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Congrats on the bronze medal, but...
The "football" (if you can call it that) Nigeria played today was TEDIOUS.
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Staro:
I don't know how else to reply you than to
advise you travel out of Nigeria.

That ranking is done every year by a very credible body ... but, have
you ever heard Lagos state govt officials refute it?

Your emphasis on Lagos being an African/Nigeria city blah blah is laughable.

Do Africans/Nigerians not like good life? Are you saying Lagosians enjoy the city's
poor town planning
poor road network
poor electricity supply
poor housing
poor standard of living
poor public transportation
poor public water supply
poor healthcare
poor sanitation
Pollution
Touts/criminals everywhere
No value for human life
Unruly populace
Etc?]

Not exactly sure what the point of the largely redundant list is supposed to be...

I already noted there are measurable COMMONALITIES such as infrastructure where Lagos mostly lags (and btw infrastructure is both physical and social), but those are only SOME (not all) of many indices upon which the list is based - which is something that anyone who actually read the report (rather than merely regurgitate what frankly amounts to a parachute analysis) would know.

Meanwhile, are there NO touts or criminals in other cities? Or are those Lagos terms or peculiar to Lagos? There's no pollution in other cities? And yet we see people in China sometimes having to walk around in surgical masks, while sometimes smog is so thick in Indian cities that folks with respiratory issues are virtually forcibly confined to their homes.

It may interest you to LEARN that the World Health Organization's 2018 Global Ambient Air Quality Database, which monitors air pollution in almost 2700 towns and cities in 91 countries, does not list Lagos among the Top 500 polluted cities. So, instead of just repeat-after-me cramming and regurgitating, a little bit of inquiry and research is expected from "educated" Africans.

Btw, in 2017, there were nearly 40,000 gun-related homicides and 577 mass shootings (defined as involving 4 or more victims) in the US - in effect, more than an average of 1.5 mass shootings every day, but doubtful that any RATIONAL person would accuse US residents of "having no value for human life", not least because the reason homicides are tragic events is the value contradistinction.

Finally, who cares if Lagos State "officials" refute the report?! Not only is that IRRELEVANT but it betrays your continued failure the grasp the concept of INDEPENDENT thought (based on personal knowledge and inquiry), rather than merely repeat-after-me. Furthermore, in all humility, the capacity and standards of most government officials are much LOWER than those to which I hold myself.
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YoungLionken:
Son, if you like her, simply let her know, instead of beating about the bush.

I simply said, SOME ladies misbehave when a man is trying to get their attention via social media. Is that too much for you to comprehend, or rather, is it a lie?

Don't be a wuss, be wise boy!

I am neither your "son" nor indeed anyone's...
But thanks for exposing your assumptions to be just as misogynistic. SMH
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Staro:
OP, why are you surprised?

The second worst city to live in the world is LAGOS.

I feel sad that our leaders travel abroad but return home to allow us live like pig

Can supposedly “educated” Africans/Nigerians please quit regurgitating every Oyinbo pablum...

Even granted the fact that most of what passes for “education” in much of colonialized Africa is substantively based on the “repeat-after-me” methodology of cramming and regurgitating with precious little (if any independent inquiry or thought), but it still should be enough of a head start of sorts that when people (many of whom have never been near Lagos and some who cannot even pick it out in a global map) start spewing gibberish about us. We should be controlling our own narratives nor merely regurgitating our own lives as seen through Oyinbo-tainted glasses.

Nonetheless, first, the supposed index was about a selected number of global cities and not all cities, so even if we are to accept their tortured index hook line and sinker as zombies without independent inquiry, query or judgment, Lagos still would not be considered as “the second worst city to live in the world” (btw, the flawed index actually rated Lagos third-lowest among those selected cities, not second). The index and the indices upon which it was based was substantively a largely subjective evaluation of the lifestyle of Westerners/Oyinbo in those selected cities. The index was NOT a measurement of the suitability/livability of those cities to INDIGENOUS lifestyles.

Lagos is an AFRICAN/Nigerian city and the best measurement for Lagos should primarily be how best it suits the lifestyles or tastes of indigenous Nigerians/Africans and not expatriates or tourists (eg, many British/Western women love The Gambia because of the thriving sexpliotation of poor young Gambian, and would probably rate it as a more preferred destination than Nigeria just on that basis). Admittedly, there are several areas of measurable commonality (particularly infrastructure), but not having a museum or opera house is of less important to most indigenous Nigerian than a good place to play draughts and eat dried fish, kpomo or nkwobi.
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Businext:


Make sense like when they produced Thor with Brad Pitt and they did not use indigenous Greeks I watched a video where a Greek woman who went for audition was denied and the role was given to an Albanian instead

Imagine if they dare act Queen Amina or Queen Idia or King Jaja or Biographies on Chinua Achebe or Rotimi Williams and they use South Africans or Liberians,
Nancy all of us go carry placards nau

I'm still waiting to watch John Wick 3, I beg who don't get am?

