TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Aug 24th, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FRONT PAGE STORY, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, Uncategorized
Badagry Local Government, under the leadership of Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, on Sunday, 22nd of August, began the weeklong celebration of the International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition. The flag-off of the programme started around 4:30pm, with Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu reading the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s [...]
Tags: Africa, Agazapohepo, Ajanugbogo, Athithigo, ayo peters, Badagry’s burgeoning tourism sector, Europe, Great Cultural Centre, Haiti and Dominican Republic, Heviosogo, Historical Resort Project started by the Motherland Group in the United States of America, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition, Kenny Adams a blind talent employed as a local government staff, Megbeyango, people of Badagry, resolution 29c/40 of the UNESCO General Conference of 1978, Sapata Hunsi le, slave route project, the Americas, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean, The Senior Special Assistant to the Chairman on Tourism Hon. Prince Yomi Ajose, UNESCO, Yeye Omilola from Agbovipe, Zangbeto Masquerades from the Republic of Benin, Zangunno le, Zozogo from Ajara Topa
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Apr 10th, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FRONT PAGE STORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
The weeklong Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival on Friday the 9th of April came to a wonderful end. The grand finale, which held at Marina, Badagry saw the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola and Nobel laureate, emeritus professor, Wole Soyinka grace the occasion. In his address to the teeming fun-seekers and tourists, Mr. [...]
Tags: 3rd Black Heritage Festival A Performance and Return to the Source, Action Congress Leader, Alhaji A.K Suarau, artists from Badagry, ayo olopon, Badagry, Black Heritage Festival, Black Heritage Group, Bolaji Roberts Chairman of Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, Caribbean, Commissioner for Tourism and Intergovernmental Relations Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Commissioner in the Governor’s Office Mr. Sunny Ajose, Egungun, Europe, Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Gelede Group, Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, Hon. Abudu Amida Chairman Olorunda Local Council Development Area, Irewe Group, Kokori Performers, Lagos State Council for Arts and Tourism, local wrestlers, Martin Luther King, Mathew Luther King, replica Boat Regatta, Seun Kuti, Suntan Beach, Tee Mac Iselli, the Americas, the Chairman of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Comrade Ayo Adewale, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State Princess Adebisi Serah Sosan, the Executive Chairman of Badagry-West Local Council Development Area Hon. Hontonyon Bamgbose, the Lagos Carnival, Toyin Suarau Chairman Iba Local Council Development Area, traditional games, Vothun Group, Wole Soyinka
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Apr 8th, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: FRONT PAGE STORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Zangbeto Masquerades from the Republic of Benin were the cynosure of all eyes on Day 5 of the Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival as they held spectators in awe with spectacular displays replete with magical stunts. The Zangbeto Masquerades exhibited all forms of magical wizardry to the admiration and astonishment of spectators, who came from far [...]
Tags: Black Heritage Festival, Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Hon. Ayo Adewale, Chairman of Badagry West Local Council Development Area Hon. Hontonyon Bamgbose, Christopher from Estonia, Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, Fabrizio from Italy, Fitila, Fitila Procession, Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival, magical displays by the Zangbeto, New World, Point of no Return, Vlekete slave market, Zangbeto, Zangbeto Masquerades from the Republic of Benin
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Apr 7th, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FRONT PAGE STORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
The much talked about Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival kick-started on Lagos Island and in Badagry on the 3rd of April, 2010. In Lagos Island, the governor of Lagos State, Barrister Babatunde Raji Fashola led a long line of procession where Lagosians exhibited various cultures in colourful attires. In the same vein, the executive chairman of [...]
Tags: a pre-colloquium, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), African Traditional Games final, Agip Hall and Shell Hall - Muson Centre, Ajegunle, Artists' Village National Theatre Iganmu, ayo olopon, ayo peters, Badagry Heritage Museum, Badagry Musicians, Badagry Town Hall, barrister babatunde raji fashola, Boat Regatta, Campos Square and Marina in Badagry, Children's Heritage Village Lagos Television 8 Grounds, Civic Centre Lagos, Cultural Performances, Cultural Performances at Vothun Centre and Ajara Youth Centre, Glover Hall, Glover Memorial Hall Lagos, Henry Louis Gates, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, Ijora-Oba's Palace, Ikeja-Lagos, Ile Film Ojota-New Garage, Joanna Lipper, Live Feed at Muri Okunola Park, Madam Christiane Diop Editor-in-Chief Presence Africaine, Mainframe productions, Marina and Ajara Youth Centre, Masquerades, Mr. Danny Glover, Music/Dances, National Theatre Open Field and Marina in Badagry, Ojo Town, Presence Africaine Exhibition, Racial Equality, Replica Boat Procession, Seun Kuti, Steve Rhodes Orchestra at Lagoon Restaurant Victoria Island, Suntan Beach Badagry, Terra Kulture, The Lagos-Badagry Black Heritage Festival, traditional African games, Victoria Island, Wailings from Badagry, wrestling
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Mar 29th, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FRONT PAGE STORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, POLITICAL NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
It was Palm Sunday. The Sunday, like previous Sundays, was routine with the liturgy of going to Church and coming back at midday to resign to where your interest lay – either staying glued to different viewing centres heralding a Sunday English Premier League game or seeing a movie at home. The only exception to [...]
