Louis Armstrong Okeke, known as "Super Armstrong of Africa," was a Nigerian professional wrestler who held the heavyweight title in the late 1990s. Here's a bit more about him: Nickname: "Super Armstrong of Africa" Wrestling Career: He was a heavyweight wrestler in Nigeria's professional wrestling scene in the late 1990s. Title: He held the heavyweight title in Nigeria.
That was in the 1990s. He came after the wrestlers that I wrote about. This thread is about wrestling legends of the 1970s and 1980s.
naptu2: Do you remember British wrestling from the 1970s? Mick McManus and co? The weird (actually, just different from American) rules made it very interesting.
Well, this is one of the wrestlers from British wrestling that actually came to Nigeria. In fact, the fascinating thing here is that, in this video, he is billed as being from Lagos, Nigeria. When he came to Nigeria he was billed as being from the West Indies, while Wikipedia claims that he is British.
This is Johnny Kwango (the guy with the phenomenal headbutt).
🤣 erico2k2 is still wasting his time and desperately trying to get my attention. He actually thinks that I will read his rubbish when he has failed the first time. Can you imagine that?
This was part of my entertainment when they began on the Third Mainland Bridge during the Fashola era.
Some people came with the usual excuse that there were no speed limit signs, but immediately other Twitter users countered them and said that there were. As someone appeared and said that there were no signs, so also would someone appear and say that there were signs. Some people went the extra step of actually taking pictures of the signs.
There have also been speed limit signs on the Lekki Expressway since it was rebuilt in 2011.
Everybody knows this and everybody knows that those people are not to be taken seriously.
I'll attach the photos of the speed limit signs when Nairaland allows me.
revelation2013: You obviously don't own a car in Lagos. If you do, you won't type this. Once the speed limit or camera device captures your vehicle plate number or license or anything that pinpoints it. No body will enforce it physically, it is already enforced electronically or computerly (if there is any word like that). Na when you wan renew your papers na then body go tell you!
There are people on this thread that should not be taken seriously. They are not here to make a serious point, they are here to be negative, even if what they are posting makes no sense. Arguing with them is a complete waste of time.
I would like to encourage and appeal to all those that have tried to derail the thread by posting nonsense that they should please break the law right in front of the cameras so that we can see if they actually work.
Lagos VIS Now Use Street Cameras To Capture Cars With Invalid Documents
autojosh: Last year, the Lagos State Government launched an e-inspection and e-billing system which will use Street Cameras, Car Number Plate Recognition and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to identify vehicles plying Lagos Roads without valid documents.
The street cameras will capture vehicles randomly as seen in the photo inset in the bill below, the details of the vehicle will be run through the vehicle database and a bill will be sent to the house of the owners of errant vehicles.
This is no fiction as people have started getting such bills in their houses and a team will be sent to your house to impound your car if you do not pay the fine or correct any inconsistent bill within 7 days.
The owner of the Uber fleet Toyota Echo seen in the photo below was at work last week Wednesday (3rd October 2018) when he got a call from his security man who told him he had a letter from Lagos State Government. It was the VIS at his doorstep with a N20,000 bill. Offense was - No valid Roadworthiness Certificate (RWC). The fines may range from N20, 000 to N250, 000, depending on the offence and the number of times you have been caught.
In order to avoid any form of embarrassment, the owner of the car visited the VIS office in Alausa on Monday and to his surprise, other car owners had been caught with fake vehicle licences, road worthiness and insurance certificates. Someone even had a fake comprehensive insurance certificate. The cameras also check for non-functioning headlights and tail lights. A man whose car was caught got so embarrassed that he has been fighting with the VIS officials to come and help him beg his landlord.
Fortunately for the owner of the Echo, they realized his car had a valid Roadworthiness Certificate after checking their database. The problem was from VIS after all and he was asked to come back for a clean-bill. The man was furious for his wasted time and energy. Some other vehicle owners were not that fortunate as they had to pay the huge fines.
If your vehicle papers are genuine, you should get an SMS notification when registering it. According to the VIS officials, short codes will be made available to check the authenticity of vehicle documents. You can also confirm the authenticity of your vehicle insurance HERE or use this short code *565*11# at the rate of N20.
If you were excited that the Vehicle Inspection Officers have been ordered off Lagos roads, this may hit you as a bad news because they are still watching from their office through those lenses.
Have you been caught before? Do you think this is a good development or are you against it? Tell us what you think in the comment section.
delpee: I learnt recently that there are cameras on some traffic lights. People receive SMS to pay fines or have their cars impounded. Maybe there's none in Lekki or they're not functioning well.
