Full List Of Roads Where Okada, Keke Have Been Banned In Lagos

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Feb 4, 2020 9:10 AM

The Lagos state government recently announced that starting from Saturday, 1st February, Okada and Keke Napep would be banned from plying major roads in the state.

MAJOR HIGHWAYS

Lagos Ibadan Expressway

Apapa Oshodi Expressway

Oworoshoki Oshodi Expressway

Lagos Ikorodu Expressway

Lagos Abeokuta Expressway

Babangida Bouleverde

Eti-Osa Lekki Epe Expressway

Lagos Badagry Express

Funsho Williams Avenue

Agege motor Road

Eti-Osa Lekki Coastal Road

BRIDGES

Iyana-Ipaja Bridge, Agege/Alimosho Local Government

Dopemu Bridge, Agege/Alimosho Local Government

Airport/Ikeja Bridge, Ikeja Local Government

Agege Motor Road/Oshodi Loop, Oshodi, Ikeja/Mushin Local Government

Mushin/Isolo Link Bridge, Mushin Oshodi Local Government

Dorman Long Bridge Surulere/Lagos Mainland Local Government

Ojuelegba Bridge, Surulere/Lagos Mainland Local Government

National Stadium Flyover, Surulere Local Government

Iganmu/Funsho Williams Bridge Surulere Local Government

Apapa – Iganmu Bridge Surulere Local Government

Apapa – Ijora Link Bridge, Apapa/Lagos Mainland Local Government

Liverpool Bridge, Apapa, Apapa Local Government

Mile 2 Bridge Loop, Amuwo-Odofin, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government

Okota (Cele)/Ijesha Link Bridge Mushin/Oshodi-Isolo Local Government

Apakun/Apapa-Oshodi Bridge Network, Mushin/Oshodi/Isolo Local Government

Ikorodu Road/Anthony Cloverleaf Bridge Somolu/Ikeja Local Government

Trade Fair Flyover Bridge, Ojo Local Government

Festac/Amuwo-Odofin Link Bridge Amuwo Odofin Local Government

2 Flyover bridges along Alhaji Masha Rd, Surulere Local Government

Ojota Clover Leaf Bridge, Kosofe/Ikeja Local Government

Ogudu Bridge Kosofe Local Government

3rd Mainland Bridge Lagos Island/Mainland/Somolu Local Government

Maryland flyover Ikeja/Somolu Local Government

Ikeja/General Hospital flyover Bridge Ikeja Local Government

Kodesho Bridge, Oba Akran, Ikeja, Ikeja Local Government

Opebi Link Bridge, Ikeja Local Government

Sheraton-Opebi Bridge, Ikeja Local Government

Jibowu/Yaba flyover Bridge, Lagos Mainland Local Government

Carter Bridge Lagos, Lagos Mainland Local Government

Bariga-Ifako Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government

Apapa – OShodi Expressway/Alapere Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government

Bariga/Oworonshoki Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government

Apapa – Oshodi Expressway/3rd Mainland Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government

Apapa – Oshodi Expressway/3rd mainland Bridge Somolu/Kosofe Local Government

3rd mainland/Oworonshoki Bridge Kosofe Local Government

Eko Bridge Lagos Island/Lagos Mainland Local Government

Apongbon flyover, Bridge Lagos Island Local Government

Cowry Bridge (Officers Mess) Lagos Island/Eti-Osa Local Government.

McWen Bridge (Bonny camp) Eti-Osa Local Government.

Marina/Ikoyi Bridge Lagos Island/Eti-Osa Local Government.

Ikoyi/Obalende Bridge Eti-Osa Local Government.

