masseratti:
Naptu ,I noticed something from this article, I have being wondering for years why the Catholics are called Aguda in Yoruba,am wondering if the casa agua is the etymology of the word Aguda on Yoruba,ijo awon Aguda,since that was what da Rocha's house was called.

Casa= House
Agua = Water (Aqua)

It means Water House. It was named such because Da Rocha sold water.

EponOjuku:


Casa= House
Agua = Water (Aqua)

It means Water House. It was named such because Da Rocha sold water.

please kindly read my post again, my point is the word Aguda might have come from the word aqua.

ruggedized1:
I am very sure this was the same reason #SEUN sacked you as a mod. Continue being frustrated.


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^^

Behold, one of the many brain dead commenters.

If ojukwu was that rich,then why join the army and why demand for Biafra??

Ishilove:

Behold, my useless father is a brain dead commenter.

I should have known.

So na wetin my Maale mean be this back wen I still dey chop Mama Thank you anytime she tell me say She no be Da Rocha pikin if I ask for free money

NeuroBoss:
To put it in better perspective, 6 of these 10 pre-independence ''hombres ricos'' were of Yoruba extraction. Da Rochas was an Ijesa slave taken to Brazil.


This is just to put present day loudmouthers along history lane.

The claim that they are the one dominating the country at independence are big lies.Western Nigeria was the alfa and omega of what made new Nigeria then with many firsts in Nigeria in economy,education,entertainment and physical development.

Those are the people that made lagos what it is coupled with Obafemi Awolowo foresight with his establishment of the first industrial estate in the country at ikeja.
Yorubas are silent achievers.The people from the other side make noise on the little they achieve.

I think Fernandez should be there

Aldebaran:
5)Sir Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu (1908-1966)

Louis Odumegwu-Ojukwu, according to anecdotes, was the first billionaire Nigeria ever produced. He was the founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. As an honour for supporting the British military during World War II with his fleet of trucks, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. The queen – on the request of the colonial administration – was said to be driven in a Rolls Royce owned by Ojukwu.

“Few people realise that he still remains the richest African by every standard today, worth in trillions if you consider that he left about £10m in 1966 – at 10 per cent compound interest,” SUNDAY PUNCH was told by a source close to the family.

Ojukwu was said to have made his money by importing dried fish, dealing in textiles, cement and transport.

He was also the president of the African Continental Bank. He was on the board of companies such as Shell Oil Nigeria Limited, Guinness Nig. Ltd, Nigerian National Shipping Lines, Nigerian Cement Factory, Nigerian Coal Corporation, Costain West Africa Ltd, John Holt, and Nigerian Marketing Board, among others.

He co-authored a report on the Economic Mission to Europe and North America, which recommended the investment of extra funds from the produce marketing board in a regional bank and public corporations to stimulate economic development. He was known for his exquisite taste in clothes, shoes and food.

When he died a year later, his wealth was put at an estimated $4bn in today’s economic value.

4bn dollars!!!!!

What re the present generation doing with the wealth......

moscobabs:
Where is Harry Akande? He was 7th Richest man in the world, contested for President 1999/2003

What about MKO Abiola?

Do these 2 billionaires you mentioned belong to the independence era?

This is how some of you fail exams

ruggedized1:



I should have known.

^^

Even the most resilient brain cell will have a hard time surviving this onslaught of raving stupidity.

Pidgin2:
What a great country, Nigeria is the real deal!

I don't know if this is sarcasm,
but sometimes I wonder what brought about the positive change in you

Ishilove:

Even the most resilient brain cell will not survive my father stupidity. My father is a raving mad dog

I see. Tell us more. Old dirty woman

ruggedized1:



I see. Tell us more. Old dirty woman

I am an old woman? Good.

In that case, may you never live to see old age since aging is a now a taboo for you. You will die prematurely, while I move gracefully into old age. While people around you grow older, you will sleep and never wake up, since old age is what you are using to cuss somebody. You will never smell old age and your parents will outlive you. Amen.

I'm done with you and you are henceforth ignored. The idiocy from your rock bottom IQ and tiny brain is beginning to give me headaches.

Old useless woman that was why s.eun sacked you frustrated woman. Insane thing like you that calls others brain dead.

Ishilove back to sender. May what you wish others befall you and your family 100x. May you not wake up from your sleep. Evil you wish others shall befall you.


