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Throwback:
It is not an ocean but a lagoon, that is why it is still and without waves.

Expansion of the little parcel of land between the Marina and the lagoon effectively created a new Marina that was not so named, and made the current Marina a false description.

Broad Street is behind the cathedral, hence behind the Marina.

It is a lagoon you are correct
However there are several well documented historical events , cyclones and hurricanes occurring in Lagoons

So it is not still and without waves BECAUSE it is a lagoon
That is simply not true
Every lagoon is different

Some Lagoons experience more turbulence than some seas
E.g Pamlico Sound
Tuamotus

Some of the people/group they used to exploit us and our resources.

Racoon:
The architectural transformation of this Anglican edifice on the Marina really has a unique history. The current church house is totally different from what is in the first picture

Can't believe the landscaping to widen the land and push the ocean further into the harbour was this enormous.

I am also amazed. Never knew the lagoon was basically kissing the church then. Wow..... It's not today that man has been trying to tame nature. No wonder the whole place submerges anytime it rains.

With wetin you just type I can guess ur age. I nor sure sey you're up to 25

Sirleo05:
How old is Tinubu that he's claiming to develop and owning Lagos? Not even family history trace can be found then.

Small children na una jus flood this nairaland of late 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow

Justiceleague1:
Wao so the lagoon was that close to marina!!!?
Wonderful!!!
And we ware being made to know that one unknown yekini amouda from only God knows where did all these developments!!!

FreeStuffsNG:
There's now a bus garage, bridge, metroline and jetty between the cathedral, Broad street and the atlantic ocean today.

Inner Marina: Directly in front of the cathedral. Running from around UBA House through to NITEL.

Outer Marina:Running from Apongbon through to Independence Bridge

Racoon:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17RgDCcXu5/

Quite interesting to see how the Marina used to be so close to CMS cathedral but now it’s way back from the lagoon, thanks to the excellent work of the first governor of the state.

The lack of historical consciousness is why some Iragbiji ayederu atọhunrinwas are claiming that they built Lagos.

autojosh:
Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson was the first Governor of Lagos State. He was the governor from 1960 to 1975. He is regarded as the architect of modern Lagos.

Within one year, the Johnson administration built the 5 Government Colleges in the State. His administration established its very first housing estate. He also established an industrial estate.

His administration gave the city of Lagos a new international look through the construction of highways, bridges, and other modern infrastructure.

Brigadier-General Johnson was renowned as a symbol of integrity, uprightness, and honesty in government.

Following the Coup d’état of July 1975, the administration of Murtala Mohammed commissioned a 3-man probe panel to investigate the various allegations of corruption against all the State Governors.

Moboloji Johnson was one of the 2 state Governors (along Brig-Gen Oluwole Rotimi) found not guilty of corruption.

Mobalaji Johnson died on October 30, 2019, at the age of 83 in his home.

Autojosh.com, in celebration of the life and times of the first Governor of Lagos state, highlights some key achievements in the road/transport sector of the Mobolaji Johnson administration.

Lagos–Badagry Expressway

During his 9 years stint as the Governor of Lagos State, Johnson constructed the 60.7-kilometer Lagos–Badagry Expressway.

The expressway links Nigeria with the neighbouring countries like Benin, Ghana, and Togo. Work commenced on the road in 1969 work commenced on . The Lagos – Badagry highway, and it was originally meant to be a single carriageway but was expanded to a double dual carriageway. It was completed and commissioned in 1973.

First Double Dual Carriage Way In Nigeria

In 1969, work commenced on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. The expressway was originally meant to be a single carriageway. However, when Brigadier-General Johnson visited the United States later that year, he came back with the inspiration to make Lagos – Badagry highway a double carriageway. The expressway was officially declared open by General Yakubu in 1973. It became the first-ever double carriageway in Nigeria.

A big display board was conspicuously positioned which dedicated the road to Lagos taxpayers, in order to encourage citizens to pay their taxes.

Ito-Ikin Bridge

In 1968, Brigadier-General Johnson built and commissioned the Ito-Ikin Bridge. The bridge links Epe to Ikorodu in Lagos State. This made it possible for people to travel from one part of Lagos state to the other without having to pass through a neighbouring Ogun State.

Also, people visiting Lagos from the South and Eastern states needed not to go through Sagamu anymore. Instead, they can come in through Ito-Ikin Bridge from Ibeju-Ede and straight to Lagos.

