kettykin:
If lagos was never the capital of Nigeria lagos would have been like any of the non oil producing coastal state like cross river and ogun,whose dependence is to oil producing Niger delta states, what special or specific magic that yoruba did to eko the former war camp of the Benin empire that they have not been able to make of ibadan the yoruba capital

Lagos had a train line in 1895 and a Telephone exchange in 1898
http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1898_lagos/3064634_1898_lagos_opt.pdf
Lagos has Always been way ahead of Umuakpu.
Carter bridge was there in 1901

SEE PHOTO

Tell me what was happening in Umuakpu circa 1901

You are ignorant and full of hate and in that state of mind you cannot learn.
FYI Nigeria has about 1000km of coastline but the only part that is NOT swampy or inland is in Lagos just like what you have in Cotonou or Lome.The rest is inland and it will cost at least 15 times to build a container port anywhere else in Nigeria.Even then it will remain perpeuatlly risky to large vessels. I suggest you read about the gulf of Guinea.

That is the source of Lagos's wealth and why it became capital not the other way round. Tell us with all the money spend on Abuja to date how much money is generated in Abuja ??


The truth is because of the Port in the early days all the manufacturers located in Lagos and the rest is history. Of course we must remember that Lagos State was created in 1967 and Some parts of the Western Region were added to the new state.Particularly Ikeja was part of the Western Region whose government had talken advantage of proximity to the Federal Capital to ensure that manufacturing was located next to the Port.Why not decree that manufacturing should move to Abuja because it is capital. The truth is it is all about the Port which has no realistic rival

ilugunboy:

Would have preferred the serenity and the crime free of those places you mentioned without the crime you people brought along.

You guys love to spin cheap, malicious, hand-me-down lies that can be punctured by simpletools like google. We know the people that pioneered gbomo gbomo (kidnapping) and armed robbery.

0monnakoda:

Lagos had a train line in 1895 and a Telephone exchange in 1898
http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1898_lagos/3064634_1898_lagos_opt.pdf
Lagos has Always been way ahead of Umuakpu.
Carter bridge was there in 1901

SEE PHOTO

Tell me what was happening in Umuakpu circa 1901

You are ignorant and full of hate and in that state of mind you cannot learn.
FYI Nigeria has about 1000km of coastline but the only part that is NOT swampy or inland is in Lagos just like what you have in Cotonou or Lome.The rest is inland and it will cost at least 15 times to build a container port anywhere else in Nigeria.Even then it will remain perpeuatlly risky to large vessels. I suggest you read about the gulf of Guinea.

That is the source of Lagos's wealth and why it became capital not the other way round. Tell us with all the money spend on Abuja to date how much money is generated in Abuja ??


The truth is because of the Port in the early days all the manufacturers located in Lagos and the rest is history. Of course we must remember that Lagos State was created in 1967 and Some parts of the Western Region were added to the new state.Particularly Ikeja was part of the Western Region whose government had talken advantage of proximity to the Federal Capital to ensure that manufacturing was located next to the Port.Why not decree that manufacturing should move to Abuja because it is capital. The truth is it is all about the Port which has no realistic rival

End of! Maybe ibo business brought the ports

No the British did not build a bridge because of whims.They were very meticulous in running their colonies and kept detailed records.
I suggest you read the 1898 report on the Colony of Lagos

http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/Africana/Books2011-05/3064634/3064634_1898_lagos/3064634_1898_lagos_opt.pdf

django1:

End of! Maybe ibo business brought the ports

Dont mind the clowns Lagos and Abeokuta had Post Offices Telegraph in 1898 and Lagos had Street lights but they will tell us it was FG or oil money that made Lagos.If you like dredge the Niger for ever No shipper will go there .They will stop in Lagos!! Companies will always establish next to the Port.In fact Ogun State should start warming up First the eye will see then the mouth will chew and chew before e reach belle.Make Nyansh(Onisha) exercise patience

nku5:

You guys love to spin cheap, malicious, hand-me-down lies that can be punctured by simpletools like google. We know the people that pioneered gbomo gbomo (kidnapping) and armed robbery.

