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08/02/2023

Graphic content🔞 Happening now in Abeokuta ogun state Nigeria🇳🇬
CHAOS as NIGERIAN decides

07/02/2023

🙏🏼💔💔

25/01/2023

Russia come!! we can now do Business🤝🍾🍷

09/09/2022

what a great prophecy.

BREAKING: London Bridge has falling
09/09/2022

BREAKING: London Bridge has falling

09/09/2022

It pains me so much to see a great country like NIGERIA 🇳🇬 been JEOPARDISE. arise Nigerians some evil few came to invade ur milk and honey country, Nigerians cried😭😭😭 everyday in overseas cos they can not be bold coming back to their country onece know as the GIANT of AFRICA. they are not happy to sorjour so long in others people country, they have been turned into slavery. Now is the time to change the narativs by voting the right person come 2023 election.

How Tinubu’s greed Made Lagos Lose a $3 billion Investment In The Tourism Industry By Kunle Eshinlokun As a result of th...
07/09/2022

How Tinubu’s greed Made Lagos Lose a $3 billion Investment In The Tourism Industry By Kunle Eshinlokun

As a result of the growing appeal of Pan-Africanism amongst African Americans and an urge to connect with their roots, In 2009 under the aegis of The Motherland Group LLC, a group of African Americans led by Gary Loster, Alfred Dixon, Marlon Jackson an elder brother of the late Michael Jackson and numerous other successful African American celebrities, based on research findings that 30% of African Americans had Nigerian roots, proposed to invest $3 billion in a multi-purpose development complex which will include various tourist attractions, hotels, and residential apartments in the Badagry area of Lagos.

Many African Americans were interested in investing in African property to reconnect with their roots, and the project presented itself as the perfect vehicle for them to achieve this dream.

The choice of Badagry was because the ancient town was identified as the point from which most Africans were shipped off into slavery in the Americas which made the town very symbolic and strategic to the Pan-Africanist movement.

The tourist resort was proposed to include a theme park and museum to showcase the history of slavery, hotels, condominiums, a golf course, amusement arcades, a Jackson Five museum, casinos, amphitheaters, and numerous other tourist attractions that were designed to rival Disney World in Florida.

With the ex*****on of the project, Badagry would have been put on the world tourism map and it would have attracted billions of dollars worth of tourism revenue into the country annually. The then Lagos state governor Fashola was intimated about the project and he was naturally excited about it and pledged his support. He further introduced the group to the Akran of Badagry who was equally excited about the project and made available a strategic expanse of land between the lagoon and the ocean for the implementation of the project.

Everything seemed to be in place for the successful ex*****on of the project, the black community in America was already sensitized and investors were lining up to invest in the project, local partners who were also enthusiastic about investing in the project were identified and this was all based on its unique concept that will essentially attract millions of black American tourists to visit the country over time while a few thousand of them were ready to invest in acquiring property in the project as a springboard to other investments in a country they consider to be their Motherland.

The long-term vision of the initiators of the project was to use it as a platform through which black Americans can reconnect back to Africa, integrate into African communities, and invest heavily in the continent as a means of contributing to the development of their Motherland using Lagos as a starting point.

Everything seemed to be in place for the successful take-off of the project but atlas it failed to take off even though the governor of Lagos state who ideally should be the final authority in the state had given his consent.

Unfortunately, the governor was tied to the apron strings of a godfather who always put his personal interest first and still dictated how the state should be run with the governor merely being his appendage. So, despite the governor’s enthusiasm about the project, another level of approval that wasn’t forthcoming was needed to get the project approved.

A few years earlier the then governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu had approved the development of the Eko Atlantic City project adjacent to Victoria Island in Lagos, to the erstwhile business partners of the Late General Sani Abacha (the Chagouris) who had relocated to Lagos having fallen out of favor with the government at the center in Abuja. They had been received warmly in Lagos because they understood the language of Nigerian politicians which the then Lagos state governor was very fluent in. As a result, they went into many deals together, of which the Eko Atlantic City was the icing on the cake.

Thus, when the news filtered in that another mega project was being promoted in the Badagry axis of Lagos which will include massive development of premium end property, the promoters of Eko Atlantic City who were focused on the premium end of the market felt that it may provide competition for their project even though both projects had different concepts and target markets.

