eko ilee:

There are more people in lagos from all over Nigeria than the entire population of abuja many times over....


Are you ready to categorically assert with facts that lagos is not the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria or that Abuja is the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria??

I'm even daring you to so give it a shot if you can...

Touchforfree: As for me, there is no Northern State (including F C T) that I've not been to; Likewise all the South-Western States. I've not been opportuned to go beyond Asaba (meaning I've not been to SE & SS) but I heard and read a lot about these 2 geo zones; marrying all my experiences together as the most cosmopolitan (most acceptable in terms of livelihood) city, I'll go for LAGOS LAGOS LAGOS.................................

BarryX: Baba! A Fact is the Truth or the actual existence of something, as opposed to supposition of something; Reality; Let us not get sentimental about this , Lagos is cosmopolitan no doubt but from the prevailing definition and analysis so far reeled out. Abuja walloped Lagos maybe by a hat-trick or something. Abuja it is then and let us not forget to post this link whenever there's a project or an intellectual argument about Nigerian Most Cosmopolitan city because Nairalanders have done more justice to the topic than most Foreign journal or website could ever do .

[b]Lagos provides a classical case for studying migrants and the consequences of internal migration. It is the most cosmopolitan city in West Africa with an estimated population of over 10 million persons inhabiting the metropolis alone (not the whole of Lagos State). Lagos is a melting pot and mini-Nigeria.

http://pripode.cicred.org/spip.php?article77&lang=en

Amaaskia: Erm Lagos, Abuja and PH. That's all. #:-)

BarryX: Baba! A Fact is the Truth or the actual existence of something, as opposed to supposition of something; Reality; Let us not get sentimental about this , Lagos is cosmopolitan no doubt but from the prevailing definition and analysis so far reeled out. Abuja walloped Lagos maybe by a hat-trick or something. Abuja it is then and let us not forget to post this link whenever there's a project or an intellectual argument about Nigerian Most Cosmopolitan city because Nairalanders have done more justice to the topic than most Foreign journal or website could ever do .

Lagos provides a classical case for studying migrants and the consequences of internal migration. It is the most cosmopolitan city in West Africa with an estimated population of over 10 million persons inhabiting the metropolis alone (not the whole of Lagos State). Lagos is a melting pot and mini-Nigeria.

londoner: Definately Abuja....nobody will claim that the city does not belong to all, like you often hear lagosians say.

Lagosioans, when it comes down to it....run to tribal divisions to make other tribes feel unwelcome and remiond them they are not from there, even if they were born there.

People of Abuja do not do such. Every person in Abuja apart from the indigenes, is in full knowledge that ALL are settlers there.

I feel AT HOME in Abuja and take it as my city. I feel like a Nigerian there.

Nobody will try and take that right from me, simply because I am Igbo by heritage. My right to do so is enshrined in the very idea, and physical location of ABJ.

babapupa:


1. Fact is what I've produced as independent qualifications of Lagos as the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria, supposition and baseless sentiments is what you and others are peddling...

2. Also, the world encyclopedia and the Abuja food website qualifying Lagos as the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria are not my sentiments or something that I made up, you on the other hand have nothing but ordinary opinion without any qualifying references to back up your utterances.

3. Your prevailing analysis is nothing but NL mombojombo analysis and I'll go with documented facts and global reference like the world encyclopedia a million times before paying you NL bootlegged analysts any attention..




On top of the 2 independent references I provided, here is another one....






It is

sbaks: U guys shuld stop calin abj d most cosmopolitan or even 2nd most cosmopolitan.
1. Lagos
2. Jos
3. Ph
4. Abuja
i knw sum pple may want 2 talk about JOS. Jos has enof southernerz. If u were there u wil knw beta. 4get all d nonsens u hear about d place. Hausas are nt as much as pple tink in jos funy enof. Its nt an hausa state. A northerner like me knws beta

percipi1:









It is intellectually apppalling to expect scholars to rely on the authority of an Abuja food website. Also your reliance on the authority of the world Encyclopedia is debatable as you have failed to provide the edition referred to.

What should determine the basis of any comparative analysis regarding the qualification of the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria is the all embracing uniqueness of the ambience. As at today, an Igbo, Efik or TiV man born in Lagos and very fluent in Yoruba is not considered a Lagosian. In London or Paris, your surname does not determine your right to attain some societal strata as long as you are a permanent resident, speak the lingua Franca and possess the necessary qualification. How many Igbos do you have in the Lagos state civil service?

What you have failed to accept is the fact that, like other cities, Lagos is provincial by nature of its present legal status as a state capital. Abuja is more cosmopolitan or better still designed to be because of its Federal Status.