Truth is bitter...if for any reason, you people leave SW....the crime rate will drastically reduce to very bearable level.

ilugunboy:

Truth is bitter...if for any reason, you people leave SW....the crime rate will drastically reduce to very bearable level.

Truth my ass. What truth? That ishola oyenusi and his gang that reigned in the late 1960s and 70s were from the east?

nku5:

Truth my ass. What truth? That ishola oyenusi and his gang that reigned in the late 1960s and 70s were from the east?

Doing such comparison makes you sound dumb....the difference is clear to a day old. Murderous criminality is wired into your genes.

ilugunboy:

Doing such comparison makes you sound dumb....the difference is clear to a day old. Murderous criminality is wired into your genes.

Stopping running after your shadow. Sebi u said igbos brought crime to lagos? Who were the first monster robbers who had to be shot at bar beach show. You know that if it had been igbos you guys would have packaged it for your propaganda archives to feed the masses

nku5:

Stopping running after your shadow. Sebi u said igbos brought crime to lagos? Who were the first monster robbers who had to be shot at bar beach show. You know that if it had been igbos you guys would have packaged it for your propaganda archives to feed the masses

As usual,,you lot are born with lack of comprehension ....when I said crime rate will drastically reduce when you are all gone...does that mean crime was never in existence?

You need to slowly assimilate comment and stop exposing your ignorance on a public forum like this.

I think it's more urgent for Jonathan's admin to relocate your brain from your scrotum to your head. Your wish to pull us down while faking victim is DENIED! by the Almighty.

kettykin: Much as igbos are getting ready to defend their hard earned property in lagos, I would suggest that igbos in th government team up and use their privileged position to have the government invest in new commercial capitals this could be in kogi state or cross river state where there is ample land space and close to the sea, the relocation of oil companies headquarters in lagos should be hastened to the Niger delta states, the relocation of cbn and the banking headquarters to abuja should also be implemented, the ncc should also have all the telecommunications firms move their headquarters and data centres to abuja to aid in easier supervision of the business and transactions, the idea of ibaka becoming the eastern maritime hub will not be be a bad idea to help decongest lagos ports. Jonathan should have these on his drawing board by now , these will help him have a smoother second term devoid of the unusual stupid criticism and name calling from a section of the country who wouldbe kept busy by then wworrying of whatever is remaining of their economic parasitism

rosebowl01: I think it's more urgent for Jonathan's admin to relocate your brain from your scrotum to your head. Your wish to pull us down while faking victim is DENIED! by the Almighty.

If only lagos had a real source of wealth or riches like oil deposits or solid mineral and not depending on other zones contribution would you be talking this way

ilugunboy:

As usual,,you lot are born with lack of comprehension ....when I said crime rate will drastically reduce when you are all gone...does that mean crime was never in existence?

You need to slowly assimilate comment and stop exposing your ignorance on a public forum like this.

As usual you lot exhibit duplicity and are fluid in EVERYTHING even on an anonymous forum you can't help it. So now you are talking about crime "reducing drastically" see your first post -

ilugunboy:

Would have preferred the serenity and the crime free of those places you mentioned without the crime you people brought along.

So from yapping about lagos becoming crime free you saw facts and couldn't stand your ground like a man instead you're flapping like live fish thrown into a puddle of poo. Face your history- Yoruba men like you pioneered robbery, forgery (oluwole) and gbomo gbomo (kidnapping) in lagos.

kettykin:
If only lagos had a real source of wealth or riches like oil deposits or solid mineral and not depending on other zones contribution would you be talking this way

what will you call a natural deep sea port? don't deceive yourself, people are not in lagos because they love yorubas so much but because of what the place can offer.

Eze Promoe and co have been typing from my frontal lobe.