OTHER ROADS

AGEGE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Oba Ogunji Road

Old Abeokuta Road

Capital Road

Alfa Nla Road

Oko-Oba Road

Akilo Street

Agunbiade Road

Ogba Road

Ipaja Road

Maricas Road

Oyewole Road

Arigbanla Street

Dopemu Road

Oke-koto Road

Oniwaya Road

Adebisi Awosoga Street

Old Ota Road

Ijaiye Road

Akin Doherty Road

Amoo Street

Pen Cinema Round About

Surulere Street

Agbedeji Street

Ayige Street

Sule Street

Ashipa Street

Salawu Street

AJEROMI-IFELODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Baale Adeyemo Street

Mba/Cardoso Street up to Ota Wharf

Mobile Road Up To Boundary Road

Boundary Road – Aiyeke Bridge – Tolu Bus/Stop

Wilmer Crescent

Industry Road

Achapo Road/New Road

Idewu Street

Baale Adeyemo Road

Malu/Mobile Road

Ojo Road

Cemetery/Mosafejo/Alaba Road

Bakare/faro road

APAPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Creek Road

Wharf Road

Burma Road

Randle Road

Marine Road

Kofo Abayomi Road

Liverpool Road

Point Road

Park lane

Itapeju Avenue

Entire Network of Road in Apapa GRA

Dock Yard Road

Oduduwa Road

Ladipo Oluwole Road

Bonny Road

Commercial Road

Malu/Mobile Road

Warehouse Road

Orile – Igamu Road

ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ipaja – Ayobo Road

Okoro Road

Egbeda – Idimu Road

Egbeda – Akowonjo Road

Iyana – Ipaja – Idimu Road

Idimu – Ipaja – Idimu Road

LASU – Iba Road

Ikotun – Egbe Road

Ipaja Road

Igando Road

Egbe – Idimu Road

Old Ota Road

Meiran Road

Ayobo Road

Ajasa/command Road

Baruwa Road

Liasu Road

Governor’s Road

Abaranje Road

Ijegun Road

Shasha Road

Baruwa/Aina Obembe Road

Adefemi Road, Ipaja

Go ye Road

AMUWO-ODOFIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Oshodi – Apapa Expressway

Durbar Road/Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Road

The Entire Network of Roads in Festac Town

Circular Road

The entire Network of Road in Zones A, B, C & D of Amuwo Odofin Low Cost Housing Estate

Old Ojo Road

Mumuni Adio Bodmus way

Lagos Badagry Expressway

BADAGRY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Lagos Badagry Expressway from Eric Moore to Seme Road

Badagry Roundabout to Top Road

Joseph Dosu Road

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) ROADS

Inner Marina

Broad Street

Nnamdi Azikwe Street

King George V Road

Idumagbo Avenue

Outer Marina

Adeniji Adele Street

Martins Street

Balogun Street

Odunlami Street

Ereko Road

New Balogun Street

Campbell Street

Breadfruit Street

Abibu Oki Street

Davies Street

Kakawa Street

Force Road

Oloto/Fasbery Road

EPE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Femi Agbalajobi

Ayetoro Road

Hospital Road

Marina Road

Central Mosque Road

Kasali Oluwa Street

Ekundayo Street

Lagos Road

Ijebu to Itoikin Road from Agbowa to Itoikin

Omu-Ijebu to Ketu Roundabout

Ketu Roundabout to Ejinrin Town

Ota Road

Olofin Road

Orungbo – Ido Road

Agbowa – Ikosi Road

Ketu Roundabout to Epe

Ketu Roundabout Itoikin

ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

The entire Network of Roads and bridges in Ikoyi Obalende and Victoria Island Local Council Development Areas

Eti-Osa – Lekki – Epe Expressway

IFAKO-IJAYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA/OJODU/OJOKORO LOCAL COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT AREA

Ogunnusi Road

Lateef Jakande Road

College Road

Jonathan Coker Street

Iju Road

WEMPCO Road

ACME Road

New Oko-Oba Road

Lagos Abeokuta Expressway

Agbado Road

Baale Animashaun Road

Yaya Abatan Road

IKEJA LOCA GOVERNMENT AREA

Lagos Ibadan Expressway (from Lagos Boundary to Lagos and Toll Gate)

