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Aso Rock Villa Banquet Hall.

Past and present heads of state stand beside the walkway at State House, The Aso Rock Villa.

L-R Abdulsalam Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan, Ibrahim Babangida, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Yakubu Gowon, Shehu Shagari and Muhammadu Buhari.

naijababe: So this is the face of the Oba that Mrs Kuti showed pepper?! The general consensus is that the protest was about taxes on women

Mrs Kuti also fought against separate taxes for women, but the core reason for the protest was british food trade regulations.

Austerity measures were in place in the period just after the Second World War. Even in Britain essential commodities were being rationed (my mum told me that there were regulations detailing what you could buy and at what quantity). The market women did not like these restrictions (because of the policy of indirect rule, it was the duty of the Alake to enforce the regulations).

esere826: Thanks for the info naptu2
may you live till you are a hundred and twenty one and a half years old

Very specific.

Thank you.

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Naptu, thanks for this informative thread.

Would Negro or naijababe please explain what 'asopa' means?[/quote]You are welcome sir.

Eze Promoe: [color=#FF9933]I'll like to know who that Pyguru is! The two ban i've recieved on Nairaland came from him/her. Just checked his/her profile, does not even look like an active member and i've heard several stories about him/her been a ghost. How true is that?
Besides that, others i would like to meet is Sweetlemon and Ogugua! I would like to ask these two whether they told God how He would create them![/color]

This cracks me up every time.

From Wikipedia

Dr. Akinniyi Savage - Professor of history, DeVry University, California

Born in Abeokuta on September 20, 1872, Ladapo Samuel Ademola was the first Yoruba Oba to receive any sort of lengthy political apprenticeship prior to succession to the throne. [2] On the death of his father, Alake Ademola 1, in 1877, [3] Prince Ladapo was raised in Lagos by his aunt, Mrs. Oladunjaye Adefolu [4]. His Lagos connections, particularly Balogun (formerly, an Ogboni title for an army general) Majekodunmi, a friend of his guardian; and Balogun Sogeinbo, an uncle; were to serve him in good stead, and provide insight into Egba politics. The Ogbonis are a secret society among the Yoruba. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, Ladapo served for two years as an apprentice printer. He then started the Lagos Weekly Record in 1890, as an assistant to John Payne Jackson, a prominent Lagos politician. While on the staff of the Lagos Weekly Record, Ladapo met such colorful personalities as G. W. Johnson, the leading light of the Egba United Board of Management, (1865-1874, an erstwhile local government organization in Abeokuta), and R. B. Blaize, the famed 'wealthiest man in Lagos. 'Ladapo's gregarious nature, and boundless energy, enabled him to be successful in business. During this period, he watched the interests of Abeokuta from afar, and acquired the political and diplomatic experience and savvy that he would later demonstrate.

In 1897, Ladapo made his first attempt at political involvement in Abeokuta affairs. In that year he organized a meeting of Egba chiefs to receive Governor Henry McCallum. [5] This event led to better understanding and more cordial relations between the Egba government and the British colonial authorities. By the early years of the twentieth century, Prince Ladapo had emerged as an unofficial Ambassador of the Egba, and aide to Alake Gbadebo I.

Ladapo's first real in-road into Egba politics was his work during 1898 in persuading Governor McCallum in Lagos to revive the title of Oshile of Oke-Ona, so that that section of Abeokuta would once again have its own Oba, then uniting the four sections to make them the basis of a united government, the Egba United Government (1898-1914). [6] In this way, at an early stage in his political career, Ladapo demonstrated an ability to work with the educated elite. Ladapo very capably straddled the two elites in Abeokuta, in that he was a literate member of the royal family. Hence, his sympathies could go either way. In 1899, the prince was again instrumental in the negotiations between Egba chiefs and the Lagos Government, for the construction of a railway pass into Yorubaland through Egba territory. [7] By elucidating the virtues of such a move to the Egba chiefs, the threatened use of force by the Lagos Government on this issue became unnecessary. The chiefs were afraid that the railway would facilitate the emigration of Abeokuta's youth.[8] With the railway, however, came further progress and development.

