igbodefender: The gentleman sitting to the right of Lord Frederick Lugard in this picture (see below) is Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe.
He’s the father of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, the last Governor-General and first President of Nigeria.
Obed-Edom Azikiwe was a very influential member of Lugard’s administration.
You can see from the photo how highly Lugard regarded him.
More About Zik’s Father Obed Edom Azikiwe was Lord Lugard’s private secretary.
Sadly, he passed on in 1958, two years before Nigeria’s independence, at the age of 78.
Undoubtedly, he would have loved to see his son Zik sworn in as Nigeria’s first Head of State. But fate had a different plan.
Peace Through Negotiations It was Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe that drafted – and humanised in accordance with his abillity – all the treaties Lugard signed with our traditional rulers.
He it was that drafted treaty Lugard signed with the Obong of Calabar, the Sultan of Sokoto, the Oba of Benin, the Alaafin of Oyo that came before Lugard amalgamated Nigeria.
Historians have suggested that Azikiwe softened the harshness of many of these treaties.
By so doing, he is said to have prevented bloody wars between the British and Nigerian groups by not only softening the harshness of the protectorate agreements, but also persuading both Lugard and powerful Nigerian traditional rulers to come to agreement.
Speaking on the issue, a history expert, Omoluabi Olayomi Koiki, suggested that these traditional rulers must have been happy to sign once Mr Azikiwe presented the agreements to them. They seemed to have a lot of trust in Mr Azikiwe.
The only traditional ruler who flagrantly refused to sign any treaty unless the phrase “protection” was explained to him was Mazi Jubo Juboha, also known as Jaja of Opobo.
Obed-Edom Azikiwe was based in Lugard’s head office at Zungeru. Zungeru was Nigeria’s amalgamation capital.
Zungeru was then what Abuja is to Nigeria today.
And Lugard’s office was the colonial version of Aso Rock.
The senior Azikiwe’s job can be summarised as negotiating to prevent or reduce violence between colonial Britain and Nigerian kingdoms.
Obed-Edom Azikiwe should be thanked and honoured for his work in preventing or ending wars between the colonial masters and powerful Nigerian kingdoms.
He was a master negotiator who seemed to have the trust of both Lord Lugard and our powerful traditional rulers.
And he used that influence to bring about peace. Had he not been there, you can imagine…
He didn’t succeed in all his efforts. And his son the Zik of Africa used a very different approach that together with the efforts of our founding fathers and.the Zikist Movement persuaded the British to grant Nigeria independence. But clearly, he was a father of Nigeria in his own time.
blackpanda: Quit posting stupid pics. We are talking about the terrorist IPOB not herdsmen Dont deviate from the topic. If u want to talk about herdsmen then open a different topic and i will answer
For now IPOB remain terrorist and must be smoked out and slaughtered wherever they hide
IPOB members are not hiding . come to Biafraland they are 99% of the people you see.
Nbote: U guys shld jus admit it, there's nothing else to propagate but absolutely vain and irrelevant things.. Well d photo could also mean d little gal saw how sickly and thirsty he looked in d photo...
okoroblog: The indigenous people of Biafra has sometime around 2016 and 2017 filed a suit against the federal government at a US court alleging that the FG has neglected them, violated their human right, killing and torturing it members who protest freely in the streets of Nigeria.
The IPOB was demanding millions of dollars in compensation. According to their DC Attorney, Fein & Delvalle PLLC accused the federal government of conspiracy and killing of the people from south eastern Nigeria in order to terminate their secessionist movement and to terrorize people from that region
staytravel: I've been outside Nigeria for a while and I'm wondering whether or not people have sincerely moved past this? What is the climate like now?
what a funny Question? they are still more than ever supporting him even in his absence They ordered sit at home and people obeyed, so u can ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
DREAMZZZ: Its a sad thing 75 percent of nigerian young men cant get their penis to rise not to talk of penetrating a woman .....most nigeria guys have lost deir confidence and chose to rely on drugs only
IT BECAUSE OF THEIR WHORING MODE THAT MAKE IT WORTHLESS FOR A YOUNG MAN TO WASTE HIS ENERGY SATISFYING THEM. SO THE ROD STAYS LOW
HisSexcellency: What is Biafra fc Does that even make any sense It's like saying England fc or Ghana fc. I thought the competition was between countries
ALL THE JUDGES IN THE STATE DECIDED TO ABANDON THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY TO ENFORCE THE COURT ORDER RESTRAINING THEM FROM IMPEACHING THE DEPUTY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Hon.Justice Adewale Thompson’s 1969 Judgment on Open Cattle Grazing – Suit no AB/26/66.
Suit no AB/26/66 at Abeokuta Division of the High Court.
“I do not accept the contention of Defendants that a custom exists which imposes an obligation on the owner of farm to fence his farm whilst the owner of cattle allows his cattle to wander like pests and cause damage. Such a custom if it exists, is unreasonable and I hold that it is repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience and therefore unenforceable…in that it is highly unreasonable to impose the burden of fencing a farm on the farmer without the corresponding obligation on the cattle owner to fence in his cattle.” Sequence to that I banned open grazing for it is inimical to peace and tranquillity and the cattle owners must fence or ranch their animals for peace to reign in these communities.”
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justtoodark: lagos has already too much people in a small area....now they are moving to abuja....soon abuja will become like lagos or get even much worser...
abuja was even planned sef,and they already have alot of traffick issues today.....
too much people...
the fg must motivate people to settle in the south east by building another abuja of the east their....
Have you being to the East Before? or are you assuming things
[quote author= post=69851747]Mr Femi Adesina said Buhari would never be part of any unconstitutional act. He added that any attempt to link the President with the inglorious past , when minority number of lawmakers removed governors, will not stick
Mr Femi, you even have the time to reply the shameless wailers. Please concentrate your time on pressing issues Baba is doing in the country and don't listen to all these beer parlor, time wasting news by the children of hate.
This children of hate are something else, When it suits them , they preach separation of powers and true federalism, and in another breath , they call on the President to interfere brazenly in affairs at state level.
GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT.[/quote]ALLAH NOT GOD WILL BLESS YOUR PRESIDENT
Abuja's population set to overtake Lagos, Ibadan, Kano
Nigeria's population commission says Abuja has become the fourth most-populous city in the country, with an annual growth rate of just over 7-percent. The latest figures mean Abuja is poised to overtake Lagos, Ibadan and Kano, cities whose infrastructure has been choked for decades