Everywhere you turn, all you see are the red flags of corruption in this government. Over a trillion naira has been allocated to defence and they are seeking another billion dollars to add yet there is no evidence that the funds are being spent by the military.

Why? Because all the money has gone into the campaign fund for 2015, along with the looted $20b. That's the only logical explanation to the disappearance of these funds(except if they're being used to finance BH itself). How any sane human being can refuse to protest this government is beyond me in the face of gross incompetence, wanton looting and institutionalized corruption.

Now the men are agreeing with their women to defy the orders of the commander-in-thief...is that not a shame?

M0GIDI: Never mind what was achieved at this meeting, who stood where, when the camera said "cheeeze" is more important.

Yet prophetone is trying hard to prove he's not your average aboki, epic fail.

I see Senator B.A Tinubu's party's victory is still ravaging your reasoning capacity and decimating your cognitive abilities. If I were in your shoes I'd concentrate on not becoming an Ebola vector instead of being an unseasonable pest to brighter minds.

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A few people online are criticizing President Jonathan for allowing himself to be placed at the back row of this pic taken at the recently concluded US-Africa summit in D.C. Some say its disrespectful as he is the leader of the 'Giant of Africa'. But some argue that it really doesn't matter as long as he was recognized and invited.

What do you think? Is there really anything wrong with him standing at the back row?

iwonbaoko:

Nna how makate??
I can see that it is a subject that gets you very agitated and aroused. Please do not misunderstand,I am sympathetic to your plight as an Ibo chap and and Ibo peeps i.e your personal frustration and your group angst . Honestly I sympathize and if if were down to me I would seriously consider intervening. The truth however is that an Ibo man can not convince Nigerians to vote for him in significant numbers that is the bitter truth. In fact Nigerians would rather have a Ghanaian as President and you know that is saying a lot . Think about it any president of Nigeria needs to win 25% of the votes in 24 states now which states is this possible?? Let us be sincere with each other You guys should be content with your portion and stop trying to heat the polity. Agitating for president will make other Nigerians see you as ungrateful and greedy

Now since you folk are quite fond of dispersal and do not particularly like Eboeland there is an obvious ready made solution. Those of you in the Kano diaspora can adopt Islam and change your names to something like Ibrahim Musa Rilwan etc while those of you in Lagos can become Muyiwa,Olusegun or Obafemi etc and then in about 3 or 4 generations if you are fully compliant then who knows.........
Certainly you don't expect Nigeria to have a President with a name like Sookoodi or Shinaydoo as if Goodluck is not bad enough. Please try and see things from our perspective

Take it easy na...

Is this the self-consolation thread?

That lux girl....ahh memories...ma first crush . Nice thread op.

Impressive. continues to set examples, another giant stride, the 508 is a top shelf luxury model and it's an honour to be producing it here.

This is very sad. To think these guys are braving the Russian weather and are forced to study in absolute penury breaks my heart. $800 a year for accommodation? That's wicked.

OP contact Omojuwa, Eggheader & other activists on twitter and present your case. In this period of campaign activities, enough pressure from critics can force the govts hand.

Worshippers outside the Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos (1959)


Twins Seven-Seven and jazz band in 1971, Oshogbo, Nigeria.


A group of young men outside the University of Ife Library (1966).


Students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria enjoying a buffet in the cafeteria before the military came in the 1980's and cancelled the whole feeding programme.


National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos in the 1970s.


Nsibidi writings: A system of symbols indigenous to the Igbo people. The symbols are at least several centuries old: Early forms appeared on excavated pottery as well as what are most likely ceramic stools and headrests, dating between 400 and 1400 CE. Outside knowledge of nsibidi came in 1904 when T.D. Maxwell noticed the symbols.


1966 Pioneer Class 2 of UNILAG Staff School. The School had to absorb pupils who were affected by the closure of Corona school Yaba, which was then in the compound of the Myhoung Barracks, Military Hospital. With the declaration of War on Biafra in 1966, the Army took back the Buildings it had given to the School.


Exterior of Oldest Christian Church in Northern Nigeria, St. Bartholomew's Church in Wusasa, Zaria. Built in (1929). The father of the former Head of State, General Gowon, was once the pastor of this church. I personally know this church as my grandmother worshipped there as a child and it stands to this day.


Demonstration in Zaria after 1st Nigerian coup (1966).


Children going home after church service (Cathedral Church of Christ on Odunlami str).


Malcolm X visits Nigeria in (1964) there he was given the name 'Omowale' by the Yoruba people meanining, the child has returned ''home".

