Banana Island Ikoyi:
This photo is 66 years ago:
It was then known as Ikoyi Island.
2 Men fishing with hooks on Ikoyi Island, Lagos, Nigeria. (1960).
The island was constructed by the Lebanese-Nigerian Chagoury Group in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing
The original Banana Island construction project entitled Lagoon City was the brainchild of the late Chief Adebayo Adeleke.
Photo Source: Ottenberg, Simon
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Highest Paid Civil a servant in amalgamation era 1914:
During the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates, Lord Lugard proposed an augmented salary of £6,857 per annum for himself as Governor-General.
Given the colonial economic structure and the poverty of the era, this made him by far the highest-paid individual in the country.
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Canada is one of the world’s great food producers, but our grocery prices don’t show it.
Canada’s new National Food Security Strategy will ensure more food is grown and processed here, and create more competition for retailers — so your grocery bills come down.
More control. More choice. More Canada.
Murtala Muhammed was never a Major General or Lieutenant General.
He went from Brigadier, skipped Major General, skipped Lieutenant General to full General.
Obasanjo and Danjuma moved from Brigadier, skipping Major General to Lieutenant General.
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Always be aware of Your surroundings. There are people in Your life who secretly hates You, but laugh with You everyday. Not all people who smile at You are friends, some are even wondering why their traps are not working on You. Always be careful because we have enemies that we have never done wrong.
Vice President JD Vance will appear on "The View" on June 16, marking his first visit to the ABC daytime talk show.
Vance will join all six of the program's co-hosts to discuss his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.”
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