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Wow, this is so impressive!
I love innovative ideas by people that think outside the box!!

This man should be encouraged by all Igbos because the impact of this lofty idea will be far reaching.

It is such bold moves that will help to bring Aba products to global limelight. Instead of waiting for foreign labels, we now take our own labels to their doorstep. That's genuis!!!

Ebi2233:
[s]Ijaw Republic people.
All these people are under Ijaw Youth Council IYC Ijaw National Congress INC and the Lovers of Ijaw Nation Organization LINO.

Ibo want una but una dey run.
Ijaw no want una but una dey beg to join.

Ijaw Republic or nothing else.
We say no to another Nigeria.[/s]

You must be insane to say this nonsense. Igbos don't want any of you minorities, there is nothing you can add to us except confusion and instability.

All the same I wish you guys success in your endeavors.

They're only decieving yourselves. We all know the truth!!

Emergingnation:
Ab0ki get your fact right.. he was not shot, he was arrested and flammed..

These pathetic clowns can not even convince a child with their ridiculous lies and propaganda. How can someone going for his mother's burial go with all these pump action rifles and military camouflage uniforms? Was he going to fight a war during the burial or what?

This their pattern of arresting random people and placing guns, army uniforms and charms on them has become outdated and ridiculous.

forgiveness:
Ikeja is the capital of Lagos State. It’s not Lagos city.

If you don’t know anything you can just learn today. Lagos is different from Lagos State.

We have many cities within Lagos State. Ikeja and Lekki are one of them. Do you understand?

I asked you to name towns/villages in Yorubaland that can remotely compare with Oguta, Abiriba or Udi, but you failed to do that which means you have non!

Yet you keep dancing around Lagos as if without Lagos nothing else exists in the SW. Now, I ask you, what is the difference between Abuja and FCT?

I'm done with you abeg, it's obvious you've lost the argument. Next please!

forgiveness:
Where is Ikeja, Lekki etc? SE?

Unfortunately, SW don’t have village like those places mention. Except you want me to mention towns.

That we call them villages doesn't necessarily mean they're villages in the strict sense of it. Many of them are already towns so yes, go ahead and name any Yoruba town/village that can compare with those Igbo towns I listed.

Saying that Awolowo contributed to the development of Lagos is crap, because Michael Okpara also contributed to the development of P.H and that city is owned by an Igbo speaking tribe yet you don't see us throwing it into the mix.

Forget Lagos, it's a national heritage developed by all.

waldigit:
The Yoruba of Western Nigeria have large, dense, permanent settlements, based upon farming rather than upon industrialization, the pattern of which is traditional rather than an outgrowth of acculturation. They are undoubtedly the most urban of all African peoples,
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/221604?journalCode=ajs#

I don't just argue for the sake of it, I provide irrefutable facts!

Yes, like I stated earlier, prior or during colonial era, Yorubas liked to live in nucleated settlements because of insecurity that pervaded the areas so they settled close to big rocks for protection. That was how Ibadan, Abeokuta etc grew and became cities.

However, in the East, there no need for such since the areas are mostly plain lands with dense forests and largely no rocks. So Igbos chose dispersed settlements. But from 1960's Igbos started moving to the market towns and administration centers.

Stop using books written during colonial times to judge the present, it can only give you unreliable data. That's the same mistake you also make by claiming that Yorubas are the most educated in Nigeria while using 1960 data but recent data shows that Igbos are the most educated.

Egbon, I get am before no be property o.

forgiveness:
Owerri vs Ikeja
Onitsha vs Lekki
Abakiliki vs Akure
Enugu vs Ibadan
Aba vs Ota
Abeokuta vs Umuahia
Oshogbo vs Awka
Oguta vs Ijebu Ode

For you to throw in Lagos as the only challenger to Owerri and Onitsha shows you already know they have no match in the SW

The Yoruba guy that opened this thread must be full of regrets now, he actually didn't bargain for this

I challenge you Yorubas to name any village from the SW that can remotely compare with any of these SE villages below and I will transfer 10k to your account.

1. Oguta (Imo State).
2. Abiriba (Abia State).
3. Udi (Enugu state).

Mind you I have videos and drone pictures of these Igbo villages and there are also more I will name from Anambra but let's start with these ones.

uthlaw:
drug business or what,na Yoruba no de travel.....go to peckham in UK,you go think say u de osogbo...go to Atlanta in US,you go think say you de ibadan.....Lagos on is own is a country,that why we are proud with it....70% of your people make it in Lagos than South East,so Lagos is not your mate!