However, this did not stop them from getting the ‘Lagos landlord’ who was already a stakeholder in their project to prevail on the then Lagos state governor to withdraw his consent for the Badagry project.

As a result of the selfish interest of one man, Lagos state lost a multi-billion dollar investment project which would have helped to transform the economy of the state and provide hundreds of thousands of jobs to our unemployed youth while exposing the Lagos state economy to numerous other opportunities. It is worthy of note at this point to recall that as of 1999, Dubai was merely a barren desert and was much less developed than Lagos but as a result of the massive investments in tourism that were actively promoted by the leadership of Dubai, the city is today one of the most popular and developed tourist destinations in the world.

This is the same investment in tourism that was offered to Lagos state on a platter of gold yet was rejected because one man felt that it might affect his personal business interests.
The irony of it all is that Lagos has far more tourism potential than the emirate of Dubai and a much larger GDP to pool development resources from but the state hasn’t been able to live up to expectations due to a lack of visionary leadership and a stifling of the state by an individual who sees and treats the state as an extension of his private estate.

Lagos state clearly has a huge potential for development but its growth is being stunted for selfish reasons. For how long will this mega city be held down based on the whims and caprices of one man?

Nigeria Youth Movement

06/09/2022

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See the difference between the Obidient celebrities and APC Celebrity. The difference is clear vote wisely...  🗳
16/07/2022

See the difference between the Obidient celebrities and APC Celebrity. The difference is clear vote wisely... 🗳

21/02/2022

See what's some" of our girls are doing to themselves.imagine;why will u sleep with ur best friend guy👦 dos it makes sense
follow the link for the full vedio
👉https://youtu.be/UxoJH0lIQJk👈

20/10/2021

SITUATION REPORT AT THE LEKKI TOLL GATE
Remember 20/10/2020

25/09/2021

Everyday for a thief, one day for the Master... Next time.😂😂😂😂

until we stop deceiving ourselves and face reality we going no where
23/09/2021

until we stop deceiving ourselves and face reality we going no where

22/09/2021

This taking of children is getting too much this days please mothers be careful and do the right things to keep your children or leave their country

20/09/2021

New single by *SANDRA OSADOLO ft ODIDE* a fast rising Nigeria Germany base artiste
titled **WAGHIARUEMWENGE**
**LET'S SPREAD LOVE** now avlable in all music platform's.👇follow links

16/09/2021

Wow this is Raw talent😥💝

After spending 1⃣year abroad leaving your wife and 4kids ,You returned home and invited a plumber to come and do little ...
10/09/2021

After spending 1⃣year abroad leaving your wife and 4kids ,
You returned home and invited a plumber to come and do little maintenance in your toilet🚽 because there's a blockage in the 🚾🚽,after awhile, the plumber walked up to you and showed you so many used condoms he found in the pipe that stopped the system🚽 from flushing.

Men: How can you tackle this issue if you were to be the husband?.

Ladies: What excuses can you give to your hubby to defend yourself and keep your marriage?.

What is your take here?

NB:am so speechless😳💔🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

08/09/2021

A 13 year old Cameroonian designed and built an intruder detection system.

Update..Update..Update turn up toscana Italy 🇮🇹✊
04/09/2021

Update..Update..Update
turn up toscana Italy 🇮🇹✊

Link up is happening in Toscana city of pontedera don’t miss out 12th September

04/09/2021
31/08/2021

new ways of clubbing 😂😂🤜🤛🔥

18/08/2021
12/08/2021

Stop Stilling u won't listen🙄
Na; U must give u life to Christ by 🔥 by force 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

08/08/2021

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

07/08/2021

Those in abroad are very buoyant protesting and chasing the government, i am very glad but we here in Nigeria are afraid to face this government ones and for all

06/08/2021

Why German Sports Kit Company, Puma Terminated Over N1Billion Contract With Nigeria After Disgraceful Olympic Outing | Sahara Reporters http://bit.ly/3irSTQy

06/08/2021

Watch closely nd see how God used dis mc to save dis couple 4rm enemy of progress🙄🙄

The great one ,  your Spirit will forever chase those that  destroyed your empire , those things you rejected  are now w...
29/07/2021

The great one , your Spirit will forever chase those that destroyed your empire , those things you rejected are now what is causing trouble in the Land , they deported you to Calabar so that they can Amalgamate your people with the Fulanis , your knowledge about our uniqueness (Edo people ) was not respected by the imperialist , Your kingdom will rise again and reign forever . Ovoramwem the great

THIS WAS THE LAST INTERVIEW OF OBA OVONRAMWEN
NOGBAISI A DAY BEFORE HE JOINED HIS ANCESTORS:

An audience with his Majesty Oba Ovonramwem Nogbaisi

Interview notes

Q: Thank you for having us today. Your Majesty how are you feeling?
A: Very frail from my illness.