Prince Ladapo's dexterity in handling difficult situations showed itself once more in the aftermath of the Adubi Riots incident of 1918. This incident was the culmination of the abrogation of Abeokuta's independence in 1918, and the introduction of direct taxation and forced unpaid labor in Abeokuta. Imperial troops were brought in and were still there when Prince Ladapo became Alake Ademola II in 1920, upon elevation to the Obaship of Egbaland. He immediately pressed for the removal of the troops, sufficient in the belief that they would never again be needed in Abeokuta as long as he was Oba. [9] They were not. The new Alake did not want the intervention of troops between himself and his people. His word that there would be no more riots, and his prior good relations with the British administration, were sufficient to secure the removal of the troops. [10]

At the age of forty-eight, Ademola II was initiated into office by Governor Hugh Clifford, amidst scenes of enthusiasm and splendor unprecedented in Egbaland. [11] He was the first of the truly powerful Alakes of the modern era. Ademola II lived a spartan, frugal existence. He abstained from ingesting both cigarettes and alcohol. He was also a tireless worker. A typical day for him started at five in the morning, and ended at night, with short breaks in the morning for devotional exercises in his private chapel. As a Christian, he was in good standing with the new western-educated elite, while his relationship with members of the traditional elite was not adversely affected. Respite took the form of evening relaxation for perhaps an hour in the summer garden, spent in either peaceful meditation or easy study of his gold fish. He possessed a tireless and active mind, exhibited boundless energy, and was an impartial arbiter. [12] On the negative side, he was accused of being unable to make friends easily. This accusation rested on the colorable fact that many of his political supporters and king-makers later became openly hostile to him. The Alake's response to this charge was that while he did not intend to make enemies, he resented sycophantic friends who attempted to unduly dominate his policies. [13] This was a bold stance. He was also accused of being domineering, relentless, and ruthless. Such is the high profile liability of assuming the appurtenances of responsibility!

Ademola II was a well-traveled man. Always an admirer of Great Britain, he visited England in 1904 as a member of the suite of Alake Gbadebo I, his predecessor. [14] He visited England again in 1936 on the occasion of the coronation of King George VI. He maintained correspondence with his English friends the Duke of Windsor and the Duke of Kent. Perhaps because of experiences garnered in his travels abroad, as well as his early preparation for office, he was described in 1939 as being 'without doubt the ablest of the Yoruba rulers.'[15]

Upon confirmation as the Alake, the British made Ademola II the Sole Native Authority for Abeokuta. This was in keeping with their indirect rule notion of identifying a prominent local chief and ruling through him.[16] The Alake, however, chose to rule with a council made up of sectional Obas and general chiefs. It was to be known as the Egba National Council (1926-1939). The Egba National Council was the first attempt of Ademola II, as the Alake, to reorganize Abeokuta's political structure.

The Abeokuta war effort during the Second World War owed a great deal to the encouragement and good work in government performed by the Alake. Perhaps in recognition of the War effort of the Egba, the Alake (already a CBE) was made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) by King George VI of England.[17]

The interaction between the Alake and the new educated elite created the dynamic of political action in Abeokuta from 1939 to 1952. On 29 July 1948, however, Ademola II decided to go on voluntary exile so as to avoid bloodshed which those in opposition to him threatened.[18] In a message to the Resident, the Alake bemoaned his fate. Conditions had arisen which obliterated from his people's memory his previous selfless services for and on their behalf. After fifty years of service to the city-state, twenty-eight of which were in the capacity of the Sole Native Authority for Egbaland, he could not understand why so fierce an opposition should arise so late in his reign.

Thus in the 119th year of its existence as a town, Abeokuta lay a precedent for itself. For the first time in their history the Egba were faced with a case of abdication. In July 1950 the question of the ex-Alake's return to Abeokuta was introduced in the Egba Central Council (1939-1952). [19] A final and decisive resolution allowing the Alake to return was passed on November 30, 1950, by a vote of twenty-nine to nineteen with some abstentions.[20] So, after twenty-nine months in exile and twenty-four months as a private citizen, the ex-Alake once more became Oba Alaiyeluwa Ademola II, CMG. He returned to Abeokuta on December 3, 1950.

In conclusion, we must note that Alake Ademola's political skills were amply demonstrated by his prominent role during the Conferences of the Chiefs of the Western Provinces; by his handling of the chieftaincy disputes of the early 1940s; and by his guidance of the Abeokuta war effort during the Second World War. The Local Government Law of 1952 ushered in the Nationalist period in Nigerian history. It signaled the gradual shift in emphasis of some of the new educated elite from parochial to national politics. Ladapo Samuel Ademola reigned as Alake of Abeokuta throughout this period, however, until his death on December 27, 1962

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:King_of_Abeokuta

At first I only wanted to post the picture, but I finally decided that the story was important, so I had to tell it.

