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TravelRe: Update On Opebi-Mende-Ojota-Maryland Link Bridge (Video) by christopher123(m): 9:18am On Sep 09, 2025
yemre:
I love your comment bro. Although, the Imo state people are busy claiming that Hope is the worst governor in the history of Imo but my personal visit to the state actually proved them wrong. Then you begin to wonder what his real offense was.

It is important that we commend these politicians when they're performing so they will be encouraged to do more and not just downplay their efforts by saying that afterall, they're not doing these projects with their personal money. (That's what some are fond of saying).

I love a situation where all these other governors emulate their performing counterparts by also giving their people valuable projects.

We have the capacity and the potentials, we can do it, allocations come promptly and are heavy. They are majorly for development, to make life easier for the people and not for keeps.
Governors in East are trying when I compare then with West (apart from Lagos )
Rivers used to work but since this new one ...we can't point it out

Some Northern Governors are working
Akwa Ibom is good
Bayelsa we don't know yet

Hope is trying and doing fantastic...just that the standard of Eastern leadership is high! The Imo use Sam Mbakwe standard to gauge anyone that's why or they Igbo use Micheal Okpara standard or Jim Nwobodo
TravelRe: Update On Opebi-Mende-Ojota-Maryland Link Bridge (Video) by christopher123(m): 8:43am On Sep 09, 2025
pquaver:
There is money in Anambra too why the scam no spend am wisely?
There is money in Ogun State with the highest IGR why didn't the clown spend it wisely ?
BusinessRe: Nigerians Must Obtain Tax ID To Operate Bank Accounts By 2026 - New Tax Law by christopher123(m): 8:35am On Sep 09, 2025
Beremx:
Is this a joke or what? What's this tax tax tax?

Oga Tinubu, Nigeria is not UK o!! You better be careful
He did it in Lagos and he would do it again in Nigeria ...
BusinessRe: Nigerians Must Obtain Tax ID To Operate Bank Accounts By 2026 - New Tax Law by christopher123(m): 8:34am On Sep 09, 2025
Gbam! This is how it is ! What about the unemployed and students that have account ! The BVN is for what again ?
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 8:33am On Sep 09, 2025
kettykin:
Hope is really picking up . I hope owerri bounces back as the clubbing and party capital of West Africa. Hope please learn from the mistakes of Enugu and Abia and build real smart schools in each of the senatorial zones that will be the envy of the world , smart schools that will have AI laboratories, optic fiber internet, acoustic music laboratories, tech driven smart schools that will help imo reclaim the top spot in the education ecosystem of Africa.
3 smart schools is enough rather than the comedy playing out in Enugu and Abia
I agree with you on this ... Hope is trying
TravelRe: Update On Opebi-Mende-Ojota-Maryland Link Bridge (Video) by christopher123(m): 7:49am On Sep 09, 2025
anonimi:
Do Europeans and Americans also celebrate lack of pipe borne water as well as lack of free basic education and healthcare after paying taxes for IGR and budget increase to N3.4 trillion from N42 billion a quarter of a century ago?

Do you think that is why we are praying and fasting for their japa visas, unlike those we forced there over a period of four centuries, in exchange for tobacco, alcohol, mirrors, fabrics, etc huh





The often cited biography titled Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker, authored by Nigerian historian Oladipo Yemitan, paints her views regarding slave trading.

On one occasion, during her final sojourn in Abeokuta, she was alleged to have sold a young boy into slavery and was accused of it. When arraigned before Ogundipe Alatise over the matter, she reportedly explained: 'I have a large house-hold and I must feed them well. I need money to do that, that's why'.

— Oladipo. Yemitan, 'Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker'

Another section of Yemitan's Tinubu biography, referred to as the Amadie-Ojo Affair, captures a slave trading deal gone sour in 1853 (notably after the 1852 Treaty abolishing slavery in Lagos) wherein Tinubu tells another slave trader (Domingo Martinez) that "she would rather drown the slaves [20 in number] than sell them at a discount".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efunroye_Tinubu
Jesus Christ! This is gross
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:45am On Sep 09, 2025
DeLaRue:
Beautiful.

