Showing posts with label Queen Elizabeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Queen Elizabeth. Show all posts

Saturday, September 20, 2014

In 1956, when the Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd of England visited Nigeria






In 1956, when the Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd of England come to Nigeria, she visited the Eruwa Pineapple Plantation (now in Oyo State). My grandfather was the plantation manager then.
The farm used to supply the pineapple to the Lafia Canning factory in Ibadan, owned by Western Nigeria Development Corporation, WNDC, at the time. The citrus canned by the Lafia factory was supplied from the Apoje Farm Settlement near Ijebu Igbo (now in Ogun State)
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Back in the Day Pic: Queen Elizabeth spotted with Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe



Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip pictured with Nigeria's first head of state Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and HRH Obi Okosi, the Obi of Onitsha in the 1956 tour of Nigeria

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Queen Elizabeth II broke, down to her last million due to lavish lifestyle - reports (How true? )




 In accordance with new reports, the queen of England is down to her last $1.6m in reserves after royal overspending. She was once the richest woman in the world (in the 80s) and this season Forbes mag projected her net value at about $450 million and today she's shattered? hmnnm wash..

Eonline Reports

Perhaps Queen Elizabeth II could learn something from her thrifty granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton. The 87-year-old monarch has been overspending the royal family's famous fortune, according to a report published by the Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Jan. 27.

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