Whenever you guys mention Lagos, I will just laugh. So Hausas or Gwaris will come out in 2050 and start claiming responsibility for Abuja?

So if Nigeria didn't make Lagos the federal capital, you all won't have any city of worth? Isn't it a shame that your so called cities are all rustic with dilapidated buildings and very narrow roads?

The rest of Nigeria has left SW behind yet you want to die on top Lagos. SMH.

masterpiscles15:
[s]
Senator Hope Uzodinma , Imo State governor, is currently doing everything possible to ensure equitable and quality access to basic healthcare for Imo citizens, especially the poor and most vulnerable in the society .

The governor since office assumption, embarked on massive equipment upgrade and Infrastructural improvement at the Imo State University Teaching Hospital, IMSUTH, located in Orlu; the annexes at Ogbaku, Anara and Alike Obowo. This is to buttress the point that Uzodinma is determined to turn the state as a hub for medical tourism, thereby, reducing foreign medical treatment to it's lowest minimal.

The revamping of abandoned dialysis centre with 7 functional machines, ultrasound room, reversed osmosis unit, colposcopy unit and neurology theatre unit. Others include completion of all the abandoned blocks at phase 2 of the hospital, provision of water throughout the hospital building, improvement of human capital development and staff motivation. These were done by the working governor to reduce foreign medical treatments to the barest minimum.

Recent visit to the health facility during a fact finding mission and an interface with the Chief Medical Director, CMD, Dr. Ifeanyi Nwamba, a Rome trained Surgeon, showed the governor's determination to drastically reduce the amount of money Imolites and Nigerians spend on foreign medical tour.

Further, our findings revealed that the 3R administration has immensely improved on the welfare package for IMSUTH staff including making concerted efforts to provide the health workers with a friendly environment, facilities and tools to work with.

IMSUTH Orlu dialysis section that had been in a state of comatose for several years before Uzodinma's emergence, now runs competitive services with the help of specialists and other support staff.

Uzodinma’s huge investment at IMSUTH, Orlu and its aforementioned annex would strengthen the income of the state while elevating the state as the hub for medical tourism in the country.

The facelift that the governor made at IMSUTH gives patients strong hope that their health would not be played with. Indeed, the various units of the hospital are wearing new look and are environmental friendly. It is amazing that the duo of Senator Uzodimma and Dr. Nwamba are contributing immensely to the development of the health sector. Most importantly, the governor has ensured that IMSUTH workers are paid their salaries regularly since he took over as the governor of the state.

The construction of the inner road leading to the medical facility, the renovation of old and new buildings in the hospital, the provision of hospital parking lay-out and beautification with security house at the phase 2 of the hospital are encouraging.

Consequently, i, hereby, appeal to Imolites and residents to be rational and appreciate the efforts the government is making so far to ensure that the state is returned to its cherished glory. Indeed, this government is for all Imolites. Let us not see this administration as Gov Hope Uzodinma's government, lets us see it as ours.

Tunji Adedeji[/s]

Trash!!!

The Hopeless man is now paying afonja guys to write fake stories for the gullible. This man is the worst thing that ever happened to Imo State. People said that Rochas built "China" roads and structures but at least he did something and widened the roads while establishing markets outside the city center which helped in opening up new areas. Rochas also allowed free education and renovated many schools across the state and opened up new areas with roads. But we felt he didn't do enough only for this Hopeless man to seize power and everything went under.

Almost all the roads in Owerri are now in terrible disrepair. I was forced to pack my car at home and started entering public transport because each day it rains, you will suffer untold hardship and may either get home at 12 midnight or you just park it at the road side and risk burglary. Mechanics are the biggest boys in Owerri now and cashing out as damaged cars are brought to them everyday.

The only thing this hopeless man has done since he forcefully took over is to destroy roundabouts and replace them with traffic lights while patching and painting the junctions!

We are counting days and praying for this locust phase to pass away.

Sammy07:
Until you divide Oyo state into 5 states then we can come and follow ur argument
SE is a few km bigger than Oyo state.

How do u expect a state (OYO) that has 5 states within (SE) to develop massively than SE?

Another ignorant view. Niger state is 5 times bigger than Oyo state, so why not divide Niger state into 5 states since it's now about landmass?!

