₦airaland Forum

Buharis first achievement commissioning of oshogbo high school. Meanwhile your host is yet to pay workers. Pensioners are suffering.

Henrydone:
Uchena ugbona claiming he has property in Lagos.When he barely has a street bearing his name,Uchena begging passenger to buy gala and apple working as maids as gate keeper and claiming his an investor.Yimu no single reality in all your claims.

But we decide what happens in your land. Any aspirant for political office must seek the endorsement of Igbos. We didn't come to your land to lazy about. Anywhere we find ourselves we work we make things happen. The gala seller is a million times better than that lazy ofe mmanu. Like i said earlier, we will start choosing your obas

My brother Soludo has said what they want to hear he has now become a nationalist progressive. Soludo my advice to you is when dinning with them use a long spoon. Ask Ezekwesili her experience with them

The ofe mmanus are afraid of the igbos? They are intimidated by our strength. Remember we almost appointed jimi agbaje as their governor. Infact agbaje won the election but tinubu rigged lagos election. Out of hunger they sold their lands,ancestral homes to igbos. They are now regretting their actions hence they resort to attacking Igbos. We will continue to move to greater heights whether they like it or not

Nahwao:
Not only that...he was also hosted by Rosemary Njoku, CEO of Express Wifi.

Don't mind the eeediots.

Tribalism is driving them nuts. They don't think before rushing to post nonsense

post=48958807:
WEMA BANK local bank that only operate in southwest

They are group managing directors not owners indomie brain! Sanusi was ones the GMD of first bank, Stanbic IBTC it's owned by South african bank same with Standard chartered
Banks own by Igbos
Zenith bank
UBA bank
Fidelity bank
Diamond bank
Igbo men controls highest shares in Union bank, Access bank etc.

The day igbos leave south west ndi ofe mmanu will return to stone age. Very soon my people will start choosing their obas

Henrydone:
Lagos---Economic hub of Nigeria
Ogun---Industrial hub,Also the mining hub of Nigeria
Ibadan---Educational hub of Nigeria


Southwest is obviously the backbone of Nigeria

Backbone my foot. Please pay your debts before becoming anyone's backbone

searchiing4love:
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Osun is infrastructurally better than Enugu and anambra despite
its huge debts. SW will always lead

I can't stop laughing infrastructurally what? The problem with the ofe mmanus is that they don't travel they sit in their brown roof houses and arrive at stupid conclusions.. My people have suffered. How can you compare that horrible osun to anambra and enugu . Are you okay

I wonder why they budget large amount for fct with nothing to show. Go to abuja you will see potholes in most major roads. Is it difficult to maintain those roads

Can this ewu awusa fool explain how the avengers are worse than boko Haram. Do avengers go around killing people in the name of religion. The sponsors of Bokoharam have started revealing themselves.

The only way peace will reign is when the ofe mmanus admit that we own the west. The ofe mmanus are the cause of all the problems being experienced in nairaland. They go about instigating hatred among various tribes. They should apologise for all the problems they have caused. I rest my case

michaelandre:
so some OSU drunkards come to nairaland and start spraying bunch of lies. igbos are not even up to the total population of only Fulani. fulanis are every west African , north African nations spreading to central Africa and eastern Africa. comparing Yoruba population to Igbo own is like comparing a human being to a baboon

But we control your lands. We have traditional leaders in your lands. We decide what happens in your land. Have you forgotten that one of your obas out of cowardice and fear of igbo domination treatened to throw igbos into the lagoon. We own the west

mightyhazell:
for igbos 2 saturate the south east region (like 95%),rivers and delta den have v sizeable populations in everyother regions including the north east? I'd hazard a guess dat igbos are the most populous,but only a good census can finally corroborate dis,..but will d system support it?

