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
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.
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.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Happy Lagosian, Olubunmi Jibowu And The Queen Of England. 1956.
Olubunmi Jibowu bows and looks at the camera as she presents a bouquet to the Queen during her visit to Nigeria to inaugurate the Federal Court at Lagos.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Support Eko Club International.
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and economic lives of Lagosians anywhere in th
ECI is a community based organization of Lagosians in the Diaspora, established
to foster cooperation and collaboration, unity, brotherhood and sisterhood
amongst its members, to empower its members politically, socially and economically
and to contribute positively to the advancement and prosperity of Lagos State.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
James Churchill Vaughan and Isaac Lapido.First Lagosians/Nigerian students at the University Of Glasgow.1913.
The first Nigerian students at the University of Glasgow came to study medicine in 1913. James Churchill Vaughan and Isaac Lapido Oluwole graduated with a medical degree in 1918.
The photograph is from the final year dinner book for 1913-1918 MB ChB students, featuring James Churchill Vaughan (top left) and Isaac Lapido Oluwole (bottom left).
Isaac Lapido Oluwole was born around 1892, the son of Isaac Olwole, a Nigerian Anglican bishop of Sierra Leonean and Egba heritage. After graduation he returned to Nigeria as the first African Medical Officer of Health in the Lagos colony. He pioneered school health services with schools inspections and the vaccination of children in their schools and started the first Nigerian School of Hygiene at Yaba Lagos in 1920.
James Churchill Vaughan was born in Lagos on 30th May 1893, the son of James Wilson Vaughan. On his return to Nigeria in the early 1920s, he set up his own private clinic and introduced a scheme of free medical services for the destitute. He became a vocal critic of the British Colonial Administration and took an active part in several nationalist organisations in Nigeria and Ghana. In 1934 he founded his own political party the Lagos Youth Movement with other leading activists – Dr Kofo Aboyomi, H O Daniel, Ernest Ikoli, and Samuel Musanya. This party was very popular, attracting members from all over Nigeria and soon became the centre of Nigerian political life.
Friday, September 11, 2009
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