Duru1:


You are worse than empty-headed dingbat.

amtalkin:

some people might not sleep well tonight after calling 'their' Lagos "a no man's land"
They call them selves Lagoians but stays in a rented apartment owned by a non-Lagosian.

I laugh when i hear them say they are from Lagos but they own not a single property in the same Lagos!!

Femistico:
good...A man who got sense and not some bigotry eeediiiots


thats how to run a govt,,, I will like to see so many yoruba and igbo in buhari's appointment

philips70:


Younger and fresh Nairalanders have been making good comments before an agbaya like you came with this useless one. When will you grow up and have sense? Is your coconut a decoration?

googlepikin:
yes cos the bastardd taught our youths how to push drugs. its just the matter of time, God will expose his arss

tonychristopher:


dangote was a government sponsored millionaire couldn't compete and did it stop his people from selling gworo

we all all know Alakija that was seamstresse that upgraded to mistress then used her ....to corner oil well via baban

it still did not stop them from selling agbo

that's it

Johnsinia:

When will u wake up frm ur slavery mentality and shine ur eye? Must u follow cows foolishly to the grave? Pls, answer

Ventura1:
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved the appointment of Engineer Peter Nkedishuka Okonji as the new General Manager of the State Electricity Board.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Habib Aruna, Okonji's appointment which takes immediate effect, follows the resignation of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi as the General Manager of Board.
Engineer Okonji is a holder of a Bachelor of Science degree of the University of Ife; now renamed Obafemi Awolowo University.
He is also a member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers and registered member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.
He joined the services of the State Government in 1986 and has served in various capacities among which was as Acting General Manager of the State Electricity Board before his deployment to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources where he served as the director and head of Power Department until his new appointment.

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samobo:


Until i see that happen in ekiti, osun, oyo, ogun, and ondo i wont take U guys serious. Lagos remains a no mans land hence its administration should be all inclusive of all tribes, considering that all tribes contributed to Lagos development.

By the way, Am not decived by Ambode's move, he did it to distract Igbo people's attention from the attrocities he is committing at ladipo..

He is trying hard to disguise as not being an Igbo hater, am sure he know igbos are not foolish and no number of appointments will change what has been done hence we will respond at the right time.

As for the appointment, its no big deal because even the most Igbo hating government in Lagos will not dare sideline lgbos in the administration of lagos because igbos are If not the largest, the second largest ethnic group in Lagos.no wise government can afford to ignore them cos he will need their numerical strenght in times.of election.

Meanwhile Lagos remains a no mans land, indigenous to some yoruba tribes, badagary, ijaw and some slave returnees. Coquered by the british and made a british colony, became Nigeria's capital and now have almost been bought up by the igbos.so igbos are equal stakeholders in Lagos and if e pain you, u can jump into the lagoon...

airmark:

1 million Zimbabwean dollars

airmark:

1 million Zimbabwean dollars

TeamSimple:

Better than your money ritual oriented billionaires. Who had gotten their fames through the execution of their relatives in most cases. U must be a brother to Ezego

OAUTemitayo:
Never said anything about RACISM. I said Tribalism. You may want to put your specs on.

bigfrancis21:
This is a political move made to make up for the destruction of Ladipo Spare parts market. I can say that Ambode is a strategic politician.

As for Ladipo auto spare parts market, let it be destroyed whatsoever and rebuilt with whatever ultra modern market structure they want to build, give that market 5 years and watch Igbo traders take over the place. Igbos are very resilient by nature, easily bouncing back from any setback whatsoever and can hardly be held back. If they could bounce back from the civil war in just under 30 years, they would bounce back from this small setback in under 5 years. Commerce is just not a thing for the Yorubas, and the Igbos being aggressive at commerce and trading will take over majority of the stores by natural competition. I am not pitching one tribe against the other but I am just stating facts as they are. From observation, Yoruba traders barely survive in trade in the midst of Igbos traders due to the competitiveness and aggressiveness of Igbos in business, who always find one way or the other to stay at the edge.

