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Tokskob2008:
The last babe is ok but the first one is a no no, can't be arguing in the house with her next thing she tosses me outside the window with just one hand.

KingOKON:
Ango Abdullahi, Northern Nigerian Colonial Economy and Niger Delta Oil

I suffer from that disorder where I speak the truth and it pisses people off. - Unknown

In my May 6, 2017 column titled “Top 8 Popular National Lies that Won’t Die in Nigeria,” I called attention to out-and-out historical lies that vast swathes of Nigerians treasure and reproduce intergenerationally, and that are, I said, almost “impossible to uproot.”
One of such lies, I pointed out, is the idea, popular among northern Nigerians, that the Northern Region’s resources financed oil exploration in the Niger Delta. I wrote: “Professor Ango Abdullahi actually repeated this lie recently. He said this, ironically, while exhorting Emir Sanusi II to ‘go and read history.’ The truth is that not a dime of northern Nigeria’s money contributed to oil exploration in the Niger Delta.

“When oil was discovered in commercial quantities in Oloibiri in 1956, Shell bore the financial burden for the exploration. Other Euro-American oil companies later joined in oil exploration. It wasn’t until 1973 that the Nigerian federal government acquired 30 percent shares in oil companies. By 1973, Northern Nigeria had ceased to exist….

“In any case, colonial records show that the biggest motivation for amalgamating northern and southern Nigeria was because northern Nigeria wasn’t financially self-sustaining and the British Imperial Government said it would never subsidize colonial administration anywhere in Africa. So Lord Lugard amalgamated the two regions and used the surplus from the south to sustain the north. It’s illogical to say that a region that wasn’t financially self-sustaining financed oil exploration in the Niger Delta.”

Of the eight historical lies I pointed out, this was the stickiest among historically challenged northerners. I use the term “historically challenged” advisedly because several northern Nigerian professional historians called or emailed me to confirm that what I wrote was a basic fact that every beginning undergraduate in Nigerian economic history knows. They wondered why someone of the stature of Professor Ango Abdullahi would ridicule himself by repeating discredited and falsifiable lies. I told one of them to write a guest column to educate our people on the economic history of the region. “I am not as brave as you are,” he said. But when did educating people with the facts become bravery?
I am a northerner with as much stake in the region as anybody else, but I am also a truth-seeking academic who isn’t held back from telling the truth by maudlin sentimentality or fear of emotive pushback from the vulgar herd. I go where the truth leads me, even if it is to facts that cause me personal discomfort. That’s how my dad raised me, and no amount of emotional blackmail will stop that.

Several of the readers who continue to angrily react to my column say I didn’t provide any proof for my assertions. So, here we go. In an 89-page report for the British Parliament titled, “Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria, and Administration, 1912-1919,” Frederick D. Lugard clearly said two reasons informed his proposal to amalgamate the North and the South: finance and railways. On finance, he wrote:

“In 1906 a further step in amalgamation was effected in the South. Southern Nigeria and Lagos became one Administration under the title of the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. From this date the material prosperity of the South increase with astonishing rapidity. The liquor duties—increased from 3s. in 1901 to 3s. 6d. in 1905—stood at 5s. 6d. a gallon in 1912, and afforded an ever-increasing revenue, without any diminution in the quantity imported. They yielded a sum of £1,138,000 in 1913.

“The North, largely dependent on the annual grant from the Imperial Government, was barely able to balance its budget with the most parsimonious economy, and was starved of the necessary staff, and unable to find funds to house its officers properly. Its energies were concentrated upon the development of the Native Administration and the revenue resulting from direct taxation. Its distance from the coast (250 miles) rendered the expansion of trade difficult. Thus the anomaly was presented of a country with an aggregate revenue practically equal to its needs, but divided into two by an arbitrary line of latitude. One portion was dependent on a grant paid by the British taxpayer, which in the year before Amalgamation stood at £136,000, and had averaged £314,500 for the 11 years ending March, 1912” (p. 7; view the PDF of the entire report here).

Again, a 1935 report by colonial government statistician S.M. Jacob, titled The Taxation and Economics of Nigeria, gives a vivid account of the immense disparities in the revenues between the North and the South. It shows, for instance, that one of the reasons the North was financially disadvantaged was that agricultural produce from the region had less economic value in the international market than agricultural produce from the South.

There is also a 202-page record of the correspondence between colonial administrators in Nigeria and their home government in Britain on the necessity of amalgamating the North and the South. Copious references were made to the North’s economic disadvantage and to the economic lifeline the region needed from the South to survive. The record of the correspondence, which took place between May 15, 1913 and January 27, 1914, is held in the British National Archives, and can be accessed with the following reference number: CO 879/113/3.

But two things need to be made clear. First, the North’s economic disadvantage relative to the South wasn’t a consequence of the South’s superior work ethic—or the North’s laziness. It was because, being close to the coast, the South had (still has) ports, which brought foreign goods that attracted hefty tax revenue. It was, in fact, Lagos that almost singlehandedly gave the South its economic advantage. Lagos still accounts for more than half of Nigeria’s IGR.

Second, it also so happened that the cash crops that the colonialists introduced to the South—cocoa, palm oil, kernels, rubber—had more economic value in the international market than Northern Nigeria’s cash crops such as groundnuts and cotton. In terms of quantity, the North produced substantially more agricultural produce than the South but, by a twist of circumstances, the North’s crops didn’t have as much economic value as the South’s.

This isn’t something to be proud or ashamed of. We are talking here of naked colonial exploitation of our people for the benefit of Britain. It means, in effect, that the colonial conquerors exploited the South more thoroughly than they did the North. That’s neither a cause for pride nor a reason to be ashamed. In my undergraduate days, I recall getting a kick out of Lord Salisbury’s angry description of my part of northern Nigeria, that is, Borgu, as "a malarious African desert…not worth a war." As a starry-eyed Marxist then, I took delight in the knowledge that imperialists didn’t find my place worthy of economic exploitation.