The first version of the story that I heard (when I was a tiny tot) was that Sir Ademola, Reverend Ransome-Kuti and Mrs Ransome-Kuti were in a love triangle. Oba Ademola wanted to use his position to victimise Reverend Kuti. Mrs Kuti led the women of the town on a protest march to the palace. They were nude. Sir Ademola consequently fled the palace and went into exile.

However, another version of the story is that the women protested because of the war time rationing of food, which the Alake imposed on behalf of the british.


[size=14pt]Oba (Sir) Ladapo Samuel Ademola II (1872-1964) Alake of Egba.[/size]

Nigerian traditional ruler. He was born on September 20 1872 to Alake Ademola I and his wife Hannah Adeyombo Ademola, in Afin Ake in Abeokuta. After education at Igbore and Ikerelun Schools and later at St Paul’s, Breadfruit Street, Lagos, he took to business. He traded for sometime, returning to trading after learning printing as an apprentice to R.B Blaize. While living in Lagos he became well known among the Egbas. At the age of 21 he started taking part in the politics of Abeokuta, which at that time (1893) had its independence guaranteed for a while by Britain in a treaty, being governed by an “Egba United Government”.

A crisis over the succession to the position of Basorun in 1897 was resolved with the help of young Prince Ademola and the Lagos Government representative, Mr W. Allen. A few years later the Prince helped secure the traditional authorities permission for the new railway from Lagos to pass through Abeokuta. In 1904, Prince Ademola was one of a party that accompanied the reigning Alake, Gbadebo, on his visit to Britain at the invitation of the Colonial Secretary. The Prince's stay in Britain had a great impact on his government when he became Oba. Before then he had considerable local opposition due to jealousy and for some time he stayed in his village, where he was a successful farmer.

Following the death of Oba Gbadebo on 28th May 1920, Prince Samuel Ademola was chosen as the new Alake by the Egba Council and he was crowned on 27th September 1920, at a spectacular ceremony attended by the British governor and a crowd of 10,000. Although annexed to Nigeria in 1914, Abeokuta retained much of its earlier system, traditional but altered by the early impact of Christianity and Western education. Oba Ademola is recalled as having fitted well the somewhat unusual requirements of the natural ruler of the Egbas, who in 1930 celebrated under him the centenary of Abeokuta. Educated men were appointed to traditional positions by the Oba and he favoured more Western education, allowing his own son, Adetokunboh (born in 1906) to go to England to complete education and providing help for others' schooling.

In 1935 he was awarded the CBE. In 1937 he attended, in his private capacity, the coronation of King George VI in England. He was well favoured by the British government. But his progressive government in Egbaland came eventually to seem not progressive enough to many of his people, for he did remain attached to tradition. In 1948 a riot against him by market women led by Mrs. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, wife of Reverend Josiah Ransome-Kuti, who had been a friend of the Alake, forced him to retire from Abeokuta for two years.

After this episode he was welcomed back and thereafter he ruled with widee support and became the senior in order of precedence in the Western House of Chiefs. He died towards the end of 1962. His children by his marriage in 1904 to Tejumade Assumpcao (Alakija), a sister of the famous Adeyemo and Olayinka Alakija, include notably Sir Adetokunboh Ademola, the first Nigerian Chief Justice of Nigeria.

I found out that "floating buka" used to be the Presidential Launch (when Nnamdi Azikiwe was president). I can't remember its former name.

lucenzo: How can someone check his nl pm.

Check your E-mail box (the e-mail address you supplied while registering on nairaland). If it's not in your inbox, check your bulk or spam folders.

Below: Idanre Hills, Ondo State, Nigeria.

esere826: Reading the Apostle Babalola story

are there Mountains in western nigeria?
I am conffused

Well, it depends on whether you want to classify them as mountains or as hills. There are quite a few in the Ondo area, eg Idanre Hills.

dayokanu: This is the first time I am reading this thread and I am really impressed

Well done Naptu

Thank you very much.

Before I write about Sir Ademola, permit me to write this short tribute.

The Bodyguard.


A warm hearted, soft spoken giant of a man.

One day, someone asked me, "is that man training for the World Cup?". I burst out laughing, but I never told him why. Very early in the morning the bodyguard would run the entire length of Third Mainland Bridge before going to work. Late in the evening he would be on the field for his regular routine; jogging, ball work and various exercises. He even hired some famous coaches to guide him during his evening workout on the field.

