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If highbrow areas can look like this, then what then should other areas in Lagos look like. The government needs to be proactive in issues like this.

westkid001:
I am a lagosian but i swear akure is very underated akure is very beautiful and even more clean that some part in lagos itself...lagos just have more industrial buildings

I was actually surprised when i went to Akure because you don't hear much about the place.But the place is really chill and beautiful. I like the greenery in some areas too.

Akure is way better than what i see here. I have a video of Akure which will be uploaded very soon.

Jobless set of people.

We definitely don't expect this one to achieve anything tangible in office. I kind of suspect people who dance shaku shaku when they should be concerned about doing their job. A case in point is kelechi Iheanacho. No wonder he was dropped from the super eagles.

Masterclass32:
He's gradually showing his true colours. Enough with the Reformed Democrat crap.

He's not gradually showing anything. It has been evident all this while, you just didn't choose to look at it maybe because it didn't affect you as a person.

The videos i made driving around ENUGU.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZRxSTqzlrM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09tuZUs9aE

The kind of thins we read nowadays from politicians is shameful. How does renaming UNILA after Abiola make him a local champion. The only reason the renaming was rejected by the students was because they didn't want a change in name. The APC people on the other hand were political about it. If Jonathan had named this same Abuja stadium after him, APC would still have had something to say.

All we need is probably a draw but i won't hold my breadth on this one. Those French ladies are one of the best and our team isn't exactly spectacular. Hopefully, by sheer luck we can get a point off them.

KenOne:
One bad thing about Igbos is they swallow everything from their leaders hook line and sinker as far as you're not in APC.

The reason they don't criticize Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state despite his poor performances, but quick to criticize Yahaya Bello and Samuel Ortom of Benue state when he was in APC.

But the moment Ortom decamped to PDP no more criticism i remember how in a day they open up to 15 thread about Ortom owing salaries and not performing but everything have siezed since he's now in PDP.

Imagine if it were Okorocha, Ngige or Orji Uzor Kalu that gave themselves for search they will call it all sort of name and abuse them simply because they are Igbos in APC, but since it's Emeka Ihedioha a PDP governor it's humility in display.

Las las Emeka Ihedioha 4years will be spent on social media, Imo people please accept my sympathy in advance, i know pride will not allow you people to speak up about the non performance of Emeka Ihedioha because of how you guys insulted Okorocha and said he didn't do anything and claimed Emeka Ihedioha was the messiah to move Imo forward and rewrite the history of Imolite.

You aren't that smart. There isn't a more criticized leader or eaders like the one that have be produced by Abia state. Theodoore Orji was the most criticized Governor by Igbos, same with Ikpeazu and same with Rochas.

Nigerians should leave school. Everyone is becoming either a Youtuber or Makeup artiste.

Abogwara:
JJ Mas Hotel located along Hospital Road, Umuguma.

See me trying to think of where Umuguwa is. I know places in Nigeria by the name of the road and i don't think i know this hospital road.

Abogwara:
Another nice hotel births in Owerri. Hopefully the tempo and patronage is sustained even with the change in government. Some actions and inactions could jeopardize security and investor confidence which will bring the real estate and hospitality boom enjoyed under Okorocha to a halt.

What hotel is this and where is it located?

Abogwara:
Development slowed down in Enugu after Chime even though it didn't stop entirely. You can verify from the Enugu thread here on Nairaland. In the past 2 years development has been focused mostly in Imo and Ebonyi with Owerri having an edge because of Okorocha's opening up of new areas and encouraging his close associates to invest in those places. It grew investor confidence and sense of security even though his opponents used it to deceive people. Ask me how and I will tell you. Owerri became an event hosting hub after Okorocha built the IICC and hosted several international events free which afforded many to witness the serenity of Owerri and availability of decent accomodation. As at today there are dozens of ever busy event centers scattered across Owerri.

I don't disagree with you. I definitely think Rochas changed the face of Owerri, truth be told. If ou go round Owerri, it's hard not to notice his signature all over the place. The ICC for instance, has changed the way Owerri looks, the freedom square beside the ICC and the water fall has also given the citizen a new look. Same with the Ikemba Ojukwu center.

The problem is that he also did some shabby job and i sincerely feel sad whenever i pass through that Orji flyover. granted owerri didn't have any flyover before him but he should have put in more thought into the flyover rather than actually putting up something like that. The truth is that subsequent governors might decide to pull it down because it doesn't actually look safe.

This guy is in the House of Assembly?

I can't count how many posters of him i saw throughout Lagos. I thought he was going for senate to be that popular.

The first time i visited the Imo state government house, it looked like an ugly concrete jungle. It seems Ihedioha is smart enough to know the importance of vegetation. It's in small things like this that you know people's mindset and how good they will do in office.

johndoexxx:
Igbos don't take crap. BBC Igbo scared of losing the little 5% audience of Igbos they are enjoying. I can assure 95% of Igbos don't listen to that crap of fake Radio station

More like 0.5%.