Don't mind the ofe mmanus. We control their land. They can't survive without us. They are too lazy to venture into businesses dominated by igbos. We will continue to control the west whether they like it or not

craziebone:
the fact remains that Lagos has more of its streets lit up at night than Abuja has. Apart from AMAC, what other part of Abuja is properly lit up? In Lagos, even the inner streets, i mean the regular streets you find in the suburb, are being lit up by the day. More of those streets are being paved and their drinages are being covered up too. This means that apart from the some-what poor houses in the suburb, which are themselves very old, the area is being given a modern look. Does the same thing happen in Abuja suburb? Anyone who resides in Lagos can attest to this.

Is streets lights the standard you use in measuring lagos development. When was the last time lagos taps were running. Why is lagos experiencing flooding. Let's admit the truth apart from ikoyi banana island where else in Lagos can match abuja in terms of development. Don't mention those flooded areas like vi vgc

Oblang:
So because there is igbos in every part of Nigeria, that is enough reason for u to say igbos outnumbered hausas. U need to check ur body temperature Oga...

Igbos outnumber the ofe mmanus in the south west. If i am lying why do we have eze igbo in every Yoruba village

Abagworo:
http://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2016/08/lagos-and-the-liveable-cities-index/

Before I begin my thoughts on today’s subject, I want to
relate an experience I had a few years ago that will provide
a background as to why Lagos will continue to feature
prominently on the global worst city index for many years
to come. In truth, this is not just about Lagos, I don’t see
how any typical Nigerian city will be ranked positively on
the livable cities index. Let’s face it, it is never going to
happen unless our cities are dismantled and we start urban
planning from the scratch.

The truth is that we missed developing sustainable cities a
long time ago. Some have said the period shortly after the
British left, they had left behind an emerging urban city
architecture that if it had been well-managed could have
launched Lagos and by extension other Nigerian cities on
the path of sustainability and livability like other cities in
other parts of the world. Sadly, the urban planners and the
leaders that emerged after the British left could not build on
the structure left behind more than half a century ago. A
trip round the country will reveal the sad relics of what
might have been.


One sees it when one takes a stroll across the Marina in
Lagos, in Ibadan around the Agodi Government House; in
Owerri around the GRA, Shell Camp Government House and
in several colonial cities across Nigeria where systematic
urban planning has long given way to the urban chaos of
painlessness and dysfunctionality.
A few years ago, as I embarked on my first journey to
Europe, I marvelled at how a typical European city
functioned and the simple indices we take for granted which
make a city habitable to its residents.
Dusseldorf, a city in the North Rhine of Germany at the time
I visited, was ranked on the Economist Intelligent Global
Livability Index as the fourth best place to live in the world.
Before I left Nigeria, the EIU had just released its survey. I
was thus excited to see what made the city one of the best
German cities to be ranked the fourth best city on global
livability cities survey. This was especially so coming from
a chaotic Lagos that Robert Kaplan in 1994 cited as an
example of urban apocalypse along with many African
cities which are dirty, overpopulated with overflowing
debris, drainage and sprawling slum cities such as Makoko
in Lagos and Kibera in Kenya.

Arriving in Dusseldorf changed my perspective about what
a government needs to do to build sustainable cities. On
transport, I had observed that Germany as a country had
the best and most efficient transport system in the whole of
Europe. The city rail system was timely and arrived at the
stations promptly. The coaches were spacious and clean. I
noticed that behind the effectiveness of the German
transport system were the investment, maintenance and
discipline of its work force.


The train stations, called Hauptbahnhoff, located in
different parts of the city, were the hub of the transport
network. The underground long distance fast trains
connected the satellite cities to the main train stations at
the city centre. The fast trains which convey passengers
from the suburbs and outskirts of the city like Cologne,
Essen and Bremen made sure the city is decongested.
Unlike Lagos, where every resident wants to stay in the
main city, people who live in the suburbs are sure of taking
the speed train which goes underground until it emerges at
various train stations until it reaches the main city centre.
As I observed the city transport system, my mind flashed
back to Lagos and its chaotic public transport bedlam.
Indeed, Lagos is several years behind. I had imagined a
Lagos where fast speed trains connected its satellite cities
like Epe, Ikorodu and Badagry. I had imagined a city where
the transport system would be a network of sky trains and
underground networks complete with a well-managed road
transport. In Dusseldorf, roads are built with the physically
challenged in mind.
Sidewalks, bicycle and motorcycle lanes all make living in
the city of trees such a delight. The indices that make
Lagos and many Nigerian cities such a chaotic place to live
in were absent. The Clean Air Act was enforced. Unlike
Lagos where car emissions pollute the environment, many
European cities have moved beyond gas powered cars.
Throughout the months I spent, the city was like one mass
graveyard because the stillness was pervasive. One did not
hear cars honk their horns insanely like they do in Lagos.
Melbourne in Australia, for instance, has consistently been
ranked as the most livable city in the world since 2001.


