ngozievergreen:

Dilapidating and poor looking rusty houses are your culture and heritage? keep it coming.

i guess your politicians live in those houses too.

mind u, there is nothing African about old cemented houses and rusty corrugated zinc sheet, all those are the result of lack of money to maintain/renovate an UNAFRICAN house. so, leave culture out of this.

i suppose the white men that brought these tnz live in your kind of houses in their countries. Even Lagos through which the white men came to Nigeria has those houses everywhere, huh? Early devt indeed, wetin cum arrest ibadan's development for many decades now?

naptu2:

Below: Kingsway Department Stores Ibadan at christmas time in the 1970s.

nuclearboy:

And where do you see culture "preservation" in MY post(s)? Everyplace is progressing and I wish the SE the best (not all of us see these NL wars as sensible) but Ibadan has storey buildings built before 1900 - you can't expect every family to have developed at same pace and have modernized their heritage, can you?

CyberG: Those picture are good indeed! Well, the people who will never see anything good in the SW are known haters anyway! Ibadan and the SW generally was a city-state as far back as before the 1800s with real houses! I have read about references to the Yorubas (Anago, Lucum, etc) in history books that go back 10,000 years and I don't even know as much history as some people here, whom I won't even mention their names! The haters (ibos really) on the other hand were "discovered" in the 1900s! I have read about Yoruba wars that go almost into the mediaeval times, that is as far back as the 1400s! So it is funny in an annoying way when ibos who were still living in the forests and tying palm fronds around their waists in the 1900s, spew thrash from their gobs.

ngozievergreen:

every city in SE are ppl villages my friend. Onitsha, nnewi, Aba,awka etc. Enugu capital is the nativeland for the Nike ppl of The state. So, sont give me that sh!t plus all u have been pasting in your past threads

geeez:

Just like many places in Lagos are people's villages (like I'm from Lafiaji, Lagos Island) and so is Ibadan, Abeokuta and every developed Yoruba city

naptu2:

Wow! Lafiaji! The red and white.

delpee: @nuclearboy
Nice pics.

Bere is looking really good! No traders / danfo drivers blocking the road and the environment is clean. Governor has done well. I passed through Iwo Rd on my last visit and was surprised at the transformation and absence of the 'go slow' of the past. The circular/ring road around town being planned will open up new areas and decongest the city hopefully.
I wish we could have pictures of Akobo, Jericho etc.

CyberG: Those picture are good indeed! Well, the people who will never see anything good in the SW are known haters anyway! Ibadan and the SW generally was a city-state as far back as before the 1800s with real houses! I have read about references to the Yorubas (Anago, Lucum, etc) in history books that go back 10,000 years and I don't even know as much history as some people here, whom I won't even mention their names! The haters (ibos really) on the other hand were "discovered" in the 1900s! I have read about Yoruba wars that go almost into the mediaeval times, that is as far back as the 1400s! So it is funny in an annoying way when ibos who were still living in the forests and tying palm fronds around their waists in the 1900s, spew thrash from their gobs.

django1: Bro, can u open a thread on pics of roads in IB? @nuclearboy

nuclearboy:

Soon - my weekdays are unreasonably busy, but will, asap, though Jericho get as e be now with the widening of the road.

geeez:

Just like many places in Lagos are people's villages (like I'm from Lafiaji, Lagos Island) and so is Ibadan, Abeokuta and every developed Yoruba city

ngozievergreen:

Guy, remove Lagos from the equation.

Again, i only responded to the guy dat way because he respected himself in his comments.

But really, Ibadan no try. Truth be told. Aside the public buildings, nothing else

chidindufrank: South Africans making billions in our country, but they don't want our people to have peace in their own country.

Sharrap,olodo Better thank South Africa for coming to Nigeria to expose your bush people to the good life.If not for shoprite your village azz will still be buying groceries in muddy markets where flies and area boys will be buzzing you every corner .If not for them we won't have all these modern affordable businesses springing up in Nigeria everyday.Show gratitude where it is due.Soon they will revamp the medical and property industry so that your village azz can get quality medical care and affordable housing.They bring business and jobs to Nigeria while we bring crime to their country so show some f-cking gratitude boy

ngozievergreen:

Guy, remove Lagos from the equation.

Again, i only responded to the guy dat way because he respected himself in his comments.

But really, Ibadan no try. Truth be told. Aside the public buildings, nothing else

geeez:

Ibadan no try but the GDP of Oyo is bigger than that of any state in the SE. How about that?

ngozievergreen:

yorubas cant clain more dan 10 percent of the revenue generated in the SW. Fact.
In igboland, igbos generate their revenue. So wats ur excitement exactly?

ngozievergreen:

Guy, remove Lagos from the equation.

Again, i only responded to the guy dat way because he respected himself in his comments.

But really, Ibadan no try. Truth be told. Aside the public buildings, nothing else

ngozievergreen:

yorubas cant clain more dan 10 percent of the revenue generated in the SW. Fact.
In igboland, igbos generate their revenue. So wats ur excitement exactly?

ketoprofen: laugh wan kill me die

1) and who the hell is asking everybody where they are from? starting with me, am from Enugu state. Am sure u dont want to compare Ibadan to Enugu, the capital or have u got that liver? nonsense.

2) @ CyberG, What are u talking about Adenuga and Dangote? U sure know how to talk wetin u no fit defend.how many Nigerian shopping plazas in Lagos and especially Abuja are not owned by igbos? Abeokuta peeps on this thread has yabbed Ibadan too, so leave igbos out of this. Imagine your own ppl fighting which is beta btw ABK and Ibadan and to think d two wack places are even the most popular of yoruba regions is making me smh. Enugu get shoprite, anambra and abia are stl building theirs , who exactly is envious of ibadan shoprite, and let me tell u, the idea of a foreign shop is not even good for the nigerian economy, so bone that envy talk. Nonsense

3) even with the shoprite, insteading of using their car horns, ibadan men will keep using their mouths to shout at any body/car driver that is obstructing their path on the road.

geeez:

Very funny. Why not go and generate all that revenue for your state?

Major industries, companies and institutions that contribute to the SW's GDP and has caused an increase in IGR in Ogun State for instance, from N730m to over N3b per month in less than two years, are not owned by Igbos but Yorubas and some multinationals with Yoruba stakes

Igbos engage in retail trading which in the tax office's estimation doesn't make up to 20% of the total taxes made. Either your people are evading taxes or you've been living a lie

EmperorOlu: `

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CyberG: The only thing that is BAD here is that I would prefer if this were a store chain owned by Nigerians doing business in Nigeria and in foreign countries! Foreign countries should not be allowed to make billions off our country! Dangote has tried! Adenuga has tried! They cannot do EVERYTHING! (Correction: Shoprite is owned by Americans - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShopRite_(United_States))

The people poking fun at Ibadan here are of course mostly ibos! Anything that adds progress to the Yoruba South West gives them diarrhea of the mouth and brain! LWTMB! But there is no question why, just complete this puzzle: 1 9 6 _ - 1 _ 7 0! Other puzzles will be made public in time!

thelonestranger: The problem with Shoprite though is high cost of items and long checkout time. It has the advantage of more variety over shops like Foodco.. You have a choice of a 2 - 15minute checkout at Foodco or a 30minute checkout at Shoprite.. Existing shops shouldn't lose sleep over arrival of Shoprite in Ibadan.