₦airaland Forum

asha 80:
onitsha has the largest market in west africa so what gives?

Nope it is not even in Nigeria not to talk of west africa

west africa is kumasi in ghana

i don't want to talk of Nigeria now because that is another debate

even abeokuta, ibandanm port harcount, benin, aba, ogbomosho,oyo, enugu, are all larger than Onitsha in the south

Urban Area Rank City Pop Rank City Country City Population Urban Area Population
27 15 Lagos Nigeria 8029200 9123200
88 53 Kano Nigeria 3248700 3519500
78 54 Ibadan Nigeria 3078400 3670400
259 151 Kaduna Nigeria 1458900 1458900
324 255 Port Harcourt Nigeria 1053900 1190600
392 256 Benin Nigeria 1051600 1051600
428 282 Maiduguri Nigeria 971700 971700
469 304 Zaria Nigeria 898900 898900
468 350 Aba Nigeria 784500 899100
554 371 Ilorin Nigeria 756400 756400
563 377 Jos Nigeria 742100 742100
420 386 Ogbomosho Nigeria 726300 985600
656 456 Oyo Nigeria 620400 620400
621 479 Enugu Nigeria 593300 662800
597 560 Abeokuta Nigeria 529700 698100
413 594 Onitsha Nigeria 509500 1001000
817 609 Warri Nigeria 500900 500900
818 610 Sokoto Nigeria 500500 500500
885 694 Okene Nigeria 444900 444900
899 713 Calabar Nigeria 431200 431200
302 729 Oshogbo Nigeria 421000 1309900
954 797 Katsina Nigeria 387000 387000
984 844 Akure Nigeria 369700 369700
1121 1012 Ife Nigeria 313400 313400
1200 1105 Bauchi Nigeria 291600 291600
1222 1127 Iseyin Nigeria 286700 286700
1274 1188 Minna Nigeria 270600 270600
1376 1302 Makurdi Nigeria 249000 249000
1399 1327 Owo Nigeria 243000 243000
778 1336 Ado Nigeria 241200 523300
726 1385 Ilesha Nigeria 233900 561200
1466 1406 Gombe Nigeria 230900 230900
1467 1407 Umuahia Nigeria 230800 230800
1506 1448 Ondo Nigeria 225800 225800
1527 1471 Damaturu Nigeria 223000 223000
1555 1502 Jimeta Nigeria 218400 218400
1612 1566 Ikot Ekpene Nigeria 209400 209400
1682 1642 Gusau Nigeria 201200 201200
1703 1664 Mubi Nigeria 198700 198700
1769 1732 Shagamu Nigeria 191500 191500
1798 1762 Owerri Nigeria 187600 187600
1804 1769 Ugep Nigeria 187000 187000
1806 1771 Ijebu Ode Nigeria 186700 186700
1990 1963 Ise Nigeria 167100 167100
1997 1971 Gboko Nigeria 166400 166400
2056 2032 Ilawe Nigeria 160700 160700
2057 2033 Ikare Nigeria 160600 160600
722 2040 Abuja Nigeria 159900 565100
2071 2048 Bida Nigeria 159100 159100
2145 2124 Okpoko Nigeria 152900 152900
2154 2133 Awka Nigeria 152300 152300
2174 2153 Sapele Nigeria 151000 151000
2181 2160 Ila Nigeria 150700 150700
2184 2163 Shaki Nigeria 150300 150300
2225 2206 Ijero Nigeria 147300 147300
2378 2362 Otukpo Nigeria 136800 136800
2475 2459 Kishi Nigeria 130800 130800
2593 2577 Bugama Nigeria 124200 124200
2628 2612 Funtua Nigeria 122500 122500
2645 2629 Abakaliki Nigeria 121700 121700
2723 2708 Gbongan Nigeria 117300 117300
2757 2741 Lafia Nigeria 115500 115500
2770 2754 Igboho Nigeria 115000 115000
2879 2863 Amaigbo Nigeria 111000 111000
2911 2897 Gashua Nigeria 109600 109600
3020 3005 Offa Nigeria 105700 105700
3068 3054 Jalingo Nigeria 103600 103600
3092 3078 Bama Nigeria 102800 102800
3106 3092 Uyo Nigeria 102400 102400
3126 3112 Uromi Nigeria 101400 101400
3139 3125 Nsukka Nigeria 100700 100700
3140 3126 Okigwe Nigeria 100700 100700
3148 3134 Modakeke Nigeria 100500 100500


Nigeria Largest cities

http://www.mongabay.com/igapo/Nigeria.htm

asha 80:
wishful thinking

kasiem:
after lagos, the next place is anambra, cos i dont think that there's any citizen of nigeria who's ignorant of river niger and onitsha. again, ojukwu's and zik's names are boosting factors to its popularity.

you people should grow up abeg. it is annoying if people argue out of ignorance

ABEOKUTA—The ambition of the former Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole,  to return to the House, suffered a major blow  as the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal  dismissed his  petition.