Q: Your Majesty, it is exactly 17 years to the day today that the British put together a naval squadron of 1200 Royal marines to capture Your Majesty and burn down your city. We apologise for their cruelty but we would just like to get your views on what happened and on life for you after that punitive expedition.

Q: The British claimed that they were acting in response to your soldiers eliminating a peaceful party they had sent to bring you presents at Christmas, what would you like to say in response to that?
A: What is Christmas? My people had no idea about Christmas, we had our sacred ancestral ceremony during that period (the Igue Festival) and the British Party led by Lawyer Phillips knew that and was told to wait for just two days for me to complete my fasting but he said he was too big and too busy to wait for us to complete our ceremonies. He decided to invade our private ceremonies during my fasting and prayer period and when no one was allowed to talk to or disturb me; putting together a party of over 270 officials and soldiers , he set out to march on our city against all advice that this was an unwise move. My Chief of Army Staff saw this as a deliberate act of unprovoked war declaration and acted accordingly to defend our city. What would you have done if you had been in his position?

News International 101: We are very sorry, Your Majesty. We will move on to another question.

Q: The British reported that you were the last person to evacuate your city when it was being burnt to the ground; it must have been very painful for you to watch centuries of your ancestors’ hard work burnt to cinders. Why did you wait till the bitter end?
A: You just imagine this, I had recently in the new year, blessed all my peoples’ households and prayed for their prosperity this year; then one month on, the city is burning and I flee with the people, how would that have made us look as Divine King of the people? My duty was to watch over their houses and the city until there was nothing left, my ancestors would have expected this of us.

Q: The papers reported widely about the treasure trove in your storerooms, the British reported finding intricate bronze plaques, ivory and terracotta artwork ‘of the highest quality covered in the dust of age’. What was the idea behind this?
A: We were renovating the palace and put these away for safe keeping. I must add that most of the works the British found there had been in the storerooms for centuries; my ancestors wanted to record and preserve their history in expensive and durable forms, it is one’s duty to uphold this desire.

Q: Your Majesty, you now live in Calabar, how have things been with you?
A: Traumatic. Losing one’s place in the world is never easy. Having to cope with being a nobody after being a king in charge of a proud and industrious people and of a country is very humiliating but one has to do all one can to survive, even a once upon a time king like me. One lesson we made sure we taught our people was; ‘when the going gets tough, the tough must get going’; this mindset sets superior stock apart from ordinary stock and I am made of a superior stock, this trying period attests to this fact.

Q: Has it been difficult adjusting to your new position?
A: You have no idea just how difficult it has been. Some people deliberately scorn you with impunity for the sake of just being able to do so.

Q: What one incident stands out for you?
A: One day, one of my children was playing with other children, one of them deliberately head butted her, injuring her badly. She suffered a fractured jaw and eye inflammation and was in pain for months. When her mother complained to the local chiefs here, all they did was to ask that child to apologise whereas in my custom back home, the child’s parents would have been fined heavily for not having their child under control. It was painful for me as a father knowing that I cannot even protect my own family when others want to deliberately hurt or harm them.

Q: What would you like to say to the British?
A: I have this message for the British; congratulations, now that you have opened up your trade routes on our soil, but make no mistake about this; this is not the end of the Kingdom of Benin.

Q: Your Majesty, thinking back about it all, is there anything that you would have done differently?
A: NO. I was trained from an early age to defend my people’s interests and to safeguard our history. I performed that duty to the best of my ability even in the face of bribery with presents from British officials to abandon my people and to pursue my own riches. My ancestors would have turned in their graves if we had behaved any differently. Anyhow, history will be the judge of whether we should have done anything differently.