Sheraton Link Bridge

Oba Akran Avenue

Obafemi Awolowo Way

Kudirat Abiola Road

Moboloaji Bank-Anthony Road

Lateef Jakande Road

Nurudeen Olowopopo Drive

Otunba Jobi Fele Way

Allen Avenue

Opebi Road

Secretariat Road

Mobolaji Johnson Road

Osho Street

Hakeem Balogun Road

IPM Way

Ashabi Cole Street

Toyin Street

Entire Ikeja GRA Road Network

ACME Road

WEMPCO Road

Oduduwa Road

Isaac John Street

Alausa Secretariat Perimeter Road Network

Simbiat Abiola Road

Kaffi Street

Opebi Link Bridge

Ikosi Road

Adeniyi Jones Avenue

Entire Alausa CBO

Ladipo Oluwole Avenue

ASBFI Road

Olowu Street

Ola Ayindan Street

Unity Road

Armoire Avenue

Ijaola Street

Iyaoloye Crescent

Olu Akerele Street

Emmanuel Street

Odo-Iyalaro Underbridge

Olotunbosun Street

IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ikorodu Road (from Mile12 to Ikorodu Benson Roundabout)

Ipakodo – Ibesha Road

Lagos – Ikorodu Express Road

T.O.S Benson Road

Oba Sekumade Road

Lagos – Shagamu Road

Obafemi Awolowo Road

Ikorodu – Itoikin Road

Igbogbo Road

Ayangburen Road

Alhaji Street

IKOYI/OBALENDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Alfred Rewane Road

Glover Road

Alexander Road

Awolowo Road

Bourdillon Road

Gerald Road

Osborne Road Estate 1 & 2

Lugard Avenue

Olu Holloway Road

Bayo Kuku Street

Oba Adeyinka Oyekan Avenue

Mobolaji Johnson Road

Club Road

Federal Secretariat Road

Thomson Avenue

Lateef Jakande Avenue

Moore Road

Oyinkan Abayomi Road

Maroko Close

Adeyemi Lawson Street

Femi Okunnu Road

Jabita Close

Onikoyi/Turnbull Road

Iru Close

Ajayi Bembe Street

Entire Park view Estate Road

Awori Road

HFP Way

HEP Road

Lawrence Road

Reeve Road

St. Gregory Street

Ribadu Road

Raymond Njoku Street

Okotie Eboh Street

Keffi Street

Norman Williams Street

Ilabere Avenue

Oloto Road

Ojora Road

McPherson Avenue

Olanijonyin Avenue

Owena Street

Agodogba Road

Moboloaji Johnson Road

Bedwell Road

Murtala Muhammed Roa

Obalende Road

Toyan Street

Odo Street

Awolowo Road

Bankole Oki Road

Ademola Street

Turnbull Road

Cameroon Road

Yemi Cardoso

Banana Estate

Dolphin Duplex

Dolphin High Rise

Alhaji Kannike Street

Igbo Street

Moshalashi Street

Eleshin Road

Ajeniya Street

Dr Bode Olajumoke Street

Alhaji Bashorun Close

Alhaji Alade Odenewu Street

Aromire Close

Barrow Avenue

Olofin Street

Lalupon Street

KOSOFE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ogudu Alapere Expressway (from Toll Gate to 3rd Mainland Bridge)

Ogudu Road

Demurin Street

Alapere Road

CMD Road

Doyin Omololu Street

Davies Street

50 Metres from Ikorodu Road on Ikosi Road

Omololu Street

Diya Street

Williams Street

LAGOS ISLAND AREA

The entire network of roads and bridges in Lagos Island East and Lagos Island West Local Government

