Stolen from who?

When one of Nigeria's long line of military rulers, General Olusegun Obasanjo, seized the land on which Abuja was to be built in the late 1970s, he could hardly have imagined that the city would remain unfinished 35 years on.

Abuja has a makeshift, haphazard feel to it: A place of bureaucrats and building sites, its streets eerily empty after the buzz of Lagos or the enterprising bustle of Kano.

It is one of the most expensive cities in Africa, and one of the most charmless.

The skyline is dominated by the space-rocket spires of the National Christian Centre and the golden dome of the National Mosque, facing each other pugnaciously across a busy highway at the city's centre.

Its other striking landmark is the vast construction site of the Millennium Tower, which, if it is ever completed, will be Nigeria's tallest building.

The skyscraper was intended to mark Abuja's 20th birthday in 2011. Now delayed until who-knows-when, hugely over-budget and the subject of numerous official investigations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24404633
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maybe its that LovePeddler queen that owns it....mtsww

BBC has not seen her period.. I'm not offended

The UK is a washed up tired country that was bought wholesale by the US

Booked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24404633

Read the actual article.

This was the home of the Gwari people, the original inhabitants of the land where the capital was built.

Hundreds of thousands of them were summarily evicted in the 1970s, and now scrape a living in the hills.
Gwari people crossing road Many of the original owners of the land around Abuja are now living in poverty

Abuja is itself a Gwari word and, although the city of generals and politicians below us had barely 700,000 inhabitants, two or three million people live in these shanty towns, many of them Gwari.

The Gwari people continue to fight for compensation for the land wrested from them by the Obasanjo government, land now worth more per square kilometre than almost anywhere else in Africa.

The Land was stolen by Nigerians from Nigerians you bigots.

haha BBC una too funny.

Stolen from the Gwari people they said.

Ki-Katanga:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24404633

Read the actual article.



The Land was stolen by Nigerians from Nigerians you bigots.

Stolen indeed.

By law, all lands within the territory of Nigeria belings to the FG, they can take it whenever they want. BBC too was stone - from native English gwari people ;DBy law, all lands within the territory of Nigeria belings to the FG, they can take it whenever they want. BBC too was stone - from native English gwari people

moderatorr: By law, all lands within the territory of Nigeria belings to the FG, they can take it whenever they want. BBC too was stone - from native English gwari people ;DBy law, all lands within the territory of Nigeria belings to the FG, they can take it whenever they want. BBC too was stone - from native English gwari people

Well I have a problem with that. That law should be changed. That is how they took my Father's land that he bought from the local villagers. The Federal State Government stole my Father's land. True story.

Arosa: Stolen from the Gwari people they said.

See as these guys are hell bent on tearing this country apart. This place, I have grown to love


BBC, the plan is to get these people to pick up arms and begin to request settlement!

Who cares what the BBC thinks?

Stolen from the Mama charlie's Estate abi?

Useless brits

Ki-Katanga:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24404633

Read the actual article.



The Land was stolen by Nigerians from Nigerians you bigots.

you are a big f00l

Go on, explain why the government shouldn't pay people when it takes their land.

Nigeria's former military President Ibrahim Babangida is a Gwari.

Why does that make a difference?

If the government takes from anyone, they should be remunerated.

The Falkland islands is in Argentina about 12,000kms away from britain, y does the UK claim it as part of their territory?..Pls the UK shld settle its domestic problems ,tackle their lack of natural resources and give back the falklands to Argentina before they talk about Nigeria...

Abagworo: Nigeria's former military President Ibrahim Babangida is a Gwari.

he is not. he is ebira

luvable sam: The Maldives is in Argentina about 12,000kms away from britain, y does the UK cliam it as part of their territory?..Pls the UK shld settle its domestic problems ,tackle their lack of natural resources and give back the Maldives to argentina before they talk about Nigeria...

their is like the proverbial dude pointing out a speck of wood.

Don Magic Juan:

he is not. he is ebira

This Wikipedia is always given us false informations, cos they clam he is Gwari.

Abagworo: Nigeria's former military President Ibrahim Babangida is a Gwari.

Certainly not. IBB is Nupe

luvable sam: The Maldives is in Argentina about 12,000kms away from britain, y does the UK cliam it as part of their territory?..Pls the UK shld settle its domestic problems ,tackle their lack of natural resources and give back the Maldives to argentina before they talk about Nigeria...

The Maldives are a sovereign country, in the Indian Ocean and is not even (currently) part of the commonwealth, let alone clamed by Britain.

Do they teach you people Geography?

iterator25: BBC has not seen her period.. I'm not offended

nor be small

But who can dispute the fact that NIGERIA GOVERNMENT is a THIEF!

Don Magic Juan:

he is not. he is ebira

Ebira ke? Is he not from Niger state??

Stolen from london i guess #mtcheeeww!

Go school = Strike
I no go school = illiteracy
I travel by air = Plane crash
By sea = Militants
By land = Kidnappers, bad roads and robbers
By train = 2-days from Kano to Lagos
I go to Mosque/Church = Boko Haram
I go to village = Witchcraft
I stay at home = No work!
Wetin una want make person do??

stories that touch the heart...

WildChild00: Dont be surprise BBC is short of news @ the moment.

u may be right oh