Please can anyone explain to me the appelation of Ogun state as the "gateway state"? To me there is nothing spectacular in its geographical location location to warrant that.

Why is Edo state called heart beat of the nation? Not worth it. Ogun state is being called the Gateway state because it has the most important route to and from other West African state.

@seanet
Keep fooling youself. If any state should be called "gateway state", then it should be Lagos.Most states are not a reflection of their moniker.Except few states like Enugu, Benue etc.

Ogun is called gateway becos their roads give u easy passage to early grave.

Because you have to go through Ogun to access other parts of the country by road via Lagos

Ogun state is a gate way to Lagos state. What a lovely state.

@2much
It depends on where u're coming from.

afam4eva:

@2much
It depends on where u're coming from.

No matter where you are coming from in Nigeria, you must pass through Ogun state. Unless one wants to travel via the atlantic ocean.

@ Andre
That's if you're going to lagos. Anyway it's an achievement to be the gateway to lagos.

afam4eva:

@ Andre
That's if you're going to lagos. Anyway it's an achievement to be the gateway to lagos.

It was called that because at the time only MMIA was the functioning international airport. So yes, once you land in Lagos, to access everywhere else by road you must pass through Ogun state.

As there is no way you can go to Lesotho without passing through South Africa, so can you go to Lagos without going through Ogun state.
The two states should even be merged to form one state.

We're talking being a gateway to the country and not just Lagos. How can Ogun be the gateway to a copmpeting brand. It's pepsi's slogan being "We'll give you the cocacola experience".

afam4eva:

We're talking being a gateway to the country and not just Lagos. How can Ogun be the gateway to a copmpeting brand. It's pepsi's slogan being "We'll give you the cocacola experience".

but lagos is the country

london is england

new york is america

countou (another yorubas speaking city) is benin

etc

olawalebab:

Please can anyone explain to me the appelation of Ogun state as the "gateway state"? To me there is nothing spectacular in its geographical location location to warrant that.

. . .and why does aboki want to know? I hear that your brothers are now thinking of using Yorusas to bring bomb into Lagos.

Go carry out your research elsewhere!

As long as it is the Yorusas they want to use, then we have nothing to fear.

kasiem:

Ogun is called gateway becos their roads give u easy passage to early grave.

Yoruba people do they still have hope??

When ogun named themselves the gateway state they were very short sited. They never envisaged that there would be more airports than mmia. Besides that anyway I don't think there's any name that suits them, maybe " the state of wicked politics"

By land, Ogun connects nigeria to Western West African states,

All said and done! Ogun is the Way.

Desola:

. . .and why does aboki want to know? I hear that your brothers are now thinking of using Yorusas to bring bomb into Lagos.

Go carry out your research elsewhere!

lol

STUPID QUESTION.

I still have not gotten it. There are many route to other west african state than ogun state, so that's not point enough another please and the issue of mmia that one is too so sighted.

dramenda:

silly QUESTION.

either you contribute or you keep quite. No space for insult. Desola, there is no crime if we share different opinion now there is always room for agreement, that insult is not warranted.

olawalebab:

I still have not gotten it. There are many route to other west african state than ogun state, so that's not point enough another please and the issue of mmia that one is too so sighted. either you contribute or you keep quite. No space for insult. Desola, there is no crime if we share different opinion now there is always room for agreement, that insult is not warranted.

How have I insulted you? Given the spate of attacks by the Boko Haramites, you don't think we Yorubas should we weary of the enemies that look and talk like us? More so when they are asking about the access to a strategic state in our land?

As for me, I'm weary of the enemies within. I have come to the realisation that the Yorusas are even more dangerous to the Yorubas than the Hausas. So any dangerous question from a Yorusa veiled to be harmless shall be exposed!

Like Yorubas would say: Kokoro ti n j'egba, ara igba lo wa. Biku ile o pa ni, tode o le pa ni.

And for you 'Yorusa' I'd say: Epa n para e, o loun n paja.

What's yorusa.

tpia@:

What's yorusa.

Those who are neither Yorubas nor Hausas. In other wors, they are known as 'Kwarans' or 'Kogites'

Desola where are you from?

From Port Novo.

Desola:

Those who are neither Yorubas nor Hausas. In other wors, they are known as 'Kwarans' or 'Kogites'

hey desola what is wrong with you. are there no yorubas in delat state called itsekiris why pick northern yorubas

wetin dey do u sef why discriminate against them u dey craze

anyhow sha, make i no vex for u sweety but behave urself o

Imagine this insult, an egun from from port novo claiming to be more yoruba than a yoruba from kwara simply because i said am from the northern part of the country.

olawalebab:

Imagine this insult, an egun from from port novo claiming to be more yoruba than a yoruba from kwara simply because i said am from the northern part of the country.

Ko ra e da soun jo! They are more Yoruba than you, Yorusas! They might be in another country but declare their Oyo heritage and don't have a fake alliance with their enemies!

You people eat from the same plate as the abokis and even breed with them! Shameless lot!

olawalebab:

Imagine this insult, an egun from from port novo claiming to be more yoruba than a yoruba from kwara simply because i said am from the northern part of the country. 

Egun people are more original than us Yorubas in Nigeria you know? Yoruba isn't even our name lol!!

That is why many people accepts Odua republic and not Yoruba nation.  A king from Togo visiting Ooni of Ife said and I quote " We are not Yoruba and we choose not to identify with the name but with the people",

I heard that they Yorubas in Benin are the legit (whatever that means) Yorubas because they've been there for ages. Is that true?

Desola:

From Port Novo.

Where's Port Novo?

NWM, Just checked online. So you're from Benin? That is soooooooooooo awesome!!

I would never have guessed.