LAGOS MAINLAND LGA

Herbert Macaulay Way

Barikisu Iyede Street

Murtala Muhammed way

Third Mainland Bridge

Ijora Causeway

Commercial Avenue

Old Yaba Road

Sabo Round About

University Road

Abule – Ijesha Road

Harvey Road

Montgomery Road

Onike Iwaya Road

Morocco Road

Aje Street

Musiliu Smith Road

Hughes Avenue

Birrel Avenue

Hussey Road

Oweh Street

Aggrey Road

Borno Way

Apapa Road

Jibowu Street

Iwaya Road

Okobaba Street

Cemetery Street

Freeman Street

MUSHIN /ODI-OLOWO AREA

Agege Motor Road (From Mangoro to Moshalasi Junction) Both

Fatai Atere Way(Okada Only)

Idi-Araba Street

Ilupeju Bypass(Both)

Itire Road(Okada Only)

Palm Avenue(Okada)

Ladipo Street(Okada Only)

Layi Oyekanmi Street(Okada Only)

Olateju Street(Okada Only)

Isolo Road

Ojekunle Road

Ilasamanja Road(Okada Only)

Ogunmokun Street(Okada Only)

Association Avenue(Both)

Kayode Street(Okada Only)

Town Planning Way(Both)

Coker Road(Both)

Post Office Road(Okada Only)

Mushin Road

OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Igbo Elerin Road

Lagos – Badagry Expressway

Iyana School Bus Stop at Ishasi Road

Oba Ayoka to Iba New Site

Alaba Int’l Market Raod

Olojo Drive

Ojo Igbede Road

Nepa Road

Ishasi Road

Abule Aka Road to Ajangbadi Road

Akoberu/Sabo Road

Itire – Ilogbo Road

Iyana Era – Ilogbo Road

Ajangbadi – Shibiri Road

Kemberi/Aka Road

Lagos

Lagos

OSHODI/ISOLO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Okota Road

NNPC road

Oshodi – Apapa expressway

Airport Road

Egbe Road

Ago-Palace Way

Isolo Road

Osolo Way

Abimbola Street

Ejigbo – Ajao Estate Link Road

Estate – Isheri-Oshun Road

Post Office Road

Oyetayo Street

Oshodi Road

Church Street

Afariogun Street

Sehinde Callisto Street

Mafoluku Road

Adeyemi Street

Ajibulu Street

New Airport Road

SOMOLU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

IKORODU EXPRESSWAY (From Mile 12 to Yaba Terminus)

George Street

Morocco Road

Market Street

Bajulaiye Road

Fola Agoro Street

Apata Street

Oguntolu Street

Pedro Road

Igi Olugbin Street

Ashagbon Street

Gbagada Road

St. Finbarr’s Road

Jibowu Street

Oweh Street

Issac John Street

Watchtower Avenue

Shylon Street

Shipeolu Street

SURULERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Funsho Williams Ave

Adeniran Ogunsanya Street

Ogunlana Drive

Bode Thomas Street

Akerele Road

Itire – Ojuelegba Road

Tejuosho Street

Alhaji Masha Road

Itire – Ijesha Road

Ishaga Road

Eric Moore Road

Randle Avenue

Agbebi Street

Babs Animashaun Road

Ijesha Road

Enitan Street

Adeshina Street

Adelabu Steet

Adetola Street

Nuru Oniwo Street

Adekunle Kuye Street

Shaki Crescent

Oshogbo Street

Tokoso Street

Okotoa Link Bridge

Opere Street

Odichie Street

Olatunde Onimole Street

Brown Street

Agboyin Street

Agboyin Avenuew

Nnobi Street

Sanya Street

Opeloyeru Street

Kilo Street

Adetioye Street

Fasoro Street

Oladimeji Street

Ojuolape Street

Solabomi Street

Ogungbesan Street

IRU /VICTORIA ISLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

Ahmadu Bello Way

Adeola Odeku Street

Kofo Abayomi Street

Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue

Ajose Adeogun Road

Idowu Taylor Street

Idowu Martins Street

Adeleke Adedoyin Street

Elsie Femi Pearse Street

Musa Yar’Adua Street

Walter Carrington Crescent

Bishop Oluwole Street

Samuel Manuwa Street

Akin Olugbade Street

Molade Okoya Thomas Street

Sinari Daranijo Street

Bishop Aboyade Cole Street

Ligali Ayorinde Avenue

Saka Tinubu Street

Karimu Kotun Street

Muri Okunola Street

Etim Inyang Crescent

Adetokunbo Ademola Street

Adeola Hopewell Street

Ahmed Onibudo Road

Engineering Close

Sanusi Fafunwa Street

Tiamiyu Savage Street

Olosa Street

Oyin Jolayemi Street

Marinho Drive

Moshood Olugbani

Fatai Durosinmi Street

Adeyemo Alakija Street

Oko Agwo Close

Afribank Street.