The IQ of most of you from the SW are so abysmal. Tufiakwa!!

uthlaw:
I serve at owerri,have been to Calabar....nothing de those places,na y all of Ena de run go north and west!

You all are full of sh1t. What is in the west outside Lagos? What is in the North outside Abuja?

What can you find in Kano or Oyo that you want find in Anambra?

What is in Ondo or Ogun that you won't find in Imo or Abia? Forget about those industries in Agbara and Ota, they are part of greater Lagos.

Igbos travel far and wide to do business since they naturally do better in it than most others and not because those places are necessarily more developed.

Gosh, most of you are so deluded and ignorant!

Simdyofficial:
[s]Mr man. Am a full born biafran. I only picked one of the cities you mentioned..

Our leaders in the east ain't doing any thing. By now nnewi should be bubbling, Onitsha fully hot. No dey mumu yourself oga[/s]

Go to hell, you're a typical scratch face afonja!

Amotolongbo:
You would say that you and your ilks don’t know. Stop generalising.

Moreover, Ogbomoso is one of the most popular cities in the South west, even not being a State capital cos the indigenes of Ogbomoso are one of the most traveled (If not most) in the south west.

Please can you upload a drone picture of Ogbomoso? Honestly, you really must be a very local champion who hasn't seen civilization otherwise you will never mention that decayed settlement when we are talking about livable cities.

Amotolongbo:
traveling within your enclave in alaigbo isn’t what we are talking about here. Travel out of south east and be liberated from your ignorance

I have been to almost all the states in the SW, and I lived in Lagos until I relocated to East in 2014.

Livability and SW cities can't be in the same sentence because they're words and opposite!

You're the one who hasn't traveled considering how ignorant and deluded you are.

Simdyofficial:
ode. Who wan live where nothing dey.. I love enugu but Ibadan is more better

Primitive people like you can only thrive in your rusted towns.

Again it seems you're too dull, op is talking about two regions yet you're talking about two cities, ijikwa ahu?

Simdyofficial:
are you high? Ibadan vs Enugu? What's in enugu town? Name 10 good companies in enugu? I have lived in both cities..

The op is talking about LIVABILITY not industrialization. Now go back to school.

Is it only Ibadan vs Enugu you saw? What about Owerri vs Akure, can you compare? Onitsha vs Ogbomoso nko? Aba vs Ijebu Ode?

Down to towns and villages, you can't compare both zones in terms of livability of their settlements. I have traversed the SW and same as SE.

Amotolongbo:
Your ignorance is legendary.

Leave that your village and travel to see things for yourself

I am far more traveled than you would ever be!

Go and sit down, you're a dunce and you know nothing!

Amotolongbo:
This is undebatable.

Southwest is far more urbanised than the South East..

In 1960 yes, but now hell no!
Lagos is not synonymous with SW. Talking about urbanization, no region has urbanized faster than Igboland in contemporary times. Many Yorubas prefer living in their rural areas unlike Igbos that like migrating to cities. So stop saying what you don't know!

Simdyofficial:
I am from the east. But I think southwest got more cities. But there's something in the east that the west lacks . don't ask me. Ask the north

Lol, you're Igbo yet ewedu and gbegiri is oozing out of you.

This is a no brainer to anyone who has traveled to both regions. Talking about livable cities between both regions now I will give you the options so you can compare on your own.

Owerri vs Akure
Onitsha vs Ogbomoso
Abakiliki vs Ado Ekiti
Enugu vs Ibadan
Aba vs Ijebu Ode
Abeokuta vs Umuahia
Oshogbo vs Awka
Oguta vs Iragbiji

Except you're the devil himself, you already know which region that is far more livable than the other.

Only SS can give SE a run for their money in Nigeria in terms of lively cities. SW is out of the equation, it's just that Lagos tends to hide the rot in that region.

computer0810:
Who is d bigot here, what crime did tinubu commit, show us d prove of what he stole from ur state

You're asking me what crime an ex notorious drug dealer committed?

You're asking me what crime he committed when he has held Lagos hostage since 1999 and has been pocketing money that would have been used to develop the state? Go to Ikorodu and many areas of Lagos mainland to see the terrible road conditions and how people are suffering.

You're asking what crime a criminal that moves stolen money in bullion vans committed?

You guys are the worst ethnocentric bigots in Nigeria. Spits!

Good one!!!
I wrote a piece about this suspicious group parading as Biafra separatists today and now IPOB is distancing themselves.

