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CelebritiesRe: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by vision2050: 6:56pm On Mar 17, 2013
#me@:
From Lagbo Osere on DSTV
NO! Idan irawo lori africa magic yoruba
CelebritiesRe: An Exclusive Interview With Iyabo Ojo by vision2050:
You see me when i take my bath "ode osi" just finding excuse to justify yourself. The bible is not in support of it moreso traditional is not accepted, i implore you to clean-off it (tatoo) if possible.....
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Vs Westham (2 - 0) On 17th March 2013 by vision2050: 6:33pm On Mar 17, 2013
hazard mtn
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Vs Westham (2 - 0) On 17th March 2013 by vision2050: 6:23pm On Mar 17, 2013
spur don lose so chelsea be rest assure of 2nd place.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Vs Westham (2 - 0) On 17th March 2013 by vision2050: 6:20pm On Mar 17, 2013
the moderator dey sleep?
PoliticsRe: Oga At The Top: NSCDC Defends Obafaiye by vision2050: 5:47pm On Mar 17, 2013
I greet you all in the name of JESUS.
RomanceRe: Can You Share Your Partner? by vision2050: 10:42pm On Mar 16, 2013
freebreezeyz: there is no justifiable reason why such a useless thread shld make frontpage. d OP is just trying to start smethn useless by the question. this is surely not am important issue to discuss in present day Nigeria and present day situation.
who begged you to commenthuh
WebmastersRe: 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded - Nscdc.gov.ng by vision2050: 10:28pm On Mar 15, 2013
before the thread close pls who have the the number of my ogaa at the top?
CelebritiesRe: Happy Birthday To Olamide Ybnl #baddoo Of Life by vision2050: 10:17pm On Mar 15, 2013
vision2020 e gbo nibo lo tiri long life bro
CelebritiesRe: Happy Birthday To Olamide Ybnl #baddoo Of Life by vision2050: 10:15pm On Mar 15, 2013
Young erikina.............
PoliticsRe: African Peoples Congress Will Not Survive - Tinubu by vision2050: 8:37pm On Mar 15, 2013
No long thing change the name to ACP All congress party or APCP All Progressive Congress Party it make sense than APC......... God spare my life to watch the season film #2015
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Champions League/Europa League Draws by vision2050: 1:47pm On Mar 15, 2013
SEMI-FINAL
BARCA VS JUVE
REAL VS DORTMUND
PoliticsRe: Reasons Why "My Oga At The Top" Jokes Must Stop. by vision2050: 12:17pm On Mar 15, 2013
Too much grammer. Champions league + Europa league draw on my mind
PoliticsRe: Third APC Group Emerges by vision2050: 10:00am On Mar 15, 2013
PDP @ work
CelebritiesRe: Tuface & Annie Receiving Her Prado From Akpabio (Picture) by vision2050: 9:33am On Mar 15, 2013
I hope it circulate to other couples? Not only celeb should benefit from National cake
PoliticsRe: Boko-Haram Kills Two PDP Leaders In Borno by vision2050: 9:29am On Mar 15, 2013
When would this country have peace? Help me ask Oga at the top
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Chelsea Vs Steaua Bucharest: Europa League (3 - 1) On 14th March 2013 by vision2050: 11:30pm On Mar 14, 2013
.