Anyway, if the North wasn’t economically self-sustaining, how could it possibly finance oil exploration in the Niger Delta? That’s a wild leap of logic. Plus, it’s a well-known fact that it was Shell, not the Nigerian government, that bore full financial responsibility for oil exploration in the Niger Delta.

As George G. Frynas points out in his Oil in Nigeria: Conflict and Litigation between Oil Companies and Village Communities, Shell spent more than 6 million pounds of its own money between 1937 and 1953 before striking oil in Akata, near Eket, in non-commercial quantities. After spending some more millions, it found oil in commercial quantities in Oloibiri in 1956.

Neither the Nigerian government nor the northern Nigerian government made any financial contribution to Shell’s exploration activities.

By Farooq A. Kperogi

Twitter: @farooqkperogi
Saturday, August 5, 2017

KingOKON:
WELCOME TO ONITSHA, ANOTHER HOME OF INDIGENOUS IGALA

Onitsha is a town or city in the present day Anambra state. Onitsha was formed by 3 tribes which are Edo (Benin), Igbo and Igala. It had nine villages in which 4 are Edo who are they rulers of Onitsha (Obi of Onitsha), 3 are Igbo while 2 are pure Igala. The two villages occupied by Igala are Ogbodu and Obigboru. Although, only a few can still speak Igala due to long stay, they still maintain the tradition of Igala in burial, Ocho, marriage and masquerade festivals.
And do you know what, the mother of one of the former Obi of Onitsha was Igala. My dear Ogbodu and Obigboro Igala, we the Igala in Idah, our ancestral home love. We are one blood.
Pls bear Igala names, give Igala names to your children and tell them they are Igala. And to you my Kogi Igala people, pls tell someone to tell someone that Igala is not just in Kogi state. I will visit you people soon bc now I know I have a home there.

Megba chakaa.

Source - Indigenous Igala People Worldwide.

okirewaju:
Try it like this next time, Get a bowl of really cold water, as soon as you fill a bottle, put the bottle in cold water immediately. When you're done bottling, take them to the fridge that is really chilled.

You don't make large quantities. It does not last long. I
used to know someone that sells, she makes it in the morning and finish selling that same morning.

I make Zobo that spend weeks in the freezer. It's not because of too much coconut or too much date. It is what it is.

You can check YouTube and see if there is any method they use for preservation.

If you want to sell it, you'll wake up early in the morning say by 5am, grind your coconut, date and Aya and straight to the fridge after the bucket ISH. You'll make little quantity say like 20-30 bottles. Depending on your sales strength.

Where I worked in the North, it does not last long in the shop as most times when you go by 4pm for lunch, they will tell you it's finished.

Even when transporting it to a shop, it has to be in a cooler with really cold water.

Or look for someone that makes for sale, patronise her, open and drink then tell her that this drink is nice, how does she preserve it? That you are tempted to buy some bottles for people back home.


To do a business, you have to learn the secret in it to succeed. You either learn by asking/training under someone or self learn.

Abohboy:
I'm a Nigerian from Ijebu Ode ( Maternal ) and Aboh Kingdom ( Paternal )

You're the one who doesn't seem Nigerian seeing as you don't know that Kalabaris exist in Nigeria and that they're the main inhabitants of Calabar and it's surrounding areas where did you think the name came from?

Azeemokoya:
https://newsroundtheclock.com/oxlade-nigerian-musician-makes-wave-as-his-s3x-tape-surfaces-online/

Middlechaseprop:
He is an amazing guy, he is going to be sharing how he’s able to do some of the things that he does. We are going to be specifically looking at how he’s able to manage himself and how he gets good deals.
How do you do your stuff that it’s so unique?
It started from when I discovered real estate. Basically, when you start you have no idea what you’re doing or what you’re getting yourself into. You have to look for people who would show you the way. When I started, I did a little research and I found out that there’s a particular way people market which is through flyers, putting people together to talk to them about real estate. So when I started, I knew I had to find a different way of marketing properties than what I had already seen before. So the best way I thought was, where can I meet people? Where do people go to that I can actually just meet them and let them know I do real estate? I found out that the best way to stay unique is through online marketing. This prompted me to create my website and start using social media channels like Instagram, Facebook and youtube. I also did traditional marketing, but it was awkward. I didn’t like the way people reacted to it.
What were the frustrations that led to you going on Instagram and using social media?
When I first started, someone sent me a mail about Ibeju-Lekki dealings and with reluctance, I decided to check it out and to know what the real estate is all about. I clicked on the email, went for training and came back but there was something that was not just complete about the things that I’ve learnt. So, I need to source for mentors but the people I encountered were all the big men that didn’t have the luxury of time to show me how they got to where they are.
I decided to take the bull by its horn by going for a property inspection. A man saw me and said I was supposed to be modelling. Hearing this, I felt like it seems there’s a category of persons that actually does some certain things. I thought of it and then I asked myself if truly the real estate was truly meant for me. Eventually, I got started and had a picture of a company Bricks and Bars which I posted on my social media page. I started from family and friends who were asking me what I was doing, then I told them I was a realtor now and then I started doing broadcast on WhatsApp.
There was a day I went to Mr. BIGGS for a meeting but the guy stood me up. I waited for up to 4 hours and the guy never showed up but instead of just leaving and wasting that time, I decided to meet up with prospects. So I stood up with my card and I was about to approach three big men and when they saw me walking close, they tried to stop me and then I told them I just wanted to give them my card and they asked me to bring it and asked what I was doing. I told them I was into real estate and that was it. I took social media by storm. I was consistent, I was improving every single day. My first client actually came within 3 weeks when I started real estate because I was not joking.
My advice for anyone that wants to actually start real estate is to go hard if you want to make money in this business. What was your intention about real estate from the beginning? I was coming into real estate to make it look different. Normally when people hear the word agent, people are always scared. So when you know what you are doing, you know what you want, you need to make your client have confidence in you. It is very important.
How do you organize your sales strategy such that it is very interesting from the beginning to the end?
We always go for the best phones that will give us a good video quality first, so that when the clients see the property and see how beautiful it is, their attention will be captured. First, was the quality of our camera and the second was the properties. So we had to pick specific types of properties that will look attractive because people want places that are very beautiful. We put our clients in our mind and act like we are the clients. We asked ourselves questions like what do we see, what are we looking for, what do we like? Then, we do it.
How many people do you have in your team?