I'm happy that Igboland is densely populated with no hidden mountains or jungles, so I wonder where they would operate from without being smoked out. If the government won't do their job by apprehending them then the Igbo masses will do the needful on them.

ThankUJesus:
People who are suppose to be in prison are the one talking of rulling us again

Criminals like Tinubu are walking free but you want Anyim that has no case to be in prison?

You're such a bigot!!

Mylordmygod1:
[s]There is this saying: 'Agha akaraka, agha eli onye ngworo'

If you die on election day simply because you want to go and vote, then you died for nothing.

Mind you, this politicians you want to vote for don't even know whether you exist.. Do they even know your name, do they know how you managed to get what you eat everyday, do they care whether you voted for them or not?
The best they can do is to empower you and i with cultlass and bag of pure water when they're finally elected.

Note: War is coming, it has been announce over time, don't say you were not informed. Life has no spare key, die today and you're no more.

Stay at home, make sure you obey the order, don't feel like you're being dennied your right to vote. He who loose today lives to fight tomorow.

If you don't value your life, people arround you value it so much.. Don't put your family in sorrow because you want to prove your right.

This people you want to die for will not visit your family for compasation.

be warned![/s]

Nonsense!!!
If this country is functional then they should have picked you up for trying to incite panic and hysteria.

You're obviously working for Andy Uba and having seen that Anambra people won't vote for him you guys are now trying to use anarchy to achieve your inordinate ambition. Anambra people will vote and they will elect Soludo or any other person except that criminal that campaigns with cow.

mrvitalis:
South south got better than south east even ...half of the so called south east road is in akwa ibom infact 70% of those roads ...


And it's a fact no tribe in Nigeria has more oil than Igbo nation ... absolutely none

Chose your fights wisely and know when not to play victim.

Don't dilute this gross cheating on SS by making such unfounded claims. Can you name the roads in Akwa Ibom that were including as part of SE?

In a dog eat dog soceity like Nigeria, we should know when to fight and when to stand on the fence!

MANDIPUTIN:
THE Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), on Friday, described as lopsided the distribution of the 21 federal roads the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has volunteered to reconstruct in favour of the North, saying the development is unfair, unjust and wicked.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on Wednesday announced the approval of NNPC’s request to fix 21 federal roads at N621 billion with the South getting a total of 228.22 kilometres while the North got a total 2,037.05 kilometres.

Reacting to the distribution of the roads in which the South-South got the lowest of 52.2 kilometres, PANDEF’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, in an interview with Saturday Tribune, said the development was an established pattern of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency since inception.

“It is not only unfair and unjust but wicked. This further demonstrates the astonishing level of discriminative bias the Buhari administration bears against the Niger Delta region in projects and programmes distribution and implementation, as well as in appointments and conduct of the government generally.

“There is no responsible government anywhere in the world that would come up with that sort of pesky, lopsided distribution as done by the government in the 21 road projects approved by the Federal Executive Council for NNPC to fix.

“From available information, in terms of kilometres (length of the roads), the South-South has the least with only 52.2 kilometres.

“The North Central has 1,479.9 kilometres; North West has 283.5; North East has 273.35; South-East has 122 kilometres and South West has 119 kilometres,” he noted.

The South-South apex socio-cultural organisation wondered what criteria and reasons could be adduced for the lopsided distribution.

“What is or are the reasons for such an absurd distribution? What was the yardstick?

“Unfortunately, this is an established pattern under the Buhari presidency,” the PANDEF’s spokesman averred.

He recalled that “when the $311 million Abacha loot was returned from the United States in 2020, the South-South was excluded in projects designated for the fund, which included the second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressways, as well as the Mambilla Power Project in NorthEast zone; no project in the South-South zone was listed.

That scenario was repeated in the Ibori loot.

“This kind of situation further bolsters the Niger Delta people’s demand for not only adequate participation in the management, administration and dispensation of the resources nature has richly endowed our lands, but also for the restructuring of the country.

“Will this gross injustice against the people who bear the brunt of the oil exploration and exploitation activities in their land be allowed to continue?

“Will the Niger Delta people continue to condone this unfairness against them by the Nigerian state? Time will tell!”

https://tribuneonlineng.com/pandef-fumes-over-nnpcs-21-road-projects/

Ndi apari, make una continue dey insult us while they scam you guys to death.

Two elephants are fighting (Fulanis and Igbos) but instead of monkeys to support us, they chose to be distracting us.