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How To Activate Glo Free Data 100GB (Glo unlimited Free Browsing 2020)

Glo Free Browsing Cheat 2020 Requirements

For you to enjoy this Glo free browsing cheat you need the following.

1. SIM: 2 Glo Sim cards
2. Platform: Android/iOS
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How To Activate Glo Free Data 100GB (Glo unlimited Free Browsing 2020)

Many are selling the cheat but I decided to share it free. Enjoy before the ISP gets blocked.

• Get Two Glo Sim Card
• The first must be on Glo yakata. Dial *230# to migrate if not in Glo yakata.
• Load your N200 airtime and above.
• Subscribe to N200 Data plan (Yakata gives 250MB instead of 50MB for 1st month of recharge.
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• Now you will browse unlimited with the second Sim you shared data to. The 250MB data plan will not be touched. Remember you are subbed to 24 hours plan. So after that it will expire. So choose more plans like 7 days to enjoy more.

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Paul Okoye Announces New Record Label, ‘Fire Department Inc’ (FDI)

Peter Okoye – Rudeboy

Paul Okoye who is also known as Rudeboy has announced he’s setting up a brand new record label, Fire Department Inc (FDI).

Taking to Instagram, Rudeboy made the announcement with a couple of photos and the label’s logo.

Here Is His Post:

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Paul Okoye

While we are excited about this announcement and can’t wait to hear all the new and amazing songs to be released under this label, we are also excited about all the many new acts the label will sign.

Paul Okoye Posing in front of Firetruck

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Xenophobia: Don't Retaliate Against South Africa - Adeboye Appeals To Nigerians

Following the Xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has appealed to Nigerians not to retaliate.

He said that it is better to leave the matter for the government to handle, and not for citizens to take laws into their hands.

He made this appeal on Friday night, at the monthly Holy Ghost Service of the church, tagged “Lifted into Glory.”

Nigerians had during the week attacked business and firms of South African origin in major parts of the country, in retaliation of attacks suffered by Nigerians living in South Africa.
 
It is alleged that the people of the rainbow nation are attacking Nigerians because they believe that the foreigners are overtaking their jobs in their own land.

Adeboye, speaking to his congregation at the Redemption Camp, recalled what happened in 1966, just before the Nigerian civil war, when the former leader of the Republic of Biafra, Odumegwu Ojukwu announced that he could not guarantee the safety of those who came outside the eastern region, asking them to return home.

He recalled that the people of the east were nice to the strangers, as the university authorities made plans to transport them back home, until they got information that the students of the University of Ibadan were holding their people from the east hostage, saying they would not be released until everyone from the western region had returned home.

“You don’t know what it means to be in another man’s land, not knowing what will happen. Be careful. Don’t retaliate against South Africa because of the Nigerians who are still in South Africa,” Adeboye said.

Speaking further, the General Overseer said “Anytime they say that a university is rioting, the people who are rioting are usually ten per cent of the population of the university, the rest of us lock ourselves in the room, reading.

“The average South African is a decent person, I know that. Those who are causing the trouble are not many. If you have a South African living near you, show them love, protect them from any harm.

“If the government was to repatriate all Nigerians from South Africa, they will be back in the next two months. Do we have enough jobs for those who stayed back in Nigeria, in the first place, not to talk of repatriating people back?

“For the sake of your kit and kin, don’t retaliate against South Africa, let us leave this issue for government to handle, while we pray for God to give them wisdom and understanding to handle the situation,” Adeboye appealed.

