Friday, December 4, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tejuosho Market Updates:::
10,000 traders in a healthy, well-managed environment of world-class standard. The project's plan makes provision for a well-equipped fire station and a truck loading and off-loading facility. Others are a police post, a sewage treatment plant and a car park with the capacity to accommodate at least 580 cars.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Real-time GPS Station Goes Live.
Lagos Lagos Gtate Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has declared that the state Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) which has been successfully completed will soon come up live.
GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system, which allows users to determine their location anywhere in the world at any time of the day.
On the other hand, the CORS operates continuously from a permanent and stable location to track down dozens of GPS and Global Navigation Satellites (GNSS), receives and stores the data, removes any errors and transmits the enhanced satellite data to users in real time.
Fashola who was at a stakeholders meeting Thursday, at Alausa to ascertain the progress of the project, expressed satisfaction and confirmed the successful completion of the project.
The Managing Director of GeoQinetiq limited, the firm that handled the project, Mrs Juliet Ezechie, in an interview shortly after the meeting, said the CORS data will soon be made available to MDAs, contractors, construction companies, engineers and surveyors to enable them fix and validating exact position information in the field through out the state to an accuracy of under 1cm.
Ezechie had explained that when formally commissioned the state will blaze the trail in establishing world class, ultra modern technologies to provide a solid basis for the transformation of the state and provide the technological foundation for successful implementation of the Lagos Mega City.
The initiative, according to her, will help build a new Lagos and get the traffic moving again by tracking road congestion, road safety and improving public transportation.
She had earlier explained that the entire project started when the state governor in 2007, set up a five man advisory committee of experts headed by the former Surveyor-General of the state, who is now the Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr M.A.O Durowoju, to deliver a fully digital mapping and enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) for the state.
The report of the advisory committee, according to Ezechie was presented to the state executive council meeting by September of same year and a technical committee under the chairmanship of Dr Femi Hamzat, the state Commissioner for Science and Technology was constituted to examine and recommend the best sustainable mapping and GIS solution for the state.
GeoQinetiq limited, a leading geophysical geospatial and logistic solution provider in the country was contracted to design, install, commissioned and train GIS and geomatics professionals from the office of the state Surveyor-General in the operation of the state's first public Continuously operating Station with a view to later creating a network of such CORS stations across the State.
The newly completed CORS system is based on Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) ultra-modern 'future proof' GRX1200GG GNSS reference station receivers along with Leica spider GPS network control software which will be incorporated into an integrated network of CORS stations deployed at strategic location across the state providing very high accuracy real time and post processed data for wide range surveying and construction applications.
The CORS network accordingly has the peculiar advantage of eliminating the need for surveyors to establish local controls or set up temporary
field reference stations at specific job sites which is both time consuming, expensive, leads to surveying errors and exposes them surveyors' equipment to risks of theft and accidental damage.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Eko For Show::Sky shows as Lagos bids U-17 tourney bye
By Tony Ubani
Lagos State, arguably the best sub-seat for the FIFA U-17 World Cup on-going in Nigeria would wind up their excellent hosting of matches at the Teslim Balogun Stadium where the two semi- finals would be played tomorrow in grand style.
Switzerland opens up the first game against Colombia at 4pm while Nigeria would bring down the roof by 7pm when they tackle Spain. And in its characteristic manner, Lagos State would show off their might when they light up even the skies with special messages that will entertain. As early as 9am, the jets would lighten the skies with their aerial manoeuvres and displaying messages.
Information from the Lagos sub-seat has it that the aircraft would continue their aerial ‘bombardment’ until afternoon when the crowd would have packed themselves for the first match of the day. That is not all. There would also be spectacular fireworks that would start from where the jets stopped.
“The might of Lagos sub- seat will be felt tomorrow because it is our own way of saying a big thank you to all the fans and Lagosians who have been most wonderful with their support for activities in Lagos State”, Sub-seat Chairman and Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amanze Uchegbulam, confirmed.
Also, musicians like Seun Kuti, Adewale Ayuba, Ayan Birin would be on ground to entertain fans within intervals for the carnival-like show that marks the end of activities of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Lagos State.
