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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Rolings: 8:19pm On May 06, 2019
mrvitalis:


We are traders what do u expect ?

So what's the point of this post? Simple you are moving out in droves either for trade green pastures or adventures and you end up finding those places more comfortable than home

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Anambralstson: 8:28pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:
I welcome you all to this thread .The basis of the thread is to hilight the positive financial Revolution going on in gibo land and among igbos.
and to disemphasize the widely held fase opinion propagated by some fellow that igbos no longer invest in the East.


First i would list the top Igbo Billionaires in no particular order, their Source of income and their business locations and their states of Origin.
Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos the rest either do not care whether Lagos exist or invested only in real estate



Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma Anambara
is a Nigerian business magnate and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Nigeria's first indigenous automobile manufacturing company. Innocent Chukwuma was born into the family of Chukwuma Mojekwu.
His Exposure to Lagos is Zero except for the presence of his Bank and also the importation and clearing of CKD, spares and parts for his plants


Orji Uzor Kalu Abia
is written in the list of the richest men in Nigeria too. Mr. Kalu is also an influential politician.He is a fothe governor in Abia state. Now he runs a Slok group. The company deals with a great variety of businesses. Orji Uzor Kalu owns the Sun Newspaper and New telegraph. Exposure to Lagos is zero except for his real estate

Allen Onyema Air Peace Anambara
He is the Chairman of Air Peace Airline. He is a lawyer, businessman and a Conflict resolution expert. One thing that gets this stylish entrepreneur angry all the time is when some people mischievously suggest that Air Peace airline is owned by former first lady, Patience Jonathan and that he (Onyeama) is only fronting for her, simple because the name of the airline is called PEACE and Patience Jonathan is often referred to as Mama Peace.


Dr. ABC Orjiako Anambara
is a heavyweight of the Nigerian oil and business sphere. It’s interesting to learn that Mr. Orjiako was a highly skilled orthopedist and traumatologist before he became a businessman. Doctor ABC Orjiako established SEPLAT. It is one of the biggest Nigerian oil companies. The successful Igbo businessman also makes investments in some other industry, shipping, the pharmaceutic industry, real estate, and construction.He is the First Landlord to Eko Atlantic
Exposure to Lagos is zero except for his real estate

Cletus Ibeto Anambara
from Nnewi began his business activity with the importation of spare parts for cars and motorcycles. It’s interesting to know that Nnewi (Anambra state) is a city of entrepreneurs, businessmen, and also Igbo millionaires. Read
At present Ibeto Group is involved in the manufacturing of oil lubricants and other oil products. At the same time, Ibeto Hospitality, a branch of Ibeto Group, rules many hotels in Nigeria. Moreover, Cletus Ibeto business includes banking and finance and real estate. His current net worth is 3.8 billion US dollars according to nigerianfinder.com.
Exposure to Lagos is Zero




Prince Arthur Eze Anambara
Off Shore Oil Empire runs Atlas Petroleum International Limited. Mr. Eze owns one of oil exploration blocks in Africa. At present his oil and gas conglomerate Atlas Oranto Petroleum covers business activities in a vast number of African countries. Among them, there are Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and others. Arthur Eze’s net worth is indicated to be 5.8 billion US dollars according to Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1193784-top-20-richest-igbo-men-women.html
Exposure to Lagos is Zero


Dr. Azudialu-Obiejesi Anambara
is the Group Managing Director/CEO of the Obijackson Group, a conglomerate he has grown into a versatile indigenous entity, with interests in various sectors of the economy, including Telecommunications and Power Generation. Nestoil, a member of the Obijackson Group, is arguably the foremost wholly indigenous EPCC Company in West Africa.
He is one of the Biggest Landlords in Victoria Island
Exposure to Lagos is zero except only Real Estate


Pascal Dozie Diamond , MTN Imo
Mr. Pascal has UK economic education and runs his business in different spheres. Mr. Dozie is a co-founder, partner, and non-executive partner of Africa Capital Alliance and worked as CEO 1991-2016. Mr. Pascal Dozie is also the founder of Diamond Bank n and Chairman of MTN
Exposure to lagos is via his major interest on Public Companies

Nnamdi ezeigbo Slot Limited Abia
This success story is about Nnamdi Ezeigbo, the founder and CEO of Slot Systems Limited, and also the co-founder of the Tecno and Infinix phone brands, which are currently one of the fastest selling mobile phones in Nigeria.
Exposure to lagos is via his major interest on Private Companies

Tony Ezenna Imo
takes his place on the list of richest Igbo in Nigeria. He has a significant weight in the pharmaceutic industry. Mr. Ezenna earned money due to his pharmaceutic company. Before it, he worked in his family apothecary.
Expousure to lagos is zero