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Barcelona president, Bartomeu confirms Messi can leave Camp Nou for free

Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu on Friday admitted that captain, Lionel Messi can walk away from the club for free next summer.

Messi has a contract at Camp Nou until 2021,but it has been revealed there’s a clause which allows him to leave at the end of each season if he so wishes.

The Argentina international would just have to communicate his desire to move on before the end of May.

Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta all signed similar deals with Barca in the final years of their time at the club, too.

Bartomeu is aware of the existence of the clause, but insists he is not worried about Messi quitting Barcelona any time soon.

“Messi signed until 2021. It was agreed that at the end of the penultimate season he is at liberty to leave for free,” the Blaugrana president told Barca TV .

“He has earned that freedom to decide his future, but he is very Cule and I am calm. Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol had the same clause.

“We couldn’t give Messi a different clause, but I repeat, I am in no doubt he will stay for many years.”

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#Xenophobia: How Nigeria Spent $61bn To Free South Africa From Apartheid

South Africans attacking a foreigner (File photo)

During the apartheid era in South Africa, Nigeria played a very prominent role by fully supporting the anti-apartheid movements, including the African National Congress (ANC), which eventually led to dismantling the apartheid regime. Mawuna Remarque Koutonin, narrates the crucial roles Nigeria had played in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa and the liberation of the country after more than 100 years in the apartheid regime`s jaw.

In March 1960, 69 black people were massacred in Sharpeville, South Africa, by the white apartheid police. That same year, Nigeria successfully liberated itself from 160-year British occupation.

The new Nigeria`s leaders` reaction to the Sharpeville massacre has changed everything in South Africa from then on. Here is a letter the then Nigeria`s Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa sent to the African National Congress (ANC) “militants“Â� on April 4, 1961.

Immediately after sending the letter, Sir Balewa lobbied for the effective expulsion of South Africa from the Commonwealth in 1961.

Beyond political support, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first leader to provide a direct financial aid to the ANC from the early 1960s. At the height of the liberation movement in the 1970s, Nigeria alone provided $5-million annual subvention to the ANC and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) annually. That amount would be in the billions if converted at today`s rate.

In 1976, Nigeria set up the Southern Africa Relief Fund (SAFR) destined to bring relief to the victims of the apartheid regime in South Africa, provide educational opportunities for them and promote the general welfare.

The successive administrations in Nigeria did not abandon the cornerstone of their country`s foreign policy either. The military administration of General Obasanjo contributed $3.7 million to the fund. Moreover, General Obasanjo made a personal donation of $3,000, while each member of his cabinet also made personal contributions of $1,500 each. All Nigeria`s civil servants and public officers made a 2% donation from their monthly salary to the SAFR. Students skipped their lunch to make donations, and just in 6 months, in June 1977, the popular contribution to the fund reached $10.5 million.

The donations to the SAFR were widely known in Nigeria as the “Mandela tax“Â�.

As a result of the fund`s work, a first group of 86 South African students arrived in Nigeria in 1976, following the disruption of the education system in South Africa. It happened after the massacre of 700 students by the white police while the former were protesting against the decision by the apartheid regime to change their educational language to Afrikaans.

Hundreds of South African students have benefited from the fund`s activity having come to study in Nigeria for free.

Beyond welcoming students and exiles, Nigeria had also welcomed many renowned South Africans like Thabo Mbeki (former South African president from 1999 to 2008). He had spent 7 years in Nigeria, from 1977 to 1984, before he left to the ANC headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia.

For South Africans, who could not travel abroad because the apartheid regime had withdrawn their passports, Nigeria`s government issued more than 300 passports.

Along with fellow African countries, Nigeria lobbied for the creation of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid and chaired it for 30 years, longer than any other country.

Between 1973 and 1978, Nigeria contributed $39,040 to the UN Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa, a voluntary trust fund promoting education of the black South African elite.