Who still prints magazines?

Obi1kenobi:
Funny enough, you have articulated my position perfectly. When any group benefits from an arrangement, they look to exploit their advantage. Yorubas have probably profited more in infrastructure and even key appointments in this administration than anyone (including Buhari's own core North) and to top it all off, they are very well placed to take over when this admin concludes its tenure in 2023. No group in their position would squander such an advantage in pointless agitations. Similar to when IPOB's madness reached its crescendo when Buhari won in 2015, but many of the hypocrites who became IPOB's biggest supporters were silent throughout GEJ's tenure. So yes, everybody displays the same hypocrisy and flexible value system when it suits their agenda. Everyone. But we're the ones who like ascribe pure motives to ourselves while portraying Yorubas as backstabbers and betrayers because of our bad-belle that they have outmaneuvered us in politics.

Ad far as public agitation goes, Afenifere and just about every Yoruba socio-cultural group have always been at the forefront of agitation for devolution of power from the centre and regional autonomy. If we are looking for obstacles to our quest for autonomy, we should first start with our own politicians who don't represent our interests. Then ally with the rest of the South who all share our desire for regional autonomy. Then try to fracture the North by targeting the Middle Belt to support our cause. But Yorubas are not the obstacle to any of our aspirations.

While i totally agree with everything you have said, i think it's important for us to understand that this is not a fair competition. I mean the competition between the various groups in Nigeria. For one, after the civil war, there was a deliberate attempt by the Nigerian state to put us down. No one can dispute that because the evidence is there for all to see. For example, Obasanjo's presidency was used to appease the Yorubas for June 12 but Igbos were not even appeased for the civil war that killed millions. Another example, June 12 is observed as a public holiday and is on course to be made democracy day but no day is marked to honour the victims of the Nigerian civil war. Even those who attempt to do so are demonized. I won't really blame the federal government for ii see no reason why the Eastern governors cannot pick a day to honour the victims of the Biafran war.

This team and the under 17 team that went to the world cup in Canada some years ago have a lot in common.Go figure.

I just watched the highlights of the match between Ecquador and uruguay and i can already see future stars. Who did Nigeria offend?

Obi1kenobi:
Many Igbo people here like to portray Yorubas as "unity beggars", but I honestly have never met a single Yoruba person who didn't favor regional autonomy and resource control. I've never met even one. Like Igbos, Yorubas are proud people who believe in their own capacity and competence and believe they will always thrive in any fair system of meritocracy.

I laugh how some of us like to romanticize the Yorubas. it just shows that they're the smartest of all Nigerian groups, not the Hausas as being touted. The only difference is that the Hausa/Fulani were/are able to control most of Nigeria because the military regimes dominated by them put it in motion. Have you asked yourself why the Yorubas were forming freedom fighters all the years that they were not at the center or should i say, that their accepted party was not at the center. Have you heared anything from those groups that used to protest during Jonathan's tenure? Was Jonathan's regime more tyrannical than Buhari's. While will they protest when they are currently at the table.Tinubu that was one of the proponents of regionalism has totally gone quiet. That tells you that all the regional autonomy shebang were simply an act. I'm sure if we Igbos were somehow benefiting a ot from the center, we won't be fighting so much for Biafra either. Everyone seems to be fighting for their lives in Nigeria, we Igbos just happened to be close to the bottom of the pecking order owing to our history.

My bad belle for this team no be here

That's the girlfriend of Youtuber, Vitaly. He did it at the Brazil world cup and the superbowl. he was supposed to do t it Russia but backed out.

English fans are known to be unruly when visiting spain They should be dealt with seriously.

Peter Obi has a brain on him.

I remember when he told Delta state governor that they will have to use the Asaba airport together as the state does not have the money to build an airport.

If a dignitary calls him that they're coming to visit, he asks them where they are so that he can come instead. This is in order to to spend money on welcoming guests.

He didn't suck Buhari's balls enough to be reappointed. He should learn from Amaechi.

Just to add to the list:

Dimma Umeh
Sissiyemmie
Kiitaan
Cinderella OG
Adanna & David

I think Rochas Okorocha will go down as one Governor that is very hard to rate.

If you move round Owerri and Imo state, you cannot but notice a lot of structures that were built by Rochas. They are so numerous to mention. he also built Imo state's first flyover bridge.

However, i think the problem with him is mostly about the quality of work done and not that he didn't do anything. For instance, that bridge at Orji is an eyesore. Whenever i pass that place, i just close my eyes because i've never seen a bridge built that way before. I also think the quality of roads in most parts of Imo state are below standard. Little wonder they get bad in a matter of months. Same with some structures erected.

But i will always praise him nonetheless for the things he has done. I'm impressed with the Wetheral and Okige roads and the beautification initiatives that he embarked upon as Governor.

How close is Agulu Lake Hotel to Akwa?