His one weakness was his large heart. He was a nice man. Unfortunately, one or two people approached him while he was on the field and told him about their financial problems. He helped them. It didn't take long before he had a capacity crowd watching his training sessions. They would wait, just beyond the touchline, for him to finish training and then bombard him with requests for money.

He had to vary his routine in order to cope with the new situation. He would arrive the venue in cars with tinted glasses. Sometimes he would enter through the front gate, other times through the back gate. He practically abandoned his house in Ikoyi and flat at 1004 and spent more time at his State House Ribadu Road flat.

On April 22nd he helped the president escape, but was briefly captured.

In the early/mid '90s he told his boss (who had become infamous nationwide when he was accused of masterminding the assassination of a famous Nigerian) that he was tired of the job and wanted to resign. His boss told him to hang in there for a little while, that they still needed his services and that when it was time, he would personally assist the bodyguard to ensure that his resignation letter was accepted and ensure he had a good retirement. That was the point at which things started changing.

The bodyguard had a wife and a beautiful daughter in England (he showed me his daughter's picture). He was a nice, honest and straightforward man. But strangely and completely out of character, he started associating with a less than reputable girl.

Then he drank tea.

This was before MKO and Abacha drank tea. It was even before I heard, at the South African Truth Commission, about death by tea drinking. He drank tea. The next time I saw him, he was in hospital. I never saw him alive after that.

From Wikipedia.

Joseph Ayo Babalola (1904-1959) was the first prophet God used to lead a great revival in Nigeria after the raising of a dead person in 1930. He was the first General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church, a church that metamorphosed from a prayer group popularly called Egbe Aladura in Nigeria. The Aladura Movement nucleated at Ijebu-Ode in 1918. Babalola was endowed with healing powers.



Life and mission

Babalola was born of Yoruba parents at Odo-Owa,Kwara State Nigeria, and was brought up as an Anglican. Having left elementary school, he was employed in the Public Works Department as a steam roller operator. In October 9 1928, his steam roller suddenly broke down. While trying to repair his machine, he believed that Jesus Christ called him to abandon the job and start preaching.The experience led him to a personal retreat in the home of Joseph Fapounda a christian leader in Christ Missionary Society in Ipetu Ijesa in Ogun State Nigeria, the voice led him to fast for seven days. In a vision he had, Jesus appeared to him in a white robe along with a very tall man who revealed that it was this Jesus who asked me to speak with you . See the book of Pastor J B Orogun:origin and spread of Christ Apostolic Church in Nigeria. After a successful first crusade at Yagba, he later joined Faith Tabernacle in Lagos, which was affiliated to an American Divine Healing church.

In July 1930 the Lord used Babalola to raise a 10 years old dead boy to life. From then on, with bell and Yoruba Bible in hand, he embarked on a healing tour of the Yorubaland and eastern Nigeria, preaching about repentance, and renunciation of idolatry, the importance of prayer and fasting, and the power of God to heal sickness.

In 1931, Faith Tabernacle of Nigeria affiliated with the British Apostolic Church to protect itself from colonial persecution. Then following a schism in the Apostolic Church about 1940, Bablola went with a new independent church, Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), where he continued his healing and revivalistic activities until his death. The CAC regards Babalola as an apostle and his revival ministry as the beginning of the church. A CAC retreat center was built where Babalola was first called in 1928.

The Christ Apostolic Church has not died along with Apostle Joseph Ayo Babalola in 1959. As a matter of fact it has grown rapidly over the years, with many churches under the Christ Apostolic Church name but each church with a specific branch name.

@ Moredendisc: Thank you very much.

lagerwhenindoubt: Good initiatives no doubt, but like someone once noted on Nairaland (i fail to recollect). is there a Strategic DNA-approach to reforming (rebuilding) Lagos?. Lagos is like a multiple-injury/multiple-accident tourist with multiple doctors treating different injuries regardless (seemingly regardless) of how one treatment impacts negatively or positively on the other. It is a case of cure one ailment here and expose another there. unfortunately the sheer size of unskilled (non tax-paying) human capital in Lagos makes it difficult to sustainably empower youths without the growing pressure from the continuing inflow of people from different parts of Nigeria in search of greener pastures.

