery ended in the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America in the 1800s.
SeeThisLoser: Four Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the group’s 7 October attacks have been rescued, Israel’s army has announced.
Those rescued are Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, the Israel Defense Forces said.
They were rescued in a joint “complex” daytime operation, conducted with Israel Securities Authority and Israel Police, from two separate locations in Nuseirat, central Gaza, the IDF said.
They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the 'Sheba' Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations, the IDF said.
Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli citizen, was also kidnapped from the festival. Video footage - verified by her father Yaakov Argamani to Israel's Channel 12 - shows the 25-year-old being taken away on the back of a motorbike screaming, "Don't kill me!"
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says dozens of people, including children, have been killed and injured in the operation. Staff at the Al-Aqsa hospital are said to be struggling to treat the casualties.
It's feels good to know that the young lady, Noa Argamani, 25, is among those rescued.
I still have on my laptop and mobile device the haunting viral video of her being taken by the Hamas terrorists on the motor bike from Israel right into Gaza on October 7, 2023, with her crying and pleading to be let go.
It's just surreal to see that she made it alive... Kudos to the IDF.
nlfpmod: A few things to know about the chess prodigy Deborah Quickpen:
1. Coming from a humble background in Bayelsa, her parents struggled to pay her school tuition, and she almost dropped out due to financial difficulties.
2. She started playing chess at the age of 3 after being discovered by my good friend and Nigeria’s current national champion, @BKigigha, who has coached her ever since.
3. In 2018, she represented Bayelsa state at the National Sports Festival, becoming the youngest athlete to ever participate in the festival's history.
4. She won three gold medals at the National Youth Games, making history as the youngest person to win 18 out of 18 games.
5. Deborah won the Under-10 African Youth Chess Championship in Accra, Ghana, becoming the youngest Nigerian female player to be conferred the Woman Candidate Master title.
6. At the age of 10, she was appointed Youth Ambassador for Sports by Bayelsa State Governor Sen Douye Didi.
7. In 2023, at the age of 11, she became Nigeria’s female national champion, a record that might take decades to break.
8. She is the highest-ranked under-12 female chess player in Africa and the third in the world.
9. Currently in JSS3, she maintains a stellar academic performance, earning double promotions in primary school.
10. Next month, she will represent Nigeria at the FIDE World Cup in Georgia.
With the right financial support and visibility, Deborah could very well become West Africa’s first chess grandmaster. She’s young,driven and hardworking.
I’m immensely proud of Deborah and honored to play her in a match on June 11th in preparation for her first World Cup appearance in Georgia.
MightySparrow: You get it my brother. I didn't even know this analysis. From the earliest times by Providence, people like Herbert Macaulay, Henry Karr etc started politics in Lagos. These were returnees from abroad following abolishment of slave trade. Many people have contributed to Lagos. There was a Josiah Doherty from my place in Ekiti. He became one of the most successful businessmen of his time. He was one of the three people that founded the defunct National Bank of Nigeria. People like that developed Lagos. Igbos, ikwerre, Birom, Benis... All sharpened Lagos.. where will these people go after many decades or even centuries of existence?
Where and what are the contributions of the aborigines better than others?
Besides, we are talking of regional integration, suggested and piloted by Tinubu. He tested this when he was choosing Aregbesola from Osun, Dele Alake from Ekiti, Ambode from Ogun, Ben Akabueze from Igbo land etc. We are talking about development here. If Nigerians, Ghanaians, Kenyans are now contributing to the development of host communities, at various political levels, in Europe and America, why will anybody think here in Nigeria that his contribution is being an indigene? Politics is all about influence. These indigenes should come out and put their cards on the table. No one will look for any Indigenes to field in any party. Mind you, politics carries with it a measure of greed and selflessness. It means self expression, and involves neutralizing oppositions when feasible and necessary.
My take is this: let the indigenes wake up and participate actively not to be doing nonsensical ọmọ onílè all around Lagos.
I tell you the truth, if there is going to be referendum today, are they going to call ọmọ onílè alone for it? I don't think so, all of us will participate. What percentage is this aborigines? It is like the Latin Americans in the USA. They should just wake up and be relevant politically.
Succinctly stated.
You have a bird's eye view of the whole situation.
Herbert Macaulay was born in Broad Street, Lagos Island on 14th November, 1864 to the family of Thomas Babington Macaulay and Abigail Crowther (One of the Anglican Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther's daughters. Ajayi Crowther's father from Osogun now in Oyo State and his mother was from the Yoruba Kingdom of Ketu now in Benin Republic). Herbert Macaulay's parents were children of people captured from what is now Yorubaland in Nigeria, resettled in Sierra Leone by the British West Africa Navy Squadron, and eventually returned to present day Lagos Island in Nigeria.
Ah! The fact that Josiah Doherty was originally of Ekiti (maternal) descent is very interesting. I never knew that. I do know though that the "Ekiti Parapo" organization was formed on Lagos Island in the late 1800s due to the fallouts of the Kiriji War episode. Lagos Island from the population census already had a significant number of Ekitis and other Yoruba subgroups living and trading there in the 1800s.
Since the 1980s, I've read a lot of advanced history books and archival materials about the formerly enslaved Yoruba returnees from Brazil, Cuba, Sierra Leone (The very wealthy Labulo Davies was born in Sierra Leone of Yoruba parentage, served with the British Navy and got married at a Royal wedding attended by Queen Victoria in England to his first wife, a Yoruba Princess called Aina from the Egbado area now in Ogun State who was taken to England from Whydah by a British Captain and Queen Victoria adopted her. He also pioneered commercial cocoa farming in Yorubaland), United States (the two Vaughan brothers from South Carolina whose father was an Egba Prince and mother was a Native American. Both brothers returned to Africa for the first time in their lives via Liberia on their dying father's instructions), Trinidad and Tobago, and more. Most came from Oyo, Ijesa, Egba, a few Ijebus, Ketus and Bantes of Yoruba-speaking areas of Benin Republic.
It's good to know that Josiah Doherty was from Ilaro paternally and Ijero-Ekiti maternally because a vast number of the Yoruba returnees of the 1800s from the Americas and Sierra Leone were majorly Oyos, Ijesas (such as the wealthy family of Candido DaRocha who returned from Bahia, Brazil), Egbas folks such as the Alakija's (returned from Bahia in Brazil and the wealthy patriarch was Sir. Adeyemo Alakija, QC, who was also the Daily Times newspaper founder. He was formerly known as Placido Assumpcao but he changed his Brazilian name to his Yoruba ethnic name when he returned from his law studies in England in the 1910s).All these folks either settled on Lagos Island OR in Abeokuta, etc, and became very wealthy international businessmen or professionals who could even afford to send their children to schools and elite Universities in England before 1900! It just blew me away. It was the triumph of human spirit that the savvy Yoruba-Sierra Leonian, Yoruba-Cuban and Yoruba-Brazilian returnees could achieve so much success within a short time frame as wealthy African Merchant princes and professionals in the Victorian era of British colonialism of Nigeria and Africa in general.
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