trust typical illiterate nigerians to base their world views on someone's personal opinion.

Kobojunkie:

@Honeric, if you read the article, it is a traveler telling other travellers of what to expect. Just as any Nigerian would tell you if you chose to visit some place like Saudi Arabia, where you may want to avoid and why. Simple!! No need to take offence cause somehow does not consider your haven as the best in the world. It is easier when we accept that not all persons will love it as much as we and move on. Easy!!

honeric01:

I am not against anyone giving his advice to any one who wants to listen, what i am against is feeding wrong information to the whole world just because you visited a state for maybe 2 days and claim the whole city is dangerous, dirt filled, unhealthy, hell and with the capital word "DON'T GO THERE". now tell me, should I smile to that?

Kobojunkie:

Lol , The article was written back in january of last year. If Lagos was so clean then, why the recent actions by the Governor? Why the increased push to clean up the state? Why the people praising God that Oshodi finally moves? You sure say you are the only one who knows of Lagos and sees lagos as it really is?

Mind you, One man's Hell is another man's heaven. There are so many hells people live with in Nigeria that most around the world would not even consider accepting.

lucabrasi:

while lagos state has its own ups and downs same as any cosmopolitan city,writing articles or warning prospective travellers not to go there is at best crass ignorance and stupidity on the guy's part, it is common knowledge that money and big business attracts crime in any city in the world,and most importantly the situation in lagos state is being sorted out by the government and any balanced and sensible article should have highlighted that

honeric01:

I didn't know Oshodi is the whole Lagos, so because Oshodi is crowded and dirty, then the whole Lagos is dirty?

honeric01:

He must have gotten that picture from the web or from a Nigeria, Or maybe he went asking, Please can you show me Oshodi so i can take some pictures??

honeric01:

When coming from the airport, you don't even get to pass through Oshodi, so how come he's showing oshodi in his illustration when driving from the airport? and mind you, The airport road is not always traffic-prone.
By the way, do you also believe that once you open your door in Traffic, you get robbed?

honeric01:

The airport road is not always traffic-prone.

honeric01:

By the way, do you also believe that once you open your door in Traffic, you get robbed?

honeric01:

All they care about is the negative things about Nigeria, I am still waiting for any western Oriented articles showcasing the progress we are making in Lagos and Nigeria and also with pictures and fact. They are always Blind to that because it won't sell or make sense to them

Kobojunkie:

Seriously, is this what you want to base your argument on?
Seriously, is this how you want to argue his statements? Come on!!! Stop being so sentimental!
I am a Nigerian and i have to correct things not based on fact, no sentiments here

Arrggh!! So there is absolutely no way that you can go from the airport through Oshodi, No way whatsoever? ROFLMAO!!!
Last December that road was traffic prone. So it may not be always but it is sometimes and what is wrong with him stating that it was on the day he was driving from the airport to his final destination, which could have been somehere in Imota or Agboa!
When he wrote the article, he didn't say Oshodi is not along the Lagos Airport Road

Well, I got robbed when I was 15 by the bus conductor on the very bus I was on. This man may have been robbed when he opened the door in traffic. Who are you to say it NEVER happened to him?
So because you got robbed when you were 15, that means everyone gets robbed at Oshodi whenever they pass through it? and is this robbery thing only a Lagos thing?


Look . . . I see no reason why you should get all worked up because someone pointed out to other travelers that should travel at their own risk. I mean that is what we mostly do when we go down there so why is it suddenly horrible when a man from another country writes of similar?
Man, in case you don't know, this is my Country, i don't care whatever you people think of it, i live here and earn a living here, i should be the one talking, not those who hardly know a street name in Lagos, Lagos is small but very active and i can't claim there is no crime in Lagos, but to say It's dangerous for Humans is very disgusting, that mean it's only Animals that live here.