This photograph was taken by Dr. Simon Ottenberg while conducting field research at Afikpo village-group, southeastern Nigeria, from September 1959 to December 1960.


Wedding procession near Orlu during the War, 1969. Orlu Province as a whole was believed to be the only area that remained intact throughout the duration of the war.


Northern House of Assembly (1950), Lugard Hall, Kaduna.


Kiosk for a barbershop, Oturkpo, Nigeria (1971). The photograph depicts barber shop with 'ADISABABA' signs. "In African towns and cities, professional hairstylists and barbers often advertise and attract their clientele by commissioning painted signs displaying current fashions. Next to the painted signs, they may also present options for their customers through assemblages of images drawn from various national and international magazines."


Marina Lagos, between 1900-1920s


A colonial officer carried by servants in Lagos.


The Ranch Hotel, Cattle Ranch, Obudu (1968).


Little Performers - Hausa girls (part of a travelling dance group) at Zaranda market in 1959, East of Jos, Nigeria.


*Sighs again*

double post.

Nigerians have always loved to wear their very best to church. Here is a picture in Lagos of a Yoruba family going to church on a Sunday.


Hausa man with the fossil of a pre-historic animal (2000)


Transporting cocoa by automobiles, Western Nigeria 1920s


On the border between Niger and Libya. Illegal immigrants from Nigeria and South Niger flee their hunger stricken homelands and cross the Libyan border on trucks, in the hope of finding work. The truck drivers often abandon them in the desert, 200-250 kms from the cities, if they see any sign of control. The migrants are used to living in forests and are completely unprepared for the desert. Amazingly, this practice goes on till this day.


Nigeria Airways receives it's first long range widebody jetliner.


No comment. *sighs*


Aerial view of the east side of Ibadan (1970).


Princess of Kent with accountant general of Nigeria (1963).


There was a time when the Nigerian police was very friendly towards its citizens, now from recent behaviour that ceases to exist. Here is a picture showing Nigerian children peering through the legs of a policeman to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II of England who was in the Lagos Cathedral for a service in 1956.


Elementary School Class Being Conducted Outdoors in Northern Nigeria.


People celebrating after the end of the Nigerian civil war. One placard says ''Hail one Nigeria Ibos welcome''. Another
says 'Gowon-12, Ojukwu-0"

Former President Jimmy CARTER with village children in Nigeria (1989). Present day Nigeria: Over 200 girls are still missing in Borno, they were young girls just like In this picture. We need our girls back, spread the word.


Photo of a bride getting ready in lagos, Nigeria 1960s.


Troops of the Federal government entering the University of Nsukka. Notice in the background is a board that says ''University of Biafra''.


The soldier ran into the church compound. 'Stop or I shoot' You know what they call me? ''Kill And Go'' because I would shoot you and I would go! The first time I learnt about these words was from Chimamanda Adichie's book ''Half of a yellow sun''. However, the original phrase ''Kill And go'' was a nickname given to the Nigerian police force during the 90's. This is because they were known (still known) to gun down innocent civilians and simply walk away with impunity.




Costs of the civil war - children suffering from malnutrition are fed in the improvised hospital of Santana by British expatriate builders.


Tram passes over old carter bridge (1907). In a 1958 letter written by Archdeacon G, Burton who lived at Owo, he says: “I landed in Lagos on November 11th 1907 and I remember, I travelled to Iddo Station on the old Steam Tramway at a cost of 2d. I joined the line somewhere near the present ferry terminus (opposite Bishops Court). It ran along the Marina on the Lagoon side until it reached the customs sheds then turned at right angles up Balogun street and then proceeded to the Carte Bridge and Iddo Station. It was a very great convenience in pre motor days. It was of course very slow, but it eventually got you to the station in reasonable comfort. The fares were: Kokomaiko to Iddo, 3d; Christ Church to Iddo 2d; and Ereko to Iddo 1d. Note: (1d refers to 1 penny).


Ikorodu road in (1947). There was no BRT either, but before that period of time, Lagos had a functioning tramway system.


University of Lagos, (1974).


Nigerian Schoolgirls In Sokoto Enjoy Breakfast In (1953)

ozodigboo: Ha ! Pishures don finish ? Abeg @ OP - no try am o ! Bring others abeg.

Fruit dealers, Lagos Nigeria


Men leaving Kano market carrying their latest purchase, a new roof for their house. (1951).


Senior staff of the Federal Legal Department on steps of the Law Courts building, Lagos.


