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Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961 (4)

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

Lagos: A History In Pictures, 1861 to 1961 (2)

It is important to reproduce here that the great historian, Prof J F Ade Ajayi, debunked the theory and the belief that the British bombarded Lagos because it was a notorious “slave depot” in 1851 or annexed it in 1861 because “the permanent occupation of this important point in the Bight of Benin is indispensable to the complete suppression of the slave trade..."

Arrest Them All – A Call To The EFCC

My wife was concerned that I am growing emergency grey hairs simply because I seem to be carrying Nigeria's problems on my head. She seemed to think I am fighting a futile battle, which others greater and more influential than me had fought and had failed...

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