Alhaji Ahmadu Bello being interviewed on TV prior to his departure to Mecca.

Cathedral Church of Christ Lagos, 1974.

Some of the prominent Nigerian leaders in their youth (Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ismail, Ibrahim Babangida, Mohammed Magoro and AB Ahmed) with their names written at the bottom.

The Ranch Hotel, Cattle Ranch Obudu, 1968.- Photo by Guy Fawkes

A colonial officer carried by servants in Lagos, 1910.

Policemen at the Ilorin railway station in the 1910s with no shoes.

On 12/09/1897, Ajayi died.

Nigerian soldiers leaving Kaduna for a second tour of service with the United Nations in Congo.

British Troops showing off their precious loot after the Benin Punitive Expedition of 1897.

National stadium Surulere Lagos in the 70s.

King Duke IX of Calabar, (1895). The reason he always wore 2 crowns, one on top of the other was to show that he was crowned by the British as well as the EFIK people.

Original caption: World war II- African recruits learning to speak english at the Engineer training centre, Bukuru Northern Nigeria.

Stop this already, its becoming tiring and annoying.

This is totally true, the gay part, older women and girls you like not taking you seriously, especially the young lads. Every girl wants to flirt with a "fine boy" but most of em hesitate to get crious. We have a special zone called "They want you, but can't face the reality of having you" zone, cos they know lots of other girls are attracted to you and conclude you are just going to take them on a joli ride. In addition, we get constant hate n jealousy for nothing, jealous mates calling us gay, and some ugly girls giving us random dirty looks for absolutely no reason. And girls tend to play more games when the guy in question is handsome, cos they believe you think you can get any girl you want hence they dont want to be "one of those easy girls". I even feel more sorry for the handsome shy guys cos if you dont speak to anyone, no1 would speak to you, cos you are already prejudged as stuck up/full of yourself. We are human aswell tho

surawilly: Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has warned that anyone who wishes to talk to Mikel Obi to raise his game, should equally be ready to take a slagging from the Chelsea star.

Mikel has come under intense criticisms following his recent sluggish displays for the Super Eagles.

And Siasia, who lined up the midfielder for the 2005 FIFA U20 World Cup and then dropped him for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said that Mikel does not welcome criticisms.

“Someone would have to talk to him. But to talk to Mikel, you have to be ready for your own beating,” Siasia told Africanfootball.com.

This further confirms the awesome player-power the Chelsea star wields in the Super Eagles.

Siasia said that it will be up to Mikel to take the responsibility to step up his game.

“From what we have seen and what people are talking about, they don’t think he is giving his best. But he should be able to criticise himself,” argued the coach.

“He should do a self-critique. If he believes he is not doing well, he has to try and up his game.

Mikel Obi
“He has been watching the games from the World Cup, if he thinks he is not doing well, why is he not scoring, he has to be able to look at those videos and see the areas he needs to improve on.

“Nobody has to tell him. He is a professional. So, I am not going to criticise him. He has done well for this country but if he is not doing well like he used to, then something has to be done.”

Siasia equally conceded he is “confused” about whether the best position for the player is as a defensive or attacking midfielder.

“I am actually confused on that one, I don’t know anymore,” he admitted.

“As a defensive midfield player, it doesn’t mean you should not go forward or try to take some shots at goal. (Nemanja) Matic is doing it, Ramires is doing it, so how come Mikel is not doing it? Why can’t he cover the box-to-box play. If you don’t get into the box, you can never shoot at goal. So, that is his problem.”

http://www.nigerianeye.com/2014/09/why-coaches-fear-mikel-siasia.html?m=1

What is this rubbish article? Are u sure siasia said this? It doesn't make any sense to me. The coach is in charge of the team hence can criticize/drop any player he wants. What does he mean by," you will get your own beating" :-/ sounds like something a junior high student will say.

fabat: I don't discuss with deranged elements so kindly refrain from quoting me and wasting your own time. talk about the topic or get lost.

He asked a simple question, I found banana awkward as well and would have quoted you if he didn't. plus this is a public online forum, you can't ask not to be quoted.

Such is life, as humans grow, we expect people to grow with us. Just like when a new OS comes out you have to upgrade, and if you have an old smartphone thats incompatible with the OS, you throw it away and buy a newer version, you didnt drop the old phone cos you hated it, you dropped it cos it refused to upgrade, thats typical human behaviour.

Someone said guys are still good even after they get into uni and jaaggzz, except you gay, the pressure you put on your fellow man isn't the same pressure you put on a girl u like. Do you want to talk to you fellow man althrough the night? Do you want to exchange texts and be in the know on you fellow mans whereabouts everyday of the week?