Mr. Cosmas Maduka Anambara
He started as learner at a mechanic workshop when he was seven years old. But currently, he owns Coscharis Group. Coscharis Group is one of the largest Nigerian car companies, dealing with cars and car parts.
Exposure to Lagos is high


Leo Stan Ekeh Imo
established Zinox Technologies Limited. The company is involved in high tech and manufactures computers and other computer-based devices. Currently, Mr. Ekeh leads the Nigerian IT scene. His company sells computers in Nigeria and other countries.
Exposure to Lagos is high


Emeka Offor’s Anambara
place of birth is Kafanchan in the northern part of Nigeria. He is also one of the wealthiest Igbo men in Nigeria. Emeka Offor is engaged in Nigerian oil and gas industry
Exposure to Lagos is Zero

Ifeanyi Ubah Ifeanyi Ubah Anambara
is a Nigerian businessman and politician. At present, he owns Capital Oil and Gas Industries and Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club. Ifeanyi Ubah started from scratch, and now he exports motor tires and spare parts in West Africa. At present Ifeanyi Ubah does his business in Belgium and the UK. Also, he is involved in mass media and founded The Authority Newspaper and Nigerian daily newspaper .
Exposure to Lagos is Zero.


Postive contributions are welcome

Tony Elumelu UBA, Transcorp, Jim Ovie Zenith bank, Benedict Peters Aiteo group, Emeka Okwosa Oilserv, Udo okonjo Fine and country and host of other billionaires

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by nonsobaba: 8:28pm On May 06, 2019
[s]
kettykin:
This will be followed with the positive Contributions of how to get igbos to invest in the East and divest from very hostile territories and Areas [/s]
You are a stupid fool to spell Anambra wrongly.
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Nobody: 9:12pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:
I welcome you all to this thread .The basis of the thread is to hilight the positive financial Revolution going on in gibo land and among igbos.
and to disemphasize the widely held fase opinion propagated by some fellow that igbos no longer invest in the East.


First i would list the top Igbo Billionaires in no particular order, their Source of income and their business locations and their states of Origin.
Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos the rest either do not care whether Lagos exist or invested only in real estate



Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma Anambara
is a Nigerian business magnate and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing, Nigeria's first indigenous automobile manufacturing company. Innocent Chukwuma was born into the family of Chukwuma Mojekwu.
His Exposure to Lagos is Zero except for the presence of his Bank and also the importation and clearing of CKD, spares and parts for his plants


Orji Uzor Kalu Abia
is written in the list of the richest men in Nigeria too. Mr. Kalu is also an influential politician.He is a fothe governor in Abia state. Now he runs a Slok group. The company deals with a great variety of businesses. Orji Uzor Kalu owns the Sun Newspaper and New telegraph. Exposure to Lagos is zero except for his real estate

Allen Onyema Air Peace Anambara
He is the Chairman of Air Peace Airline. He is a lawyer, businessman and a Conflict resolution expert. One thing that gets this stylish entrepreneur angry all the time is when some people mischievously suggest that Air Peace airline is owned by former first lady, Patience Jonathan and that he (Onyeama) is only fronting for her, simple because the name of the airline is called PEACE and Patience Jonathan is often referred to as Mama Peace.


Dr. ABC Orjiako Anambara
is a heavyweight of the Nigerian oil and business sphere. It’s interesting to learn that Mr. Orjiako was a highly skilled orthopedist and traumatologist before he became a businessman. Doctor ABC Orjiako established SEPLAT. It is one of the biggest Nigerian oil companies. The successful Igbo businessman also makes investments in some other industry, shipping, the pharmaceutic industry, real estate, and construction.He is the First Landlord to Eko Atlantic
Exposure to Lagos is zero except for his real estate

Cletus Ibeto Anambara
from Nnewi began his business activity with the importation of spare parts for cars and motorcycles. It’s interesting to know that Nnewi (Anambra state) is a city of entrepreneurs, businessmen, and also Igbo millionaires. Read
At present Ibeto Group is involved in the manufacturing of oil lubricants and other oil products. At the same time, Ibeto Hospitality, a branch of Ibeto Group, rules many hotels in Nigeria. Moreover, Cletus Ibeto business includes banking and finance and real estate. His current net worth is 3.8 billion US dollars according to nigerianfinder.com.
Exposure to Lagos is Zero




Prince Arthur Eze Anambara
Off Shore Oil Empire runs Atlas Petroleum International Limited. Mr. Eze owns one of oil exploration blocks in Africa. At present his oil and gas conglomerate Atlas Oranto Petroleum covers business activities in a vast number of African countries. Among them, there are Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and others. Arthur Eze’s net worth is indicated to be 5.8 billion US dollars according to Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1193784-top-20-richest-igbo-men-women.html
Exposure to Lagos is Zero