I have two staff. You have to be able to do multiple things at a go. There are days that I have to close three deals in a day, and you know the process of closing a deal can take like one full day. So, it might not be possible to close the three deals in one day. So you need to know how to manage time. Time management is very important in Real Estate.

How do you develop the creative mind that makes you different from every other person?
I’ll say it’s the commitment I have for the business because I also have people that are better than me in creating content. I might not be 80% or 100% good but I keep creating. Consistency matters a lot, so I always keep trying to create. I keep doing it until I get it right. Know what your clients want, know what they like to see and keep doing it.
What did you do to develop yourself in becoming a proper realtor?
The first one I knew was the drone, we didn’t use to have aerial views on properties and then I also benchmarked someone but it didn’t end there. I had to find the creative part of me. When I started, I found out that there is a way people shoot some things that you see from the sky. I didn’t know what it was at that time, but I had to talk to a few persons and they told me that it was a drone. And so I started with the drone. When I started, there was a lot of challenges because in some places, they didn't really know what it is. I had to explain to them that it was just for adverts. And also the picture quality, and the angles from which pictures were taken wasn’t right. The angles didn’t really speak so well. Just being different, being unique and finding the best way to do things. That’s what I do. I look for people that are good in what they do, and I try to benchmark and see how we can make it better.
When do you stop pursuing a client?
Before, I try to meet the client and know if I should go with it or not. But now when you meet me, there’s a relationship. I have to know whatever is going on in your head, I ask you questions like, have you seen me before? Who have you been talking to? Have you done inspection with someone else before? I have to read them and understand if these people have actually gone to an agent before.
When I take a client in, all the houses I show them has to be good. I show them a house that I can buy too. I can show a client 5–6 houses, if the client goes to another agent, they will show him the same house but he will come back to me. So right now all I do is ask you which of the houses you like. I don’t really do follow up.


Why don’t you sell mainland properties?
I had started real estate in mainland but it was rough. There was no motivation for me to work on the mainland, but we are already working on it. Now I am assembling the team that will be able to focus on Ikeja, Magodo and the nice places on the mainland where they have good real estate value. I’m working on that right now.
How do I establish a relationship with a client that will make the client’s always come back to me?
You need to build confidence, they need to know that you know what you’re doing. You go confidently, show them properties. When they ask you questions, you give them good answers. And again you need to be able to understand your client’s because people are different. You need to know who you are dealing with and work from their own point of view. That’s where your IQ comes in.
What inspires you every day to do what you do?
You need to do what you have to do to achieve it. It’s someone that has no goal, you just want to be comfortable. When you want to be like Coach Chudi, Ayilara, Dr Ned, you that want to live just a comfortable life, you don’t need to do much. But for me, I have a major goal that I can’t start naming. So you need to know what you want and start working towards it.
On the average how many properties do you sell?
I sell one in a week on the average. But it depends, there was a day I sold seven.
What advice can you give a developer to make a product so nice and come out to the market?
I’ll tell you to use a better architect and do more research. Call an architect to do a good design on your house, design the interiors on paper first so you can see it before putting it on the building. The best way is to do a good design first, go through the normal building process.
What is the role of technology in selling properties?
I think that’s where the game changed for me I feel it hard work when you start sharing flyers everywhere. I’m not saying it doesn’t work, it works, but to me, it’s hard work. I prefer the easiest way of selling properties now and it’s the internet. The internet is the new school. Most of our transactions now are done online. You can use the internet to sell properties, create a website, and open social media apps. So, it’s important to know that tech is taking over and social media is the game-changer.
Some people say don’t flood your social media pages with pictures and videos but I have plenty properties to sell. Should I limit my posting? Instagram works in a way that the more you post the more people get to see that post. You have to also watch what you are posting. You need to single yourself out with your content. You can post as much as you want, but check your content and make sure people can relate with your content and it catches their attention
Give us a scenario of a situation you motivated yourself.
There were times where I could not afford to eat at all. I had to eat Garri in the morning, afternoon and evening. There was a point in my life where I took my car and went out for a meeting, where I was parked someone walked up to me and called me a cab guy. I didn’t see myself as a cab guy so that got to me and made me want to do better in life. All these things are things that remind you of where you want to be No matter where you are today in life once you make a difference, people will look up to you. Do research, check out better ways to do video, check out better ways to make content, create apps. Make a difference and the sky is not your limit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30PydaqAzhA

toyinid78:
I am from badagry environ there is no Gomez I know there , only hunsu, wusu, senayon , semako , sejiro , setonji etc down to agbara , the janikin , Ojo I don't think any one knows him