Two problems with many of you lads is, first you remain in the same position she left you at whilst she is moving forward. Two, neediness! She just got into a new world she z curious exploring everything, the last thing she needs is one guy from the area blowing her phone, she is still in that state of "uni-craze" and is distracted (which is normal human behaviour) doing this at this time will help her realise quick how much of a"wastemann" you are. Give her air atleast for the first year, have fun and upgrade ur life. You dont have to be in the uni to upgrade yourself! Let her see you are advancing, meet new people keep your options open whilst holding her close, post pictures, iswear she ll be the one contacting you wondering why you are not contacting her as often. Even at that be abit scarce, demand is high for scarce products, she has the advantage and you have to make yourself and time seem valuable, that's the only way to hold her respect. And if she still ignores you allow it, and pick one out of the options you left open, at least you left with your balls and self esteem intact. And you won't come crying and venting anger towards all females on nairaland forum. Life's a game and its not fair, you gotta play it like that, its already programmed to be that way and no amount of venting would change that. My 20 cents

Mattyj: I've been. Waiting for a topic like dis 2 b raised on NL,because I'm a victim of that circumstances.When I 1st met dis girl,I was her everytin and she can't do without me.Almost daily midnight calls to d extent that my dad wil even av 2 seize d fone from me.I wil even go to d extent of borrowing a gud friends fone juz to hear her voice daily.We use to be best of lovers,we truly love each other.Back then she was seeking admission into d university while I was still working then.I use most part of my salary to finance and support her during exam periods.When she later got admission into UNIBEN,we use 2 talk on fone and exchange love messages.All of a sudden,she stops answering or picking up my calls,and also refuse 2 reply my text.I was lyk,wia av I went wrong..up til date she doesn't cal nor text anymore.The painful part is,she happened 2 b my 1st ever girlfriend.she's not been fair 2 me at all,afta all dat I've done 4 her.well I tank God I'm in higher institution and I stil can't stop tinkin abt her,its been years now buh I guess I gat 2 let go because truly"NOTHING LAST FOREVER"....I'm jeremiah by if u wish 2 know me,u r free 2 connect wit me BBM-2ba592f8 or either of dis numbers 08032984204 or 08185098141......thank u

Man you sound too needy, perhaps thats why yo gyal dropped yo A55.

stevecantrell: Now tell me, what happens to those who arrested her ? Don't they immediately become contacts ? Will they not have to undergo surveillance ?

Unless Nigeria takes drastic measures at curtailing immigration from ebola hot spots, the min of health shouldn't make unguarded statements like "No ebola in Nigeria"

Those who test an arrest ebola victims at airports must have precautionary wears and gadgets dont you think?

Some people would rather commit their time and energy into other important things like getting a life? First things first, there is time for everything. Its not that we dont like the idea of being in one, but certain people arent pressed about it, these are the confident people who know what they want and dont forcefully need a person of the opppsite sex to make them feel better with themselves.

ugsams:

When I was in the media na there I dey go pick our approved ad copiesf or drop proposal... Why do you ask?

Hmmmn even in the new structures under construction? ... But that's none of my business

Why she no worry about me, since I got new gyal I been confused I need to be worried about

All this hate/competition between black brothers is the reason the African continent is the shithole it is today, and the laughing stock of the international community . Tell me how these insults would help save Ghana's sinking economy, or solve the numerous problems Naija has ? You guys have even derailed from the issue at hand and turned this into personal beef and battle for superiority. Africa as a whole is a shithole because of this barbaric uncooperative attitude.

I'm particularly mad at the Ghanaians. What's with this hate towards Nigeria. Nigeria has its problems, but its buoyant economy is one thing it can boast of, making it a potential source of help! Face it, your economy is sinking, you the people are the ones who are going to suffer it! Its just like a drowning man refusing a life jacket from his neighbour because he doesn't want him to take credit for saving his life. Would you rather get help with lots of ridiculous conditions from the west than from your own ECOWAS brother? What's the point of ECOWAS then? Is your ego more important to you than the future of your country? And a thread with this type of topic "Ghana economy is a mess" which depicts mockery of a brother nation in distress shouldn't make front page! Naira land should promote peace, unity n progress amongst west African nations not encourage feud and banter! This thread should have been created to rub minds and offer solutions, sadly that's not the message the topic sends across.

hensben: I am just kidding, seriously, nigerians and ghanians should stop bashing themselves on public forum like this, they should hit the street and protest against their bad leaders...Btw, i am not white rather fair/chocolate in complexion and i love n wish to be dark in complexion...black is beautiful.

#ProudlyAfrican.

But dude, u r dark init... But ts none of my business.

I agree with everything except number 2, it actually depends on how deep your relationship is with the person in question, in some cases there is nothing wrong with it.

oduastates: Nothing.
Using obama's quote.
Nigeria is simply a medium size and derelict gas station.
A useless one at that.
Makes nothing but wants to consume everything.
The giant sore of Africa and
A disgrace to the black race

Then take the next bus to Burkina Faso.

Billie Jean.....

Logicalmindy:


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Looooooooooool ! Man look like magnito from xmen

deeobserver209: We must however thread with caution. Arresting foreigners indiscriminately will send a wrong signal to our other African brothers. Ebola must not make us appear xenophobic to the international community.

Pay back is a beeeetch !

But I saw the post and Davido never mentioned that the jet belonged to him, so what is all this talk?

What is all this garbage? last time i checked, Nollywood movies were the most viewed movies in Africa, In different languages, some even go to the extent of making funnY subtitles just to understand our movies. From the west to the east to the south, yes even the bitter anti-nigerian ungrateful south africans watch our movies, and even abroad everyone knows mr ibu, osuofia, aki and paw paw, genevieve etc how many south african movie actors do we know? Nigeria is the home of African entertainment AND the whiteman bottom licking south Africans are not content, so what did you expect from A South African movie festival hosted on South African soil? mtchee proper garbage! on the next topic. And OP or whoever wrote this article, you deserve to have your passport ceased! sitting there like a box of fufu, listening to garbage from south africans and coming to tell us rubbish, you might aswell move there. Nollywood movies are the best in Africa thumbs to Naija and Ghana.