As for trade, Nigeria had refused to sell oil to South Africa for decades in protest against the white minority rule. As a result, Nigeria had lost approximately $41 billion during that period.

Above all, Nigeria was the only nation worldwide to set up the National Committee Against Apartheid (NACAP) as early as in 1960. The committee`s mission was to disseminate the evils of the apartheid regime to all Nigerians from primary schools to universities, in public media and in markets, through posters and billboard messages.

The NACAP was also responsible for the coordination of Nigeria`s government and civil society joint anti-apartheid actions and advising of policy makers on anti-apartheid decisions. For over three decades the NACAP had successfully built alliances with labour movement, student groups, progressive elements and other international grassroots organizations within Nigeria for effective anti-apartheid activities.

In fact, until the 1960s, the ANC fight against the apartheid regime in South Africa was yielding very small results. The whole world was quite indifferent to the suffering of the black South Africans. Moreover, western countries, including the UK, USA and France strongly supported the apartheid regime providing it with technologies, intelligence and favourable trade agreements.

Things started changing dramatically only after African countries became independent in the 1960s. Nigeria unequivocally took over leadership of the anti-apartheid movement worldwide and made it its` foreign policy cornerstone.

Despite the volatile nature of Nigeria`s politics and the passage of numerous military and civil leaders, Nigeria has never abandoned its unwavering commitment to the freedom of our brothers and sisters in South Africa.

From 1960 to 1995, Nigeria has alone spent over $61 billion to support the end of apartheid, more than any other country in the world, according to the South African Institute of International Affairs. The country has never let go of any opportunity to denounce apartheid, from the boycott of the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games to the nationalization of British Petroleum assets in 1979.

Unfortunately, our brothers and sisters in South Africa have not shown enough appreciations  to Nigeria. When Mandela passed away in 2013, Nigeria`s president was not even given the opportunity to speak. Nor was Zambia`s former president Kenneth Kaunda, whose country equally played a big role in liberating South Africa, initially given the deserved privilege to speak, until he protested. Before his death in. Sonny Okosun, a Nigerian musician, who wrote the hit song “Fire in Soweto” in 1977 to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising against apartheid in South Africa, voiced out his sadness and lamented on the alleged gratefulness of the South African government to the roles Nigeria played in liberating the country from the apartheid web.

On the other hand, the representatives of the US and the UK, two countries supporting the apartheid regime, were in the spotlight during President Mandela`s burial. Nigerians still need visas to travel to South Africa, while the French, who used to back the apartheid regime, can just buy a ticket and go wherever they want

Do South Africans who have rather chosen the part of xenophobia and antagonism against their African brothers and sisters really know their history?

Maybe, apartheid has not yet ended in South Africa.

Mawuna R. Koutonin

MAWUNA REMARQUE KOUTONIN IS AN EDITOR OF  SILICONAFRICA.COM  AND A SOCIAL ACTIVIST FOR AFRICA RENAISSANCE.  KOUTONIN`S ULTIMATE DREAM IS TO OPEN A WORLD-CLASS HUMAN POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL IN AFRICA IN 2017.  FOLLOW  @SILICONAFRICA  ON TWITTER. 

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Xenophobia: Nigeria Govt demands compensation as South Africa calls for calm

By Victoria Ojeme & Princess Owoh

The Nigerian Federal Government says it has made proposals to the South African Government demanding accountability, responsibility and compensation for all Nigerian citizens affected by the recent xenophobic attacks in SA.

Xenophobia

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said that Nigerian has made concrete proposals to the South African government for immediate implementation to avoid a recurring attack on Nigerians in the country.

Onyeama disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he invited the South Africa’s Head of Mission, Bobby Moroe to respond to the recent and incessant attacks on Nigerians and their businesses in South Africa.

Onyeama said that alongside proposal for implementation, the Nigerian government has also urged its South Africa’s counterpart of sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed upon by both countries last year.

He said that the MOU contained frameworks and mechanisms that would bring an end to the unfortunate and recurring situation.