The greater challenge is not implementing reformative initiatives.. it is ensuring that such initiatives do not create newer problems as it solves present ones.
I can understand arresting Area-boys, but charging them to court/community service.. Tax-payers monies can be used more constructively, (and with synergy) besides I (sincerely) doubt the number of Agberos arrested has created a dint in their population (and unfortunate negative impact on general society). LASG has simply pushed the Agberos from one source of livelihood into another (dangerous) source of livelihood.. they will simply constitute a dangerous nuisance to people who actually contribute to LASG's continued existence. with paltry security forces and under-used CCTV.

LASG can re-prioritize their priorities. Tackling the easiest and most visible should be swapped for tackling the fundamental and deep-impacting. LASG is treating symptoms rather than foundational causes. I doubt this will be sustainable without huge financial implications (debts more like) to LASG

My humble thoughts

For the most part I agree with you. I think your observations are the reason for the much criticised rehabilitation, repatriation or jail strategy.

The government realises that it cannot send every arrested person to jail (jail sometimes serves as a criminal training centre, it costs the government a lot of money to maintain prisoners in jail, the jails are already overcrowded and it would be a public relations disaster), so it gives them options of attending the skills acquisition centre or repatriation to their home state.

These agberos were ordered to do community service (sweeping, raking, cutting grass) instead of a custodial sentence for the same reasons mentioned above.

Lagos State is a state within a federation. It is not a country. Therefore, it cannot prevent citizens of other states within the federation from migrating to Lagos. What the government can try to do is to remove some of the things that attract people to migrate to Lagos. Last year there was a famine in Niger Republic. I read, in a newspaper article, that criminal gangs were recruiting people from Niger, promising them jobs as okada riders in Lagos (in exchange for a fee of course) and dumping them on the streets of Lagos. This year, the State Government restricted the activities of okada riders. Similar laws have also restricted the activities of hawkers and beggars and many of them have been repatriated to their home states.

1) Agberos are illegal in Lagos (Amended Lagos State Traffic Law). If you watched STV News yesterday night you would have heard about the agberos that were arrested, charged to court and sentenced to perform community service.

2) Alternatives exist for anybody that is interested. On saturday I drove past the Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centre in Surulere (we took a detour because of Eko Marathon).

3) Video/films sold, rented or shown in cinemas in Nigeria must be approved and classified by the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board. Those pornographic films have not been approved and vendors of such films are usually prosecuted by NFVCB officials whenever they are caught.

There's also a Lagos State law that makes it illegal to display such films publicly.

aribisala0: next sellers of porn videos

This has already been done by both the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Film and Videos Censors Board.

hotwax: No matter how corrupt he is GEJ has broken the record. 5 trillion went missing in his administration.

Corruption is bad period, thus you can't say one corrupt person is better than another.


My issue is not with the message, but with the method of the messenger. Even if you are a christian, you wouldn't like it if a church directs their loudspeaker at your window and blasts noise at you all night.

Posting the same repetitive mile high articles and pictures on threads in which Obasanjo's name is mentioned, even when the articles have nothing to do with the thread topic is just wrong (it's even against forum rules).

ONWARDBABA: Guy we do we inspect Ȋ̝̊̅§ ℓi̶̲̥̅ke̶̲̥̅ Чöü have a lot of people intersted let's make it

It's available for inspection in the Yaba area and the price is very good. Send an e-mail to kseventsng@gmail.com

lastpage: Dont attack the "Messenger", focus on the "Message" and disprove it, if need be.


Lastapge!

It's not about whether the message is correct or not, it's about the appropriate place and time. Is it related to the thread topic? Do you have to keep posting the same thing time and time again? Etc.


#Spamming and derailment

Gen. Buhari is slowly becoming the new Musiwa/Becomerich. #spamming and derailment.

Great project. We need more of these so that states can increase their IGR.

@ OP, your thread title, do you mean beef or Beaf?

I don't know if his claims are true, but I want to address the issue of inconsistencies that some people have raised.

1) The letter is what is called a "prison letter". The fact that a person is held in solitary confinement does not prevent them from releasing a "prison letter". I have Ken Saro-Wiwa's book "A Month And A Day" beside me right now. He wrote the preface to the book while he was in solitary confinement (before Abacha had him executed) and had it smuggled out to the British author William Boyd. It was William Boyd that had it published.

If you remember what happened in Nigeria during the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s, you would know that many pro-democracy activists wrote prison letters. Usually, they would get prison guards, doctors, etc, who are sympathetic to smuggle out such letters for them. They usually do this when they fear that they may never leave the prison alive.