Bottom line, Alot of people living in Lagos can be in better health condition that those who live elsewhere, you can take it or leave it. i breathe this same Lagos air and everything around it. i ride on bikes almost everyday, yet the last time i was in the hospital for any illness was 1991, Tell me, how often do you think these people living in the western world visit the hospital since their cities is Heaven

honeric01:

I am a Nigerian and i have to correct things not based on fact, no sentiments here

honeric01:

When he wrote the article, he didn't say Oshodi is not along the Lagos Airport Road

honeric01:

and is this robbery thing only a Lagos thing?

honeric01:

Man, in case you don't know, this is my Country, i don't care whatever you people think of it, i live here and earn a living here, i should be the one talking, not those who hardly know a street name in Lagos, Lagos is small but very active and i can't claim there is no crime in Lagos, but to say It's dangerous for Humans is very disgusting, that mean it's only Animals that live here.

honeric01:

Bottom line, Alot of people living in Lagos can be in better health condition that those who live elsewhere, you can take it or leave it. i breathe this same Lagos air and everything around it. i ride on bikes almost everyday, yet the last time i was in the hospital for any illness was 1991, Tell me, how often do you think these people living in the western world visit the hospital since their cities is Heaven

jensinmi:

Just wanted you guys to help me in rating this




On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 - being extremely easy I can do with my eyes closed and 10 - being as easy as a camel passing through the eye of a needle) , how easy would you all say it is for a white person who is visiting Lagos for the first time to

1. Clear the Airport Area - go through customs and all of that.
2. Arrive at their destination in Lagos - Hotel or otherwise
3. Make it through the Night comfortably in most parts of Lagos.
4. Make it back to the Airport on their way back
5. Actually enjoy the particular experience
6. Be willing to recommend visiting to other people whose upbringing, past lifestyle, other attributes, as well as level of tolerance/ endurance he/she knows nothing about.


and then Please try to compare this same scenario with a Nigerian landing in JFK, New York for the first time.

Please post your rating

bbc 28oct 2008

Drug money 'tainting Ghana poll'



The UN says drug trafficking in West Africa is getting worse
Ghana's election campaign could be tarnished by money from West African drug trafficking, an official has said.

Kwesi Aning, head of research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, said the "very fabric" of Ghanaian society was under threat.

His comments came as the UN warned in a report that West Africa risks becoming an epicentre for drug trafficking from South America to Europe.

Officials from West Africa are meeting in Cape Verde to discuss the problem.

Every year, at least 50 tonnes of cocaine from Andean countries are transported through West Africa towards Europe, where they are worth $2bn (£1.3bn), according to the UN.

The problem is getting worse, the UN says, with seizures of drugs representing the "tip of the iceberg".

Sniffer dogs

The UN says that along with Guinea-Bissau, Ghana is a major hub through which cocaine enters the region.

Mr Aning said he was alarmed at the amount of money being splashed around in Ghana ahead of presidential elections on 7 December.

"Some of these guys were my mates in school and they were not too successful, and they've been in politics for less than 10 years," he told the BBC.

"You don't make that kind of money in 10 years."

He said he was talking about people "running for parliament, who are ministers, wanting to run for president".

"It's not only about politics or politicians, it's about the police service, it's about customs, it's about immigration, it's about the judiciary, it's about our traditional institutions," he said.

"What I'm saying is that the very fabric of Ghanaian society is under threat."

Ghana's politicians say they are determined to fight drug trafficking, but many question whether the political will exists in a society where corruption is a major problem, BBC West Africa correspondent Will Ross reports.

Mr Aning said political rhetoric needed to be followed by action, suggesting there should be more sniffer dogs and better exchanges of intelligence.

Ghana's interior ministry has so far declined to grant an interview on drug trafficking.

The head of the UN office on drugs and crime, Antonio Maria Costa, said the conference in Cape Verde was important in calling attention to "the work that's needed to protect these countries so as to protect Europe".

He said economic weakness of West African states allows traffickers to prosper, and that corruption was also a problem.

"Some of the political leaders, or members of families of political leaders, some of the high officials, including law enforcement are involved, or in any event turn a benign eye."