I think some South East and Northern States appear to be paying far more attention in planning and beautifying their state capitals.
I agree especially North West and South East! AKWA IBOM, RIVERS are still trying and Lagos is still trying also

I don't know what they are actually doing in EKITI,OSUN,OYO, ONDO..they aren't in picture or news mostly in urban planning or rejuvenation....maybe they will get there
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:44am On Sep 09, 2025
Depriest2020:
I think I prefer the "Before" pics of Assumpta Cathedral roundabout, that "After" flyover is not attractive.
well it's all about perspective view
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:42am On Sep 09, 2025
Nonybb:
What is the purpose of painting the partition of the road white color when you don't have a plan of repainting it every 4 whites. What is the need of this usual black and white colours in our roads that defile explanation
Painting raids demarcation white and black usually refers to the practice of marking surfaces, boundaries, or obstacles with alternating black and white stripes (sometimes yellow and black too). The main purposes are:

1. Visibility & Contrast – The alternating colors make the markings stand out under different lighting conditions (day/night, bright/sunny, dim/overcast). Black and white give maximum contrast, ensuring visibility from a distance.


2. Safety & Guidance – Such markings are often used in airfields, military installations, warehouses, and industrial zones to guide movement during normal operations and during raids, blackouts, or low-visibility situations. They help pilots, drivers, and personnel quickly identify edges, boundaries, or obstacles.


3. Demarcation of Sensitive Areas – In military contexts (such as air raid shelters, runways, or protected zones during wartime), black-and-white paint was often used to demarcate safe areas or guide people during emergencies.


4. Psychological Cue – High-contrast stripes also act as a warning pattern (similar to hazard stripes), signaling people to pay attention or exercise caution.




And they will maintain it ... Owerri has a history of neatness
PoliticsRe: Igbo Land’s Silent Revolution: How Roads, Flyovers, Cities And Private Capital ! by christopher123(op): 7:40am On Sep 09, 2025
TimeMachine2:
Are you telling me that Major General Gentle De Yahoo and 3 star General Igwe Butuzor are aware of this? Who in his right sense invest in a place where miscreants reign supreme?
yes they are hiding in bushes and that's where they are relegated until they are caught!

But they can't stop the Eastern development...
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:34am On Sep 09, 2025
Depriest2020:
I think I prefer the "Before" pics of Assumpta Cathedral roundabout, that "After" flyover is not attractive.
It's traffic...that overpass is to curtail the traffic from mainland to new Owerri the development and rapid urbanisation in Owerri is causing lots of traffic and these infrastructure is needed and they should plant palm trees
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:33am On Sep 09, 2025
Racoon:
Nice development. That road is really looking nice and smooth especially from the Nigerian Air Force base end till you get to the Sam Mbakwe International airport.

It should interest the reading public that the Owerri Airport was built by the Easterners( men and women of alaigbo ) who generously contributed to get it in place. God bless and continue to rest our forefathers.
Yes...the Easterners ploughed money, contributed from primary schools to secondary schools and many Igbo rich men irrespective of the state donated to the airport

It was the first State built airport

The way Imo State University (Now ABSU) was the first State University being built

It was a self help efforts of the Igbo to jump start their region after the war !

They tried
PoliticsIgbo Land’s Silent Revolution: How Roads, Flyovers, Cities And Private Capital ! by christopher123(op): 7:31am On Sep 09, 2025
Igbo Land’s Silent Revolution: How Roads, Flyovers, Cities and Private Capital Are Making the South-East Nigeria’s Fastest-Moving Region




For too long, the South-East was painted as a region stuck in time — neglected highways, dilapidated schools, congested markets, and a generation of youth with more ambition than opportunity. Yet, in the past three years, something remarkable has happened. From Anambra to Imo, Abia to Ebonyi, and Enugu at the heart, the Igbo homeland has entered a new season of construction, renewal, and urbanisation.

The bulldozers are busy. Cranes dot the skyline. Estates spring up where bushes stood. And in markets and airports, one begins to feel it: Igbo land is on the move again.