It is , therefore, an expectation of the law, that Abuja must be cosmopolitan , whereas, Lagos is by law a provincial capital. No city in Nigeria can ever be Cosmopolitan like Abuja as non of them are legally bound to be. That is why, it does not matter, how long an Igbo man lives in Lagos, he's classified as a non-indigene

My analogy is not to hold brief for Abuja or non-Lagosians, but to correct the wrong impression held and promoted by mis-informed foreign journals and your likes who rely on a food website in a matter that requires a broad-based knowledge

Lagos City aka Centre of Excellence is Nigeria's economic/financial, entertainment and technology capital, it is also Nigeria's most cosmopolitan city and about Africa's most populated with about 18 million people by a 2008 UNDP figure. It is a city filled with enterprising and very intelligent people and businesses, it is one of the most exciting and unforgettable places to visit in Africa

http://www.waelearning.org/lagos.html

eko ilee:




Lagos not only reflects the status of the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria and west Africa, it's broadly documented locally and internationally as one. World encyclopedia is a source of global knowledge so denying it's content shows how low and ignorant many of you are.


Also, what is intellectually appalling is you substituting known and documented facts with your own disjointed and bogus ignorant opinion.

The world encyclopedia and Abuja Food didn't just do abracadabra and magically pronounced Lagos as the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria and for every ignorant post I get, I'll post another link declaring Lagos as the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria while with all your ignorant assertions, you and other deniers are yet to show any publication or reference declaring Abuja as one...



Here is another reference...

percipi1:



[s]Its clear that you don't get it. You may quote more food websites and entries in any international journal, that will not muzzle the debate on this issue. Would you care to know that the entries in your Infallible Encyclopaedia relied on books published between 1960 to 1994 to arrived the conclusion you are sweating all about. This is 2013, 19 years after that entry was made. Are you now telling me to rely on an information that was updated 19 years ago? On the strength of this argument, the referred Encyclopaedia entry was outdated and cannot be relied upon regarding its conclusion that Lagos was the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria.

At the moment, your conclusion is based on an outdated material, you need to fall back on your intelligence and broad appraisal of the issue again; unless you are one of those that accept Charles Darwin 's claim that your forefather was a monkey because Darwin was an authority

Until you provide a more intelligence reason based on comparative analysis, Abuja remains the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria. I do not need any reference now, its a matter of simple intelligent analysis.[/s]

eko ilee: Abuja is nothing but a place where Nigerians are forced to go for work period. The Population is less than 1 million and for the inhabitants to socialize freely in a communal and exciting atmosphere, they still have to go to Lagos where everything and everybody congregates. Abuja is a soulless place with just bodies, but no soul and this is why the place empties to Lagos on weekends and holidays.


Lagos is not only Nigeria's melting pot and the most populous state, it's the seat of everything that binds us together from arts to entertainment and other social and lifestyle affiliations like food, fashion, music, media, films.

There are more Nigerians and international concentration in Lagos participating in day to day activities than the entire population of Abuja 10 x over.

Lagos is the only place in Nigeria with dedicated communities of every ethnic or tribal groups in Nigeria and Abuja is a faint shadow of what Lagos represent as a major cosmopolitan city in the whole of west Africa...

eko ilee:


I've given you 4 references and links declaring Lagos state as the most cosmopolitan in Nigeria and you are yet to show me anything referencing Abuja as such beyond your ignorant NL based opinion which means nothing to me....


lol @ intelligence analysis. I'll take documented facts and analysis a million times before even paying you and your ignorant NL opinion any attention...

percipi1:


I think I will have to rest my case now. It's very obvious that you have a personal grudge against Abuja as a city or you are just ethnocentric. You are clearly not a cosmopolite, otherwise you will not be quick to cosider a divergent opinion as borne out of ignorance despite your intellectual inadequacy to defend your pathetic reliance on outdated information and unqualified sources.

If there is one person that represent ignorance more , I think you lead the pack. Enjoy your bliss. Anyway, that changes nothing, Abuja remains the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria. For ease of reference, check my previous submissions. Good night.

percipi1:

I will have to rest my case now. It's very obvious that you have a personal grudge against Abuja as a city or you are just ethnocentric. You are clearly not a cosmopolite, otherwise you will not be quick to consider a divergent opinion as borne out of ignorance despite your intellectual inadequacy to defend your pathetic reliance on outdated information and unqualified sources.

If there is one person that represent ignorance more , I think you lead the pack. Enjoy your bliss. Anyway, that changes nothing, Abuja remains the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria. For ease of reference, check my previous submissions. Good night.

percipi1: @Sbaks,

Normally, I don't respond to people like you for obvious reasons. Pardon me, like I wrote earlier, I am not very tolerant of ghetto languages. However, I am on holiday, so I have time to spare.

First thing first, is it a cultural or family thing for you to insult people or you are naturally aggressive when you can't understand another person's diction? It's a simple question that requires an average intelligence

By the way, according to Forbes, London is the most Cosmopolitan city in the World not New York. Unfortunately, I will not be able to debate this issue with you because of obvious reasons. Apologies.

percipi1:


I think I will have to rest my case now. It's very obvious that you have a personal grudge against Abuja as a city or you are just ethnocentric. You are clearly not a cosmopolite, otherwise you will not be quick to cosider a divergent opinion as borne out of ignorance despite your intellectual inadequacy to defend your pathetic reliance on outdated information and unqualified sources.

If there is one person that represent ignorance more , I think you lead the pack. Enjoy your bliss. Anyway, that changes nothing, Abuja remains the most cosmopolitan city in Nigeria. For ease of reference, check my previous submissions. Good night.