Similarly,   the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN defeated three candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the Tribunal in Abeokuta.

The Tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday which dismissed the petition filed by the PDP on behalf of Bankole who was defeated by the  ACN, candidate for Abeokuta South Federal Constituency, Olusegun Williams, was dismissed for lack of substance.

Reading the judgment on behalf of other members of the tribunal, Justice Michael Obi, said the petitioner failed to prove the allegations beyond doubt.

Citing several relevant portions of the Electoral Acts and the constitution, the panel said that it was the opinion of the tribunal that the defendant won the majority of lawful votes cast and declared him   winner of the election and subsequently dismissed the petition.

In his argument, the petitioner had told the court that he got majority of lawful votes cast as against his opponent, Segun Williams, who was returned winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The lead counsel to the petitioner, Adedayo Adegbile , prayed  the tribunal to declare Bankole winner, on the ground that ,over 5000 voters were disenfranchised in many polling units across the constituency.

He argued that, there were unlawful substitutions of candidates before the election, while alleging that, there were irregularities during the election that favoured the candidate of ACN.

However, Counsel to ACN, George Oyeniyi, refuted the claims of the plaintiff and described it as frivolous, saying the petition lacked legal backing.

He cited sections of the constitution and the Electoral Acts to back his claims, urging the tribunal to dismiss the petition and declare his client winner.

Meanwhile,  ACN   also defeated three candidates of the PDP at the Tribunal in Abeokuta.

The Petitions filed by Musa Borokini representing Egbado South/Ipokia Federal Constituency, Segun Seriki,  contested for Ijebu North/East/ Ogun waterside federal constituency election and  Mohammed  Odunowo contested  for  the Ogun East Senatorial District election were all dismissed by the tribunal.

The trio were challenging the victory of the ACN candidates at the last General Elections.

The  INEC had  declared  the candidates of ACN  in Egbado South/Ipokia federal constituency; Isiaq Abiodun Akinlade, Ijebu North/East/Ogun water side  federal constituency candidate; Abiodun Abudu Balogun and the Ogun East Senatorial  Candidate Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka winners of

the elections.

Giving the ruling, the Tribunal said that the petitioners could not proof their cases beyond  doubt,adding that, their failure to substantiate the allegation of over-voting, disenfranchisement,

votes-splitting and non-compliance with electoral Act 2010 have been proved and hereby struck out the petitions.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/bankole-loses-at-tribunal-as-acn-floors-pdp/

PointB:
^^^^
Not my figure ooo. It's aribisala0 quoting a nebulous census figure to drive home his bigotry o. I have nothing to do with that fictitious figure.

without sentiment, he is actually right

http://www.statoids.com/ung.html

also even around the 60s when the census was done before the war, the west had ALWAYS been more populated than the east.

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=779095.msg9318222#msg9318222 date=1318356197]It was my decision to keep it clean actually, but my tom hawk and patriot missiles are still capable of striking ANY target on Nairaland.

What do you mean by "common enemy"? For me Gov.Amaechi, Adams oshiomole,Fashola and Rochas Okorocha are my friends and mentors.[/quote]sure i meant the corrupt government officials

also just to add, SLS is part of the fold

[quote author=South-East link=topic=779095.msg9318144#msg9318144 date=1318355461]BTW, who made Tambuwal the Speaker? Was it not Tinubu and his ACN ROGUES . Bunch of pretentious thieves voted for a corrupt speaker.

http://www.google.com/search?q=why+we+voted+for+Tambuwal+ACN&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a[/quote]Now you are thinking right. Tinubu but not ACN

that is the problem, if ACN did not vote for Tambuwal, he would still have won anyway.

lets not push blames south east

[quote author=South-East link=topic=779095.msg9318104#msg9318104 date=1318355145]Liar. Yoruba youths demonstrated for Bankole. Google is your friend, use it.[/quote]what do you mean yoruba youths ?

or did you mean to say some paid youths by PDP to demonstrate for the release of Bankole.