Dr. Azudialu-Obiejesi Anambara
is the Group Managing Director/CEO of the Obijackson Group, a conglomerate he has grown into a versatile indigenous entity, with interests in various sectors of the economy, including Telecommunications and Power Generation. Nestoil, a member of the Obijackson Group, is arguably the foremost wholly indigenous EPCC Company in West Africa.
He is one of the Biggest Landlords in Victoria Island
Exposure to Lagos is zero except only Real Estate


Pascal Dozie Diamond , MTN Imo
Mr. Pascal has UK economic education and runs his business in different spheres. Mr. Dozie is a co-founder, partner, and non-executive partner of Africa Capital Alliance and worked as CEO 1991-2016. Mr. Pascal Dozie is also the founder of Diamond Bank n and Chairman of MTN
Exposure to lagos is via his major interest on Public Companies

Nnamdi ezeigbo Slot Limited Abia
This success story is about Nnamdi Ezeigbo, the founder and CEO of Slot Systems Limited, and also the co-founder of the Tecno and Infinix phone brands, which are currently one of the fastest selling mobile phones in Nigeria.
Exposure to lagos is via his major interest on Private Companies

Tony Ezenna Imo
takes his place on the list of richest Igbo in Nigeria. He has a significant weight in the pharmaceutic industry. Mr. Ezenna earned money due to his pharmaceutic company. Before it, he worked in his family apothecary.
Expousure to lagos is zero

Mr. Cosmas Maduka Anambara
He started as learner at a mechanic workshop when he was seven years old. But currently, he owns Coscharis Group. Coscharis Group is one of the largest Nigerian car companies, dealing with cars and car parts.
Exposure to Lagos is high


Leo Stan Ekeh Imo
established Zinox Technologies Limited. The company is involved in high tech and manufactures computers and other computer-based devices. Currently, Mr. Ekeh leads the Nigerian IT scene. His company sells computers in Nigeria and other countries.
Exposure to Lagos is high


Emeka Offor’s Anambara
place of birth is Kafanchan in the northern part of Nigeria. He is also one of the wealthiest Igbo men in Nigeria. Emeka Offor is engaged in Nigerian oil and gas industry
Exposure to Lagos is Zero

Ifeanyi Ubah Ifeanyi Ubah Anambara
is a Nigerian businessman and politician. At present, he owns Capital Oil and Gas Industries and Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club. Ifeanyi Ubah started from scratch, and now he exports motor tires and spare parts in West Africa. At present Ifeanyi Ubah does his business in Belgium and the UK. Also, he is involved in mass media and founded The Authority Newspaper and Nigerian daily newspaper .
Exposure to Lagos is Zero.


Postive contributions are welcome

Nna, kedu ebe i tinyere STANEL oil n gas/group of companies?

ó kwa nwa Anambala k'obu. Uche gi dikwa dia.
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Nobody: 9:15pm On May 06, 2019
nonsobaba:
[s] You are a stupid fool to spell Anambra wrongly.

Kedu ihe n'eme onye à n'isi?

Nna ahu ó dikwa gi? Inukwa! shocked

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by oyatz(m): 9:49pm On May 06, 2019
So the OP is Kettykin, one of the foremost Trioka of Tribaliststs that ran Nairaland aground.
The other Chief Tribaliststs in the Trioka are DayoKanu and Afam4ever.


I thought you have grown up... anyway,it's good to have you back.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by imam07: 10:00pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:


The Motive is to correct the fallacious , wrong held impression being propagated from certain quarters by people with evil ulterior motives that Igbos are leaving the east in droves and moving to the South west and that igbos no longer invest in the east again.
So peace mass only ply south east?, peace mass transport no dey come southwest abi or slot no dey south west too. Why he did not locate slot only within d east.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by imam07: 10:05pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:

Gbagada is shit compared to New Owerri , Independence Layout Enugu, Nkisi Housing Estate Onitsha, Udoka Housing Estate Awka. i only stay in gbagada because of centrality to the Island, Ikeja , Airport etc , same way other Igbo business men rent houses in parts of lagos rather than stay in hotels. Peter Obi has a house in Ikoyi he rarely stays there except on visit and on transit.

I have lived all over Nigeria , Abuja ,East, Kaduna etc , I can tell you Lagos houses are over hyped and nothing compared to even Moderately built house in Abuja , Enugu , Owerri .

Frankly and honestly Speaking , Igbos are simply wasting their time in Lagos
dog will chop that your dirty mouth because of that last paragraph. Some ibos can kill you because of that last statement. Is it because u are so poor and u don't have a single kiosk in Lagos abi. I repeat dog go chop that your long mouth.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by imam07: 10:09pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:


Do you have any metrics or statistics that proved igbos are heading south west ?
haa what a question. Even not only south west. They are trooping into North Central too. This your stupid idea of ibos are not heading to South west again is fake.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Rolings: 10:22pm On May 06, 2019
kettykin:


So a business Man who comes from the East to clear his Cargo in Lagos for onward migration to the East and different parts of the country has migrated to Lagos ? A Teenager who comes to stay with an uncle or cousin living and Working with the Federal Government or extra Ministerial Department has migrated To Lagos ? And the igbo teenager who has come to process travel documents with the Embassies in Lagos has migrated to Lagos. The Igbo business man or woman who comes to shop for goods to resell elsewhere has migrated to Lagos ?