“We are putting up an innovation that we have tagged ‘Soccertainment’ for Lagosians. It is our own way of thanking everybody and to show indeed that Lagos Own The Game. Lagosians have been tremendous in the matches in Lagos. Without being boastful, Lagos has been the centre of excellence for the U-17 World Cup”, Jaiye Opayemi, Executive Director of Wisdom Keys said as they put finishing touches to the closing shows they hope will excite fans.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Lagos State Begins Production Of Transformers For Power Distribution.
Lagos State government yesterday disclosed that it had begun the production of electric transformers at a factory sited at Iberekpo in the Badagry area of the state.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, his counterpart in Rural Development, Prince Lanre Balogun and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Sola Oworo told journalist in Alausa, that the new transformers were made of proper coil as against those made with aluminium.
Conducting reporters round the transformers in Alausa, Balogun said Elsewedy Nigeria Ltd, the organisation responsible for the products, had been able to turn out 15 transformers between December 2008 and October 2009, adding that it was purely a direct influx of foreign investment with only five percent of total equity contributed by the state government.
He said the transformers are not oil based, but dry-cell, adding that they were made with copper wire unlike the imported ones which are mainly produced with aluminum cables and less durable.
He added that the state government has visited the site and can vouch 100 percent for the quality of the material deployed while assembling the products.
The commissioner noted that the transformers would be distributed free of charge to communities that are need who will now inform officials of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to install for them, stressing that there are plans to mass produce transformers in time for the whole of Nigeria and export them to the international community.
In her comments, Oworo said only 10 per cent of the workers are foreigners, while the remaining are Nigerians.
She added that in time, the firm would produce metres as part of effort to tackle the power needs of
Sunday, November 1, 2009
I tried so hard not to post this picture, but this is not acceptable in today's Lagos, the so called "Centre of Excellence"
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It is over a month into the new school session, but it is still a sitting affair for some pupils at Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive Junior Secondary School in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday when NEXT visited.
With a policy that requires school pupils to bring chairs and lockers for class use to school, the situation in Aunty Ayo is true of many public schools in the state. A majority of the pupils have to make do on the floor pending a time when their parents will buy the required furniture.
Aminat Yunus, a junior secondary school one (JSS1) pupil said she had passionately looked forward to secondary education, and the facilities that would come with it. According to her, receiving lectures on the floor never featured in those expectations.
She said: "It's not convenient to write on the floor at all, but that is where those of us without chairs and lockers write. I am still waiting for my own; my parents have not made them for me yet."
Adunola, another pupil of JSS1 is also eager to have her ‘own furniture', even though she, along with her friends have devised a method of writing, which she considered effective under the circumstance; they have been writing on their school-bags, placed firmly on their legs.
Ms Adunola said: "That is what we do, and it's easier that way. Another one is if you have a friend that has bought her furniture; she may invite you to join her."
Earlier in the day, a Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meeting was held to address the issue among others. According to the PTA Chairperson, Mr. Adeleye, who spoke to NEXT on the phone after the meeting, the issue featured prominently in their meeting.
He said that the Association has sent letters to the State Government in the past over the issue, without getting the desired response; except for a specification of what type of furniture to provide, and with what material.
He also added that the situation was also affected by the relocation of a satellite campus of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) which used to hold its lectures within the premises of the secondary school. Some of the pupils benefitted from the furniture provided by LASPOTECH before it moved.
"Now, we have been told that the chairs we make for the students should be made of mahogany wood, and that it should be double, and that means it should long enough to take two students. So the names of the students (pair) will be written on the seats," said Mr. Adeleye.
He added: "We (Parents) can't continue to wait for the government and leave our children to sit on the floor; that's why the parents have to make the chairs for their children. If any parent does not do that, there is nothing else we can do; his child will be left to sit on the floor."
Earlier this year, at a press briefing marking the second anniversary of this administration, Sarah Sosan, the deputy governor had said," I don't think the standard of education is low. We need to improve on factors and we've been doing that through the rehabilitation of science laboratories, provision of libraries, putting of furniture in place, and so on. We are also aggressively putting structures in place to reduce congestion in our schools.
I am proud to say that our public schools in Lagos are wonderful. Who says that the public schools are not good enough?"