Be clear of what you write and don't call me a lair because I know what I write before I post it

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=779095.msg9318032#msg9318032 date=1318354505]What do you expect from those that use the mothers for money rituals?
Do you have any small small children for sale?
Gang-r.aping is also a hobby in the east. . . Animal from the East![/quote]no no

common enemy = government, forget this east thing

[quote author=South-East link=topic=779095.msg9317950#msg9317950 date=1318353743]Where is Bank-Ole from again sef? These ngbatis and their[b] tif tif.[/b]
They have simply ran Nigeria aground. Ole, gbogbo yin.[/quote]calm down, this is not about Yoruba but us against the government.

olawalebab:
People just look at micro level to judge the macro level, come to the north and mention anambra, you'll be surprise at the reply you get. Anambra may be popular in the SW. I don't have problem with that.

the most heterogenous in the west is even lagos and lagos this is all we know

states like cross river and akwa ibom, aba are the only states will known in the west

diluminati:
Please people dont mind werediot, he's another gej bootlicker like beaf, taking you guys for a ride. Better ignore this ghoul. peace out.

+10

Johndoe100:
Sorry mr kanuri, but where did you get the part I highlighted? I and my people appreciate your support but do not speak for us, some of the stuff you say is embarrassing.

Thanks for the appreciation, at the end of the day we are all Nigerians.

Not withstanding, Mend should keep blowing up piles etc since the oil drilling has not yet stopped and neither is ND Emancipated from Nigeria as a country

or what does MEND STAND FOR ?

"MEND's stated goals are to localize control of Nigeria's oil and to secure reparations from the federal government for pollution caused by the oil industry. In an interview with one of the group's leaders, who used the alias Major-General Godswill Tamuno, the BBC reported that MEND was fighting for "total control" of the Niger Delta's oil wealth, saying local people had not gained from the riches under the ground and the region's creeks and swamps."

Has any of those points been achieved ?

If not then Mend should continue blowing up things instead of warning Boko haram not to destroy Jonathan tenure.

Bini, Ibibio, efik, Ogoni, Itsekiri, Ilaje, Mahin, all these groups are not longer in Mend and are all ND groups so what emancipation of NIGER DELTA are they still fighting for ? with all these groups out of Mend

It was purely a political group to ensure Jonathan becomes the president with the conjunction of all ND groups from iTsekiri to ilaje urhobo etc, OPC/Afenifere, Ohaneze/massob, ogoin movement. Nothing more to it.

The really people fighting for Resource control and environmental degradation are the OGONI PEOPLE

That is the reality

OkparaIgbo:
Forgettiii dont worry its our and i mean the Eastern Region Money.!! Not the West or the North so forget if the President is doing us good. If you dont like it flee to Togo or beg your Rep. Benin brothers to accommodate you.
Good Tiddings to SE and SS Regions

keep deceiving yourself. that is all i have to say

rhymz:
RETARDEEN ODECHI Alja-wateva da fck U call Urself these days, Pls don't quote me again or make any dumb references to me again, I don't do DUMBos!!! You can practice your lame sarcasm with your co-eadiots like the three women that're giving you a hard-on over the internet, those Biaaatches can go suck on a FAT ONE, I don't give a rat a$$ about their views, they are lame anyway. Now pack well, MUR'FCKIN slowpoke!!

Bros I was not being sarcastic in anyway.

The thread was made to bash Yorubas and clearly Yoruba women have insulted in all form of manners from page 1 to 7 !!!

Don't you think it is enough ? You have made ur point clear since the 2 page or so and you still kept insulting the yorubas especially the women, and now they decided to fight back; Instead of you as a man to hold ur mouth and stop insulting women instead you starting calling them names for about 3 pages. LOL Na wa for u bros

I generally know Imo people to be one of the nicest people in Nigeria after the Edo and the urhobo people.

Once you insult women, they would fight back and harder, that is the way the world works. I hope you would not be a wife beater one day.

Have nice day

[quote author=Rhino.5dm link=topic=779095.msg9314383#msg9314383 date=1318318917]^ You people in the East should stop complaining. You choose to vote PDP, or need i remind you that your votes was between 98% to 99%?.

