Throwback to CMS, Lagos 1987
A beautiful and tranquil photo of Broad Street Junction on Lagos Island with the over 100 year old CMS building in the background.
Meet Ndubuisi Godwin, First Governor of Lagos State from Igbo tribe!
Ndubuisi Kanu was born on November 3, 1943 in Ovim Village, Isuikwuato, Abia State. He belonged to the Igbo tribe and attended the Enugu Methodist Primary School. He joined the Navy in 1962 and went to India for cadet training. His maritime career included positions in human resources, logistics and training. Kanu fought alongside the Biafran forces in the Nigerian Civil War. In July 1975 he was appointed commander-in-chief in the cabinet of the Murtala Muhammed or Supreme Military Council government. Under Military President Olusegun Obasanjo (who assumed office in February 1976), Kanu was appointed…
Epic History of Ogedengbe, the Legendary African Warlord
Pictured in his warrior uniform, Ogedengbe is a respected first-generation leader of the great Ogedengbe dynasty. He was born in 1822 and died in 1910 as Orisarayibi Ogundamola (Saraibi) (Ogedengbe) in Atorin village, Ilesa, Osun State (known as Ogedengbe Agbogungboro). “tThe one who doesn’t panic when war comes?” His parents Pa Apasanforijiwa and Yeye Falupo were blacksmiths, hunters and weavers. Ogedengbe Agbogubgboro, General of the Ekiti Army, was born in Atorin, a village about twenty kilometers from Ilesha in what is now Atakomosa…
Creation of the title “Asiwaju of Lagos”
HRM Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II, Oba of Lagos, then blessed Senator (Dr) Bola Ahmed Tinubu with the title “Asiwaju of Lagos” while the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and others looked on.