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Ring Road, Benin City.

Ishilove: I've always wondered who these three niqqas...,nay, three babas are.

That's the Aro Metta. They represent the white cap chiefs of Lagos. Although we can't tell which class of chiefs, I have always imagined (since childhood) that they represent the Idejo.

They are greeting visitors to Lagos in the traditional way (right hand over left). There are three of them because 3 stones can adequately hold a cooking pot (I.e they represent balance and stability).




(What always springs to my mind anytime I see them is the memory of Oba Oyekan [or usually his representative] at the Cenotaph, Tafawa Balewa Square, during national remembrance day commemoration. After laying his wreath, he takes a step back, says a prayer and then greets the ancestors/statue of the unknown soldier in a similar way).

3 White Cap Chiefs (Welcome to Lagos).
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Abuja City Gate
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Fountain @ Tinubu Square, Lagos
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Statue of the late “Kokoro”, the blind drummer, at Tinubu Square, Lagos.
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Independence Fountain at Tinubu Square.
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The fountain was demolished circa 2006 and a new one built as part of the urban renewal project (Central Business District) of the Bola Tinubu administration.

Supreme Court building @ Tinubu Square (circa 1960)

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At independence in 1960, this Supreme Court building was knocked down and a new "modern" Supreme Court building was built at Igbosere Road. Wole Soyinka hated the new cement building and felt that this wooden building suited the tropics better. He also hated the water fountain that was built at Tinubu because he felt that it had no effect on the lives of the masses who lived in the area.

Jankara Medicine Market, Lagos (1953)
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Isale-Gangan (2009)
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Isale-Eko (1950s)
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Broad Street, Lagos (2009).
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Broad Street, Lagos (1951).
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luvinhubby: Is he a celebrity? Celebrities like being celebrated but Seun does not, so he is no celebrity or let him make public his identity, that is how we know celebrities, public I.D.

https://www.nairaland.com/625594/cpafrica.coms-interview-seun-osewa-founder

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Marina
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Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna.

Nike Lake Resort, Enugu.

Hotel Presidential, Port-Harcourt.

Sheraton Abuja Hotel and Towers
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Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
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Four Points Hotel by Sheraton, Lekki Lagos.
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Ishilove: What makes the Yatch Hotel controversial?

1) There were rumours initially that the yatch was bought with Lagos State funds.

2) It emerged that the yatch was bought by some investors in conjunction with Diamond Bank.

3) A dispute arose between the investors and Diamond Bank. (The dispute halted the operations of the hotel. Previously some events had been held at the hotel restaurant/bar).

4) The case went to court.

5) Lagos State Government felt that the abandoned and rusting yatch was an eyesore and decided to tow it out of Lagos.

6) One of the parties got a court order to stop Lagos State from towing it out of Lagos.

Eko Hotel
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Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos
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Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island.
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Oriental Hotel Lekki
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The controversial Sunborn Yatch Hotel
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Marina
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(Shout out to my homeboy Seyi Charles George)

State House Marina is the white (actually pink) mansion beside Net Building (Net Building is the tallest building in West Africa).

Marina in 1899
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