TewMuch:

In Yoruba culture, women are not powerless or dominated like you think. They actually, historically have political power. They are not repressed like other tribes. I am not suprised to see an Area girl like tawa. She is no ordinary woman, you see the men say she fights like a guy. SO she has earned their respect. I have seen some area mama's beat up guys too many times in Lagos. No man wants to get into a fight with those women, they will f*uck you up. No joke.

nex:

It's so sad that a lot of you do not understand why the BBC has been attacking Lagos for a couple of years now.

London sees itself as the financial and cultural capital of the world, and since Nigeria returned to democracy, Lagos has been gradually taking a bite off the world finance market.

Now, the BBC is financed with £8 billion annually to broadcast British propaganda, which includes praise-singing for themselves and their friends, and attack on their rivals or perceived threats.

Has it not bothered you that even in Nigeria, there are far worse places in Kebbi, Bauchi, Jigawa and Edo, but the BBC is always targeting Lagos. They are only trying to threaten financial investors away from a competitor. I believe it's about time Lagos state too makes its own documentary because this is not about Britain and Nigeria, it's about London and Lagos competing for world finance, and London is cheating by employing the £8 billion/annum British Propaganda machine to throw dirt on Lagos.

KnowAll:


Eko Atlantic City would shock those BBC batar*ds. I hope it happens, and I hope the quality of build is as good and realistic as the video potrays. Unfortunately with the Ibru's and Akingbola's out of the action, who would build those sky scraper's in Eko Atlantic City. If anything Ibru invested wisely in good propertise in Ikoyi , help moving prices upwards and also help moving rental incomes upwards in that district.

nex:

It's so sad that a lot of you do not understand why the BBC has been attacking Lagos for a couple of years now.

London sees itself as the financial and cultural capital of the world, and since Nigeria returned to democracy, Lagos has been gradually taking a bite off the world finance market.

Now, the BBC is financed with £8 billion annually to broadcast British propaganda, which includes praise-singing for themselves and their friends, and attack on their rivals or perceived threats.

Has it not bothered you that even in Nigeria, there are far worse places in Kebbi, Bauchi, Jigawa and Edo, but the BBC is always targeting Lagos. They are only trying to threaten financial investors away from a competitor. I believe it's about time Lagos state too makes its own documentary because this is not about Britain and Nigeria, it's about London and Lagos competing for world finance, and London is cheating by employing the £8 billion/annum British Propaganda machine to throw dirt on Lagos.

~Bluetooth:

A lot of folks with unsound reasoning do not realy see it that way.what i still don't understand is bbc's motive of such reporting if not for propaganda .

ElRazur:

Another view is that, people like yourself will forever have the "victim mentality". You know, oooohhhhh the bbc is out to get us.

Louis theorx has been making documentary before from a long time. He's taken on several issues from exposing the gang culture in the UK (He was mugged live on camera for his laptop and threathened with a Knife in Brixton Uk) and he's just a long line of journalist who do a lot of things that it is a strange concept in naija I guess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Theroux

He's taken on scientology, the underground world of wrestling, plastic surgery etc.


BBC if I remember correctly have only made two recently on Naija. So what is there to sugest they are "targeting" us? Omo don't get big headed jare. Other nations, including UK do get similar taste in probably more share.


Check his video on youtube.

nex:

@El Razur

Please then can you enlighten us as to the motive towards these documentaries? Knowing full well that a lot of time, energy, resources, and capital is expended in putting together these documentaries about Lagos, please tell us the benefit to the Producers and Executive Producers.

By the way, no need for unnecessary insults YET. Pretend to be civilized in explaining the gains behind the production of this piece of film. Thank you.

IBEXY:

As soon as I walked into my work place this morning, its been laughter at me. I have spent all morning trying to dispel the negativity spread by Lous Theroux and his one sided show. I imagine all the times I have tried to defend naija and now another documentary in less than 6 months after "Welcome to Lagos". I think the BBC has delibrately set out to destroy the image of Nigeria for some political reasons.