Three children drinking 'minerals', the Nigerian word for soda/pop. Getting sweet fizzy drinks like this would have been a real treat for them


Jimmy Carter at Dodan Barracks, inspecting a gaurd of honour, mounted by officers and men of the Guards Brigade.


Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike and Uche Okechukwu.


Nigeria Airways-stewardesses with a Fokker F28 Mark 2000 5N-ANK


Pedestrians walking pass ''The London and Kano Trading company''. A woman in a red cloth wrapper walks past wearing stylish sunglasses. On the right, a man wearing a white shirt, tie and sunglasses looking dapper


On the 1st of January, 1914, the Northern and Southern Protectorates were merged together as one and Nigeria, as we have it today, was born. Here is a picture showing the celebrations of the event that memorable day and here, the procession of the colonial masters was passing through Tinubu Street, Lagos.


Lagos Lagoon in the 60's

More coming in a bit.

GenBuhari: So you are saying Idiagbon was running Nigeria , with no evidence to support your claims?

I rest my case.

Epic

Famous groundnut pyramids of Kano 1960s. This style of stacking protects the peanuts from insect damage.


The Ooni of Ife is one of the most respected monarchs in Nigeria. Here is the Ooni of Ife, His Royal Highness, Oba (Sir) Adesoji Tadeniawo Ayinla Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife. 1930 – 1980 in the 1940s.


Sir Ladapo Samuel Ademola II, the Alake (ruler) of Abeokuta (ruled 27 Sep 1920 - 27 Dec 1962) and his son, the 1st Chief Justice of the Federation of Nigeria (supreme court). Picture taken in 1959.


Irigwe dancers of Miango village, Jos Plateau. Among the Irigwe people, each ward of a village has a leading dance group. Dancers are selected on the basis of their dance ability. Senior members of the dance group carry an axe in the right hand and a cowtail switch in the left. The dance uniform of short trousers and a moulded cap of red felt was introduced in the early fifties.


Nigeria Airways Boeing 707 5N-ABk on a cargo adventure. Cologne, Germany, 1987.


Woman and child mat weaving, western Nigeria, 1960


Hausa 'Kirari' player Northern, Nigeria.


Here is a picture of a plane at the Ikeja airport, Nigeria in 1969. Notice the lagos sign in the background.


Throwback advert! Fans for N50.00.


Construction of the Kano-Lagos railway in progress near Kaduna in 1910.

The year is 1939. The then monarch of Benin Oba akenzua II flanked by General Bondilon.


Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers learning Australian methods of air traffic control inside Perth Airport control tower in 1964. They were in Australia under the Special Commonwealth Assistance to Africa Plan.


University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan In 1959


The 1st Nigerian man to declare that 20 men shall fall that day if you cross his lane, he declared it before Wizkid. 19 yr old Victor Uwaifo training and posing at Obalende, near St Gregorys College, Lagos 1960.


Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia In Nigeria In 1972. Ngozi Achebe handing His Imperial Majesty, a bouquet of marigolds, daisies and daffodils during his visit to Nigeria in 1972. The little Ngozi welcomed the mighty emperor saying: “I welcome to Nigeria, His Royal Highness, the great Emperor of all Ethiopia, Elect of God, and the Lion of Judah, Emperor Haile Selassie.”


Scholar writing a Hausa dictionary in the Centre of Study for Nigerian Languages in Kano, May 1974.


Civilians at a bus stop, Ibadan (1970).


On November 10, 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists were hanged, After being tried and convicted by a special military tribunal and were refused the possibility of appeal in relation to their human right activities in the Niger Delta region. In 2009, after years of litigation, Shell settled out of court with the Saro Wiwa family for $15.5million as a “humanitarian gesture and a gesture of sympathy”


Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Premier of the Old Western Region Nigeria.


Women in wooden canoe on Cross River (1959).

fr3do: Not attaching general or major to Ojukwu and Ironsi!

Fixed!

meforyou1: I so enjoyed watching these pix. wish nigeria never had independence.

Really? You'd rather not have the freedom to determine your future even though we abused the freedom? The truth is we have the option to make amends and reach for glory, as a colony you do not have that luxury.

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BUHARI IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: A picture taken 13th July 1977, in Stockholm , shows King Carl Gustaf of Sweden(R), talking to Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani of Saudi Arabia(C), the strongman of the OPEP summit and Colonel Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria(L).


Man riding on a chariot in front of Lagos police station, southern Nigeria. Early 1900s.


Katsina emirate council in 1959.

Near Calabar. Fishermen's village. 1981.


Entrance to the Emir's palace. Ilorin, Kwara State.