Well the Op is saying no to that and I said he should talk to those youths who spend so many years after arriving in Lagos trying to process travel documents, don't go back home after clearing their goods and instead find Lagos more comfortable,....those selling gala in hold up have no business being there according to the Op they should be back in the east but that is not what's happening...

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by kunkelhanspeter(m): 12:50am On May 07, 2019
What the Igbos just need is just one standard seaport
The FG and the Yoruba’s are so afraid to let that happen
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by MetaPhysical: 1:15am On May 07, 2019
ikaboy:
I don't even get the motive behind this

Its intended for his brothers to take cue and stop fearing that they can't make it without Lagos, which is false anyway....but his effort is commendable.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by MetaPhysical: 1:21am On May 07, 2019
kunkelhanspeter:
What the Igbos just need is just one standard seaport
The FG and the Yoruba’s are so afraid to let that happen

You have seaboards in East. Calabar has port, Rivers has port, Akwa Ibom has port. Why do you call yourself entrepreneur but helpless to develop yourself? Why are you waiting on Yoruba approval to use your ports?

You are not honest with yourself. Piracy and militancy in the delta is a security issue for merchant ships. Insurers will cancel their risk contract if they sail into a volatile zone. This is what killed your ports, not Yoruba. grin


When you all were bragging with massob and mend and your control of the waterways and foreing installations, did it not occur to you your commerce and economy is in jeopardy?

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by MetaPhysical: 1:29am On May 07, 2019
kettykin:


Do you have any metrics or statistics that proved igbos are heading south west ?

Your statistics will be the yardstick of profit margin raked in daily by ekene dili chukwu and young shall grow as they criss cross with full seat westward but empty seats eastward along Onitsha-Benin,and Benin - Shagamu roads.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Nobody: 1:32am On May 07, 2019
MetaPhysical:


Its intended for his brothers to take cue and stop fearing that they can't make it without Lagos, which is false anyway....but his effort is commendable.
My brother, get a life and leave Igbo people alone.
Sit back and enjoy the one Nigeria that your ancestors hustled for. grin grin

Igbo amaka.
IPOB amaka.

cc lzaa adaibeku afamed yarimo

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by mrvitalis(m): 1:39am On May 07, 2019
Rolings:


So what's the point of this post? Simple you are moving out in droves either for trade green pastures or adventures and you end up finding those places more comfortable than home
This is where u mistake ....no where is better than home for an igbo man ...if he didn't go home each year then he is broke

We just find it easier to make money from lazy people outside

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by mrvitalis(m): 1:40am On May 07, 2019
simplycarro:


Your forefathers killed regional govt.
Yeah ...even if that's true so u want to make same mistake ?

People make mistakes
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by johntolu: 3:59am On May 07, 2019
immhotep:

My brother, get a life and leave Igbo people alone.
Sit back and enjoy the one Nigeria that your ancestors hustled for. grin grin
Igbo amaka.
IPOB amaka.

cc lzaa adaibeku afamed yarimo
.

Immohotep, I am sorry to inform you that your fathers were actually responsible for the 'one Nigeria' slogan because of their greed and selfishness.
The speech below was delivered by the Ewelle of Onitsha, Nnamdi Azukuwe begging the Northerners not to pull out of Nigeria. Read and be informed.


(1953) NNAMDI AZIKIWE, “SPEECH ON SECESSION”

In 1953 when Northern Nigerians were beginning to consider secession from the Nigerian colony that would soon be a nation, Nnamdi Azikiwe gave a speech before the caucus of his political party, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in Yaba, Nigeria on May 12, 1953. That speech, while not disallowing secession, suggested that there would be grave consequences if the Northern region became an independent nation. Ironically, fourteen years later, Azikiwe led his Eastern Region out of Nigeria and created Biafra, a move that prompted a bloody three year civil war. Azikiwe’s 1953 speech appears below.

I have invited you to attend this caucus because I would like you to make clear our stand on the issue of secession. As a party, we would have preferred Nigeria to remain intact, but lest there be doubt as to our willingness to concede to any shade of political opinion the right to determine its policy, I am obliged to issue a solemn warning to those who are goading the North towards secession. If you agree with my views, then I hope that in course of our deliberations tonight, you will endorse them, to enable me to publicize them in the Press.

In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North.