The Minister said that the MoU highlighted the need for early warning system mechanisms regular meetings between high level members of the South African government and the Nigerian High Commission.

The MoU also seeks regular meetings with the Consular General and Nigerian Union of South Africa, informing each other of developments, anticipating events and essentially being prepared to preempt attacks.

“The Nigerian government feels that very definitive measures have to be taken to stop once and for all these acts of aggression and criminality against Nigerians in South Africa.

“I invited the South African’s head of mission and we had very lengthy discussions and the South African government has issued a statement, arrests have been made.

“But for us the Nigerian government, we are determined that we should not have any recurrence of this going forward, so new have to put in place, we must put in place mechanisms to ensure that this does not reoccur.

“We have made very concrete proposals to the South African government today and we believe that if those measures are implemented, we have a very good chance of ensuring that this does not reoccur.

“We have to address the issue of compensation, there have to be accountability and there have to be responsibility for compensating all those Nigerians that have suffered loss and we are going to absolutely push.

“Secondly we believe that the two security forces, South Africa and Nigeria can have an arrangement where there would be cooperation underground in South Africa to arrest such events and occurrences.

“This is something that we have to work out details with South African government and hopefully and hopefully the South African government will support us in that initiative we believe will make all the difference”, Onyeama said.

Responding, Moroe said that the South African government greatly condemns the attacks which he describes as act by criminal elements to sabotage the cordial relationship between South Africa and Nigeria.

The Envoy said that the attack was not xenophobic, explaining that the South Africa’s Police Minister announced that some South African businesses like Spar and Shop-rite were also burnt.

“Our government condemns by all means any act of violence against any individual, the constitution of South Africa says that South Africa belongs to all those who live in it regardless of race, creed, gender.

“This new phenomenon that suggest that there are criminal elements within society that seeks to create retrogression in the advancement that we have made between South Africa and Nigeria

“The South Africa police authorities have already arrested 70 individuals in Johannesburg and Pretoria districts who have been found to be looting and destroying properties.

“We had a lengthy discussion with the minister, a number of proposition among which is the early warning mechanism, an agreement which has been proposed between the two countries and from now henceforth.

“We are going to be conveying the message of the Nigerian government to our government to ensure that we find logical conclusions to this problem on ground”, Moroe said.

On the delay of the signing the MoU, Moroe explained that it was due to consultation processes with the Country’s International Relations lawyers which he promised would be expedited.

Moroe also urged Nigerians and the media to be cautious and disregard viral videos and voice clips on social media showing Nigerians been brutalized and killed, explaining that most of them were from 2008.

Meanwhile, the government in South Africa has denounced the violent attack by its citizens to foreign nationals in the country while calling for calm and restraint in certain parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

A statement by Acting Government Communication Information System, GCIS Director-General, Phumla Williams said “No amount of grievance or unhappiness can justify the looting of shops, destruction of properties and illegal blocking of roads. Such acts constitute a criminal offence and the law enforcement agencies must respond without any fear or favour.”

“We are a democratic state that promotes robust dialogue and engagement with the dissatisfied communities. As government, we will not allow anarchy and violence to be the order of the day. We commend the quick response of the South African Police Services (SAPS) which has resulted in the arrest of a number of individuals.”

“With regard to the attacks on trucks, 20 individuals have been arrested  in KwaZulu-Natal after responding to incidents along major routes and known hotspots in the province. These arrests relate to public violence and obstruction of traffic, possession of unlicensed firearms, attempted murder and malicious damage to property.”

“In Gauteng following the violence and looting of shops in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and the Johannesburg CBD, seventy (70) arrests have been made in connection with public violence, malicious damage to property and theft.”

She added that the police will continue their work to restore order in the affected areas and government urges all the law-abiding citizens to continue to work with the police and isolate the criminals.

“Government urges all members of the community to work together with the law enforcement agencies.  Community members can report any criminal activities they have witnessed to the police using the 10111 emergency number,” she said.

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