SIR AHMADU BELLO, The Sardauna (Warlord) of Sokoto with American musician and jazz legend, Louis Armstrong, on his 1960-1961 tour of Africa, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola


The hill station, Jos Nigeria.


Young Obasanjo smiling like he's in a Close-Up advert.




Photo of a couple having a nice time at Okuku in Okpoma, Cross River state (1967).


West African Frontier Force (WAFFS) Lokoja - Northern Nigeria (1911). Attached with the picture was a postcard that read ''The security of the British subjects depends on the loyalty of the hausa soldiers, who have been ever faithful to the Government . The Hausas are a well built, erect race and make splendid soldiers''


Federal Palace Hotel Lagos (1974).


Chauffeur of Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe poses in front of a white car. (1959).

More.


Nigeria football team in London.


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


Nigerian Police Force. Austin 3-ton truck. 1970s


The Emir of Kano, Sir Ahmadu Bello and A young Sanusi Lamido shaking the white man.


Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the late Stella Obasanjo shortly after his release from prison (January, 1999)


Iddo Railway station, Lagos, Nigeria. 1900s - 1910.


The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has been on the throne of the northern city of Kano since 1963, and died after a long illness. He was the longest-serving emir in Kano's history.


King Duke IX of Calabar, (1895). The reason why 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.


Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, at N.C.N.C. rally, Urualla, Nigeria. (1959)


G 768 Army band in ceremonial dress, playing at Apapa port to welcome the Nigerian contingent of the R.W.A.F.F. (Royal West African Frontier Force) returning from Burma where they participated in the Second World War. (January 1946)

Lagos Town meeting presumed before Independence.


All white everything! Herbert Macaulay and some family members on his 80th birthday.


A picture of a young girl dancing from Igbo land, Eastern Nigeria.




Sarkin Musulmi Alhaji Sir Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Sokoto, Nigeria. (1959)


A Kwayam woman riding a cow in Maiduguri (1947).


Cathedral Church of Christ Lagos (1974).


Picture of a Food Inspector in Lagos. Nowadays if you like swallow poison!.





Oba Olateru Olagbegi II, the Olowo of Owo, seated beneath carved ivory tusks, Owo, Nigeria (1959). The high value placed on ivory goes back to antiquity and is reflected in mythical accounts of Orunmila's preference for and association with it. Because ivory was such a precious resource, and the preferred material for denoting the status of kings, chiefs, warriors, and diviners, elephant tusks were a commodity controlled by a powerful elite. Within Owo's sphere of influence, elephant hunters retained only one tusk out of every pair of tusks and were required to present the other to the Olowo (the king of Owo).

Sir Ahmadu Bello.


Atilogwu Traditional Dancers, River state.


Malam Aminu Kano leader of N.E.P.U (Northern Elements Progressive Union) in a chat with Mallam Bello Ijumu Secretary General of U.M.B.C (United Middle Belt Congress)


L-R Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi, Late Emir Of Kano Ado Bayero , General Hassan Usman Katsina (Late Ciroman Katsina).





Margaret Thatcher at state house, Kano (1988). Next to her is a man playing the bag pipes.


Major Ojukwu on the cover of time magazine Aug 23, 1968.


Landscape view of Ibadan 1970.



Nigerian lady driving in Paris (1970)


PM Tafawa Balewa. The only Nigerian Leader to be on the cover of time magazine. Issued: December 1960

We are all winners! Beatrice Utondu, Faith Idehen, Mary Onyali and Christy Opara Thompson won bronze medal for Nigeria at the Olympics in 1992, in the 4 x 100m relay.


Nigeria. Durbar Festival. A Durbar festival is an annual festival celebrated in several cities of Nigeria. It is celebrated at the culmination of Muslim festivals Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.


Nigerian troops during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)


Nigerian Singer Patti Boulaye appearing on the British TV show “New Faces”, on which she was the first contestant to score maximum marks. She was among the leading black British entertainers in the 1970s and 1980s.





Pupils take milk break at Queen's College in Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. secondary school for girls.


Look at those shoes. Late emir of kano in 1988 when Margaret Thatcher visited Kano.


Fela Kuti with a cast on his left leg after severely beaten by soldiers.


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


Miss World Contest, 1964.

Christmas in 1923







Genocide during the Biafran War.

















Picture of Massey Street, Lagos, Nigeria. 1910s.

TellBlazer: If you father has brain he should have been the president.post his picture let's see if he is not a nonentity,a nobody.How many people in this country know your stupid mother.the gene has passed to you no douth and till you die you wil be a nobody lik ur generation

I truly feel bad for whatever did this to you.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.