Eat your humble pie quietly, and stop disturbing our peace. You voted for continuity![/quote]Nah, every region even the SW voted for Jonathan so do not single out SE. They have done well so far but much work needs to be done.

Soon APGA will take over the SE and we would be back to regionism .

Kudos ndigbo

ndigbo:
Broda i urge you to follow my comments on NL, you will uncover where i stand!
I will not dispute that my brodas from the SE and SS voted out of sentiment! But what i'm saying is that we the citizens are the one's suffering from the miss rule of these WICKED people whom call themselves our leaders!
@Rhino, if we the youths continue to blame this Tribe that Tribe for our collective problem then we still have a very long way to go! After my analysis i have come to the conculsion that the problem of Nigeria lies on our WICKED leaders!

+10

Ethnicity is not our problem in Nigeria, it is these wicked leaders that are our problem.

Very wicked and heartless

Kudos to SWereners/yorubas for not using tribalism to support bankole and co in there corruption. Kudos

jason123:
The pending hardship knows no ethnic group or religion. See how every ethnic group is represented  . . .lol

My brother, I have said it before that it knows no ethnicity. We all would suffer through this together.

I just pray Allah enters Jonathan's heart to do the necessary infrastructures before the removal.

4llerbuntu:
that Opeyemi Omotoso said it all succintly:

" As a citizen of this country i can rightly say the only benefit i derive for paying my tax is this subsidy. The 3 tiers of government have not reached the level of accountability that enables them to ask for more. This is like trying to fill up a basket with water. How accountable are your staff with the funds in their care right now? Why not free up some money spent to run the government first? Reduce the cost of maintaining political officers, reduce the cost of maintaining ASO ROCK, after which you can come and discuss removal of subsidy"

the best post ever

all he said was very correct. Kudos Patrick

aribisala0:
let us not rewrite history

nigeria did not come together on the basis of zones

zone is a PDP terminology

rather we were based  on regions
on that basis this so called south east and all other zones is a fraud

the western region now has 8 states while 

the eastern region has 9 that is the reality

the northern region has 19

on that basis the west is lagging behind

You just killed the thread. Bravo

Ournaija:
This is where you miss the point. When we talk of infrastructures and projects we didnt meant only big projects like refinery. We mean good roads, hospitals, electrification and so on. Have you gone through all the North to assess FG projects abandoned for nothing. I dont want to mention places not create, Even some agricultural projects aimed at providing food for the whole nation and beyond are also thrown away. People who were suppose to use this projects to provide food, create jobs have all joined politics. In some cases they simply wait at home to get FG allocation to be shared. The big work to do there is to change our peoples mentality. Don`t pretend not to know what am talking.

It`s not enough to site projects, people must go and use them. There are so many opportunities in the North there but people just turn blind eyes to them. I was there to grab some of these opportunities, unfortunately I left that end for fear of been Boko Haramed    

Thanks but please we have had 12 years of democratic rule and 37 or so for military rule

Tell me what project the North and west have that has been done by the FG

the only one i can remember is 3rd mainland brigbe ie the island

tell me one road the FG has done in the any northern state for the past 30 years

tell me any road the Fg has done in the SW for the past 40 years. I am not talking of lagos Island.

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=778689.msg9315399#msg9315399 date=1318329767]Our oil, Our money[/quote]LOL u mean ND oil

Parnassuss:
@PointB, there is no merit to your argument. If the govt can't have one functioning refinery, or provide 10,000mw then we should go and sit down in our mediocrity. The subsidy removal I pray, should spark a bigger quarrel, even a fight, where I hope, a lot of people will get killed. That's how dire I project the picture will be if the subsidy is removed without any other alternative.

Gbammmmmm that is the point of this thread and not to ridicule anyone

Ournaija:
@ al harem

The South East/South South deserve more of FG projects. The problem with the North is not about siting projects but the problem of who to manage them and make them useful for the benefit of all. When I hear people saying that some States in the North are not viable and can`t stand by themselves, I just laugh. If FG projects/infrastructure located in States like Kaduna, Kano Jigawa, Katsina, Bauchi, Sokoto, Niger, even in your home State Borno, etc are properly utilized we wouldn`t be complaining of no jobs up there. Most projects aimed at alleviating poverty have been abandoned. People prefer to be spoon fed than think and work. Some buildings are left empty, even some agricultural aided programs were also abandoned. For what?