Tags: Action Congress Leader in Badagry, Ahisu Kappo, Akran of Badagry, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Busari Kemi Rabiu Supervisor for Health, Engineer Hameed Onipede, Femi Topoevoh Deputy Leader, Hon. Hontonyon Bamgbose Executive Chairman Badagry West Local Council Development Area, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu Executive Chairman Badagry Local Government, Joseph Sokenu Supervisor for Works and Housing, Lagos-Badagry expressway, Lewis Tande Hunga, Palm Sunday, Saliu Lateef Special Adviser to the Chairman on Youth Sports Culture and Social Development, Senidonu Pot-Balogun a member of the House, Sunday Kappo Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor Princess Adebisi Serah Sosan, Taiwo Demawu Leader of the Legislative House of Badagry Local Government, tourist destination for Lagos State is Badagry, waterfront development, Yola
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Feb 22nd, 2010 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
The 17th century will forever remain in the hearts of Africans. This was when its history was taken backwards through a trade that was inimical to its growth – Slave Trade. The Slave Trade (known as the trans-Atlantic slave trade) started with the exportation of blacks to Europe by Portugal in the 15th century. Other [...]
Tags: a boat regatta, a Children’s Heritage Village, African tradition games, Alioune Diop prime mover of the Journal Presence Africaine, Badagry Local Government, Badagry Nigeria, book exhibition, Brazil, Britain, Candido da Rocha, concerts, contemporary art, documentaries, Elmina Ghana, Emeritus Professor Wole Soyinka, feature films, France, Frederick Douglas autobiography, Goree Island Senegal, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, John Brown, Lagos Black Heritage Festival, Lagos state government, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Memory and Performance in the Return to Source, Mobee slave relic, Mojola Agbebi, Nat Turner, Netherlands, Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa autobiography, pan-Africanist and cultural activist Aime Cesaire, Point of no Return, Portugal, Samuel Johnson, Seriki Abbas, Spain, symposium, theatre, traditional and modern dances, United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Vlekete slave market, Whydah Benin Republic
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Nov 16th, 2009 |
By Salawudeen Ismail |
Category: FRONT PAGE STORY, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
From all indications, the multi-billion naira Badagry Historical Resort will soon see the light of the day. This was disclosed by Motherland Group, led by Gary Loster. Motherland Group is the organization responsible for the siting of the Historical Resort in Badagry. According to Gary Loster, President of Motherland Group, at a courtesy call on [...]
Tags: 8 million tourists to visit Badagry annually, Badagry Project, Community Reinvestment Act, Developments in Badagry, Gary Lobster, Gary Loster, Gberefu Sea Beach, Historical Resort in Badagry, Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, Immigration laws amended in Nigeria, Iseli Tee-Mac of Africa, Jackson Pavilion, Kondopo Echo, Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Minister of International Affairs, Motherland Group, Motherwell Group, Oceanic Bank Badagry Managing Director, Richest Local Government in Lagos State, Slave Trade, Slaves in America, Tee-Mac, The Akran of Badagry, tourism in Badagry, Tourists to Badagry, Zenith Bank Badagry Managing Director
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Sep 9th, 2009 |
By Ayo Peters |
Category: FRONT PAGE STORY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
The Executive Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Honourable Husitode Moses Dosu, has commenced a flurry of roads’ rehabilitation and reconstruction, particularly trunk B and trunk C roads in Badagry township. The reconstruction became necessary because the roads had been left in squalor for a long time, until they became unmotorable for vehicles and pedestrians. Among [...]
Tags: Alhaji Adepoju Abdul-Yekeen, Awhanjigoh link road, Badagry Local Government, colonial roads, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Hon. Husitode Moses Dosu, Hunto, Marina in Badagry, Mobee of Badagry, Mr. Simeon Kiki Whenu, Posukoh road, Project Manager of Badagry Local Government, roads construction, SBJ ROAD, tourism in Badagry, trunk B and trunk C roads in Badagry township, Vlekete Road
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