Young. Small peanut vendor giving change on Victoria Island Bar Beach.
1951, Friday Aug 24th
Greg Nwoko Historic Blog
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Early issue Federal Government of Nigeria series FGN 103 from 1960s or 1970s. Info needed.
Early issue Federal Government of Nigeria series FGN 103 from 1960s or 1970s. Info needed.
61 CMD was an ambassador’s plate, possibly for Hungary, and taken during the 1970s in Abuja by Murray Bailey 1970s.
61 CMD was an Ambassador’s plate, possibly for Hungary, and taken during the 1970s in Abuja by Murray Bailey 1970s.
Z 2779 is a Flickr-sourced picture of a Ford Consul Mk2 in Zaria, Kaduna state. Must be about 1958.
Z 2779 is a Flickr-sourced picture of a Ford Consul Mk2 in Zaria, Kaduna state. Must be about 1958.
GANI FAWEHNMI 1969 EVENT IN KADUNA AND OTHERS
* Police Headquarters, Kaduna , 1969.
* Jos Police Station, 1969
* Ilorin Police Station, 1969
* Police Headquarters, Lagos, 1969
* Police Headquarters, Lagos 1972 (twice)
* C. I. D. Alagbon, Lagos, 1978
* Inter-Centre Detention Outpost, Lagos, 1978
* Ikoyi Police Station,1978
* Panti Police Station, Lagos, 1987
* Panti Police Station, Lagos, 1988 (three times)
* Police Station Ikeja, 1988
* Panti Police Station, Lagos, 1989 (twice)
* Ikoyi Police Station, 1989
* State Security Services (SSS) Cell Maiduguri, 1989
* State Security Services (SSS) Cell Awolowo Road, Ikoyi 1991
* C. I. D. Police Station Ikoyi, 1992
* Police Station Wuse Abuja, 1992
* Inter-Centre Cell, Lagos 1993
* State Security Services (SSS) Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, 1993
* C. I. D. Police Station Ikoyi, 1993
* Police Station Wuse Abuja, 1993
* Police Headquarters, Abuja, 1993
* Panti Police Station, Lagos, 1994
* F. I. I. B. Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos 1994 (Once)
* Panti Police Station, Lagos, 1995 (Twice)
* State Security Services Shangisha Cell Lagos, 1995 (Once)
* State Security Service Shangisha Cell Lagos, 1996 (Once)
In all these arrests and detentions, he was treated sometimes cruelly, sometimes crudely and sometimes with some civility.
He had also been detained in the following federal prisons by various Military Governments from 1969 to 1996:
* Kaduna Prison, 1969
* Gombe Prison, 1969 - 1970
* Ikoyi Prison, 1978
* Gashua Prison, 1989
* Nigerian Prison Ikoyi, 1990
* Nigerian Prison Kuje, 1992
* Nigerian Prison Kuje, 1993 and
* Nigerian Prison, Bauchi 1996
President John F. Kennedy greets the first Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa at the White House.Date: July 25, 1961.
President John
F. Kennedy greets the first Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa at the White House.Date: July 25, 1961.
Oba Gbadebo I, Alake of Abeokuta (1892-1920 fifth from left) with his Chiefs and British colonial administrator. Picture taken in 1905
Oba Gbadebo I,
Alake of Abeokuta (1892-1920 fifth from left) with his Chiefs and
British colonial administrator. Picture taken in 1905
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
This Photograph of the Oba of Benin Kingdom
Uku Akpolokpolo Akenzua II (Oba of Benin) shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II of England
Uku Akpolokpolo Akenzua II (Oba of Benin) shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II of England. On the Far Left is Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Premier of the Western Region).
KADUNA 1914
Colonial troops of the 1st Battalion, Nigerian Regiment, about to depart Kaduna for action in German Kamerun (1914).
Welcome to The Oldest Town House in Nigeria
The foundation of the building was laid in 1842, although it was
built by the missionaries in 1845. The first storey building is a
monument today and many people come to see it every week.
According to the curator, the first missionaries came to Badagry in September, 1842. “These were Thomas Birch Freeman of the Methodist Church, England, and his assistant, Reverend Deegraft. In December, 1942, Reverend Henry Townsend of the Christian Missionary Society also came to join them in Badagry to spread the gospel. They used to preach under a tree called Agiya tree. The Badagry town hall was built where the tree was once located,” he explained
According to the curator, the first missionaries came to Badagry in September, 1842. “These were Thomas Birch Freeman of the Methodist Church, England, and his assistant, Reverend Deegraft. In December, 1942, Reverend Henry Townsend of the Christian Missionary Society also came to join them in Badagry to spread the gospel. They used to preach under a tree called Agiya tree. The Badagry town hall was built where the tree was once located,” he explained
Photograph of Lagos Mission in 1885
Photograph of
Lagos Mission in 1885. Back row: W. Morgan, Charles Phillips, J. White,
Archdeacon Hamilton, Nathaniel Johnson, Isaac Oluwole, R.E. Willoughby
Middle row: Rev. V.S. Wright, Mrs. Ingham, Bishop Ernest Graham Ingham
BIAFRA NOTE
It is estimated that a total of £115-140 million Biafran pounds were in
circulation by the end of the conflict, with a population of about 14
million, approximately £10 per person.
Nigerian Troops firing artillery gun in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, during the Nigerian Civil War. Col Benjamin Adekunle is seen here with left hand on the artillery gun.
Nigerian Troops firing artillery
gun in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, during the Nigerian Civil War.
Col Benjamin Adekunle (BLACK SCORPION) is seen here with left hand on the
artillery gun.
Biafran child soldier said to be about 13, and one of the Onumonus, and former French Legionnaire Rolf Steiner awaiting orders
Biafran child soldier said to be
about 13, and one of the Onumonus, and former French
Legionnaire Rolf Steiner awaiting orders
BIAFRA RETREATING SOLDIER 1968
Igbo Soldiers retreating being asked by a fallen comrade for help but he is overlooked cos hes too weak to walk the walk and left for dead. Biafra,
Nigeria April 1968
Belgian Mercenary Marc Goosens Killed during a Nigerian attack on Onitsa, Biafra Nigeria Nov 1968
Belgian Mercenary Marc Goosens
Killed during a Nigerian attack on Onitsa, Biafra Nigeria Nov
1968
Dick Tiger 1950's
Dick Tiger CBE (born Richard Ihetu August 14, 1929 – December 14, 1971)
was a boxer from Ubahu village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to
Liverpool and later to the United States of America. He became a
two-time undisputed world middleweight titlist and helped keep boxing
alive during the 1950s boxing industry recession.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono displaying letter from Lennon to British PM Harold Wilson, Nov. 25, 1969. all for BIAFRA.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
displaying letter from Lennon to British PM Harold Wilson,
Nov. 25, 1969. The letter explains John Lennon's reasons for
returning his Order of the British Empire, OBE medal - British
support of America in Vietnam & involvement/support of
Nigeria against Biafra
PM Tafawa Balewa OF nIGERIA 1960 TIME MAGAZINE
PM Tafawa Balewa. The only Nigerian Leader to be on the cover of time magazine. Issued: December 1960
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