₦airaland Forum

Seun:
It's better to live and be a part of Nigeria's prosperity. Death is always a tragedy. Wisdom is profitable.

mens dept:
Every part of the country, and ALL the institutions are a failure. To fly abroad na Oyibo airline you go use. To play Nations Cup, na foreign based 3rd stringers you dey play, to collect university transcipt na N 25,000 naira you go use bribe, to build national assembly, na German contractors you go take, for medical checkup, na Arabia abi England doctors you go pay in their currency. For church or Mosque, copy copy fake pastors wey watch American Gospel channels you dey give tides. To marry, aristo chicks wey punan.i beaten up plenty for n200 phone credit dey line up and demand heavy bride price. Every state, every Nigg.a-Area tribe

Shame

Onitsha, Nigeria was once home to the largest outdoor market in West Africa. From the late 1940s through the 1968 destruction of the market building and its renowned bookstalls during the Biafran War,

Kumasi Market, Ghana, Africa- Video
Submitted by meggs031586 on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 4:02pm.
Article Content:
This is a video of a popular market in Ghana, Africa. It is referred to as Africa's 2nd largest market

olawalebab:
@asha But you sound that way. a state that boost of the largest city in West africa

olawalebab:
The popularity of oyo State is the same as the popularity of Kaduna all over the country. State like Osun and Ekiti are the only least known state in the west. oyo is far popular than any state in the east.

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

olawalebab:
@asha Are you telling me you don't know about Oyo state? No fall my hand.

olawalebab:
The popularity of oyo State is the same as the popularity of Kaduna all over the country. State like Osun and Ekiti are the only least known state in the west. oyo is far popular than any state in the east.

mens dept:
We need to drink the same water from the same well that the French did in the 1780s, and the Libyans are drinking today, so that we can have the balls to rid the country of all these morons and their followers.

mens dept:
The govs are now using "state creation" as the new gimmick of the day. When the other useless gang of Udenwa, Kalu, Nnamani, and co were wasting those years of their people, they were using the Igbo Presidency 2003 and later Igbo Presidency 2007 slogans. All jokes and more jokes.

How about asking for the states to be dissolved into regions, or a National Conference to re-evaluate the country (even why many of the chicks have become hors for N200 phone credit).

How about asking for the sack of Theo Orji and all the thieves that returned in full to their seats in Abia State against the wishes of the people, or those left after the monsterous 4 years of kidnapping, killing, robbery, and cultism.

dayokanu:
When I said per capita that means you cant compare figure for figure

If we have 40m Igbos and 15m outside Igboland and you have 2m Ogbomoso ppl with 1m outside that means we have more Ogbomoso ppl per capita outside.

Evidence. Go to any Northern City and see the number of recent Ogbomoso migrants. especially in places like Jos, Minna, Kano and Kaduna


Who would be in Jos and not know about Ogbomoso ppl, Also you know a lot of tem have blended with the local population.

A lot of prominent Northeners are actually Ogbomosho ppl. e.g Some of these NFA ppl either Sani Toro or Amos Adamu (Not sure) one of them is Ogbomoso claiming North.

While serving in the North I saw many of them who have changed names e.d An Abraham Sunday, Dorcas Emmanuel etc

Then also in Ghana, I think the current King was actually brought from outside Ogbomoso


http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/pdfs/rasheed-olaniyi

dayokanu:
If only you know.

I know ppl from my town travel more than anyone in this country per capita.

Check the number of Ogbomoso ppl all over the North and even in places as far as Ghana

Check the number of Ejigbo ppl in Cote D Ivore which is called Abidjan by Yorubas

dayokanu:
Any official figure to back it up?

Cos if you claim some estimates said Anambra is 8m, Some estimates can also put Oyo at 12m.

wireless05:
Fellow Nairalanders!!!

I am starting this thread for a discussion on how states can generate revenue internally without the need to always rely on monthly FGN allocations.

You will all agree with me that every state in Nigeria has the potential to generate its own revenue to help boost their local economies.

A few states we know have great advantages, the littoral states (oil producing) and Lagos which has been the commercial capital of Nigeria for a long time. Lagos survived during the Obasanjo-Tinubu rift.

It is my opinion that every Nigerian state has some one form of natural resource or the other or at least a potential for agricultural boom or even tapping into the intellect of the state.

Most states in Nigeria produce one cash/food crop or the other that can earn significant foreign exchange (e.g

Sugar: Kwara, Adamawa
Cocoa: South West
Rubber: Edo/Delta/Rivers and most of south south
Oil Palm: South East/South South
Grains: Most Northern States
Cassava: Almost every state
Cotton: North East
Gum Arabic: North

Dairy products: Could be anywhere afterall the animals migrate southwards during the dry season in the north.

Fruits such as Mangoes, oranges experience perennial waste in Benue, what about fruit processing plants.

And lots more


We know of a lot of countries that do not have any natural resource but are amongst the top flight economies in the world.

What is the problem with our governors or states. Are they lazy or just do not care since they get billions every month.

What about investing in education, healthcare, technology, I mean the world is fast changing but we don't seem to want to take part in this great revolution.

I am aware of certain challenges such as electricity, transport etc but it is still the duty of government to ensure them.

Honest opinions.

Regards

olawalebab:
I don't understand the parameters use. when the south eastern themselve don't stay in their state. None of the south estern state has a population of 5m

ITbomb:
Calabar , who is the governor of calabar state

moremi2008:
Why do all these silly states even matter?! It's not like there's anything worth discussion outside Lagos, Abuja and PH. The other places can just go hug a transformer and disappear from the face of the earth. Nobody cares about them!

presido1:
^^ Its a known fact. Benjamin Guggenheim, Isador Strauss, and John Jacob Astor.

presido1:
This is an old news.The meeting to establish the current Fed Reserve was held in 1910 by seven men representing the three financial families of J.P Morgan, Rockerfeller and Rothschild. They succeeded when they built and sank the Titanic. All the financial heavy weight at that time that opposed the establishment of Fed reserve died on that voyage.

honeric01:
Noise makers, NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN! they are going to do it and you all are going to run to churches/mosque, praying that God should come and touch the govt's heart as usual.

i repeat NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS IT'S INCREASED.

Jarus:
Thanks to the Saraki family, my Kwara no dey carry last for popularity.

Top 5 most popular:
1, Lagos
2, FCT
3,Kaduna
4,Kano
5, Rivers

Least 5
1, Ebonyi(as politically conscious and current I usually am, I dont know the governor of this state. I even do sometimes forget the capital)
2, Taraba
3, Kebbi
4, Jigawa(save Sule Lamido, could have also ranked lower)
5,Gotta throw a coin btw Gombe and Nasarawa.

Meanwhile, I read someone mention Anambra in the list of Top 5, even ahead of Kaduna and Kano, well, go to a village in[b] Kebbi or Zamfara state and tell an average man on the street you're from Anambra, if the response you get is not 'where is that?' then come back and tell what it is[/b].

moremi2008:
Niger is NOT a state. It's a country that shares a border with Nigeria in the North. I would definitely put Oyo State before Ogun State. Including Anambra & Imo states in the list is just silly! Nobody outside Imo and Anambra knows anything about the states besides the fact that they are both in the East.

galatico:
I still insist that Barcelona are cheats to football, Messi dives like a swimmer dives into the pool, Busquest dives like he has been shot in the leg, I can go on counting, the fact is that Barcelona players are cheat everyone of them.