There are seven reasons for my holding to this view. Secession by the North may lead to internal political convulsion there when it is realized that militant nationalists and their organizations, like the NLPU, the Askianist Movement, and the Middle Zone League, have aspirations for self-government in 1956 identical with those of their Southern compatriots. It may lead to justifiable demands for the right of self-determination by non-Muslims, who form the majority of the population in the so-called ‘Pagan’ provinces, like Benue, Ilorin, Kabba, Niger and Plateau, not to mention the claims of non-Muslims who are domiciled in Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces.

It may lead to economic nationalism in the Eastern Region, which can pursue a policy of blockade of the North, by refusing it access to the sea, over and under the River Niger, except upon payment of tolls. It may lead to economic warfare between the North on the one hand, and the Eastern or Western regions on the other, should they decide to fix protective tariffs which will make the use of the ports of the Last and West uneconomic for the North.

The North may be rich in mineral resources and certain cash crops, but that is no guarantee that it would be capable of growing sufficient food crops to enable it to feed its teeming millions, unlike the East and the West. Secession may create hardship for Easterners and Westerners who are domiciled in the North, since the price of food crops to be imported into the North from the South is bound to be very high and to cause an increase in the cost of living. Lastly, it will endanger the relations with their neighbours of millions of Northerners who are domiciled in the East and West and Easterners and Westerners who reside in the North.

You may ask me whether there would be a prospect of civil war, if the North decided to secede? My answer would be that it is a hypothetical question which only time can answer. In any case, the plausible cause of a civil war might be a dispute as to the right of passage on the River Niger, or the right of flight over the territory of the Eastern or Western Region; but such disputes can be settled diplomatically, instead of by force.

Nevertheless, if civil war should become inevitable at this stage of our progress as a nation, then security considerations must be borne in mind by those who are charged with the responsibility of government of the North and the South. Military forces and installations are fairly distributed in all the three regions; if that is not the case, any of the regions can obtain military aid from certain interested Powers. It means that we cannot preclude the possibility of alliance with certain countries.

You may ask me to agree that if the British left Nigeria to its fate, the Northerners would continue their uninterrupted march to the sea, as was prophesied six years ago? My reply is that such an empty threat is devoid of historical substance and that so far as I know, the Eastern Region has never been subjugated by any indigenous African invader. At the price of being accused of overconfidence, I will risk a prophecy and say that, other things being equal, the Easterners will defend themselves gallantly, if and when they are invaded.

Let me take this opportunity to warn those who are making a mountain out of the molehill of the constitutional crisis to be more restrained and constructive. The dissemination of lies abroad; the publishing of flamboyant headlines about secessionist plans, and the goading of empty-headed careerists with gaseous ideas about their own importance in tile scheme of things in the North is being overdone in certain quarters. I feel that these quarters must be held responsible for any breach between the North and South, which nature had indissolubly united in a political, social and economic marriage of convenience. In my personal opinion, there is no sense in the North breaking away or the East or the West breaking away; it would be better if all the regions would address themselves to the task of crystallizing common nationality, irrespective of the extraneous influences at work. What history has joined together let no man put asunder. But history is a strange mistress which can cause strange things to happen!

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Rolings: 4:11am On May 07, 2019
mrvitalis:

This is where u mistake ....no where is better than home for an igbo man ...if he didn't go home each year then he is broke

We just find it easier to make money from lazy people outside

I ask again so what's the point of this post

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by technuel: 4:15am On May 07, 2019
kettykin:

Gbagada is shit compared to New Owerri , Independence Layout Enugu, Nkisi Housing Estate Onitsha, Udoka Housing Estate Awka. i only stay in gbagada because of centrality to the Island, Ikeja , Airport etc , same way other Igbo business men rent houses in parts of lagos rather than stay in hotels. Peter Obi has a house in Ikoyi he rarely stays there except on visit and on transit.

I have lived all over Nigeria , Abuja ,East, Kaduna etc , I can tell you Lagos houses are over hyped and nothing compared to even Moderately built house in Abuja , Enugu , Owerri .

Frankly and honestly Speaking , Igbos are simply wasting their time in Lagos
Brother you are on point, many of our Igbos brothers in Lagos are just suffering and smilling, the standard of life in the east is very very OK compared to all this stressful Lagos life at the end Lagos will gulp up that money and except few many of them have nothing to show for their age long stay in Lagos. I have decided to help my people cure this Lagos fever, you can as well do well in the east and most especially leverage on the internet to target nation wide Customers and client for instance if we you prospect for 18 million customers in Lagos, you can prospect for 50 million nationwide leveraging on the internet. East is good and full of opportunities wise ones are secretly moving their investments back though

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by technuel: 4:22am On May 07, 2019
simplycarro:



Thefact that you failed in Lagos doesn’t mean millions of iboes that came to lagos with only the Lagos dream and hope have not succeed or are not succeeding.
Lagos is still the only place outside your ancestral land that can tolerate your excesses

Nobody failed in Lagos, he is just telling you point blank that Lagos is not habitable for a poor man. I have lived in Lagos atleasr in a good area and all in the east. East is more habitable and comfortable to live than Lagos. Lagos is the conglomeration of poor people in Nigeria. Any time I look at the faces of old men humping into molue to stand on attatchment I laugh because you can hardly see such in the east.

