And the staring continues till date for the blacks. Even Òyìbó sef dey stare. How many black and white dey stare at traffic light these days? Time has a wonderful way of rendering things.

WE ALL, REGARDLESS OF THE COLOUR OF OUR SKIN OR TRIBE, HAVE OUR 'TRAFFIC-LIGHT' MOMENTS LIKE THE EMIRS. Only be say di object or technology go dey different.

See how dem dey look like as if an Mohammed wey dey there.
How dey fit get to London sef if ordinary traffic light was that amazing to them. Oya I wonder if our dear mallams know it is a black man like them that created traffic lights

zyzx:
Sir Usman Nagogo dan Muhammadu Dikko was the Emir of Katsina from May 19, 1944 till his death on March 18, 1981.

seeing a traffic light then was a privilege.

The Emir of Katsina Muhammadu Dikko ( 1865 - 1944) was the first reigning emir to visit UK which he did in 1924 and again in 1937. ( he did not visit London in 1940). He was also the first emir to start a western school for girls. Dikko was the grandfather of Late General Hassan Usman Katsina the first Military Governor of Northern Nigeria under Ironsi. He ( Dikko) is the great grandfather of the Present Emir of Katsina Abdulmumin Kabir.


This is a picture of Emir Dikko with 2 of his sons at Hyde Park London in one of his visits.

More Pictures of the great Emir of Katsina Muhammadu Dikko ( 1865 - 1944)

DuchessLily:
Ewooo.... Thank God for civilization

Colonisation is not civilization!
We were civilized before the europeans.

ifeness:


Do i have to become a fool like you?

read John 3:16 - 21 with an unbiased heart and pray to God to give you understanding.

fr3do:


Colonisation is not civilization!
We were civilized before the europeans.

Are u serious?? I guess moping at traffic light like that is ur definition of civilization

Shortyy:
So?

we are grateful that since that time the Mallam do wear cloth and travel to london. what about those who were found nicked like monkeys in the bush. especially the Nyemiris and who shit and eat in plates.
uwaku ha ha hahahahahahahahahaha hihihihi hohohohohohoho kai mallam

EYES ARE MEANT TO LOOK.

How much we don't know and how much our knowledge of history, particularly education is reflected in the type of uninformed, shabby and shallow comments we give on a lot of posts here.
You should know that the late Emir was of one the most intelligent, smart, and forward-looking monarchs in Nigeria during the colonial era, he did everything to bring all the good things he saw the white man offer to his land. He promoted schools e.g Katsina College, girl-child education, encouraged female equality and allowed development to come to his land. No wonder the British picked him out of the many for a visit to England.
I don't think he was just amazed at that traffic light. I believe that in his mind was thinking about how to develop transportation in his emirate.

wise7:
In the '40s and you expect em not to admire it?
They were the privileged few

Very true. Only a very select group of Nigerians had the means and / or the opportunity to travel out of the country then.

danieljmt:

we are grateful that since that time the Mallam do wear cloth and travel to london. what about those who were found nicked like monkeys in the bush. especially the Nyemiris and who shit and eat in plates.
uwaku ha ha hahahahahahahahahaha hihihihi hohohohohohoho kai mallam

What are you saying?

Eghosakelly:
read John 3:16 - 21 with an unbiased heart and pray to God to give you understanding.

What if you are wrong all along and have been fooling yourself?

ifeness:


What if you are wrong all along and have been fooling yourself?

what's your religion ? Since you aren't a Christian or muslim ( even muslims see JESUS as a prophet ). Where do u stand ? Psalm 14 : 1

ROSSIKE:
So you agree the colonialists looted Nigeria dry. Thanks!

By the way, Mr colonial defender, what new advances are you aware of that the Fulani and Oyo rulers had, to bequeath their captured territories, which they failed to do? Kindly share with us. I'm sure they gave what they had. I'm sure the Fulanis built loads of schools for their new citizens. When the Brits left, 90% of Nigerians were illiterate. (Figure down to 26% today courtesy of black rule.)

You will have to provide credible sources of your statistics to be taken serious at all.

Meanwhile, you can ruminate on this =>

Janeyy:
Jean Gough, Country Director, United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million Nigerian children are out of school. Gough stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi while exchanging views with Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State at the Government House.


She said that UNICEF was collaborating with some stakeholders to strengthen the newly-introduced Quranic School System to reduce the number of out-of-school children. She disclosed that the fund had concluded plan to tackle the issue of child malnutrition in the state as it had discovered that 90 per cent of child diseases was as a result of malnutrition.

Gough also announced that UN body would curb public defecation, especially with more than 2,000 communities in the state defecating in open places. “We intend to ensure that before I leave the country, at least one local government area in Bauchi state is public-defecation free.

“We will also work in collaboration with the state government to boost water and sanitation towards the supply of adequate and portable drinking water. “I will, therefore, want to appeal to the state government to pay its counterpart fund to enable us execute some of the projects,” she said.

In his response, Gov. Abubakar promised that the state government would renew all counterpart funding arrangements it had with donor agencies. Abubakar assured that he would ensure that the funds were paid on monthly basis to enable the state to benefit from some of the projects.

He said that the government would collaborate with UNICEF to ensure that one local government area became public-defecation free to improve the public health status of the state.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/10-5m-children-out-of-school-in-nigeria-unicef-2/#sthash.lDdikqxO.dpuf

sammydirectly:


I'm bumping on you in recent times.. ohhh.. I'm ff u now *winks*

back to topic, how could you tell from that tiny old pic. It could be anywhere, since everywhere in London looks alike. But I share your suspicion, it can't be too far from Buckingham palace... perhaps, st James park or Hyde park

Betting it's Regent's park

M16:

Betting it's Regent's park

lol it could be anywhere

AnanseK:
The Emir of Katsina Muhammadu Dikko ( 1865 - 1944) was the first reigning emir to visit UK which he did in 1924 and again in 1937. ( he did not visit London in 1940). He was also the first emir to start a western school for girls. Dikko was the grandfather of Late General Hassan Usman Katsina the first Military Governor of Northern Nigeria under Ironsi. He ( Dikko) is the great grandfather of the Present Emir of Katsina Abdulmumin Kabir.


This is a picture of Emir Dikko with 2 of his sons at Hyde Park London in one of his visits.

bigtt76, M16... see?! Hyde park! :-) the traffic light probably at Hyde Park Corner

Eghosakelly:
what's your religion ? Since you aren't a Christian or muslim ( even muslims see JESUS as a prophet ). Where do u stand ? Psalm 14 : 1

To hell with religion. I stand for humanity.

seunmsg:



See them abusing northerners as if their forefathers who lived in 40's saw and used traffic lights in their lifetime.

Help me see am o, the way dem dey form ehn, e tire me. If you see dem own ancestors, u go run. Every generation has its transformation stage and everybody goes through adaptation. Even for d oyinbo land e get boku people wey primitive pass anything. Make una dey face reality and stop to dey form. Be real please!!!

Kenzico:
EyAh!! He hasn't seen such in his lyf

how many countries in Africa had traffic lights at the time