Another UN official, Antonio Mazzitelli, said that despite these weaknesses, some states had begun to respond.

Singling out Guinea-Bissau, he said that "drug traffickers are starting to consider a lot of other options on the West African coast".

All they care about is the negative things about Nigeria, I am still waiting for any western Oriented articles showcasing the progress we are making in Lagos and Nigeria and also with pictures and fact. They are always Blind to that because it won't sell or make sense to them

Kobojunkie:

You have yet to correct anything or offer up any fact. All you have just done is attack him from a sentimental point and claim that it is cause you are a Nigerian that you feel you are right in doing so. I am sorry but that is nothing but the old, attack first, listen later approach. It does not work!

Oh! He has to explicitly state that Oshodi is not along the lagos Airport road for his article to be correct? Jeezz!!! I hope you are not a member of any debate team .ROFLAMO!!

Arrggh!!! Because robbery is not Only a Lagos thing, it should not be mentioned? You are just UNBEWEABLE!! lol


Well, what should we say of other Lagosians who live and earn a living right there in Lagos but agree with this man? Are they then not Nigerians? Are they not Lagosians? Is it not their own country as well? Again, stop being sentimental already!


Well, it is not about how many times you visit the hospital or not. The fact is your own government does not seem to agree with your take and is hence been rushing to fix up/clean up and develop the state as much as he can as a result. If he thought as you did, he would see no reason to develop things at the rate that he has been now, would he? I am not sure you understand the health aspect of things but the fact that the country has a mortality age at 49 should tell you a lot.

Anywho, I know you are just going to blow over all this and come back with your “I LOVE NIGERIA” jingle coupled with more talk on how the man is wrong because he is not Nigerian. But sometimes we need to learn not to attack people for what they see but do better so they see that you are no longer as bad as you used to be. Reading your posts, takes me back to some old episodes of “Ramsey’s Nightmare” I watched a while back. One particular restaurant owner who had fungus growing in his kitchen and rotten food in his freezer kept insulting Ramsey for pointing all that out, by claiming that he ( the chef) knew his kitchen better and had yet to contract any food poisoning from eating food from the same freezer. I am sorry, just cause you have not experienced the bad does not mean the condition is acceptable.

honeric01:

You know why i won't respond to this comments from you? because it's like a rotational comment from you, no end, like the way most primary school pupil sing national anthem.
Bottom line, i have never said Nigeria is clean or that Nigeria is the best, you trying to make me sound as if i don't see the bad things in Nigeria makes me think if truly you are arguing to make me see any fact.

Things we are discussing is a known thing in Nigeria, but not to the extent of how Outsiders paint it,

I am stopping here and won't debate any longer because i can see where you are driving this argument to. (driving towards insults and abusing eachother).

I rest my case

GoldCircle:

I swear this article or thread does not deserve the attention it is currently getting! this is purely a matter of choice! If I (Goldcircle) believe that Lagos, Nigeria is the best place to live in the world and I have absolutely no hassles about that, it is purely my choice and I don't see why this should give another man headache! Those Nigerians that see absolutely nothing good in Nigeria,should keep their opinions to themselves and mind the business of their adopted countries, rather than waking up every day to post 1001 reasons why I shouldn't live in Nigeria on Nairaland.

it's my life! I'm loving it!Hate it or love it, this is Africa!! Motherland!!!

B.O.S.S.:

_ _ do i smell a big-black-ass-man aka GoldCircle about licking some asses of big-black-imbecilic-unserious men aka naija governors, nawah, abeg komot for road make my pikin see better climate, ojare o! ewu Wetuo obi, indeed!

GoldCircle:

Silence is absolutely the best answer for a big fool like you! You no know yourself!I sincerely do not wish to join issues with either you or your brother that calls himself a 'junkie'! You guys are a worthless bunch!I refuse to be part of your 'cheap' nairaland arguments and criticisms!

Nonsense!