₦airaland Forum

john4reala:
RIP Sir!! that his is an Idiot ooo.. he doesn't know the actual age of his father!!

A huge amount of thunder and Buhari dirty singlet fall on him... Useless Son!

and when the father doesn't know his age how do you expect the son to?do you think Its everybody that knows their age?....think

Where is the food you are talking about op?

THE UNFORGETTABLE NIGERIAN
NIGERIA'S FIRST MILLIONAIRE
CANDIDO JOAO DA ROCHA (1860 - 1959)
Have you ever asked any of your parents for money, especially continuously, and they gave you this reply: “Do you think I’m da Rocha?”
Well, I experienced it and growing up, I never knew the meaning of the statement, until I came across a book a friend gave me, when I stumbled on the name “Candido da Rocha”.
He was a rich man who would, from the balcony of his one-storey building, throw down coins to children who would, in a tangle of bodies and flapping hands, struggle for them. So, I remembered vividly why my parents denies being “a da Rocha” anytime I ask for monies I don’t literally need as a child.
Also known as Nigeria’s first millionaire, he was a rich entrepreneur, businessman, landowner and creditor who owned Water House or Casa d’Agua on Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Lagos. It was named Water House because it was the first and only house in Lagos in those days to have a borehole and in turn sell water to the residents.
Candido da Rocha, a native of Ilesha, present day, Osun State, was born to the family of Joao Esan da Rocha, who was captured as a slave when he was 10 years old on his way to school in Ilesha. Candido was born in the Bahia region of Brazil. His mother was Angelica Josephina da Rocha. His father returned to Lagos, Nigeria in the 1870’s where he built his wealth and passed it to his son, Candido.
Due to his wealth, his friend, Herbert Macaulay, nominated him as a candidate in one of the elections of the time. And when da Rocha met the electorate, he told them: “I am Candido da Rocha, your candidate into the House. Vote for me if you like. And if you don’t, all well and good.” That statement ended his sojourn in politics as he lost the elections with acquiring just 20 votes.
Indeed, da Rocha was a very modest and generous capitalist.
During the Second World War (1939 - 1945), when the authorities of Kings College were looking for a place to relocate the students in the boarding house – among whom were Tiamiyu Bello-Osagie, who would become one of Nigeria’s most celebrated gynaecologists; Adenekan Ademola, son of Nigeria’s first indigenous Chief Justice, Adetokunbo Ademola; Dapo Aderemi, son of Sir Adesoji Aderemi, the legendary Onni of Ile-Ife – da Rocha volunteered his Bonanza Hotel on Customs Street, Lagos, and did not collect a dime for the period it was used.
Even after the war, when government asked influential Nigerians to contribute to the rehabilitations fund, he made substantial donations and he instructed that the amount should not be disclosed to the public.
Despite his wealth and political clout, no street in Lagos is named after him. Candido da Rocha died in 1959 and his remains lies at the Ikoyi Cemetery.

As a matter of fact,olamide has since lost his juice,



This wavy level for me is THRASH!¡


even the choreography is wack!!!

Tommorow news paper headline Arsenal fc was kemend by crystal palace fc.

Weh don sir!!!

Jchi9876:
It is real I got my 5mil naira per month job from them

we are watching u from the high places.

KingRex1:
She looks okay, but its all overrated

what is overated is education and marriage!!!

RealHaute:
No chopper to ferry him there by air?

chopper,ferry,air.

Jabioro:
So on Monday morning you expected me to ware buba,sokoto and agbada plus gbekele mess cap to office Abi?

will u die if u do?the arabs wear jalabia convineintly anyday of the week,why should our dresscode be dependent on what people would think?the west has really killed our dress culture..thats y i love japan.

everitina:
the woman is streetwise... she don open gates for herself with that format. But she no suppose dey police net? shey suicide na crime? abi na dead body police dey arrest ni?

yes,legally sucide is a crime and sometimes in some part of the world punishable by death if the initial attempt was unsuccessful but in most cases offender goes to jail.

Hows this news? Nairaland is failing us!!

While waiting for your the better one, work on your character ma.

Unilag lagoon front

How much a kidney worth?

What's this nonsense na

Why is her face blurred?

Who is his father too...

I really don't blame him sef,millions of Nigeria youth even idolised the fraudster and make him their role model.

Hush puppi koo,bush kitten ni

Is this what market women look here?

*enquiry and inquiry*

psucc:
e no easy o! While price increases, quality and quantity of goods in Nigeria decreases.

I don't actually know which economic term will fit this situation.

and its getting worse everyday


Infact the thing don taya me

iyamALBEN:
Oh! It happened on Friday last week. Around 11:23PM.
I guess you were fast asleep and that's why you didn't know. Sorry for not telling you since ehn!
#Rhetorics.......Mtcheeew
Why didn't you ask the person that gave you your copy
You decided to just grab it first before asking us

why are u so frustrated?why are u reacting to the post as if it's the reason behind all your tribulations?

I was in a place some days ago and I saw people sharing the popular coster biscuit,the last time I bought this biscuit, there was six pieces inside,when did this happen?

A whole list of 25 and this woman is not there? What's with Nigeria and beauty queens sef?who dem help?

Where is kikelomo Ajayi and our magnificent goal keeper precious dede?

4Play:
No. Poor economic policies cause far more damage to living standards than the actions of a thousand Yakubus.

From 2014 to 2015, nonoil export income fell from $10bn to $4bn. Foreign investment flows fell from $21bn in 2014 to $5bn in 2016, it was $9bn in 2015. All these happened because of inept policies designed to fix the exchange rate.

Pointing to allegations of recovered $9m pales in significance to the extent of damage caused by having the wrong policy framework. The corruption narrative has become a red herring, a distraction from the incompetence which has birthed multiple exchange rates. You do not justify the loss of tens of billions of dollars by pointing to stories about the theft of millions of dollars.

senseless baboon

kernel501:
Which kind school you go? What do you mean that the likes of Dangote don't make as a billion bucks per year, when he's worth $18 billion multiplied by N500, Kai brother go back to primary mathematics.
Tell me one countries who's budget is less than a billion bucks, not even Dominica Republic or Cape verde with thousands as population.

firstly, Mr professor,profit and net worth isn't the same thing,if dangote has been making billions in profit every year do you think is net worth will $18 by now?
Secondly Dominica last budget which was in 2001 was $84m and cape Verde $585m in 2008......if you still think that money can't finance some countries budget then u far dumber than I thought...1.2 billion naira is a whole lot of money.

cobadit:
If his money is pure and not from his father's loot let him enjoy his life joooor......

how could anyone possibly work for 1.2 billion?? Even the likes of dangote don't make that as profit in one calender year....who the fuvk is he?


Billion is isn't beans cake oo,some countries annual budget isn't up to 1 billion naira in their local currency.
When you see corruption you don't need lenses .

You are an arrogant pumpkin, what do you mean by run around vehicle??

That's someone's baby up there.

Sarcasm of life...lmao

kolnel:
He must be American

Is Donald trump attending ?

Sarcasm of life!!!!!
Lmao

kolnel:
He must be American

Is Donald trump attending ?