NOW WHERE IS THE EEED.IOT WHO SAID
ABRAHAMOVICH NEEDED TWO SLAP,I THINK HE
IS THE ONE NEEDED 200 HOT SLAP. HE CAN
NOW UNDERSTAND WHY CHELSEA IS THE
CHAMPION OF EUROPE.HAAAAAAA­
AAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA SHAME ON STUA
OWNERRRRRRRR BLUES FOR LIFE
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Barcelona Vs AC Milan : UCL (4 - 0) On 12th March 2013 by vision2050: 11:34pm On Mar 12, 2013
Congratulations to barca for a job well done
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Barcelona Vs AC Milan : UCL (4 - 0) On 12th March 2013 by vision2050: 9:51pm On Mar 12, 2013
If barca qualify. Elclassico quater final is awaiting
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Barcelona Vs AC Milan : UCL (4 - 0) On 12th March 2013 by vision2050: 9:48pm On Mar 12, 2013
milan will go through
Foreign AffairsRe: Olabisi Ajala The Popular Scooter by vision2050(op): 10:20pm On Mar 11, 2013
I have heard the name many time but i dont know the person. According to my parent they said in 70s or so juju musician hail him them AJALA travel all over the world, AJALA travel all over the world. Even hiphop artist OLAMIDE aka BADO mention his name in his song title JImmys jump off. This story is after his death. The scooter who tour the world..... I wish i brake his record
Foreign AffairsOlabisi Ajala The Popular Scooter by vision2050(op): 10:10pm On Mar 11, 2013
OLABISI Ajala. The name may not readily
ring a bell to the younger
generation of Nigerians, but the older
generation would certainly
remember him as the happy-go-lucky
bearded globe-trotter and socialite
who put the nation on the world map, as
he traversed the globe on his
motor scooter.
Ajala explored the unexplored and charted
the hitherto uncharted areas
of the world. He wined and dined with
heads of state and leaders
including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first
Republic Prime Minister
of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India;
the late Abdel Nasser of
Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late
Marshall Ayub Khan of
Pakistan; the late President Makarios of
Greece; the late General
Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late
Odinga Oginga, one-time
vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is
endless.
But on the February 2, 1999, the man fondly
known as "Ajala travel"
died. He died in penury. The world famous
Ajala died unsung and
unrecognised. His grave in central Lagos is
no different from any other.
For more than a year, Ajala suffered. He had
a stroke which paralysed
his left limb. But his army of children were
not there to give him
succour. He only had two of them around,
Olaolu Ajala, a 20-year-old
student of Baptist Academy, Lagos, and
Bolanle Ajala, his 17-year-old
daughter who had just finished her senior
secondary education at the
Baptist High School, Bariga, Lagos.
With him also in his last hour was another
teenager, 14-year-old Wale
Anifowoshe. Wale was especially fond of
him. He kept all Ajala's
money, the little there was.
Some of his children who could not be with
him include Dante, Femi,
Lisa and Sydney all of whom are based in
Australia. They are the
children of his Australian wife, Joan.
Some of his other children are also spread
around the globe. There are
Taiwo and Kehinde in the United States as
well as Bisola in England.
But all were not around to bid their father a
final goodbye except
Olaolu and Bolanle.
Indeed, it is a sad end for a man whose
scooter is now a national
monument. None of his numerous wives
was around to bid him goodbye to
the world beyond. His first wife, Alhaja Sade,
could not find time
during the year-long sickness of her
husband until he finally died.
She lives in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos. "We
told her that he was sick
and she told us she would come, but we
never saw her," Olaolu said.
He was not sure whether she is aware that
her husband is dead. Joan,
only got in touch with him through
correspondence. There are also Mrs.
Toyin Ajala in England and Mrs. Sherifat
Ajala, mother of his last
daughter, Bolanle.
But they were not around to tend to the
man when he was battling with
his sickness.
A neighbour in Bariga who spoke on
condition of anonymity said: "He
could have survived if he had had adequate
care."
Adequate care was indeed far from the late
globe-trotter. In no other
place was this manifested than his
residence, a rented apartment in a
two-storey building on Adenira Street,
Bariga.
Climbing two flights of stairs to the top
floor, one is immediately
confronted with the way life had treated
Ajala. A passage leads into a
16-by-12 feet sitting room.
The sitting room, devoid of carpet has a
table with about five locally
made iron chairs in a corner. This, the
reporter gathered, serves as
the dining table. An old black and white
television set sits
uncomfortably in all ill-constructed shelf.