#SayYesToIndegenousActorsAndActresses

Check my siggy

Some of you are tragically funny...
There are American rappers on the soundtrack but Africans are busy complaining about other Africans. CRABS!
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Sometimes (not very often, but sometimes nonetheless), I feel for governments in Nigeria...
You simply cannot build a 21st century city for a population that has large segments thereof still mentally in the 17/18 century.

Anyway, it's ultimately government's fault...
Because it's first job should be to invest in PEOPLE!
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Angelfrost:
Tell that to the large number of citizens trooping in daily from every region in the nation... This is what happens when you center all major business activities and international business interests in one state... Lagos has long ceased to be the capital of Nigeria, but the memo obviously failed to trickle down all these decades. It never occurred to your leaders to decentralize business activities by opening up seaports in other parts of the country, even move diplomatic buildings, or mandate industries to relocate to other states...

Shall we talk about the failure of most states to create jobs, and enable establishment of businesses to accommodate the teeming work force of the nation...

This is truly a shithole...

What has political leaders to do with the concentration of business in Lagos?

The businesses in Lagos are PRIVATE, which means that PRIVATE citizens and individuals from around the world VOTE with their wallet and feet to do business in Lagos. There are seaports in Calabar, Warri, Port Harcourt Onne (2 ports), Bonny, Sapele, and Escravos, among others. Nonetheless, it is PRIVATE individuals and businesses that VOTE with their feet and wallet which ports they prefer to use (and if you ever have to pay the much higher insurance premiums to use the Niger Delta region ports, perhaps you would comprehend why Lagos remains first preference for most importers).

As for the government "mandating" (as in, forcing) manufacturers to relocate out of Lagos, as my African-American kin would say "Is you serious?!" Why on earth would the government dictate to anyone already risking their capital in an infrastructure-poor Nigeria (where each manufacturer and most businesses have to be their own virtual Local Government) where to deploy their own PRIVATE resources - perhaps as the government itself foolishly built a refinery in Kaduna far away from the source of crude oil without the capacity to maintain pipelines to feed said refinery (among other issues).

Nigerians should realize that we are competing for investments with virtually the rest of the world, and forcing businesses out of Lagos does not necessarily mean that they will relocate to Asaba or Kaduna, instead of Accra, Kumasi or Cotonou! Anyway, many manufacturers (and some people who are employed in Lagos) have actually relocated to, or have invested in entirely new plants in, the neighboring Ogun State and effectively creating a megapolis of sorts that intertwines some parts of Ogun State with Lagos. That's a NATURAL organic progression that is preferable as it's based on economic premises rather than political government fiat or diktat.
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The REALITY is that the fate of this project will likely be decided at Bourdillon Road...
Would not be surprised if the reclaimed land is carved up as plots and shared out to political apparatchiks.
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ainas247:
What do you mean by allowing him to finish the second term governorships in Nigeria is 4 years term and you have to contest again.
He started many projects which are very wrong. He should have channeled all efforts to complete one then move to the other. his team lacks project management

It's NOT wrong when Lagos has so many needs/challenges...
If a project makes sense, it should be seen to fruition regardless.
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Bustincole:
Ilubirin project has become an abandon project since 1910

Ilubirin is now a PPP project...
Re-designed as a Live-Work-Play project.
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donprinyo:
42bn naira! After u will be accusing oyo governor of have excess money. Ordinary egg powder one can process in dere back yard without stress, now u want to spend almost 50, 0000,0000,000 to construct. God will punish una generations.

Fineman1759:
We keep falling for these nonsense if you spend 42b to build something what will it generate and what will be the maintenance cost

The article mentioned it's a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) project, and thus the implication is that it will be PRIVATELY financed and not financed by the government. Usually, the government's "equity" contribution to such PPP projects would be limited to the provision of land (including payment of compensation to any affected land owners/communities), relief from local taxes, charges and levies, etc. The PRIVATE investor is assuming the overwhelming financial risk (and presumably commensurate reward) in this venture. Ondo State gets tons of JOBS (and revenue from individual income taxes generated from such jobs) and ancillary/support businesses in the process. It could be a WIN-WIN.
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foreshore:
Mumu is that the issue now, someone is dead you are talking about beautiful or not beautiful

You should ask the OP who felt it necessary to "talk about" her beauty... SMH

RIP to her and all the other victims...
But too often on Nairaland the "beauty" of dead women seems prioritized. It is quite disturbing tbh!
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YoungLionken:
Fine outside, ugly inside. Just like some ladies character...

Tina26:
always bashing women. Men no get bad character ba

Not entirely his fault as he is the product of the largely misogynistic culture that pervades Nigeria...
It takes truly intelligent and enlightened males to overcome such cultural disability, and the dude obviously isn't one.
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tmcleo2k2:
Easy ways of identifying the owner:

1. Walk close to the wreckage and look well at the container housing the equipments or anywhere around the generators...label de wey go identify the owner and the mast number.