Igbos have to start playing selfish politics too, once we are carried along on any national issue such as this, we ignore everything else and pretend all is well and it seems the gambaris are playing along too by accommodating us

Let the dead bury the dead

You're the mugu na and they're your master

You've been scammed once again, the last time they gave you 3% and collected 30%

Just like many other concerned Igbos, we woke up recently to start hearing online about this group that goes by the name BNG. Within a few weeks of hearing about them, they started their activities in full swing.But anyone who can think deeply will easily see through their gimmicks and the badly written scripts they are acting out.

The central government in Nigeria has become desperate in their attempts to stop IPOB separatists and this group seems to be their latest agenda.

Consider the following facts about the group:

1. They don't bother to hide their faces; who does that? Have you ever seen ESN without masks? No! They always hide their faces to avoid being traced but these ones are always videoing themselves and their hideouts without fear of being traced.

2. How on earth will a new group that is seeking for recognition start by looting and stealing from same people, and still video it?!

3. Who is sponsoring them? At least it is common knowledge that IPOB has a global presence with Igbos all over the world contributing money for their activities. Who buys guns, uniforms, transportation and other logistics for this BNG? How come they appeared suddenly and already have cells everywhere?

Nna eh, unu cheta kwa na onye nna ya dinyere oshi n'eji ukwu agbawa uzo!

Going forward, they are likely to continue sponsoring this group to destabilize Igboland and later this BNG will change course to start attacking IPOB once they've gained ground. Eventually, they would hope to displace IPOB as the foremost separatist group and eventually there would be a "fake truce" between them and the government where they will accept amnesty.

The Camerounian government is already doing same thing against the Ambazonians and it's working!

I don't know how IPOB operates and neither do I know how DSS operates but if you have read books about espionage and infiltration, you would understand all these. Even common sense shows that something is fishy about these guys that just emerged from the blues.

Ndi Igbo, ka anyi gbadokwa anya maka na ndi iro anyi na agba mgba di egwu imegide anyi.

RuggedBiafran:
You are smart. It's a poorly written movie script crafted under the bridge.

A very poorly written script my brother and anyone who can think deeply will easily see through their gimmicks.

The central government in Nigeria has become desperate in their attempts to stop IPOB and this group is their latest agenda.

Consider the following facts about the group:

1. They don't bother to hide their faces; who does that? Have you ever seen ESN without masks? No! They always hide their faces to avoid being traced but these ones are always videoing themselves and their hideouts.

2. How on earth will a new group that is seeking for recognition start by looting and stealing from same people, and still video it?!

3. Who is sponsoring them? At least it is common knowledge that IPOB has a global presence with Igbos all over the world contributing money for their activities. Who buys their guns, uniforms, transportation and other logistics? How come they appeared suddenly and already have cells everywhere?

Nna eh, unu cheta kwa na onye nna ya dinyere oshi n'eji ukwu agbawa uzo!

Going forward, they are likely to continue sponsoring this group to destabilize Igboland and later they will change course to start attacking IPOB once they've gained ground. Eventually, there would be a "fake truce" between them and the government where they will accept amnesty.

The Camerounian government is already doing same thing against the Ambazonians and it's working!

I don't know how IPOB operates and neither do I know how DSS operates but if you have read books about espionage and infiltration, you would understand all these. Even common sense shows that something is fishy about these guys that just emerged from the blues.

Ndi Igbo, ka anyi gbadokwa anya maka na ndi iro anyi na agba mgba di egwu imegide anyi.

AlexBells:
Your poverty is too much, what international airport do you have in your region, or in case you are calculating Abuja and Lagos as part of your region, we know the West please and the North too, East can even boast of two international airports

The idiot that has no functional airport due to poverty is trying to mock SE with viable airports everywhere.

Abuja is federal capital while Lagos was former capital, both are national heritage now let him tell us airports in Nigeria that are more viable than Owerri, P.H and Enugu, all found within Igboland?

Now Anambra has completed their own without borrowing a dime and all its flights are totally booked even before commissioning!

Owerri airport, the first to be built by indigenes in Nigeria is busier than both Kano (the biggest city in North) as well as Ibadan, the capital of SW! Now who is rich and who is poor?

Fools everywhere!!!

Igbos should be careful of this BNG, it seems the government are the ones sponsoring it. Otherwise, why are they not making any serious attempts to go after them?