The cushion on the sofa
hurts the buttock as it has become flat. The
curtains on the windows
of the two bedroom flats show signs of old
age. It is indeed a story
of penury.
But his two children in Nigeria still hold
fond memories of their
father. They eagerly answered questions
and consulted calendars to
give precise dates which they had marked
on the calendar. The mantle
of responsibility falls on Olaolu who printed
the poster that gave the
details of his father's death.
Narrating the last days of his father, Olaolu
told {The Guardian On
Saturday} that he had a stroke on June 18,
last year. "On that day, I
had gone to school. When I came back, he
told me he fell down on the
balcony. We went to call a doctor about
three blocks away. It was the
doctor who told us that he had a stroke."
According to Olaolu, medications were
prescribed. "We bought the drugs
and we followed the doctor's instruction
that we should allow him to
rest."
The doctor, who came from a private
hospital further advised the
children to get their father a
physiotherapist. "We got one for him at
the Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital and he was
always coming home to give
him therapy. And we noticed that he was
getting better."
But the picture changed after three months
of home medication. "After
three months, we realised that he had
relapsed. He was able to walk if
he held on to someone. But this suddenly
stopped. He could no longer
walk."
That was when divine intervention came
from a family friend, Morufu
Ojikutu, who arrived from Germany. "He
advised that we should take him
to the hospital when he saw his condition.
He also gave us money for
his treatment," Olaolu said.
The reporter gathered that what really
stopped the ailing Ajala from
going to the hospital was the lack of funds.
Says Olaolu: "When he got
sick, he did not have money but later my
sisters and mum sent in some
money for his treatment. And it is this that
we spent to keep
ourselves together."
But Bolanle chipped in that at times, money
sent to their father
doesn't get to him. "Brother Femi (his
second son) sent him £500 but
he never received it and that was what he
was harping on until he
died", she said.
In spite of the lack of funds, Olaolu believes
that he died because he
did not get quick medical attention. "When
Mr. Ojikutu came, it was
already too late. I think he also knew he
was about to die and he did
not want to die at home. That was why he
insisted that he should be
taken to the hospital."
Ajala eventually ended up at the General
Hospital, Ikeja. "He was
there for 11 days. Prior to his death, his
younger sister also
deposited money with an aunt at the
hospital to take care of him,"
Olaolu said.
It was gathered that before his death, Ajala
had demanded that his
relatives should bring a more comfortable
chair, radio and orange
juice. "But when the things were taken to
him on February 2, he was
already dead," Olaolu said.
According to Wale, who was with him in
the hospital, Ajala had been
restless since the weekend before his
eventual death. "When he first
got to the hospital on January 25, he was
always playing and joking
with the people in the ward. But from
Sunday, January 30, he could not
breathe very well. He was always breathing
through the mouth until he
died on Tuesday, February 2," Olaolu said.`
`Ajala explored the unexplored and charted
the hitherto uncharted
areas of the world. He wined and dined
with heads of state and leaders
including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first
Republic Prime Minister
of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India;
the late Abdel Nasser of
Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late
Marshall Ayub Khan of
Pakistan; the late President Makarios of
Greece; the late General
Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late
Odinga Oginga, one-time
vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is
endless.`
LiteratureRe: Bisi Ajala by vision2050: 10:05pm On Mar 11, 2013
OLABISI Ajala. The name may not readily
ring a bell to the younger
generation of Nigerians, but the older
generation would certainly
remember him as the happy-go-lucky
bearded globe-trotter and socialite
who put the nation on the world map, as
he traversed the globe on his
motor scooter.
Ajala explored the unexplored and charted
the hitherto uncharted areas
of the world. He wined and dined with
heads of state and leaders
including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first
Republic Prime Minister
of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India;
the late Abdel Nasser of
Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late
Marshall Ayub Khan of
Pakistan; the late President Makarios of
Greece; the late General
Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late
Odinga Oginga, one-time
vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is
endless.