Apart from having the world’s biggest modern transport
system, Melbourne is a city of public parks. Unlike Lagos
where the city is so built-up and development has
encroached on the green areas, cities like Melbourne,
Dusseldorf and Vienna have public parks in every street.
Sustainability, which forms the basis for livable city
ranking, according to Indigo Development entails that “a
sustainable community is one in which improvement in the
quality of human life is achieved in harmony with improving
and maintaining the health of ecological systems; and
where a healthy economy’s industrial base supports the
quality of both human and ecological systems.”


In many European and other African cities, there are
conscious efforts by their governments and city planners to
embed sustainable practices in city planning. This is unlike
Lagos where development is chaotic and everybody is
allowed to put up structures indiscriminately without regard
for the structured urban planning that will take into
cognisance all the indices of a lovable city. I returned
having visited a dozen European capitals feeling that no
Nigerian city will achieve such state of sustainability.
Cities such as Lagos missed the path about four decades
back. But Abuja which should have been a model Nigerian
city has turned out to be a disappointment.



Who could have thought Abuja satellite towns would grow
into slum settlements growing disproportionately around
the chaos of its affluent neighbourhoods? How the city
planners not thought that such city centres could be
connected by trains to the city centre? Yet, Nigeria’s elite
class even selfishly carved out the green areas in the city
among themselves thus distorting the Abuja Master plan.
Abuja is another urban chaos that portrays the stark reality
of a nation that cannot plan its cities while its elite delight
in the comfort and allure of other cities. Had those cities
planners not painstakingly planned their cities, where will
our elite run to?


Only recently, Kigali emerged as the most beautiful African
city that is going the path of sustainability. The city
planners are quietly working to build a city of the future.
When the the Economic Intelligent Unit released its 2016
global cities liveability survey, I was not surprised that
Lagos ranked poorly in the survey. Aside from Melbourne
ranked as the best city to live in the world, the other cities
that ranked highly on the survey are those where the
government invests in urban infrastructure, protects the
environment and enforces planning laws. The Nigerian
government especially the one in Lagos should have a long
term plan for building sustainable cities across the
country. Violators of urban planning laws should be
punished.

The blame should go to the government for not planning for the future. At times i ask my self what is wrong with these leaders. They travel around the world without replicating what they saw in those foreign countries in nigeria

craziebone:
INFRASTRUCTURE

ABUJA: it is very true that Abuja has good drinage network and good road network as well. Driving along the streets of AMAC, one could see this clearly. The street lights too are beautiful. For me, the best infrastructure Abuja has to offer is the 30km Umar Musa Yar'adua highway leading from the city gate close to the stadium down to the airport. I love looking at the properly arranged streetlights. I won't be surprised if the total number of the streetlight is about 10,000. Its is breath taking!

But that's about it, the roads and the drinages are what Abuja really has! But when it comes to architecture, Abuja is very poor in this area. The houses are just large; no architectural magnificence anywhere, only few skyscrapers are there in the city. Apart from the CBN, the so-called World Trade Centre, Transcorp Hilton, and a few other houses, Abuja lacks very tall buildings! This means it has no skyline!

Lagos on the other hand, has one of the best known skylines in the whole of Africa, rivaled only by J'bourg and Cairo. Although, some of its infrastructures especially the Fed govt owned ones, are failing, it still boast of the best highway in the country. Comparing the Umar Musa Yar'adua exp way to the Lekki-Epe exp way, you will see that Lekki-epe exp way comes top. The Yaradua exp way is very large as it has up to 12lanes on it. Lekki-epe is relatively smaller but has way more services available on it. There is 24hrs ambulance service, continuous security patrol by the police etc. These are things you don't have on the Yar'adua way.