Tikobanidi: My vehicle license expired in March this year and I renewed it immediately. But the vehicle insurance and road worthiness still had some weeks to expire, that made me to relax and waited till the first week of May. I renewed the vehicle insurance as planned and was given a date for computerized vehicle inspection before the road worthiness certificate could be issued. I was at the inspection station yesterday, my car was subjected to series of tests and at the end the message was "congratulations your car passed all the tests". I was directed to the admin office to collect my certificate, that was when I got the shock of my life. A document was printed out and I was like, "you guys should give me the certificate and let me go". The officer then handed the document to me and said "your car was booked last month and you need to pay the fine before you can get the certificate". I checked the document and I was fined 20k for driving with expired vehicle insurance and 20k for driving without a valid road worthiness certificate, all totaling 40k. What is this! I exclaimed. On checking the date I was booked on 19th April 2022 at 16:53. Looking back, I deduced that I must had been booked around Alausa area in Ikeja. That is the "gbese" on my neck now o!
My advise to the car users is that please don't wait until your driving license, vehicle license, road worthiness etc expire before you commence renewal process, LASG have installed cameras at strategic locations in Lagos that are tracking and monitoring all vehicles. The camera is also booking the traffic offenders as well, so take heed now.
In case you want to find out if you have been booked for traffic offence, simply visit "https://payvis.ng" and type your vehicle registration/plate number in the box and search.
FineUsername: Better late than never. A good step.
This isn't the first time that they are installing cameras. They've had this sort of cameras for more than ten years. They are simply installing 3,000 more cameras.
LASG Plans to Install 3,000 E-Police and Speed Limit Cameras to Enforce Traffic Regulations
...Says About 50 Commercial Buses Are Apprehended Daily for Various Traffic Offenses
...Introduces Online Roadworthiness Recertification for Pre-Existing Vehicles
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to install approximately 3,000 e-police and speed limit cameras across the state to enhance traffic law enforcement.
The Director of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS), Engr. Akin-George Fashola, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking on Lagos Transport Trends and Perspectives, a program sponsored by the State’s Ministry of Transportation on Traffic Radio 96.1 FM.
Engr. Fashola noted that speed limit cameras have already been installed at various locations, including Alapere-Ogudu Road (80km/h inbound Alausa and 60km/h inbound Iyana Oworo) and Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way (60km/h).
He further stated that e-police cameras are currently in place at Allen Junction and Nurudeen Olowopopo Road in Ikeja to check red light running, and other traffic violations, urging motorists to take note of warning signs installed at these locations to ensure compliance.
Speaking on penalties, the VIS Director emphasized that violators of speed limits would be required to pay a fine of Fifty Thousand Naira (₦50,000). However, he added that offenders who believe they did not violate the regulation could contest the fine by providing proof.
Responding to a caller who inquired whether commercial vehicles are exempted from the enforcement initiative, Engr. Fashola clarified that an average of 50 commercial buses are apprehended daily for various traffic violations.
Highlighting recent developments within the VIS, he revealed that the government has introduced an online roadworthiness recertification system for pre-existing vehicle owners, saying the new initiative allows vehicle owners to renew their roadworthiness certificates online without visiting a VIS office.
Additionally, he mentioned that the VIS now offers an auto verification service for individuals looking to purchase used vehicles. This service provides a detailed history of the vehicle, enabling buyers to make informed decisions.
Engr. Fashola encouraged Lagos residents to visit the VIS website or any of the 45 VIS centers across the state for reliable information and assistance.
Mil Mascaras was a global legend. He was like a god in Mexico and he was very popular in Nigeria. However, some American wrestlers did not like him.
They (including Mick Foley) said that he didn't put wrestlers over, they said that he showered with his mask on and that he didn't sit around to gist with the other wrestlers after matches.
But he was loved by fans the world over and that was because he could really wrestle.
naptu2: Watch this match between Mil Mascaras and Cactus Jack (Mick Foley/Mankind). What I want you to observe is the sheer number of holds and moves that Mascaras used.
naptu2: Sometime ago I was searching for an IWA match that shows what I liked about Mil Mascaras, but I couldn't find a perfect video. However, the WWE has a perfect video on the channel.
Watch the first few minutes of this video and see how Mascaras goes from hold to hold in seconds.
This was how I watched Mil Mascaras' matches in the late 1970s and early 1980s, on IWA wrestling.
naptu2: The WWE has blocked one of the videos of Mil Mascaras that I posted above, so I'll post another one.