It is a pity some of you my brothers from the West see Lagos as second heaven just because you don't travel.

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by oduademonest: 4:24am On May 07, 2019
These billionaires are kobo billionaires
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by kunkelhanspeter(m): 4:40am On May 07, 2019
MetaPhysical:


You have seaboards in East. Calabar has port, Rivers has port, Akwa Ibom has port. Why do you call yourself entrepreneur but helpless to develop yourself? Why are you waiting on Yoruba approval to use your ports?

You are not honest with yourself. Piracy and militancy in the delta is a security issue for merchant ships. Insurers will cancel their risk contract if they sail into a volatile zone. This is what killed your ports, not Yoruba. grin


When you all were bragging with massob and mend and your control of the waterways and foreing installations, did it not occur to you your commerce and economy is in jeopardy?


You are right but the FG blocked all way to make sure non of the port in East work
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Bitterleafsoup: 4:53am On May 07, 2019
5 of them from Nnewi grin
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Nobody: 5:51am On May 07, 2019
How is slot a co founder of tecno and infinix, when George Zhu owns Trassion holdings, owners of the brands aswell as itel?

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by johntolu: 6:36am On May 07, 2019
immhotep:

My brother, get a life and leave Igbo people alone.
Sit back and enjoy the one Nigeria that your ancestors hustled for. grin grin
Igbo amaka.
IPOB amaka.

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Immohotep, I am sorry to inform you that your fathers actually responsible for the 'one Nigeria' slogan because of their greed and selfishness.
The speech below, was delivered by the Ewelle of Onitsha, Nnamdi Azukuwe, begging the Northerners not to pull out of Nigeria.
Read and be informed.


1953 NNAMDI AZIKIWE, “SPEECH ON SECESSION”

In 1953 when Northern Nigerians were beginning to consider secession from the Nigerian colony that would soon be a nation, Nnamdi Azikiwe gave a speech dbefore the caucus of his political party, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in Yaba, Nigeria on May 12, 1953. That speech, while not disallowing secession, suggested that there would be grave consequences if the Northern region became an independent nation. Ironically, fourteen years later, Azikiwe led his Eastern Region out of Nigeria and created Biafra, a move that prompted a bloody three year civil war. Azikiwe’s 1953 speech appears below.

I have invited you to attend this caucus because I would like you to make clear our stand on the issue of secession. As a party, we would have preferred Nigeria to remain intact, but lest there be doubt as to our willingness to concede to any shade of political opinion the right to determine its policy, I am obliged to issue a solemn warning to those who are goading the North towards secession. If you agree with my views, then I hope that in course of our deliberations tonight, you will endorse them, to enable me to publicize them in the Press.

In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North.

There are seven reasons for my holding to this view. Secession by the North may lead to internal political convulsion there when it is realized that militant nationalists and their organizations, like the NLPU, the Askianist Movement, and the Middle Zone League, have aspirations for self-government in 1956 identical with those of their Southern compatriots. It may lead to justifiable demands for the right of self-determination by non-Muslims, who form the majority of the population in the so-called ‘Pagan’ provinces, like Benue, Ilorin, Kabba, Niger and Plateau, not to mention the claims of non-Muslims who are domiciled in Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces.

It may lead to economic nationalism in the Eastern Region, which can pursue a policy of blockade of the North, by refusing it access to the sea, over and under the River Niger, except upon payment of tolls. It may lead to economic warfare between the North on the one hand, and the Eastern or Western regions on the other, should they decide to fix protective tariffs which will make the use of the ports of the Last and West uneconomic for the North.

The North may be rich in mineral resources and certain cash crops, but that is no guarantee that it would be capable of growing sufficient food crops to enable it to feed its teeming millions, unlike the East and the West. Secession may create hardship for Easterners and Westerners who are domiciled in the North, since the price of food crops to be imported into the North from the South is bound to be very high and to cause an increase in the cost of living. Lastly, it will endanger the relations with their neighbours of millions of Northerners who are domiciled in the East and West and Easterners and Westerners who reside in the North.

You may ask me whether there would be a prospect of civil war, if the North decided to secede? My answer would be that it is a hypothetical question which only time can answer. In any case, the plausible cause of a civil war might be a dispute as to the right of passage on the River Niger, or the right of flight over the territory of the Eastern or Western Region; but such disputes can be settled diplomatically, instead of by force.