Huracio:
read the history of freed slaves brought from Brazil; when slave trade was abolished, most of freed slaves was actually moved back to their roots/ country, in Nigeria most were brought back through the sea to costal town known as badagry today and they settled there and that's why their generations still bears their name. ; most with Portuguese and Latin names, such as the Da Silvas, the Martins, the Pedros; these surnames popular for badagry , na dem be true lagosians, including the aworis that inhabited places like Sango Otta, Isheri, Ikeja, Iyanapaja, Isolo, Iganmu, Ikotun, Iyanoba and so on and the Benin descendants that occupied what is now known as Lagos islands, na dia linage be always King Of Lagos....

tomakint:
*Prince Adewale Gomez To The Rescue......But Your PVC?*

For a long while especially since 1999, Lagos had been under a siege and you ask, what siege? Siege of bad roads, abandoned structures, dearth of good leadership, chronic godfatherism, lack of basic amenities that befit a city of Lagos status, gangsterism/cultism/thuggery in our streets, insecurities, epileptic power supply in a city ripe enough to own her electricity, bad transportation systems and other vices that shouldn't be named in a city as rich as Lagos.

Nevertheless, considering these longterm pains Lagosians have bored all through the years, fate choose to bring to us an Omoluabi of Eko Akete, a true born Lagosian with his roots and history etched in the creation of Lagos. A born Prince of where Lagos was carved out, Badagry, and a pleasing personality with knack for quality services and administration, his name, Prince Adewale Francis Gomez. A widely traveled man with business investments across the globe, an experienced and professional administrator, a politician with class who is bringing his wealth of experience to better the lives of the entire citizens of Lagos. A man that has no tribal sentiments but a complete unifier with a mission to make Lagos the best city in Africa and one of the best in the world where we all will be proud of and that which works for all.

This is the man you all have been waiting for and the man we want as our next Governor of Lagos State. Brace yourself up and be counted as one of Gomez Moving Train as you get ready your PVC and if you are yet to get one, visit the nearest INEC office around your location to register for one now. This is the 3rd phase of PVC registration by INEC, kindly do your path now while you spread the news of *Gomez is coming around!*

Keep talking about Gomez, keep sharing his good deeds across, we are almost there.

*G4G!!! is the slogan, 100%+++ is the response!*

Thank you all,

Akintola Temitope

Director of Mobilization,
Wale Gomez Movement (WGM)

tomakint:
*THE MAN WALE GOMEZ:*

He is the man whose name has set all tongues wagging in Lagos state and all fingers pointing at his direction as the Liberator of Lagos and its good people from the age long captivity of the 'mighty'.

*Wale Gomez* has often been compared to the matyr, Funsho Williams, in many ways - mission, passion and dispositions. And he is believed to have come to redeem and conclude the aborted emancipation mission of the late Funsho Williams.

*FAMILY LINEAGE:*

He is a thoroughbred lagosian with centuries of rich family history and whose lineage are deeply rooted in the Lagos Island area spreading across Catholic Mission street, Igbosere & Bamgbose quarters of Eko... ar'omisa legbelegbe.

*Wale Gomez* is indeed an epitome of true Lagosian - 'Omo Onile, Olona...' and 'Omo Eko Atata'.

*EDUCATION* :

The Alumni of the prestigious St. Gregory College Lagos Island is an erudite academician and astute Business Man who boasts of cognitive trainings across the United States of America and Europe with PGD,FCIM, in his kitty.

*POLITICAL LIFE:*

In similitude to his matyr and fore bearer, Wale Gomez is a silent achiever whose social and political investment is long over due for returns.

He has all these while been meticulously nurturing and monitoring his mission to liberate Lagosians via feasible and affordable welfare schemes that are targeted at restoring Lagos state to it's old glorious status of 'Small London'.

*Wale Gomez* has tirelessly been mobilising human and material support for the success and progress of the party home and abroad.
He had been a life long member of PDP in UK before moving back to Lagos .
The Rebuild Nigeria Initiative, 'Iya yi to l'eko', 'Gomez for Governor' (G4G) and Wale Gomez Movement are few of the vibrant, robust and wide spread network of platforms via which *Wale Gomez* reach out to his ever growing followers and supporters.

*ASSOCIATES*

A man with an enviable resume like Wale Gomez's will naturally command inexhaustible lists of contacts, clients, partners and associates across the globe.

*BUSINESS CONCERNS*

Wale Gomez sits on top of some high end blue chip companies that are doing real good in the business market:

1. CEO, Oylex Petroleum Limited;

2. CEO,
Legends Care Agency Limited, London, UK;

3. Principal Partner at HCA Nigeria Limited (A Big time Player in Facility Management)

4. Chairman/CEO, Quant Capital Limited (A private equity firm with core investment in Real Estate and Technologies).

"Wale Gomez is all Lagos needs to break the jinx. He is equal to the task."

- Anonymous.

*Gomez for Governor...*

*G4G!*

*Liberty! Dream it!*

budaatum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZTOtTcCs6U

StarUp:
Did you see the look on his face? He is like "I go wound pesin kpomo this night".

pathneluti:
See throwback picture of the vice president of Nigeria professor Yemi Osinbanjo and his wife Oludolapo on their wedding day (1989).

source:http://nigeriainfo247.com/2019/11/30/throwback-picture-of-professor-yemi-osinbajo-and-his-wife/00/28/13/313/categorized/admin/#more-313

OsuAmaka:
When Anambra airport was being commissioned, deluded folks like you said Lagos airport would go dry, so, I ask you how has Lagos airport being affected now?. You forgot that there is an International airport in Enugu, there's also a airport in Imo, yet those ghost airports could not pull a strand of hair off Lagos, Abuja and Kano Airports.

Talking about Onne river(sea)port, how many vessels have berthed at the terminal since it was dredged and open up? From the development, Maersk directed their vessels to be routed through Onne port, while the news tickles your fantasies, you were all gloating about ibos abandoning Lagos port. We wonder what is stopping ibos from patronizing their dearest Onne port where activities remain skeletal.