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Ishilove:

I am an old woman? Good.

In that case, may you never live to see old age since aging is a now a taboo for you. You will die prematurely, while I move gracefully into old age. While people around you grow older, you will sleep and never wake up, since old age is what you are using to cuss somebody. You will never smell old age and your parents will outlive you. Amen.

I'm done with you and you are henceforth ignored. The idiocy from your rock bottom IQ and tiny brain is beginning to give me headaches.

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Amen, mine too

amunkita:
Soon my story would be told...

D Menix

Aldebaran:
1)Candido Da Rocha (1860 – 1959)

Candido Da Rocha was a Nigerian born in Brazil. Upon his return to Nigeria with his father, Esan Da Rocha, he made a fortune that has today become the subject of fact and fiction.

Da Rocha was unlike Evander Wall – both were born in 1860 – who became a millionaire at 18 and a multimillionaire at 22, when he inherited a million dollars from his father and grandfather respectively.

An extravagant showman, Wall bought 5,000 neckties and 300 pairs of gloves. He was the first man in America to wear a tuxedo. He was reported to have changed his outfit 40 times in a single morning.

Considered a millionaire, Da Rocha too had dozens of clothes and he could afford to send his dirty clothes to the laundryman in the United Kingdom – which he did for many years.

Shrewd and forthright, the first Nigerian millionaire was not given to unnecessary platitudes and politicking.

“His friend Herbert Macaulay persuaded him to join politics. On a particular day when he was addressing would-be voters, he simply told them that he was seeking their votes to represent them. He made it clear that he would not use his wealth to get their votes.

“At the end of the day, he didn’t win,” his 90-year-old granddaughter, Mrs. Angelica Oyediran, told SUNDAY PUNCH.

How wealthy was Da Rocha?

“I can’t put a figure to it. However, I can tell you that Papa was so rich that he assisted many people in the society. He supported the government during the Second World War. He also supported the Catholic Church. When the Holy Cross Cathedral was built, he paid for the building of three chapels. The British respected him a lot. He was highly respected; a disciplined man who hated dishonesty and lying. I lived with him in this house for three years. I was very close to him. He loved me and I was fond of him,” the granddaughter explained.

Describing Da Rocha’s generosity, she said, “People would come to him, crying, requesting financial assistance; from the balcony, asking how much they needed, he would throw down the money to them.”

Da Rocha became a water merchant, selling water from the house (he inherited from his father, Esan Da Rocha) – famously called Casa d’Agua or water house. Da Rocha would later venture into real estate and the hospitality business. He opened The Restaurant Da Rocha, Bonanza Hotel, and Sierra Leone Deep Sea Fishing Industries Ltd. He also went into a partnership with two other businessmen, J. H. Doherty and Sedu Williams, to establish the Lagos Native Bank.

''He was the first man in America to wear a tuxedo""


U people have started again.

What of ibadan millionaire adebisi idikan

NCP:
Good...

What about post independence era billionaires with the likes of Deizani, Evans, Dasuki and co

Do you mean those that made money by stealing from the government directly or indirectly.

Well, well now we see the advantage...when you graduated at 21 and you are given a loan of $500,000 to do business.......not much to be said.

What of Jaja of opobo

Two of the above named, Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony and Chief Timothy Odutola, were old boys of Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (JOGS), same school Vector so proudly rep and Whizkid denied. Little wonder whizzy is forming British-American in Naija nowadays.

Ishilove:

I am an old woman? Good.

In that case, may you never live to see old age since aging is a now a taboo for you. You will die prematurely, while I move gracefully into old age. While people around you grow older, you will sleep and never wake up, since old age is what you are using to cuss somebody. You will never smell old age and your parents will outlive you. Amen.

I'm done with you and you are henceforth ignored. The idiocy from your rock bottom IQ and tiny brain is beginning to give me headaches.

act your age madam,are you not supposed to leave this forum for we the youths? your mates are not here,you are too old to be dragging with us here and making comments on nairaland,showing up on every thread and even threads that are strictly for youths like romance and celeb thread. with due respect,I don't mean insult,I'm just telling it like it is

Aldebaran:
7)Sanusi Dantata (1919–1997)

His father, Dantata, left him a will that amounted to over $12,000, though he was already a wealthy man at the time. Sanusi Dantata is the grandfather of Africa’s richest man, Dangote.