If you also read Gani Fawehinmi's accounts of his detention, or Adewale Ademoyega's "Why We Struck", or Soyinka's "You Must Set Forth At Dawn" you would know that the prisoners also sometimes get information about the outside world from their guards, lawyers and doctors.

2) I have confirmed that Charles Okah did indeed attend St Gregory's College and I already know that Cardinal Okogie attended that same school.


That said, I do not know whether his claims are true or not.

juman: Why are you deliberately deceiving yourself?
It's natural to celebrate good leaders.

See how Americans celebrate their former president Mr. Bill Clinton. We people of the world also celebrate him. Mr. Bill Clinton is a true leader. He is a model for world leaders. If our leaders are like him, nigeria would not be like this useless country.

We don't want our leaders to be like failed OBJ.

Although I agree with you that Clinton is a great leader, but remember that not everybody shares that opinion. Think White Water scandal, Gennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky, etc.

Abbott: Finally!
Naptu, you must have invested a lot of time doing this for everyone...I enjoyed it. Thanks tons.

Thank you very much. I've been compiling most of these pictures, articles, etc since 2008. I usually do a photologue every year from September to November to commemorate Nigeria's independence.

So it doesn't take much time to transfer the material from my other platforms to nairaland. What takes time is when I want to add something new, respond to a question, or grant a request.

When he was elected in 1999, Nigerians knew him as General Obasanjo, but members of his party called him Chief Obasanjo.

Journalists asked him which title he preferred, General or Chief.

Obasanjo said, "you can call me chief and I will answer you, because I'm a chief. You can call me general and I'll answer you, because I'm a general. You can call me engineer and I'll answer you, because I'm an engineer. But don't call me doctor, I won't answer you, because that one na dash".

Epiphany: This is the best thread ever, on this forum. Believe me, I 'fell' into it and went through all 42 pages on my phone. I will have to go through again with my laptop in the morning.

As someone born in the 70's, I am so familiar with almost all the topics.......and I am not ashamed to say that going down memory lane brought tears to my eyes.

Nigeria has really suffered especially when one can say that the days of old are far better than today!

Thank you.

HNosegbe: Naptu2, for that fantastic thread titled "Nigeria: The good, bad and ugly" or something like that...

[quote author=GARRI (x7)]In no particular order, while I make up my mind:

[size=18pt]Gbawe[/size] | PointB | Afam4eva | Ndu Chucks | [size=14pt]Katsumoto[/size] | Take dat | Naptu2 | EGorilla( ) | kobojunkie

[/quote]

solomonkane: Has to be Naptu, that dude is absolutely brilliant.

larride: Naptu2 for that wonderful thread Nigeria: The good, bad and ugly, he's not a tribal bigot like most on here so he has my voted, followed closely by Katz

Ishilove: I nominate naptu2, for creating and consistently updating one of the most infotaining and bigot free threads on nairaland. 'Nigeria: the good, the bad and the sexy', or something like that. If you haven't gone through that thread then you are greatly missing out.

[quote author=999_666]For creating and also constantly updating one of the most informative thread in recent time on nairaland: "Nigeria: The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, The Ugly" , I nominate NAPTU2. An excellent thread without all the hate and bigotry that infects most popular thread in the politics section. Full of memories of years gone by, the achievements and the potentials that this country once held. I always look forward to each update and also share it with my family and friends.[/quote]

samuelorija218: I cannot forget the 1st monthly political debate on the evils and good of "Nigerian Amalgamation" here on nairaland and how Katszumoto went historical with his points....kudos to the other contestant(Obinoscopy) too.

Likewise Gbawe, being vast in knowledge and ever ready to tackle the recklessness of Nigerian leaders.

But me, as someone that takes pleasure in History and the knowledge that comes with it;

I will humbly support and nominate NAPTU2 for that educative and informative thread titled, Nigeria: the Good, Bad, Beautiful and Ugly.

Hoping the best candidate win at the end of the day.

Aderostock: Naptu.2
Katz
Gbawe
Obinoscopy
Afam4eva, a bigot
Point.B, a bigot
I hereby nominate Naptu.2

firestar: [size=18pt][color=#005099] Naptu. [/color][/size]

Maxymilliano: I give it to NAPTU, his contributions so far is devoid of the usual rancour that characterize most of the discussions in this section.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]afam4eva

katsumoto

naptu[/quote]

anonimi: I nominate naptu2 for his photo-enhanced historical contributions to this section.
Three gbosas to him!!!

Ishilove: Gbosa! Gbosa!! GBOSAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Thank you very much.