I dont agree with people extorting money from innocent citizens or "agbero" sponsored governors or even state governors eloping with "street thugs" but why must bbc always show the bad side of naija?

If you have been to Peckham, Dalston, Tottenham etc you would know London has its own version of area boys too. Go out in the night in these places are see for yourself - packs of hooded hooligans roaming around and harrasing and mugging people. Its the same here as well.

Why cant the BBC show Abuja or other beautiful places in naija? Is London more beautiful than Abuja? I doubt.

~Bluetooth:

Na today ? The british from the days of colonialism have always seen Africa race as primitive,uncivilized & has nothing to contribute to the world,so nothing special if they are trying hard to extend their hand of imperialism through media propaganda in this contemporary age.
I'm of the opinion that African and indeed Nigeria has a freedom to express herself  and decide for herself her own way of life without intimidation and oppression from the west !

asha 80:

Is this supposed to be a joke ?When last have you been to abuja?

ElRazur:

So from watching the documentary I picked up the following which are the most important:

Area boys love Arsenal football club!

Any other thing is irrelevant!

ElRazur:

Man mi, ki lo ma hun se gan?

Instead of you dealing with the issue I raised, you ended up regurgitating the same old lines you have posted before.

The British of the colonialism days is not the same as BBC. One.

I don't know if you think you are primitive, I am sure I am not and I disagree with what you are saying.

As for the rest of your post, it makes very little sense to the issue I raised. Look, here is what you are doing:


Me - BBC is doing well by exposing some of the issues that do not seem to get addressed


You - Oh they colonised us, called us monkey hence they should leave us alone

Me - That is not the point. Are you suggesting we shouldn't expose this society ills

You -  The colonial masters paid for the BBC to dis-stabilise us. .  .






How can you be so stuck in the past? A few people have told you before in this thread that those who are stuck in the past never progress. Smh.

~Bluetooth:

And how has anybody address the BBC welcome to lagos since it was broadcasted ? Any difference in Lagos since then ?

How will this shock bbc? Please enlighten me.


Nah wah o.

Instead of boasting about what is yet to happen, abeg focus on now. Gosh, typical naijan mentality.

ElRazur:

So from watching the documentary I picked up the following which are the most important:

Area boys love Arsenal football club!

Any other thing is irrelevant!

ElRazur:

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It takes time for years of none or little accountability to go away, it do not just disappear over night unless there is a revolution.

KnowAll:


I[b] know London means everything to u, but let me burst your bubble a little bit, Sinagpore was poorer than Lagos in 1965 not to talk of London which was a million miles ahead then, but today Singapore’s under-ground system, road networks are something to behold, the neatness and cleanliness of that city surpasses London 10 folds.

That is why I like Fashola, our politicians should stop using London as a yardstick, we should be thinking big, Eko Atalantic City is 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, that is about 7 times the size of the most modern part of London which is Docklands.

If we can make this project a reality, it would have a whoa factor not only in Africa but in the rest of the world especially Britain who see Africa as a dumping ground, a  backward and a  retrogressive society.

Can you imagine in this day and age Nigeria is buying 1960’s and 1970’s locomotives in other to revamp her dead railway system, when we should be thinking bullet train of Japan OR TGV of France.

We need development minded people at the centre, the FG Government has had some really bad administrators in the last 20 years, I hope 2011 would usher in a new direction for the country and the thinking of the leaders we have from then onwards[/b].

~Bluetooth:

So the report is to incite a revolution or what ?

It takes time for years of none or little accountability to go away, it do not just disappear over night unless there is a revolution.

ElRazur:

lwkmd. Lord have mercy. smh.

I will let someone else answer you jare. You are too funny.

OMO IBO:

You may want to quit responding to that dunderhead.

That guy is as dumb as they come

~Bluetooth:

Na today ? The british from the days of colonialism have always seen Africa race as primitive,uncivilized & has nothing to contribute to the world,so nothing special if they are trying hard to extend their hand of imperialism through media propaganda in this contemporary age.
I'm of the opinion that African and indeed [b]Nigeria has a freedom to express herself and decide for herself her own way of life [/b]without intimidation and oppression from the west !