The leaders/governors of this region only wait for the monthly allocation from Abuja instead of thinking of ways of empowering the people with existing infrastructure to generate wealth. Same thing run from the state through to the local government and even to the families. Dependent on government must stop in the North if we truly want to grow as a nation.

Some of this infrastructures/project by the FG (not sate or private built) are rare in the South East/South South. Whenever projects are sited somewhere in the South South/East people in the North feel cheated. We must change people`s mentality in the North and encourage entrepreneurship spirit in the South East/South South.

Please encourage more of FG projects in these regions for the benefit of all.

Sure the FG needs to be in the SS and SE. I support it not because the north and the west have cheated the country as Udezue suggested but because it is better for them to use it on SS and SE than using it to enrich themselves and moreover the SS people are one of the best Nigerians you can meet.

Moreover, apart from Lagos island and the refinery in kaduna, what does presence does the West and north have ?

you can also read my post below.
[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=778689.msg9314861#msg9314861 date=1318324378]LOL thanks

But I support the movement for more funds to be given to ND.

reason :- they are the most patient group and the kindest group in this country.

You really see a ND person complain on this forum not to talk of really life. Militancy was not done for resource control but for Mr President and they have achieved that.

If The FG should build schools and good roads there then EVEN I WOULD BE HAPPY at least the money is going to somewhere in the country and not used to enrich some individuals

Those are the sacrifices we all other Nigerians should be ready to make for the greater good of the country.[/quote]

emmke:
alj harem i have to give it to u, u have an amazing understanding of Nigeria (one of the best, if not the best, in this forum). Almost as if u have lived in all the states of the nation. Mehn, u are really good. Thumbs up

LOL thanks

But I support the movement for more funds to be given to ND.

reason :- they are the most patient group and the kindest group in this country.

You really see a ND person complain on this forum not to talk of really life. Militancy was not done for resource control but for Mr President and they have achieved that.

If The FG should build schools and good roads there then EVEN I WOULD BE HAPPY at least the money is going to somewhere in the country and not used to enrich some individuals

Those are the sacrifices we all other Nigerians should be ready to make for the greater good of the country.

dayokanu:
Isnt it funny that the same ppl who said they dont consider Lagos State as part f the SW now count Lagos as a SW state

it is called hypocrisy

some of this people are confused, some would say lagos is not a SW state, thus we can say SW has 5 states

i mean it is a no man's land, isn't it

rhymz:
Ybutterfly is an ignorant MOFO, giving response to his mumbo-jumbo and junk statistics will be giving him an undeserving credibility. Kid is all BRAWN and no BRAINS. Imagine the dolt claiming that Lagos is 80% Yoruba, why will any intelligent person indulge the kid and his crass ignorance? Let him get high on his own supply Jare!!
As for that unfortunate genetic garbage that calls herself a Thief, She can fall & die, who cares about what she has to say: it's all petty gutter lingos hurriedly put together in Yoruba language. That is my expectation of her, I will be surprised if she did not flaunt her ghetto abilities when intimidated by her superiors.
Sucks to be you. . Muheheheheheh

bros how was ur day, hope everything is going well ?

Bros again na wa for u o

take it easy bro, you are fighting with women/girls for the past 3 days on this same thread

anyway take care brother.

Pigin english is what Unite us Nigerians. That is why it is more popular than Queens English

In fact you would be the laughing stock on the street if you speak "Queens English"

htajz:
nawa bad belle people full naija, whats the big deal if south east gets additional state to match other regions? if that will mean more development then kudos to the SE governors. northerners and south westerners need to stop all this their witch hunting of other people progress cause that is why nigeria is in a big mess today.

why can't the east demand some states in the north and SW be merged ?

It has to do with productivity and not equality as you people call it.

For instance why can't lagos and Ogun merge ? why can't cross river and akwa ibom merge etc

Moreover majority of the people that commented here like gar3th and co are from the SS so stop ur fixation on the north and South west.

htajz:
alj harem stop spreading propaganda all over the place. with over 40 years of rule see what you people have reduced the country to, anyways watch us put things back in order.

what propaganda. who is US ? u mean PDP elite or you mean the people of the "east" ? LOL na wa o

tell me if i am wrong in anything I wrote .