Roads and Bridges: The Skeleton of Growth

Owerri Airport Road (Imo State):
Once a bumpy embarrassment for travellers, this vital artery leading to Sam Mbakwe Airport is now being rebuilt as a dual carriageway. For Imo, it is more than a road — it is a statement of hospitality to investors, tourists, and returning diaspora.

Flyover Bridges in Anambra, Imo, and Abia:
In Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Aba, and Owerri, flyovers are becoming common. They decongest chaotic intersections, smoothen traffic, and project the image of modernity. Each flyover is also an economic node: what used to be choke points for hours of gridlock are now fluid corridors of commerce.

Enugu–Onitsha Expressway:
For decades, traders cursed this route. Today, with serious federal and private sector financing, the road is undergoing a total rebirth, cutting travel times between two of Igbo land’s busiest cities.

Aba’s Port Harcourt Road:
This road is more than asphalt. It is Aba’s economic artery, connecting manufacturers, artisans, and traders to regional and national markets. Its reconstruction is reviving Nigeria’s “Japan of Africa.”

Second Niger Bridge:
The bridge is not just concrete across water — it is a new lifeline for Igbo commerce. With traffic bottlenecks eased, Onitsha and Asaba are effectively fusing into a twin-city metropolis, and logistics for the South-East–South-West corridor have never been faster.

Ebonyi International Airport:
Once the most isolated state, Ebonyi now boasts a functioning international airport. Flights in and out bring investors, tourists, and cargo — shrinking distances and erasing excuses.


Impact: Every kilometer of new or rebuilt road multiplies Igbo productivity, cutting transport costs, reducing travel fatigue, and unlocking markets that once felt distant.

Urbanisation and the Real Estate Boom: Building Igbo Mega-Cities

Millennium City, Awka (Anambra):
This planned urban development is more than houses; it is a futuristic ecosystem of estates, business parks, leisure facilities, and green spaces. It is Anambra’s bet on attracting diaspora elites and investors who want global-standard living within the East. Millennium City positions Awka as more than a sleepy capital — it is turning it into a smart city.

Onitsha–Asaba Urban Merger:
Thanks to the Second Niger Bridge, Onitsha and Asaba are now bleeding into one another, forming what urban planners call a twin-city corridor. Real estate developers are rushing in with estates, shopping malls, and gated communities. In the evenings, you see it: a skyline that stretches unbroken across the river, powered by Igbo commerce.

Owerri’s Real Estate and Recreation Renaissance:
Owerri, already famous for its nightlife, is now dotted with modern estates, hotels, lounges, and leisure parks. The new Airport Road is linking these investments into a coherent urban hub, making Owerri not just a capital but a lifestyle city.

Enugu’s Polo Parks and Estates:
The Coal City is blending heritage with modern estates and malls, attracting tech startups, creatives, and returning diaspora who want culture and comfort in one package.


Impact: Real estate is no longer just about shelter. It is creating jobs for masons, architects, engineers, and artisans, driving demand for cement and steel, and generating new tax bases for state governments. More importantly, it signals permanence: the diaspora is no longer just sending money — they are building homes, schools, and hospitals to stay.


Capacity, Health, and Human Infrastructure

Education: Anambra’s clearance of UBE arrears has unlocked federal funds for basic education. Ebonyi State University is expanding, while vocational programs in Aba are producing skilled artisans for its manufacturing clusters.

Healthcare: Abia’s planned Medical City is designed to end medical tourism within the East. Ebonyi’s teaching hospitals are gaining regional attention, while new primary health centres in Imo and Anambra are tackling grassroots healthcare gaps.

Water & Utilities: Enugu’s long-delayed water supply projects are now being revitalized, improving urban livability.


These investments mean that roads and flyovers aren’t just cosmetic — they are supported by strong human capital foundations.


Recreation, Culture, and Lifestyle

Awka’s Millennium City leisure zones, Enugu’s Polo Park Mall, Owerri’s hospitality belt, Aba’s stadium revival — together these show that Igbo cities are not just places of survival but of thriving. Young people now see reasons to stay, socialize, and innovate locally rather than flee abroad.