While in Abuja, only AMAC can boast of good roads and drinages, in Lagos, good roads cannot only be found on the island, the state govt continues to build more inner roads. The inner streets in the suburb are be paved and not just that, good drinage systems are being put in place too. Street lights are lighting up every where so that crime rates are reduced in those places. The drinages are also being covered to make sure rubbish is not dumped into it. This is certainly not one whing you can say about Abuja suburbs.

On the najor roads, there are proper bus stops with good seats so that you don't have to stand waiting for a bus. This creates more room for orderliness. The Ikorodu-TBS BRT stations are a very good example.

You people always find ways to praise that decomposing rat city called lagos. There is no way lagos can surpass abuja in development. Is it roads, traffic lights which doesn't exist in Lagos, housing, or even drainage system aghhh. Abuja is light years ahead of lagos. Blame your governors for not using the money they generate to transform lagos

Fight2Finish:
Obu onye ofe mmanu. Ndi Ekwensu biara uwa!!

Nwanne i ne anya i ga hu na ekwensu ka ha mma

Is that an achievement. Did anyone ask the ofe mmanus to keep this zoo together. Has keeping the zoo together improved the standard of living

PentiumPro:
You will use one handle to shout Biafra or death, you will then use another handle to beg for employment from an APC govt you insult morning and night
Hypocrites

Nkakwu ndi ofe mmanu

PentiumPro:
Stop displaying wanton ignorance here

Ezi ofia

PentiumPro:
But far better than your prophet eating undone watery beans in kuje wey konji don almost kpai

Onye bu onye ara si owerre ba nne ya afo a

PentiumPro:
Typical Biafran, very intellectually empty!
Go to school, they won't, they prefer shouting and dreaming Biafra 24/7

Another akwunakwuna on the loose

PentiumPro:
Typical ibo. Always looking for the silliest and irrelevant part of a post to attack the messenger. Millions of your miracle center brothers are worse.

Another akwunakwuna on the loose

Lagos is a very depressing city. The pig smell, the traffic, the horrible odour. The roads are death traps. Any body who says eko ni baje dosen't know what spoil really means. Lagos stinks like a decomposing rat in the bedroom. Anyone who quotes me negatively is an idiot

Lagos is a very depressing city. The pig smell, the traffic, the horrible odour. The roads are death traps. Any body who says eko ni baje dosen't know what spoil really means. Lagos stinks like a decomposing rat in the bedroom. Anyone who quotes me negatively is an idiot

Adaure4ever:
socialism for lazy people? Pls enlighten us.

Socialism makes citizens not to strive for success.
People will have to depend on government for everything.
I dont think you will like a socialist country if you end up in one.
I hope you are satisfied my love

Lagos is a very depressing city. The pig smell, the traffic, the horrible odour. The roads are death traps. Any body who says eko ni baje dosen't know what spoil really means. Lagos stinks like a decomposing rat in the bedroom. Anyone who quotes me is an idiot

Adaure4ever:
AFRICA IS IN REVOLT. From East to West, from North to South, the peoples of this great Continent are arising to claim their birthright that has been stolen.
The imperialist Powers and the White minorities are being forced to give up the land and the natural resources. Africans are uniting in powerful national liberation movements and trade unions.
....
The imperialists are trying to prolong their rule.
They send soldiers to shoot down the people.
They try to bribe the people's leaders. When that does not work they arrest and deport them on framed-up charges. They invent faked 'treason' charges and 'massacre' plots. They promise half independence, or self-government on the instalment plan.

....