Marina waterfront Reclamation

The Mobolaji Johnson administration initiated the reclamation of the Marina waterfront when he sand-filled several meters into the shoreline.

This was necessary in order to build a public car park where people can park and take Ferry rides. Due to the exploding population, it was designed to make allowances for people who would ride in cars, park on the mainland and come by ferry into Lagos.

Eko Bridge

Mobolaji Johnson became governor after construction work had commenced on the Eko Bridge. But to his credit, he supervised and contributed to the conclusion of the Eko Bridge. Eko Bridge is one of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland, the other is the Third Mainland and Carter bridges. Eko bridge was built by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. Incidentally, Mobolaji Johnson would later become the Chairman of Julius Berger PLC, a position he assumed in 1996.

Third Mainland Bridge

Mobolaji Johnson was a visionary that contributed to the idea of a bridge that connects Lagos Island and the Mainland. But the idea did not materialize during his reign as governor. The Thirdmainland bridge has constructed and completed during the Gen. Babangida-led Federal government and the Raji-Rasaki-led Lagos state government.

Source:

https://autojosh.com/mobolaji-johnson-4-key-achievements-of-the-first-governor-of-lagos-state/

One of the best preserved houses on the Island is the Water House on Kakawa Street.

The Brazilian architecture style building was built by Candido da Rocha, Nigeria's first millionaire.

I like how the family has been able to restore and preserve it.

I had the opportunity of going inside the compound about 20 years ago.

Such a beauty!

Families that existed before the 60s really enjoyed dis country.
Pre-colonial-times was a florish era.

FreeStuffsNG:
Good points.

I always think it's a Lagoon but since changed my mind.

The water is not so far away from where the Lagos lagoon empties into the Atlantic( around Independencebridge).

It's blue in colour. Don't you think the waves are limited because it is a channel built to limit the waves. It you look at around the independence bridge where the Lagos Lagoon meets the Atlantic Ocean, you will see the waves regulated by barriers that eventually direct the mixed waters towards Marina.

Please look at that waters again next to the boat jetty next to the Military mess. Note the colour, it's not blue but by Marina side, it has turned blue. So the Atlantic Ocean becomes dominant.

I cannot agree less. You are right

bestman09:
We don't have a culture of preserving things. That house should have been a tourist attraction if it was preserved.

Please speak for yourself. There are quite a few buildings over a century old in that axis and still well maintained till date, some even by the owner Yoruba families. It is not ghosts or foreigners that kept them in that great state. I know some of these guys and give kudos.

Many of you have been surrounded by the most mediocre set of people in Nigeria and you are conditioned to project the worst.

Please don't use same brush to paint everyone abeg.

Racoon:
The architectural transformation of this Anglican edifice on the Marina really has a unique history. The current church house is totally different from what is in the first picture

Can't believe the landscaping to widen the land and push the ocean further into the harbour was this enormous.

The cathedral and the building behind it still stands till this day.

SlavaUkraini:
It is pictures like this that normally expose the man Tinubu as a Fraud..

Lagos was already built and developed before he came to power.

Tinubu never once said he built Lagos. This nonsense was fabricated and promoted by his opponents who must lie just to attack him.
If you were in Lagos after the Federal Capital was moved to Abuja you will understand why people say he transformed Lagos. But to twist that and say Tinubu claims to have developed Lagos is a blatant lie.

Love800:
Families that existed before the 60s really enjoyed dis country.
Pre-colonial-times was a florish era.

For each family that enjoyed there were several multiple families that slaved for them and were exploited to make them enjoy.

Do you think that Madam Tinubu's family did not enjoy from the revenue of the slave trade

anonimi:
The often cited biography titled Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker, authored by Nigerian historian Oladipo Yemitan, paints her views regarding slave trading.

On one occasion, during her final sojourn in Abeokuta, she was alleged to have sold a young boy into slavery and was accused of it. When arraigned before Ogundipe Alatise over the matter, she reportedly explained: 'I have a large house-hold and I must feed them well. I need money to do that, that's why'.

— Oladipo. Yemitan, 'Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker'

Another section of Yemitan's Tinubu biography, referred to as the Amadie-Ojo Affair, captures a slave trading deal gone sour in 1853 (notably after the 1852 Treaty abolishing slavery in Lagos) wherein Tinubu tells another slave trader (Domingo Martinez) that "she would rather drown the slaves [20 in number] than sell them at a discount".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efunroye_Tinubu

ElSudani:
Tinubu never once said he built Lagos. This nonsense was fabricated and promoted by his opponents who must lie just to attack him.
If you were in Lagos after the Federal Capital was moved to Abuja you will understand why people say he transformed Lagos. But to twist that and say Tinubu claims to have developed Lagos is a blatant lie.