Security and Confidence

Community Vigilantes and Market Guards in Anambra, Imo, and Abia have improved market safety.

Surveillance Technology Pilots in Enugu signal a shift to data-driven policing.
The result is a cautiously improving business climate, where investors and traders feel safer to move goods and services.

Private and Diaspora Investments

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (Nnewi): Expanding its footprint across Africa, proving that “Made in Igbo land” can compete globally.

Diaspora Real Estate: From the twin-city Asaba–Onitsha corridor to Awka’s Millennium City, diaspora remittances are being converted into estates, malls, and hospitals.

Industrial Clusters: Nnewi’s auto-parts factories, Aba’s textile and leather hubs, and Onitsha’s wholesale markets are seeing reinvestment from successful Igbo entrepreneurs.

Tech Startups: Enugu and Awka hubs are training coders and building apps for global outsourcing markets.

FDI and Global Financing

Chinese and European loans for highways and rail corridors are indirectly powering Igbo trade routes.

Agribusiness FDI in rice mills (Ebonyi) and cassava processing (Anambra) are connecting farmers to global markets.

Partnerships with private equity firms are bringing modern construction practices to real estate projects in Awka and Enugu.



The Big Picture

When you stitch the pieces together — roads, bridges, airports, Millennium City, real estate, health, education, private hustle, diaspora wealth — a clear picture emerges: Igbo land is building not just infrastructure, but a future.

The East is no longer content to complain about neglect. It is building its way out of it. The synergy of state ambition, federal financing, private innovation, and diaspora passion is turning the South-East into Nigeria’s fastest-moving region.

The question now is simple: will Nigeria notice in time? Because in the next decade, the South-East will not just rival Lagos and Abuja in energy and innovation — it may surpass them in resilience and global competitiveness.

The Igbo are rising again. This time, with cities, flyovers, and Millennium visions.
PoliticsRe: Owerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:18am On Sep 09, 2025
Depriest2020:
Nice but, so lonely. It's like there's no activity going on at the airport.
they road is about to be commissioned just like this one also

Owerri airport is one of the busiest in southern Nigeria after Lagos , PH then Owerri and Anambra

TravelRe: Update On Opebi-Mende-Ojota-Maryland Link Bridge (Video) by christopher123(m): 7:14am On Sep 09, 2025
Good work on Lagos Government! This is impressive ! When would I hear of developmental projects like this in Ekiti, Osun , Oyo ...I can see what Hope is doing in Imo and the Guy in Enugu is doing fantastic, Soludo is trying ..he gave them Fun City and building Millenium city trying to link the Anambra cities via Rail

Now what about Delta ?
What about Edo

What about Ekiti
What about Osun ..or is he still dancing ?

We need a fast developed southern Nigeria...we need to catch up with the developed nations...
PoliticsOwerri City And The Beauty Of Its Airport Road by christopher123(op): 7:10am On Sep 09, 2025
Owerri, the capital of Imo State, has grown from a quiet town into one of the most vibrant cities in Igboland. Known for its hospitality, business opportunities, and lively lifestyle, Owerri today stands as a true picture of Igbo progress and resilience.

And at the heart of this transformation is the Imo Airport Road — the beautiful gateway that welcomes you into the city.



Why Airport Road Matters

It connects Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport directly to the city.

It’s the first impression visitors get — clean, wide, and modern.

Businesses, hotels, and estates are springing up along it.

It’s a symbol of growth — showing that Owerri is ready for the future.


Captured by GFP Drones, the Airport Road today looks like a boulevard of pride — a sign that Owerri is not just developing, but shining.


Owerri: An Igbo Story of Growth 🌍

Just like Onitsha with trade, Aba with industry, and Nnewi with innovation, Owerri is carving its own place as the hub of hospitality and entertainment.

As the Igbo say:
“Ọ bụ mmadụ na-ewu obodo, obodo adịghị ewuwu onwe ya.”
(It is people who build a city; a city does not build itself.)

