Lovesdaisied:
Dennis Memorial Grammar School, established 1925.

pazienza:
[b] Even at the time
when universal primary education
was first introduced, the percentage
of the population over seven years
of age who were literate was higher
in the East than in any other
Region: East, 10.6 per cent; West
9.5 percent; North, 0.9 percent.
Since 1959, the East has had more
teachers and pupils than any other
area of the country, with the
heaviest emphasis on primary
education. Figures for elementary
and secondary education indicate
that the approximate ratio of
teachers to population in 1963 was
1 to every 1,500 in the East, 1 to
every 2,500 in th West, and 1 for
every 10,000 in the north. Other
statistical data reveal how rapidly
the standard of living rose among
Ibos. The East had the most
extensive hospital facilities in the
country by 1965, the largest
regional production of electricity in
the country by 1954, and the
greatest number of vehicle
registrations by 1963. The economic
orientation of the Ibos was also
reflected through membership of
credit associations:in 1963 the East
had 68,220 individual members, the
west 5,776, and the north a mere
2,407 ." ''... His source was the
Annual Abstract of Statistics
( Federal Office of Statistics, Lagos,
1965) [/b]

Lovesdaisied:
Okedibia Chinwuba Onumba Orah of Aguleri. The last of the Ojenammuo dibias of Igboland. Supposedly the first to obtain a "dibias license" during the colonial administration.

Date unknown.

DikeOha882:
I love this part the most . Mazi Paz, ana m ekele o, I love tapping from your ako n' uche in Duncan Mighty voice.

DikeOha882:
No wonder we produced Prof Eni Njoku and Prof Kenneth Dike, First vice chancellor of Unilag and first indegenious vice chancellor of University college ibadan

shamecurls:
That simply war antics. You can be fighting your enemy and still be giving him food.

logica:
LOL. Millions right? How many Igbos had millions of pounds banked in the 60s? Wait, let's even start with thousands. How many had thousand banked? Wait a minute, let's start with hundreds. Maybe you don't know the average annual salary at the time was not even up to £20.

SirShymexx:
The few selected places looks massively underdeveloped and it is shocking that these pictures were taken in the 50s and 60s. Only God knows what the villages would have looked like, if the "cities" looked that rickety just 60 years.

The Biafran war was probably a blessing in disguise to erect better buildings. Nothing to celebrate here - just the legacy of underdevelopment colonisation left behind, while the colonists looted the whole country blind.

squaddy:

I'm surprised everyone allowed this monumental fallacy to slide through and two other nitwits actually liked it. You cannot distort history with your Amala narrative. Gone were those days when you goons run riot with false narratives and shove it down people's throats. The igbos dominated every sector of the economy before the civil war and that is a fact. In the military,education,marine,aviation,commerce,banking,you name it and you find the igbos at the top echelon calling the shots. Federal character was introduced into the Nigerian system because of the tendency of an Igbo man snapping up whatever position there is,based on merit.
The average annual salary at that time was not up to £20?? If I should call you a dolt,you would assume I just insulted you right

squaddy:

Please ignore this clown.

Jaynec:
Luvly thread! I love reading historical events & the pix are so amazing. Proudly from the eastern Niger. Anambra na Enugu bu nwanne!

Tripleclick:
. NIGERIA SHOULD GIVE US SEA-PORT IN ONITSHA... DE R AFRAID WE MAY IMPORT ANODA WEAPON...PLZ WE NEED IT FOR BUSINESS...ONCE WE GT SEA-PORT WE WILL STOP CALLING LAGOS NO MANS'S LAND

SirShymexx:
The few selected places looks massively underdeveloped and it is shocking that these pictures were taken in the 50s and 60s. Only God knows what the villages would have looked like, if the "cities" looked that rickety just 60 years.

The Biafran war was probably a blessing in disguise to erect better buildings. Nothing to celebrate here - just the legacy of underdevelopment colonisation left behind, while the colonists looted the whole country blind.

IdiAmin1:
Bia @op, why show pics of that dead man? You no wan mek I sleep this night abi.

Looking at those nice pics, I say may God continue to punish the idiotic black scorpion, Muritala, Gowan, 0Bj and all those who had a hand in b1afra saga for their atrocities. Umu ekwensi chineke ga akpocha oku.

DankemzI:
Had it been East were allowed basic necessities, east would've been Nigeria's Commerce strong hold
If not for GeJ East won't have gotten an International Airport

And GeJ was truly building a second Niger bridge,...... But chief propagandist South West and Nothingners were denying the project

shugacaneman:
LUX FIAT

Lovesdaisied:
Okedibia Chinwuba Onumba Orah of Aguleri. The last of the Ojenammuo dibias of Igboland. Supposedly the first to obtain a "dibias license" during the colonial administration.

Date unknown.

shugacaneman:
LUX FIAT

ilawanson44:
[size=18pt]What Onitsha is as of 1962 is what South West is in 2015!

NO WONDER THE HATRED![/size]

Lovesdaisied:
Architect’s Model of Main Market Onitsha, 1952

Background: In 1949 the Onitsha Native Authority began a project of organizing market reconstruction, which met with approval by the Eastern Nigerian Government in 1952. In 1956 actual construction began.

SirShymexx:
The few selected places looks massively underdeveloped and it is shocking that these pictures were taken in the 50s and 60s. Only God knows what the villages would have looked like, if the "cities" looked that rickety just 60 years.

The Biafran war was probably a blessing in disguise to erect better buildings. Nothing to celebrate here - just the legacy of underdevelopment colonisation left behind, while the colonists looted the whole country blind.

SirShymexx:
The few selected places looks massively underdeveloped and it is shocking that these pictures were taken in the 50s and 60s. Only God knows what the villages would have looked like, if the "cities" looked that rickety just 60 years.

The Biafran war was probably a blessing in disguise to erect better buildings. Nothing to celebrate here - just the legacy of underdevelopment colonisation left behind, while the colonists looted the whole country blind.

sunnyb0b0:


Can we have pictures of your town in the same era?

SirShymexx:
The few selected places looks massively underdeveloped and it is shocking that these pictures were taken in the 50s and 60s. Only God knows what the villages would have looked like, if the "cities" looked that rickety just 60 years.

The Biafran war was probably a blessing in disguise to erect better buildings. Nothing to celebrate here - just the legacy of underdevelopment colonisation left behind, while the colonists looted the whole country blind.