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/5475649-147/%27We_write_on_the_floor%27_.cspSaturday, October 31, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Onigbogbo Tennis Academy Kids Returns Home With Laurels.
Nwabueze Halimat, Vivian Adigbe, Ayobami Ajayi, Akeem Audu Having performed brilliantly at the just concluded Eastern Regional Tennis Championship in Kenya and Uganda, Onigbogbo Tennis Academy Team came back home with laurels to show for their outing. The kids according to coach James Makafan had perfomed brilliantly well in the Eastern Regional Championship and were forces to reckon with in the game. The kids being within the age of five (5) to twelve (12) took the championship by storm, out of the thirteen kids paraded by the Academy, four of then were outstanding they are : Nwabueze Halimat,Vivian Adigba, Ayobami Ajayi and Audu Akeem
http://www.onigbongbogov.org/?p=1075
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fashola Honours A Great Lagosian And Engineering Genius, Ayodele Awojobi.
Oct 20, 2009 - Twenty five years after he passed on, the Lagos State Government on Tuesday immortalized late mechanical engineering genius and social reformer, Professor Ayodele Awojobi by unveiling his statue at a memorial garden located at Onike Roundabout in Yaba.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) said he would continue to use the privilege of his office to champion the belief of the possibilities of the Nigerian enterprise adding: “our generation will not surrender our belief in the promise of a new Nigeria”.
Said he: “My belief and that of my colleagues at all levels in the Government of Lagos State is based on a simple logic that our history shows that it has been done before by men and women of humble beginnings who distinguished themselves by seizing opportunities through hardwork and dreamt great dreams like Professor Ayodele Awojobi”.
Governor Fashola added that by honouring such men and women: “we connect the present generation to our history of a pre-eminent past; we draw inspiration of possibilities and reiterate an ethic and value for hardwork as necessary ingredients for a brighter rewarding future”.
The Governor recalled that twenty five years ago, the curtain fell for the brilliant and highly respected Professor Ayodele Awojobi who had set a record by becoming, at the age of 37, the youngest lecturer in the University of Lagos to become a Professor.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Lagos Rubicon dominate Yola polo tourney
Lagos-based Polo team, the Lagos Rubicon stole the show at the just concluded Yola International Polo tournament with a performance, which left other teams gasping for breath.
The Lagosians, who are currently on top of their game, dominating the national tour with an iron fist, will have its rising profile boosted by its display in Yola, where it won the prestigious Governor's Cup.
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Sport/5468911-147/story.csp#
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Lekki Foreshore. Regeneration of Lekki waterfront
New design proposal for the regeneration of Lekki waterfront
The proposal, currently with the Lagos Council, is an energy and resource efficient 'mini eco-city', covering 59.61 hectares. 270 houses, some 1800 apartments, all supporting facilities and a marina are laid in accordance with a site specific urban and environmental code, with Central Park as its backbone.
The proposal takes an already reclaimed patch of land on the Lagoon and expands it in the direction of the prevailing winds, in the process creating elongated shorelines. For the first time it puts to use the most significant natural asset of Lagos; the Lagoon, as both its physical attraction as well as water based transport opportunity. The Lagoon will also be used for cooling through the use of reversible heat pumps.
The project’s key drivers were to model a development that is sustainable socially, environmentally and economically, that would incorporate mixed uses with active frontages, landmarks, vistas and focal points. The brief specified that the design should exhibit an alignment with the forces of nature, which was responded to by the inclusion of extensive planting and creation of bioactive land as part of infrastructure works.
Benefits of the proposal include the creation of recognisable places and legible connections, as well as coherent neighbourhoods with a local character of distinction. The architects have also incorporated fail-proof delivery strategies and mechanisms, with a view to the long term maintenance and protection of these principals and management of investment.
Studio Bednarski's larger infrastructure project also includes a 10.5 km long bridge with eight road lanes, two cycle lanes and a monorail, potentially connecting up to the new airport planned in Lekki. The bridge has been conceived as a symbolic structure; a green avenue snaking along the Lagoon with a row of palm tress along its whole length.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Prince Oladele Adebayo Ajose. (1907-1978) A Lagosian And A Trailblazer.