Under British rule, according to Forbes, Dangote’s grandfather became rich trading commodities like grain oats and rice, and was one of Kano’s wealthiest citizens. In the 1960s, he was the largest licensed produce-buying agent of groundnut in the country.

Said to be benevolent, Dantata was spending about £40,000 each year to support his friends and the poor.

He and his brother, Aminu, controlled about 200 agents involved in buying kolanut, livestock, groundnuts and merchandise, using about five autonomous levels of associates, agents, and farmers.

The system involved buying goods from restricted rural areas, transporting them to the city and storing them in warehouses.

He gave his beloved 21-year-old grandson (Dangote) a loan of $500,000 to trade in rice, sugar and cement upon graduation from a university in Cairo, Egypt.

The loan to dangote, is it 500 000 dollars or 500 000 naira?

I believe you saw independence Era

moscobabs:
Where is Harry Akande? He was 7th Richest man in the world, contested for President 1999/2003

What about MKO Abiola?

DAramis:

The loan to dangote, is it 500 000 dollars or 500 000 naira?

It should be N500k not $500k. These journalists just like to add Maggi and curry to hype people.

GenOrumov:
It should be N500k not $500k. These journalists just like to add Maggi and curry to hype people.

in the 1970s the dollar was at most equal to the naira.
izz nor maggi, love!

Proudlyngwa:


I don't know if this is sarcasm,
but sometimes I wonder what brought about the positive change in you

Firstly, i'm an optimist. Nigeria is not the problem, our leaders and even us have created what she is today. My conscience is clear, I didn't vote for Buhari tho so I'm kind of enjoying the lamentations everywhere too You were my arch enemy why the sudden admiration?

GenOrumov:
It should be N500k not $500k. These journalists just like to add Maggi and curry to hype people.

no problem

HBB1:


in the 1970s the dollar was at most equal to the naira.
izz nor maggi, love!

Very much likely to be true.

Aldebaran:
1)Candido Da Rocha (1860 – 1959)

Candido Da Rocha was a Nigerian born in Brazil. Upon his return to Nigeria with his father, Esan Da Rocha, he made a fortune that has today become the subject of fact and fiction.

Da Rocha was unlike Evander Wall – both were born in 1860 – who became a millionaire at 18 and a multimillionaire at 22, when he inherited a million dollars from his father and grandfather respectively.

An extravagant showman, Wall bought 5,000 neckties and 300 pairs of gloves. He was the first man in America to wear a tuxedo. He was reported to have changed his outfit 40 times in a single morning.

Considered a millionaire, Da Rocha too had dozens of clothes and he could afford to send his dirty clothes to the laundryman in the United Kingdom – which he did for many years.

Shrewd and forthright, the first Nigerian millionaire was not given to unnecessary platitudes and politicking.

“His friend Herbert Macaulay persuaded him to join politics. On a particular day when he was addressing would-be voters, he simply told them that he was seeking their votes to represent them. He made it clear that he would not use his wealth to get their votes.

“At the end of the day, he didn’t win,” his 90-year-old granddaughter, Mrs. Angelica Oyediran, told SUNDAY PUNCH.

How wealthy was Da Rocha?

“I can’t put a figure to it. However, I can tell you that Papa was so rich that he assisted many people in the society. He supported the government during the Second World War. He also supported the Catholic Church. When the Holy Cross Cathedral was built, he paid for the building of three chapels. The British respected him a lot. He was highly respected; a disciplined man who hated dishonesty and lying. I lived with him in this house for three years. I was very close to him. He loved me and I was fond of him,” the granddaughter explained.

Describing Da Rocha’s generosity, she said, “People would come to him, crying, requesting financial assistance; from the balcony, asking how much they needed, he would throw down the money to them.”

Da Rocha became a water merchant, selling water from the house (he inherited from his father, Esan Da Rocha) – famously called Casa d’Agua or water house. Da Rocha would later venture into real estate and the hospitality business. He opened The Restaurant Da Rocha, Bonanza Hotel, and Sierra Leone Deep Sea Fishing Industries Ltd. He also went into a partnership with two other businessmen, J. H. Doherty and Sedu Williams, to establish the Lagos Native Bank.

DA ROSA OLOWO IGBO TI SILE KUN FO OLE!

amunkita:
Soon my story would be told...
D Menix

U think say Na Bobo juice abi. Go and hustle breakfast jare.