Mil Mascaras vs Beautiful Bruce.
Big Ernie Lad came to the ring with Beautiful Bruce. Ernie Lad was a giant that was hated by the fans and he is known for cheating.
The commentators were Jack Reynolds and Big Tex McKenzie. Tex McKenzie and Ernie Lad were enemies.
I initially thought that Ernie Lad would cheat again and Tex would get involved to help Mascaras, but that's not what happened. Mascaras beat both Beautiful Bruce and Ernie Lad on his own.
naptu2: I can still remember that day in 1984. I had to attend a party that I really didn't want to go to. Luckily I got home by 7 and I immediately went to the TV. The 7 o'clock news was on and that's how I heard that the Mighty Igor had lost. I was shocked.
naptu2: I wonder when we'll have major wrestling promotions in Nigeria again. So many wrestlers from all over the world came to fight in Nigeria in the 1970s, '80s and early 1990s.
The Mighty Igor, Mil Mascaras, Ox Baker and Kamala The Ugandan Giant from the US
Johnny Kwango and Gentleman Chris Adams from the UK
Ray Apollon from Trinidad and Tobago
The Great Mulumba from Zaire (now Congo)
Etc.
I remember when Mulumba came to Nigeria. I loved watching wrestling with certain older people at that time. Their facial expressions when someone was hit or when blood was oozing out of someone were hilarious.
I had been ill, so my doctor came to check up on me. It was a Saturday so Sports Spectacular was on TV and they were showing wrestling from the National Stadium.
Then the Great Mulumba came into the arena holding a white chicken. He danced round the ring with the chicken and then beheaded the chicken with his teeth. The look on my doctor's face was priceless.
naptu2: I've written a bit about Silverbird Promotion's concerts in the early 1980s and their pageants (Miss Intercontinental) in the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. The other major event series that was promoted in the early 1980s was professional wrestling. So I'm going to write about Nigerian (and some foreign) professional wrestling.
The main wrestling show on tv in the 1970s was a very boring British promotion that had wrestlers like Mick Mcmanus. Then came the very exciting American shows, The IWA and the NWA. The IWA had more of fun and entertainment, while the NWA was filled with hard and bloody battles. There have been other wrestling shows that have dominated Nigerian tv since then and each show always has that one superstar or group of superstars that have become the favourite of Nigerian wrestling fans. We've had: -
The Mighty Igor (and Mil Mascaras) of the IWA.
Dusty Rhodes (and Andre the Giant) of the NWA.
The Von Erichs of Georgia Wrestling.
Hulk Hogan (and the Ultimate Warrior) of the WWF
etc.
In Nigeria, Power Mike retired from active wrestling in the 1970s and moved over to the business side of things. He established the Power Mike Promotions company and staged many shows at the National Stadium in Lagos in the early 1980s. These shows attracted wrestlers from around the world, including some of the biggest stars of the IWA. Wrestlers who fought at these shows included: -
The Mighty Igor (Polish American)
Ray Apollon (Trinidad and Tobago)
Ox Baker (American)
Johnny Kwango (Britain)
The Great Malumba (billed as being from Zaire, but he's actually from Trinidad and Tobago)
Kamala "The Ugandan Giant" (billed as being from Uganda, but he's actually American).
D.ick "The Bulldog" Brower (from Canada).
Power Uti (Nigeria).
Gentleman Chris Adams (Britain).
Elephando Bassey (Nigeria).
Etc.
The biggest of those wrestling matches (in my opinion) took place c1984 when The Mighty Igor fought Ray Apollon. Unbelievably, Igor, who was the most popular wrestler in Nigeria at that time, lost the match.
The matches were usually promoted in the Friday night and Saturday afternoon editions of the NTA News, then we would find out who won on the 7 or 9pm news on Saturday and finally the matches would be shown in full on the next Saturday's edition of NTA Sports.
The Great Malumba usually entered the arena holding a live chicken in his left hand. He would dance round the ring with the chicken, then behead the chicken with his teeth and smear its blood on the ringpost.
There were other Nigerians, like Mike Bamidele and Ben Lionheart, who fought in wrestling promotions outside the country who sometimes came back to participate in these shows.
Unfortunately I don't have any videos of any of those matches, so enjoy this match from the IWA.
Sports › Re: Nigerian Wrestling Legends Of The 1970s And 1980s by naptu2(op): 9:24am On Mar 27, 2025
I just saw the typo! I meant to write Kenneth Kaunda, not Kenneth Kagunda.