First as the Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Lagos (1936-47) and he was then appointed Medical Officer for Health from 1947-48.
Omooba Oladele Adebayo Ajose who died 25 years ago this July was a Prince of the Royal House of Lagos but he was much more than a prince. He had an air of authority about him that came from the profound knowledge of his field of medicine and his absolute integrity and honesty. He was eager and ever ready to use his professional knowledge to the advantage and benefit of the people.
The previous sentence could also have been written about the late Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti. Much of what was said about the Pediatrician, who was buried on June 20th 2003, reminded us of the late Professor Ajose whose medical specialty was Public Health.
Professor Ajose was also a family man. He married Beatrice Spencer Roberts in 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland where he studied at the University of Glasgow from 1927 to 1932.
Of the three daughters and one son they had, Ambassador Audrey Ajose and Professor Muriel Oyediran are left. The late Mrs. Beatrice Ajose returned to Nigeria with her husband in 1936 and was a familiar and a well known figure in Lagos society life and then also in Ibadan and Ife where she lived and fully supported her husband’s academic career.
In the early years of his professional life, Dr. Oladele Ajose worked first as the Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Lagos (1936-47) and he was then appointed Medical Officer for Health from 1947-48. He was also the Founder of the British Red Cross Society in Nigeria. which later became the Nigerian Red Cross Society and he also founded the Infectious Disease Hospital in Lagos (commonly referred to as the IDH) through his involvement in the control of tuberculosis in Lagos.
In 1948, Dr. Ajose left the civil service for his appointment as the first Black African Professor to be appointed to a full chair in Preventive and Social Medicine at the University College, Ibadan. Ibadan was at that time a College of the University of London.
Oladele was in fact the first proponent of primary health care in Nigeria. This was a revolutionary idea in those days.This project also served as the basis for the worldwide establishment of fish ponds.
Professor Ajose was awarded the title of Chief Bada of Ilora in appreciation of his efforts.
After many years of splendid work at Ibadan, he was chosen and appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife (now called the Obafemi Awolowo University), a post that he held until the first military coup in 1966. On his retirement from academic life Professor Ajose returned to his hometown Lagos.
In spite of all his achievements (and it has not been feasible to mention more than a few) he remained ever humble, never blowing his own trumpet, but ever ready to acknowledge the credit due to others.
The people of Lagos were justly proud of him. On his return from the U.K. at the successful conclusion of his studies, the Isale-Eko descendants represented by his fellow princes Adele, Dosunmu and Olusi and other notable Lagosians such as M.O. Glover, Bolade Kasumu and I. Ogunbiyi gave a reception in his honour in Islae Eko at which he was presented with a full skeleton.
He dedicated himself to serving the community at large. He had time for the Rotary Club, a club known for its services to humanity, both at Ibadan and Lagos. His altruism was also demonstrated in his concern for providing health care by founding medical clinics at Isale-Eko and Ibeshe.
It certainly was not in keeping with his character to be stand —offish! He felt so much a part of the people that it was a tremendous pride for him to have been chosen the Patron Egbe Omo-Ibile, of Idumagbo, Lagos. He contested for the Stool of Lagos under the Ogunye Family of Oba Ologunkutere. Professor Ajose and the late Oba Oyekan were the two final contestants for the Stool. After Oba Oyekan was selected, Professor Ajose continued to serve his people both in his public health and clinic activities. He was also appointed as the Chairman of the Lagos State Schools Service Board.
What was it that made him tick? The answer to this question is found in the fact that he was a Lay Preacher of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. A preacher seeks to share the "Joy of Life" with his listeners. Professor Ajose had a sense of reverence for human life.
Full well, he knew that the highest assessment that can be made of human life is to view it in the context of God’s Love. God cared so much that he gave his only son to redeem men.
We thank God for his life given in the service of his fellow men. Unfortunately we don’t know yet of any worthy memorial to mark his contribution to our society apart from the Oladele Ajose Institute of Public Health at the University College Hospital, University of Ibadan. Perhaps a street could be named after him or a well appointed statue in Lagos or Abuja.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
St Georges hall On Broad street, Lagos Island.