Nevertheless, if civil war should become inevitable at this stage of our progress as a nation, then security considerations must be borne in mind by those who are charged with the responsibility of government of the North and the South. Military forces and installations are fairly distributed in all the three regions; if that is not the case, any of the regions can obtain military aid from certain interested Powers. It means that we cannot preclude the possibility of alliance with certain countries.

You may ask me to agree that if the British left Nigeria to its fate, the Northerners would continue their uninterrupted march to the sea, as was prophesied six years ago? My reply is that such an empty threat is devoid of historical substance and that so far as I know, the Eastern Region has never been subjugated by any indigenous African invader. At the price of being accused of overconfidence, I will risk a prophecy and say that, other things being equal, the Easterners will defend themselves gallantly, if and when they are invaded.

Let me take this opportunity to warn those who are making a mountain out of the molehill of the constitutional crisis to be more restrained and constructive. The dissemination of lies abroad; the publishing of flamboyant headlines about secessionist plans, and the goading of empty-headed careerists with gaseous ideas about their own importance in tile scheme of things in the North is being overdone in certain quarters. I feel that these quarters must be held responsible for any breach between the North and South, which nature had indissolubly united in a political, social and economic marriage of convenience. In my personal opinion, there is no sense in the North breaking away or the East or the West breaking away; it would be better if all the regions would address themselves to the task of crystallizing common nationality, irrespective of the extraneous influences at work. What history has joined together let no man put asunder. But history is a strange mistress which can cause strange things to happen!

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by simplycarro: 6:36am On May 07, 2019
technuel:


[s]Nobody failed in Lagos, he is just telling you point blank that Lagos is not habitable for a poor man. I have lived in Lagos atleasr in a good area and all in the east. East is more habitable and comfortable to live than Lagos. Lagos is the conglomeration of poor people in Nigeria. Any time I look at the faces of old men humping into molue to stand on attatchment I laugh because you can hardly see such in the east.

It is a pity some of you my brothers from the West see Lagos as second heaven just because you don't travel.[/s]


So why are there still about 100 buses offloading new economic refugees from Ibo land daily into lagos ??

Your points are not connecting. Lagos is for the bold and daring not laid back civil servants that enjoy other states

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Nobody: 6:36am On May 07, 2019
You are being evasive LOL.
Azikiwe did not fight any war to "keep Nigeria one", like some people did grin
Please sit back and enjoy, stop complaining and shifting blame.

Cc Lzaa husbandsnatcha adaibeku

johntolu:
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Immohotep, I am sorry to inform you that your fathers were actually responsible for the 'one Nigeria' slogan because of their greed and selfishness.
The speech below was delivered by the Ewelle of Onitsha, Nnamdi Azukuwe begging the Northerners not to pull out of Nigeria. Read and be informed.


(1953) NNAMDI AZIKIWE, “SPEECH ON SECESSION”

In 1953 when Northern Nigerians were beginning to consider secession from the Nigerian colony that would soon be a nation, Nnamdi Azikiwe gave a speech before the caucus of his political party, the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) in Yaba, Nigeria on May 12, 1953. That speech, while not disallowing secession, suggested that there would be grave consequences if the Northern region became an independent nation. Ironically, fourteen years later, Azikiwe led his Eastern Region out of Nigeria and created Biafra, a move that prompted a bloody three year civil war. Azikiwe’s 1953 speech appears below.

I have invited you to attend this caucus because I would like you to make clear our stand on the issue of secession. As a party, we would have preferred Nigeria to remain intact, but lest there be doubt as to our willingness to concede to any shade of political opinion the right to determine its policy, I am obliged to issue a solemn warning to those who are goading the North towards secession. If you agree with my views, then I hope that in course of our deliberations tonight, you will endorse them, to enable me to publicize them in the Press.

In my opinion, the Northerners are perfectly entitled to consider whether or not they should secede from the indissoluble union which nature has formed between it and the South, but it would be calamitous to the corporate existence of the North should the clamour for secession prevail. I, therefore, counsel Northern leaders to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of secession before embarking upon this dangerous course.

As one who was born in the North, I have a deep spiritual attachment to that part of the country, but it would be a capital political blunder if the North should break away from the South. The latter is in a better position to make rapid constitutional advance, so that if the North should become truncated from the South, it would benefit both Southerners and Northerners who are domiciled in the South more than their kith and kin who are domiciled in the North.

There are seven reasons for my holding to this view. Secession by the North may lead to internal political convulsion there when it is realized that militant nationalists and their organizations, like the NLPU, the Askianist Movement, and the Middle Zone League, have aspirations for self-government in 1956 identical with those of their Southern compatriots. It may lead to justifiable demands for the right of self-determination by non-Muslims, who form the majority of the population in the so-called ‘Pagan’ provinces, like Benue, Ilorin, Kabba, Niger and Plateau, not to mention the claims of non-Muslims who are domiciled in Adamawa and Bauchi Provinces.