These methods cannot succeed. Africa is on the march for freedom, her people are awake, and nothing can stop them from reaching their goal: government of Africa by Africans for Africans. The imperialist powers must quit Africa. The White minorities must accept the condition of equality and give up their ill-gotten privileges.
....
What shape will the new Africa take? Will it be capitalist, like Western Europe and America? Or socialist, like Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China ? That is something the peoples of this Continent will have to answer for themselves.
It is a big question.
....
Let us look at the two systems.
TWO SYSTEMS
We know capitalism in Africa. We have seen it and suffered under it.
Under capitalism, the land, the natural resources and the industries, built up by the hands of the workers, belong to private owners or companies. Each owner is producing not for the public good but for his private profit. He pays as little wages as he can and wants to take as much as possible for himself.
Take a capitalist who is making shoes in a factory. He is not worried about the people who are barefoot.
He wants to make a lot of money and get rich.
All the profit he makes comes out of the exploitation of the workers, for all value comes from labour. Capitalism means the exploitation of man by man.
.....
Socialism is different. All the means of production - the land, the mines, factories and so on - belong to the Government as a whole.
Production is planned. The aim is to see that everyone gets good food to eat, clothes to wear, houses to live in.
The aim of production and of society, is to see that people are happy and comfortable, that they are highly educated and cultured.
The worker knows that no capitalist profits from his labour.
Government Own All Industries, Companies and Services in the country.
Example, All phones that will be used in Nigeria will be produced by a govt. Phone industry in Abuja.. Nothing like a foreign phone companies like Tecno or Samsung etc.
The country goes ahead quickly because development is properly planned. Socialism means the abolition of exploitation.
....
Experience has proved that socialism is the most suitable method of quickly developing countries which are economically backward.
.....
In ten short years, socialism and Communist leadership have transformed China from a land of terrible backwardness, illiteracy and poverty, to a land of flourishing industry and agriculture, of advanced education and progress.
India and China won freedom from imperialist rule at about the same time. But India chose the capitalist road; China the socialist road. Today China has far outstripped India in economic progress.
....
WHY THE WESTERN IMPERIALISTS HATE SOCIALISM IN AFRICA.
If Africa kicks out Capitalism and embrace socialism.
1. There will be a fast rise in Local made products by Govt. Industries.
2. Multinationals who are with imperalist mission will be kicked out.
3. Diversification of Economy is a Sure Certainty in Socialism.
4. The gap between the Rich and the Poor will be Drawn close.
5. Importation of many foreign products will stop.
6. Value of Currency will be strong.
7. Employment opportunities will skyrocket.
I can go on and on.
Africa countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana etc should give Socialism a chance.
- Adaure4ever.

I love capitalism.
Socialism is for lazy people.
Government cannot provide everything for us.
I love Adaure

Adaure4ever:
VIRGINITY.
A terminology that have been used many times in the feminine world.
But i think that people are overusing and overdoing this virginity of a thing,
1. Whether you are a virgin or not should be a secret, no point broadcasting it.
2. Being a Virgin does not equal to good character and attitude.
3. Virgin or Not, does not define a woman or stop you from achieving your goal/dream in Life.
4. Its childish to open a thread broadcasting your virginity,
....
Virginity is good but should not be seen as a Pride of a woman.
Good Character and Intelligence should be the pride. What you have upstairs in the brain and not in between your legs..
Btw, Legally, 18yrs and above is the legal age to have a sexual intercourse but Religion said Zip up till marriage.
A girl should not be judged over her decision to follow the Legal or Religious way of viewing Premarital sex.
...
So madam virgin, Keep it secret, there is No Inec Certificate of Return for your virginity.
Just stop broadcasting it and keep it up.

Adaure i want a piece of you.
I am coming to collect my own share of your asset.
After taking my share let's see if you will keep sounding this way.

Lagos is a very depressing city. The pig smell, the traffic, the horrible odour. The roads are death traps. Any body who says eko ni baje dosen't know what spoil really means. Lagos stinks like a decomposing rat in the bedroom. Anyone who quotes me is an idiot

Lagos is a very depressing city. The pig smell, the traffic, the horrible odour. The roads are death traps. Any body who says eko ni baje dosen't know what spoil really means. Lagos stinks like a decomposing rat in the bedroom. Anyone who quotes me is an idiot