This building used to scare the hell out of me as a kid. Seeing big men in black suits walking in and out at night looks so sinister and cultish.
Sheila cinema used to be next door.........
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Congrats To A Wonderful Cousin, A Beautiful Lagosian And Her Husband. Adenike Akitoye Of The Akitoye Royal Family, Lagos.
Bride and groom
Oba of lagos HRH Oba Rilwan Akiolu with Bride and groom
Oba of lagos HRH Oba Rilwan Akiolu With sister of the bride Adetoro Akitoye.
Oba of lagos HRH Oba Rilwan Akiolu having a good time.
Sister of the bride and her husband.
Popo Aguda a.k.a Brazilian Quarters (Campos Area) And Charming colonial architecture. 1959
Brazilian Quarter of Lagos where the majority of the slave trade returnees from Brazil settled. Many families lived on Broad Street in the Marina
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Fashola Receives Clinton Award For Eko Atlantic City
Lagos — Global recognition came the way of the Eko Atlantic City, the brand new city being developed to combat the effects of climate change through reclamation of nine square kilometers of land lost over the years to the Atlantic, as the Lagos State government and its private sector partners on the Project, South Energyx, got the Clinton Global lnitiave Commitment Certificate.
The Certificate, received by the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and Chief Executive Officer of South Energyx Nigeria Limited, Mr Ronald Chagoury, took place on the third day of the fifth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), before the special breakout session with the theme, "The Infrastructure of Human Dignity: Protecting the Most Vulnerable," in New York, United States.
Reading the citation before making the presentation, Mr Nicholas Kristof, a Columnist with The New York Times, declared that the Lagos State government and South Energyx are committed to "combating the devastating effects of climate change by reclaiming nine square kilometres of land for a new city, Eko Atlantic.
Eko Atlantic will be an environmentally conscious city built with nature, to restore an original coastline and protect Victoria Island, Nigeria, from the severe risk of ocean surge and flooding."The Initiative, founded by the 42nd President of the United States, Mr William Jefferson Clinton, is a forum dedicated to discussion and collaboration among world leaders, business executives, heads of NGO, philanthropists and other activists, to tackle pressing challenges facing the global community.The Commitments to Action, is a unique feature of CGI membership, aimed at ensuring translation of practical goals into meaningful and measurable results through new, specific, and pragmatic initiatives, which vary in size and duration focusing on diverse concerns, regions, and types of activities.Speaking to members of the international press earlier on Wednesday, after visiting the Eko Atlantic City's stand at the CGI's Exhibition Centre, Fashola reiterated commitment of the state government to deliver a safe environment to the next generation.
According to him, government participation through the City project and his personal attendance of the CGI meeting were practical demonstration of the commitment to protect lives and property." The coastal erosion challenge of Lagos State today is a fall out of the increasing threat to the environment, climate change, rising water levels and as a coastal city, we remain absolutely committed to ensure that we safeguard the future for the next generation. That is the importance of our commitment. lt is no longer just a promise, it is an unyielding commitment to deliver a safe environment to the generation behind us," Fashola said.While acknowledging the pre-eminence of the CGI as an international forum for discussing issues of the global challenge to the environment, he commended the private sector partners of the state on the Project, South Energyx for its courage and doggedness in working with the government to turn "what was an environmental disaster iinto a major asset for Lagos and for Africa."
Copyright © 2009 This Day. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com)Sunday, September 27, 2009
George Adeniji. Garrick. (8 April 1917 – 12 July 1988)
Born in Lagos on April 8, 1917, George Adeniji Garrick was the eldest son of Stanley David Garrick, a senior administrator and courtier to HRH The Oba of Benin in the former Kingdom of Benin, now southwestern Nigeria.
George Garrick attended King's College, Lagos where he excelled academically and was also noted for his prowess at games including cricket, football, squash and athletics.
The outbreak of World War II in 1939 ended Garrick's hopes of a medal at the British Empire Games which, ordinarily, would have been held in 1942. Nevertheless, he went on to register several athletic successes as a medical student at Glasgow University during the war years. In October 1946, he was awarded his Full Athletics Blue by the university; then, in 1947, he gained international honours representing Scotland against England and Ireland. Subsequently, he was appointed Captain of University Athletics for the 1948–49 season.Returning to Nigeria after qualifying as a medical doctor, George Garrick entered the Government Medical Service and served in several parts of the country before going into private practice. In 1953, he married Princess Comfort Odinchezo Amobi, a granddaughter of Igwe Amobi I of Ogidi.