Innoson is a private enterprise seeking public patronage just as any private business but ibos are busy crying on our shoulders to accept innoson as a national brand. The entitlement mentality that seeks to compel Federal Government to buy Innoson as a gesture of making ibos feel they are part of Nigeria. What a disgusting mentality.

Proforce like Innoson is a privately owned car manufacturing company yet Proforce is rapidly investing and expanding across West Africa region. He has established his manufacturing plants in Kuwait, UAE, etc. He did all that without making noise or Yoruba crying in the media for Government to patronize him. Now that Dangote has opened his car factory, we are waiting to witness another cry of marginalization from you guys. The earlier ibos realize that we owe you nothing, the better for all of you. Stop disturbing our peace. We have over 250 ethnic groups in this country.

ceetowl:
Richest Lawyers In Nigeria.Top 10 Best Lawyers In Nigeria


The richest Lawyers in Nigeria is a must known for both the law students and any one who might have interest in law generally.

Today I’ll reveal to you the list of the richest lawyers in Nigeria according to research .

Note that these list Contains both their recorded net worth there are possibilities for changes but we will always keep this list updated.

In my previous article I wrote about the best websites for lawyers/law students which you will also find really helpful.

Richest Lawyers In Nigeria

Richest Lawyers in Nigeria

Based on Research, Below are my list of Richest lawyers in Nigeria:

Adewale Tinubu – $700 million
Afe Babalola, CON, OFR, SAN – $350 million
Babatunde Folawiyo – $650 million
John Olatunde Ayeni – $600 million
Adewunmi Ogunsanya – $250 million
Wale Babalakin SAN – $260 million
Jimoh Ibrahim – $200 million
Wole Olanipekun – $122 million
Gbenga Oyebode – $120 million
Femi Falana SAN – $80 million
If you wish to know more about the lawyers mention above, I enjoin you to continue reading as I will give you interesting details about every one of them listed here. Let’s move on!

1. Adewale Tinubu:
Most richest lawyers in Nigeria 2019_2020

Education Background: University of Liverpool

State of origin: Lagos

Nationality: Nigeria

Jubril Adewale Tinubu is my first on the list as the Richest Lawyer in Nigeria currently.

According to Forbes, Jubril Adewale Tinubu has an estimated net worth of $700 million. He began his career in 1992 as a specialist in corporate and petroleum law assignments and also as an attorney.

I will schock you with this, He is the cousin to the popular Former-Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu (Known to be one of the richest person in Lagos State).

There is no doubt that Jubril Adewale Tinubu is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria.

2. Afe Babalola, CON, OFR, SAN:
list of richest lawyers in Nigeria

Education: University of London

State of Origin: Ekiti state

Nationality: Nigeria

Afe Babalola is of no doubt the most influential lawyer in Nigeria till date.

Taking the 2nd position as the richest lawyers in Nigeria is Afe Babalola SAN, OFR, CON, who was born 1929.

Mr. Aare Afe Babalola is the founding partner of Afe Babalola & Co (Emmanuel Chambers), which is one of the largest and biggest law firms in Nigeria.

However, To bring to our Notice, Mr Aare Afe Babalola is also the founder of the popular Afe Babalola University Popularlay known as ABU.

He has an estimated net worth of $351 million. No doubt, he is one of the top richest lawyers in Nigeria today.

3. Babatunde Folawiyo:
Who are the richest lawyers in Nigeria_

Education: University of London

State of origin: Lagos

Nationality: Nigeria

Tunde Folawiyo is another top richest lawyers in Nigeria on my list, He was born on April 6, 1960.

He was Chairman of the Yinka Folawiyo Group, an organisation with interests in energy, agriculture, shipping, and real estate. A conglomerate that was founded by his father, Wahab Folawiyo, Tunde took over the organisation in 2008 when his father passed.

He also serves as Director of MTN Nigeria Ltd, Executive Director of Yinka Folawiyo Group of Companies. Tunde also founded Folawiyo Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of the Yinka Folawiyo Group of Companies.

Tunde was previously a non-executive director of Access Bank plc (formerly Access Bank Nigeria) from 11 October 2005 to January 29, 2014. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1985, where he started his law practice in Nigeria with the firm Ogunsanya, but resigned from law in 1989.

According to Wikipedia and Forbes, Babatunde Folawiyo’s estimated net worth is $650 million.

4. John Olatunde Ayeni:
Who are the most richest lawyers in Nigeria 2019_2020

Education: Amadu Bello University (ABU)

State of origin: Ijumu, Kogi state

Nationality: Nigeria

Olatunde Ayeni is worthy to be part of the list of Richest Lawyers in Nigeria. He was born on April 4, 1967.

He had his secondary education at Baptist Secondary School, Iyah-Gbede in Ijumu, Kogi State between 1981–1985 followed by Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State.

In the same 1987, he was admitted to read Law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. He graduated with honours in 1990 and was called to Bar in 1991

John Olatunde Ayeni has an estimated net worth of $600 million. Indeed, he is one of the wealthiest and most influential lawyers in Nigeria currently.

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5. Adewunmi Ogunsanya:
Top most richest lawyers in Nigeria
Education: University of Kent

State of origin: Lagos

Nationality: Nigeria

Adewunmi Ogunsanya known as the chairman of Multichoice Nigeria Limited.

He is a successful legal practitioner, a law graduate of University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, was honoured with the prestigious title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) in 2016. An insightful businessman-professional, he is also known as non-executive director at Heritage Bank Plc.

He is one of the richest SANs in Nigeria with about $250 million net worth according to Heritage bank Nigeria. No doubt, he is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria.