But on the February 2, 1999, the man fondly
known as "Ajala travel"
died. He died in penury. The world famous
Ajala died unsung and
unrecognised. His grave in central Lagos is
no different from any other.
For more than a year, Ajala suffered. He had
a stroke which paralysed
his left limb. But his army of children were
not there to give him
succour. He only had two of them around,
Olaolu Ajala, a 20-year-old
student of Baptist Academy, Lagos, and
Bolanle Ajala, his 17-year-old
daughter who had just finished her senior
secondary education at the
Baptist High School, Bariga, Lagos.
With him also in his last hour was another
teenager, 14-year-old Wale
Anifowoshe. Wale was especially fond of
him. He kept all Ajala's
money, the little there was.
Some of his children who could not be with
him include Dante, Femi,
Lisa and Sydney all of whom are based in
Australia. They are the
children of his Australian wife, Joan.
Some of his other children are also spread
around the globe. There are
Taiwo and Kehinde in the United States as
well as Bisola in England.
But all were not around to bid their father a
final goodbye except
Olaolu and Bolanle.
Indeed, it is a sad end for a man whose
scooter is now a national
monument. None of his numerous wives
was around to bid him goodbye to
the world beyond. His first wife, Alhaja Sade,
could not find time
during the year-long sickness of her
husband until he finally died.
She lives in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos. "We
told her that he was sick
and she told us she would come, but we
never saw her," Olaolu said.
He was not sure whether she is aware that
her husband is dead. Joan,
only got in touch with him through
correspondence. There are also Mrs.
Toyin Ajala in England and Mrs. Sherifat
Ajala, mother of his last
daughter, Bolanle.
But they were not around to tend to the
man when he was battling with
his sickness.
A neighbour in Bariga who spoke on
condition of anonymity said: "He
could have survived if he had had adequate
care."
Adequate care was indeed far from the late
globe-trotter. In no other
place was this manifested than his
residence, a rented apartment in a
two-storey building on Adenira Street,
Bariga.
Climbing two flights of stairs to the top
floor, one is immediately
confronted with the way life had treated
Ajala. A passage leads into a
16-by-12 feet sitting room.
The sitting room, devoid of carpet has a
table with about five locally
made iron chairs in a corner. This, the
reporter gathered, serves as
the dining table. An old black and white
television set sits
uncomfortably in all ill-constructed shelf.
The cushion on the sofa
hurts the buttock as it has become flat. The
curtains on the windows
of the two bedroom flats show signs of old
age. It is indeed a story
of penury.
But his two children in Nigeria still hold
fond memories of their
father. They eagerly answered questions
and consulted calendars to
give precise dates which they had marked
on the calendar. The mantle
of responsibility falls on Olaolu who printed
the poster that gave the
details of his father's death.
Narrating the last days of his father, Olaolu
told {The Guardian On
Saturday} that he had a stroke on June 18,
last year. "On that day, I
had gone to school. When I came back, he
told me he fell down on the
balcony. We went to call a doctor about
three blocks away. It was the
doctor who told us that he had a stroke."
According to Olaolu, medications were
prescribed. "We bought the drugs
and we followed the doctor's instruction
that we should allow him to
rest."
The doctor, who came from a private
hospital further advised the
children to get their father a
physiotherapist. "We got one for him at
the Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital and he was
always coming home to give
him therapy. And we noticed that he was
getting better."
But the picture changed after three months
of home medication. "After
three months, we realised that he had
relapsed. He was able to walk if
he held on to someone. But this suddenly
stopped. He could no longer
walk."
That was when divine intervention came
from a family friend, Morufu
Ojikutu, who arrived from Germany. "He
advised that we should take him
to the hospital when he saw his condition.
He also gave us money for
his treatment," Olaolu said.
The reporter gathered that what really
stopped the ailing Ajala from
going to the hospital was the lack of funds.