They had two children together. Kola and Tayo.
Upon his father's death in 1958, Garrick's inheritance of the lands and seigniorial standing bestowed by HRH The Oba of Benin led him to settle permanently in Benin City to continue his medical career.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Murtala Mohammed's Mercedes Benz at The National Museum Onikan, Lagos in which he was assassinated on February 13, 1976
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Six feared dead in Bar Beach Sallah tragedy.
Unconfirmed report said the sad incident occurred in the evening, and quickly drew the attention of residents and other people who were at the Beach to spend the evening.
An eye-witness account said that four other people whose identities could not be ascertained were equally hit by the tidal wave but managed to survive as they were rescued by local fishermen.
Sources said that those rescued were rushed to the General Hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Although details of the incident were sketchy as at the time of going to the press, eye witness account disclosed that the victims were at the Beach to spend their Ramadan holiday.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba could not confirm the story but said that the Commissioner of Police. Mr Marvel Akpoyibo had detailed the Marine Police unit on a search and rescue mission.http://odili.net/news/source/2009/sep/22/212.html
Monday, September 21, 2009
Lagos declares two-day EID holiday
The Lagos State Government has declared today, Monday, September 21 and tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, 2009, as public holidays to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr at the end of the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan.
This was disclosed in a circular, issued by the Lagos State Head of Service, Yakub Abiodun Balogun after approval by state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola. The governor asked all public servants to continue to uphold the lessons of the sacred month by rededicating themselves to the service of Lagos state.
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay (1864-1946). The first Nigerian civil engineer, a Pan-Africanist and a great Lagosian.
Nigerian surveyor and leader of Nigeria's first political party. In 1893 he joined the colonial service, experiencing injustice at first hand when he was paid less than his British counterparts. Resigning from the service in 1899, he launched a campaign against colonial rule. He was the first Nigerian to be sponsored by the colonial government to study abroad.
Nigerian political leader
Considered the founder of Nigerian nationalism*, Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay promoted self-government in NIGERIA in the early 1900s. Born into an educated, Christian Nigerian family, Macaulay attended school in Lagos. In 1890 he won a scholarship from Nigeria's British colonial government to study abroad. After earning a degree in civil engineering in England, he returned to Nigeria and worked for the colonial administration. In 1899 Macaulay resigned to set up his own business, and he began a career of political protest against colonialism.
Engineering work brought Macaulay in contact with Nigeria's traditional rulers, and he became familiar with the land-ownership customs that had existed before colonial times. He began publishing a newspaper, the Lagos Daily News, to champion the land and political rights of
Herbert Macaulay was an unlikely champion of the masses. A grandson of Ajayi Crowther, the first African bishop of the Niger Territory, he was born into a Lagos that was divided politically into groups arranged in a convenient pecking order – the British rulers who lived in the..
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Horse Racing @ Racecourse a.k.a Tafawa Balewa Square. 1961.
Nigeria Spring fever in Lagos is racing fever. Young Lagosians drape themselves over a fence at the track to get a close look at their hero, the jockey on his mount. When the racing season is on in Nigeria, the jockey is the man of the hour. April 8, 1961.
Even the women in Lagos love the ponies. Nigerian ladies dig into their handbags to place a bet on a favorite horse.
Happy Lagosian Waving The Union Jack::Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh's Lagos Visit. 1956.
Founded in 1990, the Lekki Conservation Centre, on Lagos' Lekki Pennisula, aims to preserve the region's delicate ecosystem for future generations. Mona monkeys, crocodiles, bush bucks, Maxwell duikers and giant rats are just some of the animals you can spot.
A habitat of swamp and Savannah, the center is equipped with nature trails and various tree platforms from where visitors can fully appreciate the beautiful landscape. The area is fenced in and under 24-hour surveillance by patrollers to keep visitors safe. While there is no entry fee, it is best to have some change handy.
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