6. Wale Babalakin, SAN:
richest lawyers in Nigeria 2019

Education: University of Lagos (UNILAG)

State of origin: Osun NOT Oyo

Nationality: Nigeria

Dr. Wale Babalakin was born on July 1, 1960 in Ibadan, Oyo State.

He was made a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2002, While in 2007, he received a conferred degree with the national honour of the Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, OFR. On 21 December 2013, during the 90th anniversary of the Ansar Ud Deen Society of Nigeria, Dr. Wale Babalakin, along with other dignitaries including the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), was awarded the Merit Award for his contribution to the society and humanity in general.

According to research, Wale’s estimated net worth is $260 million. Indeed, his is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria today without no objection.

7. Jimoh Ibrahim:
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Education: Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).

State of origin: Ondo

Nationality: Nigeria

Jimoh Ibrahim was born on the February 24, 1947 in Ondo state, Nigeria. He studied both Law (LLB) and public administration (MPA) at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).

He later attended Harvard University, Cambridge, Graduating with a Master of Laws (LLM) and Masters In International Taxation degree.

He was also into business like; oil & gas distribution, resorts, hotels, banking, real estate, insurance,airlines, publishing and investments.

According to Forbes, Jimoh Ibrahim has an estimated net worth of about $200 million. he is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria.

8. Wole Olanipekun:
WHO MUCH DO LAWYERS MAKE_ THE RICHEST LAWYERS
Education: University of Lagos (UNILAG)

State of origin: Ekiti

Nationality: Nigeria

Wole Olanipekun was born on the November 18, 1951.

Wole Olanipekun who is the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in 2002 and the managing partner of Wole Olanipekun & Co, which is a firm he founded

Wole Olanipekun is the current vice president of the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU). He is also a core member of the Nigerian Body of Benchers and the International Bar Association.

Wole Olanipekun’s net worth is $122 million. He is indeed one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria too.

However he is worthy of the place of one of the Richest lawyers in Nigeria today with his impact on legal affairs

9. Gbenga Oyebode:
Top richest lawyers in nigeria and most successful lawyers in Nigeria 2019
Education: University of Pennsylvania

State of origin: Ekiti

Nationality: Nigeria

Gbenga was born on the March 30, 1959 at Ado Ekiti. He is the Co Founder of Aluko and Oyebode.

Gbenga Oyebode was the former chairman of Access Bank PLC and the current chairman of Okomu Oil and Crusade Insurance.

He specializes in advising major companies on matters relating to oil and gas, power, foreign direct investment and aviation. Gbenga Oyebode went to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) where he studied law. After obtaining his LLB certificate, he went to the University of Pennsylvania for his master of law (LL.M) in 1982.

He has current estimated net worth is $120 million. Gbenga Oyebode was a president of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) on Business law. This makes him one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria.

10. Femi Falana SAN:
Most successful lawyers in Nigeria

Education: Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)

State of Origin: Ekiti

Spouse(s): Funmi Falana

Children: 3

One of the top richest lawyers in Nigeria, Femi Falana(SAN) born on the 20th of May, 1958. He is the father of the Popular Nigerian rapper,song writter,comedian Falz,(Folarin Falana) and husband to Nigerian women’s rights activist Funmi Falana.

Femi Falana is known to be a human right activist. He contested and lost the governorship election of Ekiti State in 2007 on the platform of the National Conscience Party and became National Chairman in 2011. His estimated net worth as at now (2019) is $80 million.

Femi Falana is one of the richest lawyers in Nigeria and also one of the most popular lawyer in Nigeria.

Based on research, these are my list of the current richest lawyers in Nigeria. I am sure you now know the list of the latest Richest lawyers in Nigeria. If you find this article very helpful, please share with your friends to end any matter of arguments, then the lawyers mentioned above is enough to make either you or them Know the Richest Lawyers in Nigeria.

Infolenka:
Shout out to Legacies and Vampire diaries universe for showcasing the Yoruba culture and language. It feels proud to see a Nigerian culture being well represented in an America TV series I grew up watching.

Watch a clip below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEfswqdyteU

Cuterboy:
Osas Ighodaro just shared some hot new bikini photos on her Instagram page and she looks so perfect from every camera angle.

The Nigerian American actress and television host was once the highest grossing actress in Nollywood. She is popularly known for her role as Adanna in the highly watched soap opera, Tinsel.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRQS0jj-rS/?utm_medium=copy_link

Elderniercri:
This pictures you’re seeing is for the tech park… I was there personally and I’ve since applied through Decagon to be part of the new intake

You can check Decagon’s website, you literally have an option for a student loan once you’re accepted in the park…you’ll be given accommodation and stipends during your stay in the facility with everything you need for your training… once you’re done, they try to facilitate your employment so you can be able to pay back… I applied last year as you must know it’s very competitive.

The creative hub, I had a friend who went for the concert and he’s told me about that one too… it’s at airport road you can go check it out…it’s in the same space with observer newspaper

Production hub is at sapele road..I also have a bros who’s benefiting from that

My younger brothers attended BTC…in fact my elder brother went there too, it’s totally different… I’ve checked it out too

See what you should do is try to check those things out.. I assure you, they’re not audio projects

NB: Please I’m not into politics or a politician, I’m just saying what I know

edocommsorg:
https://www.edostate.gov.ng/category/news/

globemoney:
IN Nigeria’s democracy, contests for elective offices are political warfare. The winner takes all—the balderdash about “all-inclusive” government is sheer rhetoric. There is nothing like that in reality. It is only a deceitful narrative for those who allow themselves to be hoodwinked.

The second element of our peculiar civil governance is that it is incontrovertibly a window of investment and a sure source of prospective streams of income because of the diversity of channels of recoupment. Self-service (or, preferably, aggrandizement) comes first before the utopia of public service—if at all!