Q: Your Majesty, have you any final words?
A: Yes, tell all peoples everywhere in the world, that whenever they come across a Benin artwork, they should look deeply at the composition and use the narrative it tells to pass on the history of a great Rain-forest Kingdom that existed on the West African Coast from 40BC till the British sacked it in 1897. The world should tell our story well.

News International 101: Your Majesty, thank you for giving us so much of your time today. We hope you get better soon so you can leave the hospital and return home.

End of interview.

News International 101, received news the following day that his Majesty passed away in hospital; he never recovered from his illness and never returned home. At the time of his death, he was far away from his people and their traditions and so his traditional burial ceremonies could not be observed in full.

His Majesty Ovonramwen Nogbaisi died on Wednesday 14th January 1914.

Tuesday 14th January 2014, marks his 100 years death anniversary.

His Majesty Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi was never informed that his captor and judge Ralph Moor who put him in chains and exiled him from his kingdom, on return to England after his African duties suffered insanity and committed su***de on September 14th 1909; 'The coroner's jury determined that "the poison was deliberately taken whilst temporarily insane after suffering acutely from insomnia", they had heard evidence that Moor had suffered for the last four years on his return from Africa with malarial and backwater fever that induced insomnia.' Source Wikipedia

A spotlight on world history after that

Six months after His Majesty, Oba Ovonramwen joined his ancestors.

27/07/2021

THE INVATION 1897 If not for the help of the local indigenes know as wazobia, Britain would not have been able to win the war against Benin, and this wazobia and her system is still what is holding Benin captivity till today, now is the time to get ourselves free.
we the Benin Kingdom royal Descendants needs to wake up from sleep and take back our sovereign nation.....we have been silent and weak enough. We should demand England return our country back to us. Without the Benin Kingdom there won't have been Nigeria today. The fall of our Kingdom birthed Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic and Nigeria. Wake up my people. Our Ancestors must not die in vain
..ÒBA GHA TÒ KPERE ..✊ ISE

21/07/2021

Nice move✊
youth of Damango rejected bags of rice donated by their MP. They say they need JOBS not rice.

BREAKING:PROPHET TB Joshua Is ded. he died on Saturday night in Lagos after concluding a programme at his church.Accordi...
06/06/2021

BREAKING:PROPHET TB Joshua Is ded.
he died on Saturday night in Lagos after concluding a programme at his church.

According to the church, his last moments on earth were spent in the service of God.

Here are the prophet’s last words: “Watch and pray.”
May his soul rest in peace 🙏

A Big congratulations to one of EDO best, award winning female actress.  Frances okugbowa osude   as u celebrate ur DAY.
27/05/2021

A Big congratulations to one of EDO best, award winning female actress. Frances okugbowa osude as u celebrate ur DAY.

26/05/2021

Pls say no to fight, this is how he became a murderer, just like that, just imagine you are the one, what will you do? I believe he is regretting it now, PLS SAY NO TO FIGHT THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.

26/05/2021

Late pastor Idahosa have said it all🤔🤔

21/05/2021
20/05/2021

🇮🇱⚔🇯🇴

20/05/2021

Women are taking advantage of men in US because of their Law. But all of this doesn't mean anything.
"SOME" Nigerian women are among the most heartless people on earth 🌎 when they are with you here in Nigeria 🇳🇬 they will be loyal and respectful because our culture did not permit them to be disrespectful to their husbands the moment you take them to Europe or America they will show their true colors their wickedness will start manifesting look 👀 at how happy the lady is very happy asking her husband to leave the house 🏠 he bought with his own money 💰 I think 💭 Europe and America needs to revert some of their marital laws ie most celebrities and well to do people don’t get married to their baby mamas because if they do they will lose their properties and wealth to their wives too bad

At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, says Afghan police.
14/05/2021

At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, says Afghan police.

No immediate claim of responsibility for blast on second day of temporary ceasefire agreed between gov’t and Taliban.

Can we also attribute this to Isreal? or there 'r some people who  just doesn't like living in peace🙄
14/05/2021

Can we also attribute this to Isreal? or there 'r some people who just doesn't like living in peace🙄

No immediate claim of responsibility for blast on second day of temporary ceasefire agreed between gov’t and Taliban.

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