Says Olaolu: "When he got
sick, he did not have money but later my
sisters and mum sent in some
money for his treatment. And it is this that
we spent to keep
ourselves together."
But Bolanle chipped in that at times, money
sent to their father
doesn't get to him. "Brother Femi (his
second son) sent him £500 but
he never received it and that was what he
was harping on until he
died", she said.
In spite of the lack of funds, Olaolu believes
that he died because he
did not get quick medical attention. "When
Mr. Ojikutu came, it was
already too late. I think he also knew he
was about to die and he did
not want to die at home. That was why he
insisted that he should be
taken to the hospital."
Ajala eventually ended up at the General
Hospital, Ikeja. "He was
there for 11 days. Prior to his death, his
younger sister also
deposited money with an aunt at the
hospital to take care of him,"
Olaolu said.
It was gathered that before his death, Ajala
had demanded that his
relatives should bring a more comfortable
chair, radio and orange
juice. "But when the things were taken to
him on February 2, he was
already dead," Olaolu said.
According to Wale, who was with him in
the hospital, Ajala had been
restless since the weekend before his
eventual death. "When he first
got to the hospital on January 25, he was
always playing and joking
with the people in the ward. But from
Sunday, January 30, he could not
breathe very well. He was always breathing
through the mouth until he
died on Tuesday, February 2," Olaolu said.`
`Ajala explored the unexplored and charted
the hitherto uncharted
areas of the world. He wined and dined
with heads of state and leaders
including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first
Republic Prime Minister
of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India;
the late Abdel Nasser of
Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late
Marshall Ayub Khan of
Pakistan; the late President Makarios of
Greece; the late General
Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late
Odinga Oginga, one-time
vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is
endless.`
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Vs Chelsea: FA Cup (2 - 2) On 10th March 2013 by vision2050: 7:40pm On Mar 10, 2013
im not happy for this draw. Chelsea should have won, many begging chance were missed. Fair officiating thank you WEBb
torres2: Lest I forget RIP hasn't score for the last seven matches
im not happy for this draw. Chelsea should have won, many begging chance were missed. Fair officiating thank you WEBb
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Vs Chelsea: FA Cup (2 - 2) On 10th March 2013 by vision2050: 7:38pm On Mar 10, 2013
im not happy for this draw. Chelsea should have won, many begging chance were missed. Fair officiating thank you WEBb
Nairaland GeneralRe: Nairaland Is 8 Years Old Today by vision2050: 4:58pm On Mar 10, 2013
Just happy to be here
Congrats! Seun but wait ooo seun many think you are dating Toto dikeh because her pics made FP always

#buried the hatchet
SportsRe: 3SC Vs Gombe Utd (2 - 0) On 10th March 2013 by vision2050: 4:50pm On Mar 10, 2013
goal number 3...... Which station dey show am??
Nairaland GeneralRe: Ogun Speaker’s Wife Delivers Triplets by vision2050: 4:44pm On Mar 10, 2013
Our General Hospital is made for the poor.........
PoliticsRe: APC: Fashola, Oshiomhole, Okorocha Tipped As VP Nominees by vision2050: 4:38pm On Mar 10, 2013
dayokanu: In this Nigerian scenario the most populated region are in the North West and South West. Below are the top 5 most populated states in Nigeria 3 from NorthWest , 2 from SOuthWest.

Rank State Population
1 Kano State 9,401,288
2 Lagos State 9,113,605
3 Kaduna State 6,113,503
4 Katsina State 5,801,584
5 Oyo State 5,580,894
kano, kastina, kaduna is not up to that any longer ask boko haram meanwhile SW have increase in population xpecially Lagos....
PoliticsRe: APC: Fashola, Oshiomhole, Okorocha Tipped As VP Nominees by vision2050: 4:31pm On Mar 10, 2013
I wish to vote for APC come 2015 but if they present muslim as president my vote will go for GEJ. Make dem no turn our nation to islamic country

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