Magnanimity in victory is subjective despite all the pretensions to the contrary. In the outgoing dispensation, President Muhammadu Buhari was accused, persistently, of promoting nepotism which was antithetical to the federal character principle. In spite of the brouhaha generated by the ethnic imbalance in appointments, President Buhari seemed justifiably unperturbed.

In the build-up to the recent presidential election, the diligent governor of Anambra State, Dr. Willie Maduaburochi Obiano, threw his weight behind President Buhari based on his personal convictions. Some people were shocked as they had expected that Gov. Obiano should have backed the oppositional candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) whose running-mate, Peter Obi, incidentally, handed over the reins of government to Working Willie.

Pursuant to Gov. Obiano’s declarative stance on the 2019 presidential poll, a superfluity of charlatanistic interjections ensued as if he had committed sacrilege—when, indeed, he took the best decision not swayed by emotive considerations because an indigene of the state and his predecessor in office was involved. The issues involved transcended such primordial inclinations.

In fact, based on their estranged relationship and for no other reason, Governor Obiano was not under any compulsion to back his predecessor who ran with Atiku. The point is, even if it had been another vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Obiano’s special relationship with President Buhari—I will not expatiate—is such that there is no way the governor would have pitched his tent against President Buhari.

When I read in the social media a fortnight ago a bovine-headed post by a supposedly senior journalist that what happened to Chief Ukpabi Asika vis-à-vis the latter’s soured relationship with the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, and the celebrated curse will also befall Gov. Obiano I was embarrassed and furious. How can any sane fellow equate the Zik-Asika betrayal with the unassailable decision by the Anambra State governor to believe in President Buhari?

The assiduous Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman, South East Governors’ Forum, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, also found himself in the same line of attack as Gov. Obiano for opposing the clandestine and non-consultative candidacy of Peter Obi. Most Igbo people had preferred a ticket involving Atiku and the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo. The choice is no longer relevant in the post-election circumstance.

For the 16 years that the PDP was in power, there is nothing to show for their poverty of governance in the country generally and the South East particularly. The level of underdevelopment and impoverishment in this part of the country is scandalously unbelievable, yet most of our people are inexplicably obsessed with the party.

When you go to other zones of the country and see the level of individual and collective transformation, you will be shocked to stupor when juxtaposed with the degeneration and absence of federal presence in the South East. It is unfathomable to me how some states in this axis are still being governed by governors on the platform of the PDP—with the illuminative exception of Engr. Umahi of Ebonyi State who has revolutionized the previously backward state and unprecedentedly redefined leadership paradigms.

In the last polls, the Igbo voted massively for Atiku and left President Buhari with marginal votes! These same people will tomorrow blame the All Progressives Party (APC) candidate and predictably the winner of the presidential election for not appointing their sons and daughters to head strategic ministries and other plum appointments. The Igbo will also go ahead and vociferously lament the lack of federal social infrastructure in the zone. My people will crown their ludicrous position on the bizarre theory that anyone who wins after a presidential election should see himself as the father of the nation! If this does not sound preposterous, I do not know what can be more absurd. National politics and our peculiarities do not work like that.

As Christians, God enjoins us to offer the second cheek when slapped on the other and to give our enemies food and water whenever they are hungry or thirsty and that by so doing we heap charcoals of fire on their heads. I ask: how many brethren comply with these injunctions?

Let me equally ask the Igbo electorate who always go for the PDP, do they sincerely want President Buhari to be happy with them, forget the electoral sore they ripped and lavish them with juicy appointments and federal social infrastructures? It does not work like that and it will not be peculiar to President Buhari—any other person in that position will give due consideration to pre-election voting profiles. The question of “theoretical national fatherhood” (whatever that implies!) after polls had been won and lost is remote in these matters if the truth must be told.

We are not dealing with objects. Human beings with emotive dispositions are involved in the stakes at hand. Those who were loyal to a particular candidate cannot be treated the same way with political infidels! There is a natural law, after all, that whatever we sow we shall reap. Disloyal voters will perpetually get the crumbs.Most of us from the South East have never got our politics in Nigeria right and when visionaries like Governors Obiano and Umahi want to change the ways we play our politics, some buffoons and ignoramuses pelt them with mud in the name of stupid politics.

I take off my hat to Governors Obiano and Umahi for not flowing with renegades, but standing firm on truth and foresight. History—not current Ndigbo political tragedies—will vindicate both of you at the opportune time.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/buharis-victory-obiano-umahi-ndigbo/

joe4real12:
The moment a whistle blower is not being paid and he's being tracked by the criminals

Nbote:
D process doesn't necessarily require a skilled lawyer or their inputs... Lawyers are only involved to get their own percentage.... And dey want a percentage of everything d letter of administration is going to cover. All d person needs to do is to visit d Probate department of any state High court And ask for all d requirements. Anyone can actually get it done demselves... A lawyer friend I asked to help asked for 5% of d value of cash at bank and properties until I found out I could actually do d processing myself. I'm currently processing my Dad's and I know a couple of persons who also processed theirs.. D letter of administration takes between 1 to 3 months to process.

pocohantas:
Following the thread on unrecovered funds from a deceased's bank account
https://www.nairaland.com/5314151/how-banks-bankers-getting-richer

I noticed the reoccurring misconception of the next of kin. I will like to address some of these misconceptions and how to recover such funds (to the best of my knowledge).

THIS IS FOR PERSONS WHO DIED INTESTATE (WITHOUT LEAVING BEHIND A VALID WILL)


1: Who is a next of kin (NOK)?
The NOK is the closest living (mostly) blood relative to an individual. For some people, it could be their spouse, parent, siblings, children…even friends.