2. 80% of mast in Nigeria is owned by IHS Towers

3. Check network signal on your phone...the network with the least signal for that area na him get am

#runsaway

Can't really tell for certain from the pictures, but if it was really inside the station...
Seems more likely to be a police communications' mast rather than a GSM cell mast.
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NinjaMetahuman:
you think they will just sue for property damage? Haaaa I laugh in chinese.

They can sue for all the rice in China...
But what they will get will be just property damage.
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OlujobaSamuel:
A court order would compel the agency in charge of the land to provide ownership details

He doesn't need to go to court...
Just file an insurance claim and let the carrier sort out liability issues.
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NinjaMetahuman:
If this happened in america, the owners of those vehicles are rich for life.

Not only will they get the cars replaced, they will pay through their nose for damages.

Even worse, they can get someone to act like he is injured when the mast fell.

No, they won't. No court will award general "damages" for specific property damage...
They will only get replacement cost for their cars (depending on the coverage they have).
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davodyguy:
Cars are parked at owner's risk in most public places even though you paid parking fees.

No one wants to take liability. Hence, get comprehensive insurance

Exactly! Instead of running helter-skelter, contact your insurance carrier and have them EARN the premiums you pay...
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biacan:
I for like jay to f** me just for one day I love mature men

There are many mature (albeit poor) men from Ajegunle to Shomolu, so feel free to go crazy!
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stanliwiser:
I hope you saw my "opinion though" tag was attached to my post. It means that is what I think, I don't know how true my opinion is. I could be wrong. But from the place and angle I am, this is my judgement.

No problem Bros...
But when you SHARE your opinion on a public forum, the public you share it with may have their own opinions on your opinion. Cheers.
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yoruba1914:
no I am not. Black mean see white women as an achievement. From Mikel to pogba to Lamar, to Tristan Thompson etc, the list is endless bro

Speak yourself...
You sound racist, petty and small-minded.
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Emmizofficial:
15 billion rubbish and your poverty stricken Hausa people are dying on Lekki highways due to begging coz they are dying in hunger and you are proud of your vanity. Ask billgate how much he spends on luxury. Rubbish.

Aliko Dangote has created more JOBS, more wealth and given away MORE than probably any other Nigerian...
You cannot rationally hold him PERSONALLY responsible for a group of people who seem determined not to better themselves.
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PS: Btw, a couple of years ago Bill Gates rented the yacht Serene for $5 million a week.
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KingsleyBuubba:
Black man and his mentality sha

Because the "black man" invented yachts, owning yachts or sailing them? Poverty mentality... smh
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stanliwiser:
Ok then I understand you but my bottom line is that I still consider the boat too wooden and simple for #15bn. It doesn't fit my taste of #15b. My opinion tho.

Bros, until any of us have been on the yacht, we can't properly assess it's worth...
Nonetheless, you have to actually have N15 billion to have a realistic "taste" of N15 billion.
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iCauseTrouble:
Knowledge is knowing that Dangote is the richest man in Africa But Wisdom is knowing that he is not the richest man in Nigeria!

Console yourself with riddles...
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Oga Pat, if we have a nation devoted to (and built upon) merit you will not need a Fulani man (whose only qualification or value is apparently "connections" ) to get you a banking license or to otherwise advance your economic cause...
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Tats:
In the UK, it is not yet banned. What has been implemented is that you pay 5 pence for each bag you use hence the demand has drastically reduced as people now reuse the ones they have bought. In the meantime, they are thinking of increasing the cost to 10 pence while they find alternatives to plastics. Paper bags are already in use too but other alternatives are being considered. In USA, they use loads of plastic bags. If you go to Walmart, they will practically put every one or two items into a different bag and you end up with 10 or more bags per shopping trip. They need to do more there.

We should not following the UK (and US) blindly...
The only blessing about our underdevelopment is that we can create new industries based on alternatives.
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B3sty:
Misplaced Priority from the Federal Government.
Government of "Try & Error".
Do they want us to go back to Stone Age where Local Baskets were being used?
Chain!

Saving our own environment is a "misplaced priority"?
I cry for Nigeria because Nigerians are the worst thing to happen to it. SMH
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TheAlchemist:
The rapid sales of electric cars is enough evidence that developed countries are running away from oil.

Electric cars are less than one-half of one percent of the global economy...
Meanwhile, advanced nations like the US, Norway, Canada, etc., keep exploring for new oil.
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Chiccly:
That is the reason we all have to be careful with the media.

Posterity will always tell.

Please don’t blame “the media” for the knucklehead dumbness of people...
What crude and uncouth personal value system drives someone to repost the past violation of another as if sport?
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FuckThaMod:
Why she no go deny am? Sheybe she is pregnant for her maybe future husband, she has to pretend to be holy like most other women

For anyone to think that the VICTIM of a (reported) sexual violation while ASLEEP needs to “be holy” is a sad self-indictment...
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