The ultra modern market complex could be completed and stalls allocated to, say, half Yorubas Half Igbos. Observe nature take its course and see most of the Yoruba traders sell their stores to Igbo traders and move elsewhere because they can't cope with the competition of fellow Igbo traders until Igbo traders take over the ultra modern market. It happened already with Alaba market, Computer Village, Ladipo Market etc. in Lagos when Yorubas were majority but today Igbo traders are in control and it will simply happen again with Ladipo Ultra Modern Market Structure.

airmark:


Are you sure of this your statement? Last time I checked, Theodore orji did 2 terms in Abia, despite giving the poorest performance by a governor in Nigeria, yet he was subsequently voted as a senator. Don't forget in the history of Nigeria, he was the first governor to have won election from detention. Don't you think you need to review how you bash your leaders?

hunri:
Go back and live in your land. Fool.

yomanovic:



what am i going to look for in the east when south west presents me more opportunities than east? sure every region has its potential but the south west is more developed with better employment opportunities than other parts and business potentials?

for example, why do you think African youths are very crazy about migrating to Europe and America compared to the way Europians and American youths will want to migrate to africa? its simply because they are more developed and seemingly with better employment opportunities than africa. are you in the know of how many African youths die while making attempts to cross the ocean from Morocco and Egypt to Italy? na so e be for here also o.

Baawaa:
That is why south west is the most developed region in Nigeria

airmark:


Are you sure of this your statement? Last time I checked, Theodore orji did 2 terms in Abia, despite giving the poorest performance by a governor in Nigeria, yet he was subsequently voted as a senator. Don't forget in the history of Nigeria, he was the first governor to have won election from detention. Don't you think you need to review how you bash your leaders?

Francis5:


How can you get a position in a place you do not live? If you want an Igbo position, go and live there and be known by the people there.
Anyways, only in Igboland did that happen: Enugu State

Ikengawo:
He knows his brothers will fail at the job. Spare me the detriablized trash. Was it not during the same election that the same yoruba threatened to kill the same igbos if you dont vote for the same apc?

Mapletraks:


^^^^^^^^
@bigfrancis21

Your post about the Yoruba not being good
in commerce is VERY misleading and YOU
need to expand your knowledge about
other people as a Mod. on Nairaland! Re-read
your post again and you will become AWARE
that you sound condescending on the
subconscious level by saying the Yoruba
will sell there shops to your kinsmen. This
is statement is UNCALLED for as a Nairaland
Mod.


There are Yoruba sub-groups that are known
for their business sagacity and acumen such
as the Ijesas and Ejigbo people of Osun, the
Ijebus, the Igbominas, and even among
several sub-groups of the Yoruba, You have
highly successful entrepreneurs among the
Ibadan people, Ekitis, Aworis of Lagos and
Ogun States, the Ondo Town people as well
as the Ogbomosos who are into a variety
of commercial activities and even have their
town unions in diffetent parts of Nigeria and
in the Diaspora.


In 1987, I flew on board a Nigeria Airways
A310 [one of the 4 that the national airline
had just purchased] for an international
conference at Hotel d'Ivoire in the beautiful
city of Abidjan from Lagos. I was stunned to
see a large number of male and female
Yoruba traders and business people living
and doing business in Ivory Coast. Many had
been living there for decades and spoke very
fluent French. The same thing is replicated
all over Central and West Africa where you
find thousands of Yoruba who are involved
in big commercial activities.


Ambassador Dele Cole from Rivers State,
who is the father of Tonye Cole, one of the
co-founders of Sahara Energy also wrote
a book which he launch this year about the
History of the Yoruba and their way of life,
and in the 3-part series he wrote in The
Guardian as well he clearly mentioned
the enterprising skills of the Yoruba and
their business presence in several West
African countries.


Sir Allan Burns also mentioned 4 advanced
civilizations in pre-colonial Nigeria. Benin
Empire, Oyo Empire, Kanem Bornu Empire,
and the Sokoto Caliphate. The mastery of
long-distance trading with other Empires in
West Africa such as Mali Empire, the Ashanti,
North Africa via Nupeland and the Hausa
States, etc, is what gave the Yoruba (Oyo Oba)
the power and economic ascendancy.


For over 200 years, the Yoruba have had a
strong trading presence in Ghana just like the
Hausa in Northern Ghana. The CIA Website
lists over a million Yoruba as being citizens
of Ghana along with Hausas as well!
The late business mogul, Sir Mobolaji
Bank-Anthony was born in Kinshasa, in the then
Belgian Congo, because he came from a
family of enterprising merchants.


So, it is misleading for you to say that the
Yoruba cannot compete in commerce because
from my studies of the business/trading history
of several ethnicities in Nigeria and globally,
nobody has the monopoly of the knowledge of
commerce except if you have some clanishness
like in the diamond industry where a larger
market percentage is controlled by a few people
of Israeli/Jewish descent right from the
middle-ages.

yomanovic:


sorry you got it all wrong. sw people are the real people championing the course of one nigeria. can't you just remember that you people still don't recognise as nigerians but bihafrans? the fact that you ibos buy lands and build houses and do businesses here without FEAR only shows how accommodating and tolerant yoba people are. but i get surprised when u take our hospitality for subservience.

you said you people don't spare dullard leaders? hey! what kept you fron curbing orubebe from disgracing you all in event in which the whole world was keenly watching that it took an hausa man to relegate him to where he belongs just the way you people are politically relegate?