2: What is the NOK entitled to?
NOK is just a contact person, he/she is NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO THE DECEASED’S ESTATE. Emphasis on automatically because there are situations where the NOK would eventually double as the BENEFICIARY.

3: Who is a BENEFICIARY?
A beneficiary is someone who receives all or part of the deceased's estate.

4: What then is the NOK for?
You might be wondering, since the person won’t be given your funds without paperworks, why fill that space in your Account opening forms? Well, the NOK is that person to be contacted in event of emergencies or whenever the need arises. It shouldn't be a minor.


PROCEDURES TO RECOVER FUNDS FROM A DECEASED'S BANK ACCOUNT;

A:—The survivor(s) to the deceased should head to the Probate Registry in a High Court to apply for an administration of deceased estate/properties. This application must be accompanied by a DEATH CERTIFICATE and can be done IN PERSON OR THROUGH A LEGAL PRACTITIONER.

The process to get the LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION is very much the same across states, though there might be slight differences. Application must contain the following;

-Full names of deceased.
-Date of death of deceased.
-Last residence before death.
-Name of proposed administrators

You will be guided on every other form to fill or required documents and identification.

Persons that can apply for the letter of administration are generally called NOKs and are classified in this heirarchy;

– Surviving spouse(s) of the deceased
– Children of the deceased
– Parents of the deceased
– Brothers or sisters of the deceased of full blood or the children of such sibling.
– Brother or sister of the deceased of half-blood or the children of such sibling.
– Grandparents of the deceased
– Uncles and aunts of full blood or their children

B:—The Probate Registry would give you a letter of confirmation to be taken to banks, financial houses as well as stockbrokers the deceased shared business relationships with. This will enable them disclose the deceased's financial standing as of that date.

C:— Return the confirmation to the Probate Registry. They will add up the deceased’s balances and apply their charges. You will be required to make payments. After payments, the paperwork for you to be administrator would be concluded.

D:—Upon issuance of the Letter of Administration, it should be taken to all the (SUSPECTED) banks where the deceased had accounts for claims. The beneficiary can then decide to open an estate account to move the funds or take it cash. When he/she opts for the latter, the bank would issue a bank draft.


NOTE:
>>2 guarantors (preferably with landed properties) would be required to fill some documents, to support their application to the probate registry, before the letter of administration can be issued.

>>The process could take some time because publication would be made in the gazette or newspaper. This is to give any interested person the opportunity to object and file a caveat to the grant of letter of administration to the applicant.

>>Objection may be raised within specified period for filing a caveat. In the absence of any, the letters of administration would be granted.

>>There are various fees to be paid before its application is evaluated and approved.
However, once approved by the Probate Registry, an estate fee of 5-10% (depending on the state) of the estate's value is paid to the State Government where the Letter of Administration is made and approved.


>>Is there a statute of limitation on filing for the estate of a dead relative? If there is, how long is it?

No, there isn’t. Whenever the relatives are up to it, they would be given the funds upon presentation of necessary documents.

>>What happens when the relatives do not know all the deceased’s bank accounts?

In this era of BVN, the relatives can state this request at the Court. They would help with an order mandating the bank to make known all accounts linked to the deceased.

pocohantas:
You can’t REACTIVATE the account of a dead person. In what capacity are they reactivating it?

You can only claim the funds in that account and being the NOK has nothing to do with this.

Please go through THIS THREAD for more information. Subsequently the account would be run as an ESTATE account, not an individual account.

I fault the manager for not educating you. However, your request is impossible as it is.

dre11:
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kestolove95:
Former Governor, Ayo Fayose has shared an interesting photo of a man who many refer to as OBJ, the shortform of the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

"In Lagos yesterday, I met this man. He is popularly known as Obasanjo and I joined his admirers to call him the OBJ of Lagos."

Xbee007:
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They have developed a vibrant market for security and mobile protective products within Nigeria and Africa.

PROFORCE has exploited deep technical know-how to deliver outstanding security solutions for Government Agencies, Corporate Bodies, Diplomatic Communities and the Private Sector within Nigeria and Africa.


Source: http://proforcedefence.com
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kabe1:
They are both the same thing.

They are manufactured in Nigeria.

Yesterday the Federal government bought 13 units for the Nigerian police.

AIREGIN360:
www.obasasv.com

ColonelEmeka:
Armoured Vehicles Manufactured By 2 Brothers In Ekiti State. Throwback Pictures

Armoured vehicles manufactured by two brothers in Ekiti state for the usage of their father and for the police. Nigerians indeed have the talent and with home front focus we will get there

Obasa Specialty Vehicle (OSV), located in Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has unveiled an all-terrain vehicle named Tekowi.

The vehicle, the company said, was manufactured at its factory in Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The company was commissioned on December 5, 1980 by the late High Chief Joe Oluware Obasa, a car distributor for Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN). The company was upgraded to manufacture special vehicles for security personnel and civilian uses by his two sons High Chief Johnson Obasa and Victor Obasa.



Speaking at the unveiling, High Chief Obasa said Tekowi was coined from “te oko wi,” an Ekiti local dialect which means sandals or boots that farmers and hunters wear regularly to the bush to stamp on anything. He also said that Tekowi is a combination of ruggedness and luxury.

According to Victor, Tekowi’s unique design features four-wheel drive, high ground clearance, Custom interior tailored to customer specification, Stereo system integrated with latest technology, Diamond floor plate flooring, reinforced steel structure, double utility storage, engine air scoop and name branding option.

He said Tekowi is hand crafted with simple tools and locally sourced materials. The Owa Ajero of Ijero Kingdom Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Adewole, said the development that OSV has brought to the Ijero Ekiti community will go a long way to encourage his people and create a lot of opportunities.

JEWELofHELL:
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/511573-police-arraign-fani-kayodes-ex-wife-over-alleged-attempted-murder.html