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Inside the residence (House 5).
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Inside the Aso Rock Chapel.
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Inside the Council Chamber.
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Inside the banquet hall.
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Lugard at State House, Marina. October 3rd, 1912 "The motor at last turned in through the big gates and confronted the solid, square, white, two storied house which was to be Lugard's headquarters for nearly six years. It was already some thirty years old and has changed little in the succeeding years. Lugard's office was in front, over the porch, looking over the harbour."Quoted from "LUGARD The Years of Authority" by Margery Perham. |
[size=14pt]Banquet Halls.[/size] There is a ball room at State House Marina, which was used for various state occasions. State House Marina and Glover Hall used to be the centre of social activities in Lagos in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Governor/Governor General held lots of lunches, dinner parties, teas and other occasions for various sections of society, such as the Ladies' Auxiliary. The Nigeria Council also met at State House Marina. The ball room at State House Marina became too small to host modern day state parties and other venues had to be used. The Federal Palace Hotel was a popular venue for state parties. Other venues were also used when the Presidency moved from Marina to Ikoyi. State House Ribadu Road does not have a banquet hall. However, less than a hundred metres from the main gate of State House is a junction (the junction between Ribadu Road and Okotie-Eboh Road). Right at that junction is the Army Officers Mess. The hall at the Army Officers Mess was often used for state banquets (some started calling that hall "Dodan Barracks", despite the fact that it is not in Dodan Barracks). Other popular venues were the National Theatre, the Lawn Tennis Court at State House Marina (where President Jonathan hosted the Nigeria at 50 dinner and where Mariam Babangida often hosted the Independence Day children's party) and the lawn at Dodan Barracks (where Gowon hosted children's day parties). The Aguda House in Abuja was built in the early 1980s to serve as the residence of the President in the new capital. Shagari, Buhari and Babangida often spent Independence Day in Abuja. The Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel was often used for state functions. President Babangida often hosted the "Command Performance" there (the Command Performance was an event at which famous musicians and actors performed before the President and other VIPs on the night before Independence Day). The International Conference Centre was built for the 1991 OAU summit and it was also subsequenty used for state occasions. The major venues at that time were the ICC, Nicon Noga Hilton, Sheraton and Agura Hotel. Then Nigeria decided to host the 2003 Commonwealth Heads Of Government summit (CHOGM) and it was decided that a banquet hall should be built within the Aso Rock Villa complex. The banquet hall hosted the state dinner for Her Majesty The Queen and the Commonwealth heads of state. It has hosted all state dinners since then. Below are pictures of the banquet hall. In 2011 a decision was made to build another (bigger) banquet hall, but that has not been done yet.
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UjSizzle: Geez Seun, is there a reason I keep getting logged out every millisecond? Is this some anti-hack control measure, or something to do with my device? It's annoying.+100. Is there a way we can turn off the share feature? Is there also a way we can select the people we want to share stuff with, rather than sharing stuff with all our followers by default? |
State House, Marina in the 1920s
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State House, Marina, Lagos (residence of heads of state of Nigeria from colonial times till now).
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This is Lagos House, Marina (residence of the Lagos State Governor). The tall building that you can see is Necom House (a.k.a Net Building, or Nitel Building). It was the tallest building in West Africa when it was built in 1978. State House, Marina is between Lagos House and Necom House. I believe that the picture in the previous post was taken from Necom House.
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A relatively recent picture of State House, Marina, Lagos. The picture was probably taken from Necom House. You can see the mansion (pink) with the flag of the Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces flying just below the National Flag on the roof of the building. Beside the mansion is the administrative building and behind the administrative building (not shown in the picture) is St Saviour's Anglican Church, which used to be the State House chapel during colonial times. Beyond State House Marina is Lagos House Marina.
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Musiwa/Becomerich, Calloti, FStranger, Mr Cork, Alloy-Emeka and Mr Crackles. |
Kris Kross ft Da Brat , Aaliyah , Jermaine Dupri & Mr Black - Live and Die For Hip Hop (1996). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQHhoQOHXdo |
[[size=14pt]Aba bubbles for wrestling extravaganza![/size]http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=79566 |
OmoEziokwu: Good to know that there are still vintage music aficionados like you out there.Thanks. |
Yo-Yo ft Ice Cube - You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo (1991). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-UEn11aDs |
Beaf was on that thread. I kind of miss him. Someone mentioned the other thread that I'm looking for - the promise of 6,000 megawatts by December 2009. |
Mumu Nigerians - Power Generation: Jonathan Projects 20,000mw By 2014 https://www.nairaland.com/553359/mumu-nigerians-power-generation-jonathan |
Like I said, this stretches all the way back to the Obasanjo era. I wish I could find Kobojunkie's thread. |
Sincere9gerian: So where is the thread on improved power supply in 2013, whether dry or raining season? We are waitingHere you are Lagosians Commend PHCN For Improved Power Supply https://www.nairaland.com/1438317/lagosians-commend-phcn-improved-power |
It'll be very educative to go through those threads and read the comments in them. It follows the exact same pattern. Some of the comments on those threads are very similar to comments on this thread. I remember that kobojunkie was compiling a detailed record of power supply in Nigeria (the usual pattern of increases and reductions). She even had a thread in which she tracked the fluctuation in power supply. I can't find the thread at the moment. |
I do remember that this was implemented back in 2010, because I remember how my neighbour was praising the president for it. Minimum of 16 hours electricity per day in mid 2010. Breaking News - Lagos,abuja To Enjoy 16-24hrs Of Power Supply - Committee On Power https://www.nairaland.com/455040/breaking-news-lagosabuja-enjoy-16-24hrs I could go all the way back to 2007. You'll find similar threads. I remember that Kobojunkie commented on almost all of them. It's still the same cycle of increase and reduction. |
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