OduaVanguard:


Can this brat just shut the Bleep up?! Like damn! If anything the last election in Lagos showed that you people predominantly live in the worst, dirty/ghetto parts of Lag, a la Oshodi, Mushin, Festac, Ajegunle, etc. The choice areas are exclusively populated by Yorubas (Magodo,GRA, Lekki, ilupeju, ogudu, etc) That you won 3 out of a total of a combined 67 total seats held by Yorubas in Lagos don't mean shyt and is a mere aberration that will surely be reversed in the next elections. You people fit beat chest die! Like WTF? ?

Mapletraks:


^^^^^^^^
@bigfrancis21

Your post about the Yoruba not being good
in commerce is VERY misleading and YOU
need to expand your knowledge about
other people as a Mod. on Nairaland! Re-read
your post again and you will become AWARE
that you sound condescending on the
subconscious level by saying the Yoruba
will sell there shops to your kinsmen. This
is statement is UNCALLED for as a Nairaland
Mod.


There are Yoruba sub-groups that are known
for their business sagacity and acumen such
as the Ijesas and Ejigbo people of Osun, the
Ijebus, the Igbominas, and even among
several sub-groups of the Yoruba, You have
highly successful entrepreneurs among the
Ibadan people, Ekitis, Aworis of Lagos and
Ogun States, the Ondo Town people as well
as the Ogbomosos who are into a variety
of commercial activities and even have their
town unions in diffetent parts of Nigeria and
in the Diaspora.


In 1987, I flew on board a Nigeria Airways
A310 [one of the 4 that the national airline
had just purchased] for an international
conference at Hotel d'Ivoire in the beautiful
city of Abidjan from Lagos. I was stunned to
see a large number of male and female
Yoruba traders and business people living
and doing business in Ivory Coast. Many had
been living there for decades and spoke very
fluent French. The same thing is replicated
all over Central and West Africa where you
find thousands of Yoruba who are involved
in big commercial activities.


Ambassador Dele Cole from Rivers State,
who is the father of Tonye Cole, one of the
co-founders of Sahara Energy also wrote
a book which he launch this year about the
History of the Yoruba and their way of life,
and in the 3-part series he wrote in The
Guardian as well he clearly mentioned
the enterprising skills of the Yoruba and
their business presence in several West
African countries.


Sir Allan Burns also mentioned 4 advanced
civilizations in pre-colonial Nigeria. Benin
Empire, Oyo Empire, Kanem Bornu Empire,
and the Sokoto Caliphate. The mastery of
long-distance trading with other Empires in
West Africa such as Mali Empire, the Ashanti,
North Africa via Nupeland and the Hausa
States, etc, is what gave the Yoruba (Oyo Oba)
the power and economic ascendancy.


For over 200 years, the Yoruba have had a
strong trading presence in Ghana just like the
Hausa in Northern Ghana. The CIA Website
lists over a million Yoruba as being citizens
of Ghana along with Hausas as well!
The late business mogul, Sir Mobolaji
Bank-Anthony was born in Kinshasa, in the then
Belgian Congo, because he came from a
family of enterprising merchants.


So, it is misleading for you to say that the
Yoruba cannot compete in commerce because
from my studies of the business/trading history
of several ethnicities in Nigeria and globally,
nobody has the monopoly of the knowledge of
commerce except if you have some clanishness
like in the diamond industry where a larger
market percentage is controlled by a few people
of Israeli/Jewish descent right from the
middle-ages.

vicadex07:


Instead of you to be grateful or just keep shut. You people are perpetually arrogant in nature.

You still found a way to insult the sensibilities of the Yoruba even after this grand gesture...what a shame

TeamSimple:

Your are the cow here,that's why am following you so you won't get lost. You folks be talking abou slavery when your clan has never risen to any position of the presidency after Zik. Second citizens,that's what you people are..the southwest ruled for 8good years on a stretch,still waiting for any other tribe to do that.

Femistico:
good...A man who got sense and not some bigotry eeediiiots


thats how to run a govt,,, I will like to see so many yoruba and igbo in buhari's appointment

imhotep:

Better to help yourself first actually.
The Yoruba slave mentality is a serious one.
I think I understand your predicament.