It may lead to economic nationalism in the Eastern Region, which can pursue a policy of blockade of the North, by refusing it access to the sea, over and under the River Niger, except upon payment of tolls. It may lead to economic warfare between the North on the one hand, and the Eastern or Western regions on the other, should they decide to fix protective tariffs which will make the use of the ports of the Last and West uneconomic for the North.

The North may be rich in mineral resources and certain cash crops, but that is no guarantee that it would be capable of growing sufficient food crops to enable it to feed its teeming millions, unlike the East and the West. Secession may create hardship for Easterners and Westerners who are domiciled in the North, since the price of food crops to be imported into the North from the South is bound to be very high and to cause an increase in the cost of living. Lastly, it will endanger the relations with their neighbours of millions of Northerners who are domiciled in the East and West and Easterners and Westerners who reside in the North.

You may ask me whether there would be a prospect of civil war, if the North decided to secede? My answer would be that it is a hypothetical question which only time can answer. In any case, the plausible cause of a civil war might be a dispute as to the right of passage on the River Niger, or the right of flight over the territory of the Eastern or Western Region; but such disputes can be settled diplomatically, instead of by force.

Nevertheless, if civil war should become inevitable at this stage of our progress as a nation, then security considerations must be borne in mind by those who are charged with the responsibility of government of the North and the South. Military forces and installations are fairly distributed in all the three regions; if that is not the case, any of the regions can obtain military aid from certain interested Powers. It means that we cannot preclude the possibility of alliance with certain countries.

You may ask me to agree that if the British left Nigeria to its fate, the Northerners would continue their uninterrupted march to the sea, as was prophesied six years ago? My reply is that such an empty threat is devoid of historical substance and that so far as I know, the Eastern Region has never been subjugated by any indigenous African invader. At the price of being accused of overconfidence, I will risk a prophecy and say that, other things being equal, the Easterners will defend themselves gallantly, if and when they are invaded.

Let me take this opportunity to warn those who are making a mountain out of the molehill of the constitutional crisis to be more restrained and constructive. The dissemination of lies abroad; the publishing of flamboyant headlines about secessionist plans, and the goading of empty-headed careerists with gaseous ideas about their own importance in tile scheme of things in the North is being overdone in certain quarters. I feel that these quarters must be held responsible for any breach between the North and South, which nature had indissolubly united in a political, social and economic marriage of convenience. In my personal opinion, there is no sense in the North breaking away or the East or the West breaking away; it would be better if all the regions would address themselves to the task of crystallizing common nationality, irrespective of the extraneous influences at work. What history has joined together let no man put asunder. But history is a strange mistress which can cause strange things to happen!
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by yuanexchanger: 6:40am On May 07, 2019
That doesn't shut the possibilities that there are a lot of billionaires from the east having their major investments in lagos or outside the state.shipping from china to nigeria
Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by technuel: 6:46am On May 07, 2019
simplycarro:


So why are there still about 100 buses offloading new economic refugees from Ibo land daily into lagos ??

Your points are not connecting. Lagos is for the bold and daring not laid back civil servants that enjoy other states
Bold and daring in which aspect because I am in a better position to trash out this ur myopic statement because I have business running in both Lagos and East. When you talk of money, there is money in Lagos but the truth remains that Lagos is not for every one as people puts it. There are people who comes to Lagos occasionally and they still make money more than people who reside and wake up every mornibg to hustle in Lagos. In the same Lagos there are people collecting a salary of 400k in the same Lagos someone is collecting a salary of 20,000 so if you are in the category of people collecting 20k just know Lagos is not for you because the stress is not worth it. Also there are people doing business and making millions everyday while there are people that hardly make 10,000 per week if you are in this category must know that Lagos is not for you because the stress is not worth it. Stop deceiving yourself with the "I will must make it in Lagos" mentality there are also many vast opportunities outside Lagos and someone else is also making it big.

In conclusion
Lagos is a very big city and the biggest city in Nigeria with lots of business connections, jobs and investments opportunities but Lagos is not for everyone. While will someone be hawking gala in Lagos whereas the sane person can set up a good venture in the east and sell to Lagos Market.
Thanks

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by Adaibeku(f): 6:47am On May 07, 2019
immhotep:
You are being evasive LOL.
Azikiwe did not fight any war to "keep Nigeria one", like some people did grin
Please sit back and enjoy, stop complaining and shifting blame.

Cc Lzaa husbandsnatcha adaibeku

Gud morning to u wink

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Re: Only 3 Notable Igbo Billionaires have their Business In Lagos by ikennamadu1(m): 7:05am On May 07, 2019
famouscargo4u:
Ok
You done close mouth

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