You might not have met them but there are some Yoruba kids in Lagos who cannot speak Yoruba because their parents speak English to them while they are also not allowed to speak Yoruba in school. To make matter worse many of these kids usually stay at home and could not mingle with other kids because their parents work all day leaving them with a house help.

Onitsha is very good. u don't need to start teaching ur child to be sharp businesswise cos he must grow with that idea

publisher: IBADAN is your best bet o. As a non yoruba,i was posted to IB for my nysc and i ended up staying there for three additional years. There are many affordable private schools in Ibadan,and the standard of education is very high. Food is relatively cheap (if you have a good job that pays Lagos standard salaries). There are lots of joints,clubs and recreational facilities. My favourite used to be 'sade eleja' at Mokola area. Dugbe and ring road areas are very commercial in nature. Old Bodija,New Bodija,Bashorun and even parts of Bere Oje have very nice residential areas. One thing that really tripped me about Ibadan was that unlike many old and even younger Yorubas i know in Lagos,IBADAN YORUBAS ARE VERY VERY VERY DETRIBALIZED. If you get into a public argument with an Ibadan indigene,other Ibadan people will usually rally around you,the non indigene(i experienced it twice). Also Ibadan Landlords dont discriminate on who they rent house to unlike what obtains in Lagos sometimes where some landlords ask for the ethnic group of an aspiring tenant before they decide to rent out their apartment.  I recommend Ibadan.

I would have recommended Jos,i've been there once and believe me its a magical city,except for the security concerns. However,a Jos resident once explained to me that if in Lagos there are constant battles and murders between area boys in Mushin,Agegunle and Okoko,does that mean the whole of Lagos is unsafe? In other words,most parts of Jos is peaceful but the flash points are thoroughly elevated by the local and international media.

Go there for updates...
the people are friendly, Ibadan has a very vibrant university community..the zoo garden is awesome...there is a Catholic Church very close to P.I Hostel...(not SS Peter and Paul ) that is serene, solemn and simply beautiful, I attended mass a lot there just cos of the peacefulness
I like Ibadan, a lot
I am Igbo btw....

Just talking about Ibadan...other nice places are Calabar, Enugu, Jos and yes, Maiduguri before the nonsense in both places...(served in Maid, and went to J town a lot then)...Abuja for the well off
Lagos is rough, but mehn......there is this confidence, uniqueness of character and dressing that I see in Lagos residents that is simply cool

I would love my child to mix up with all kinds of people, and not be influenced negatively by these relationships
Shielding a child by keeping them away from the "poor and uneducated" is ultimately detrimental...cos life's lessons come from every corner of the world
Growing up in a very average home, I mixed up with every type...(thanks to my parents)..and today, I am better off for it....as I empathise with all

And btw, I think bad eggs are seen at either end of the class spectrum, so I think it uncool that people would talk about keeping your child away from slum ares/people as though they were the only ones that have bad people

As for the people talking about accents....no words, but- oyibo people all have accents and identify people based on their accents...eg twang of the mid west USA, Texas, Southern drawl,etc...pls let us not think having an accent defines us negatively...accents are not bad things
IMO

Yenagoa still remain the best place , forget about the flood issue .

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I have gone through all the submission and want to conclude that the best cities to raise children are the following: Ibadan -> Ilorin -> Abeokuta -> Jos -> Kaduna -> Enugu -> Lagos -> Abuja not in any specific order but I think many people prefer Ibadan.

Try Uyo... A very cool place to raise a family. Good schools, good roads, very low crime rate, low cultism rate .