These oily ppl dont have shame

You are a nation of savages and criminals( a yoruba man becomes an outcast if he goes to jail , igbos roll out the carpets for a convicted tribesman)[/quote]
TELL ME ABOUT THE PDP VICE CHAIRMAN FOR SOUTH WEST THAT WENT TO JAIL AND RETURNED AMIDST DRUM ROLLS AND CLAPS AND RED CARPET FROM PROMINENT YORUBA ELDERS AND EVEN A FORMER PRESIDENT....MUMU

see ur mouth talking of igbos and wars...which wars hv yorubas ever fought...u backstabbers dat remain behind to lick d bottom of remnant...we stood against the whole nigeria including the conspiracy of the western powers...u guyz stayed behind to lap up vacancies left by the confrontation...in all u people hv perfected d art of making any north-south confrontation look like an hausa-ibo confrontation,while u become the saint positioning urself to benefit from the crisis...wr r wise to u guyz now...we will make sure d next time u people eat ur stinking amala thru ur dirty anus...idiots...u know hou to fight in the news paper pages...because u took over most nigerian corporations after the war because the abokis had no knowledge....odekus...

i hv always admired the yoruba tribe for their unbounded capacity for treachery and subservience....everything they have gained from this mismanaged conglomerate of a nation is because of this...the yoruba achieves a lot without fighting...the setup called nigeria has been of the greatest benefit to them...but times are changing...our world is a different one now...any war that comes up again in nigeria,at least everybody now knows who the yorubas are...any yoruba that prognosticating the outcome of another war based on wat obtained from the past war is a fool...now the igbos fully know who their worst enemies are...its not the abokis...or is ur leaders that r just stooges of the northern oligarchy?Obasanjo dat destryoyed odi and zaki biam to impress the fulanis...even the hausas know who u are now or y did babangida refuse the marriage of kola abiola to his daughter?not to mention that they r both muslims...u guys benefit feom treachery...never u confuse it with bravery...

This is the time Yorubas need to wake up.

Stop being docile and "sophisticated".

You are not too "sophisticated" to protect your image.

Ibos should not be handed monopoly over tribalism.

When Ibo almajiris point at you and call your land poverty-stricken, who will correct them?

When they devalue your land, home, family, sons, daughter, who will speak out?

You need to wake up.....

There's a private Ibo forum where Yorubas are discussed daily, basically on how to destroy their image on NL, yet you sit there and keep quiet because you're too sophisticated.

Wake up.

Why are Ibos focusing so much on what a Yoruba man (Fashola did), when Ibo governors in the past have done the same? Stop the tribalism.

the yorubas r the tricksters of the south...dats y no tribe can look up to them as a big brother not even any of the minorities...u like revels and spotlight thats y u always want to come across as people confronting opression...u luv to inherit the spoils....but u can only suceed for so long...in politics the yorubas r d lap dogs of the northern oligarchy...they cannever be counted kn for anything....recently the abiola family called babangida their sole sustainer and therefore father...i laugh...everybody knows who you r...who henefits more from d destabilization of the south?pls let nobody call igbo and yoruba in the same breath....executive house boys!!!mumu

oh madam so now igbos are the tribalists....who laid d foundation for triibalism in nigeria?it was awolowo...he condensed tribalism into a philosophy....which people jnitiated the formation of political parties along ethnic and tribal lines?the yorubas of course...
pls dont talk abt tribalism amongst the igbos....u guys metamorphosed tribalism into an art....

originbm: oh madam so now igbos are the tribalists....who laid d foundation for triibalism in nigeria?it was awolowo...he condensed tribalism into a philosophy....which people jnitiated the formation of political parties along ethnic and tribal lines?the yorubas of course...
pls dont talk abt tribalism amongst the igbos....u guys metamorphosed tribalism into an art....

pls continue exposing those oil drunkards

originbm: You are a nation of savages and criminals( a yoruba man becomes an outcast if he goes to jail , igbos roll out the carpets for a convicted tribesman)
TELL ME ABOUT THE PDP VICE CHAIRMAN FOR SOUTH WEST THAT WENT TO JAIL AND RETURNED AMIDST DRUM ROLLS AND CLAPS AND RED CARPET FROM PROMINENT YORUBA ELDERS AND EVEN A FORMER PRESIDENT....MUMU

Hahaha
They even wore asho ebi at his trial
Bus loads of supporters came from all over the SW
Whatis that his name sef
Bode Thomas or sumtin