Where were you in 2022 leading up to the general elections when Kashim Shettima claimed on TV that Tinubu built Lagos...

Is he part of the opposition too ?

I can never pass that building and not stare or try to take pictures...

Such beauty such history such legacy what a piece of architecture...


Love it too much.

SlavaUkraini:
Where were you in 2022 leading up to the general elections when Kashim Shettima claimed on TV that Tinubu built Lagos...

Is he part of the opposition too ?

Show me the text or audio of where he said that. You just concoct these lies and start wanking over it.

ElSudani:
Show me the text or audio of where he said that. You just concoct these lies and start wanking over it.

Go on the Internet and find it yourself

I don't have time for Agbado Ûrchins

SlavaUkraini:
Go on the Internet and find it yourself

I don't have time for Agbado Ûrchins

You are lying, suddenly you have no time for bla bla bla.
Just direct us to the internet page. Of course you are lying and you know it.

Lukuluku69:
The hatred is homegrown. Almost a Culture now.

You all will heal.

Lukuluku69:
The hatred is homegrown. Almost a Culture now.

You all will heal.

Accept the truth and stop denying the fact.

Mordson:
Accept the truth and stop denying the fact.

The fact that you lots have been programmed from childhood to hate on what you clearly don't have any clue about?

Lukuluku69:
The fact that you lots have been programmed from childhood to hate on what you clearly don't have any clue about?

No, the fact that is playing out before our very eyes locally here in Nigeria and all over the world.

ElSudani:
You are lying, suddenly you have no time for bla bla bla.
Just direct us to the internet page. Of course you are lying and you know it.

No Time for Agbado Ûrchins

SlavaUkraini:
No Time for Agbado Ûrchins

Show me the links or scram. No time for liars.

Racoon:
The architectural transformation of this Anglican edifice on the Marina really has a unique history. The current church house is totally different from what is in the first picture

Can't believe the landscaping to widen the land and push the ocean further into the harbour was this enormous.

Hmm... Where that ship lies in the picture is now park and garages for buses and taxis.
Omo, they really pushed the ocean afar off.

FreeStuffsNG:
Good points.

In the past, I always think it's a Lagoon but since changed my mind. Lagoons don't have blue colour.

The water on that side is not so far away from where the Lagos lagoon empties into the Atlantic( around Independencebridge).

However, it's blue in colour. Don't you think the waves are limited because it is a channel built to limit the waves. It you look at around the independence bridge where the Lagos Lagoon meets the Atlantic Ocean, you will see the waves regulated by barriers that eventually direct the mixed waters towards Marina.

Please look at that waters again next to the boat jetty next to the Military mess. Note the colour, it's not blue but by Marina side, it has turned blue. So the Atlantic Ocean becomes dominant.

Don't mind him jare, it's an ocean not lagoon. Something we see everyday. At that officers mess you will see enough waves. Just that it was limited to some certain place.

ElSudani:
Show me the links or scram. No time for liars.

Go and ask your fellow Agbado Ûrchins for the link 🔗🖇️🔗

Mordson:
No, the fact that is playing out before our very eyes locally here in Nigeria and all over the world.

If what is playing out here in Nigeria and the world now is the "fact" that you are pointing to, then you are bot even worthy to be in a Creche not to talk of a kindergarten class..

20-30 years is so miniscule a time in the whole picture of things to hold on to your Fabled "fact" kiddo.

FreeStuffsNG:
There's now a bus garage, bridge, metroline and jetty between the cathedral, Broad street and the atlantic ocean today.

Atlantic ocean?! How?
The Harbor is between Marina and Apapa wharf! Stop misinforming the unsuspecting public!

SporaD8:
Atlantic ocean?! How?
The Harbor is between Marina and Apapa! Stop misinforming the unsuspecting public!

Smh.
JJC in Lagos.

I will not educate you on Lagos or enlighten you on what you are completely ignorant about.

Apapa kọ Ijọra ni.
Your response alone showed clearly that you don't even know where Iam referring to.

You will be putting mouth, albeit rudely, in what you have no clue about. It's like you too want to be forming that you know Lagos niyen o.Abi? Smh.