Owerri is proof of that spirit — built by its people, for its people, and admired by all.



✅ This is Imo Airport Road today in Owerri, as captured by GFP Drones — a road that tells the story of progress and pride.

PoliticsRe: Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu Was Never The Richest Man In Nigeria - Reno Omokri by christopher123(m): 6:22am On Sep 09, 2025
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 1:48pm On Sep 08, 2025
T9ksy:
Ok o, like you said, let's see how it's goind to pane out. Just remember that you guys were warned beforehand but then we all know that the dog that's destined to get lost will hear his master's warning whistle.
dogs that bite don't actually bark .... That's what I have come to understand during my years of owning dogs !
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:41am On Sep 08, 2025
aswani:
I am talking about this thread, what Bwala said and the response he got, and his clarification, can be found on other threads. Stop conflating please.

The person that shouldn't focus on Ndigbo is the one that needlessly started the thread. You start a thread to pepper people, you get feedback regarding the thread and you start complaining, why start the thread in the first place?

That non indigines are buying houses doesn't mean indigines don't still have houses or they themselves are not buying houses. It also doesn't mean indigines would lose political and economic control of their homeland anytime soon.

That is the discussion I was having, not sure where you own rant fits into that.
Well...this is Monday! Energy please
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:18am On Sep 08, 2025
aswani:
For this particular thread, it is nothing to do with the other tribes that the poster mentioned, they seem ok with what they found in Lagos and are managing it.

The person that started this thread knows what they are doing, it's another in a series of threads by bitter Obidients desperate to tell us how Ndigbo are so rich, they are snapping up all the properties in Lagos and are soon going to take over both economically and politically.

Don't start a fire and drag others into it.
Wait a minute...is it an Igbo man that is called BWALA that said on a national TV that Lagos is no man's land and that the investment in Lagos were done by the whole Nigerians and used DANGOTE as an example of what it means to own some parts


Is BWALA an Igbo man ....

Well....that still doesn't change the reality...

Iya shift the goal post... It's Monday morning let's go and work and try buy a property in Lagos ! Cos one youtu whose father might have died will still sell tomorrow! That's a fact and will still come back next tomorrow and cry we own Lagos


Have a blessed day ! Don't focus on Igbo! Focus on hutsle so you can buy yours
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:08am On Sep 08, 2025
aswani:
Why are you dragging other tribes into it? We allknow this thread is another in the series of Ndigbo Obidients vs Ndi Yoruba shootout over Lagos.
so it is only Igbo that buy property in Lagos ?

So other tribes don't buy property in Lagos ?

So the Yoruba priffered bidders are Igbo people and not other people even their own people ?

Is that what you are saying

Why narrowing it to Igbo ? Must everything to you be tribalism and WE AGAINST THEM MENTALITY


You can't sell your land today and come back or send your kids tomorrow to tell the person that bought the land you own it.... That's what JIMI DISU said one time in his broadcast! And I agree with him

Lagos is a metropolitan area and this is bound to change the location and the situation
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:02am On Sep 08, 2025
tubolancer:
The same story, the same people. So they are selling the property to only Igbo, including Edo in your stupid narrative doesn't show any wiseness. People sell their building which are done all over the world so Lagos is not an exception, bringing tribalism and bashing other ethnic group like the Yoruba is not acceptable. I have seen Igbo, Hausa, Edo selling their properties in Lagos. I have seen many Yorubas buying lots of properties that belongs to other tribes in Lagos. Remember Lagos is not just one or two streets and other ethnic groups can buy lands in Lagos but saying Igbo has bought all the land is a big joke. Egbeda is not just one streets, so Edo buying all the lands in Egbeda is a big joke, likewise Hausa buying all the lands in Agege is also a big joke but Agege is not two streets and it consist of many communities. In Agbelekale a deep Yoruba community,one Igbo man bought three plots of lands the next thing we were hearing and I quote- The Igbo has bought all the properties", anybody can buy property but the Igbo will just be shouting everywhere claiming they have bought all the lands in Lagos. My uncle who is an estate agent in Lagos had more than two hundred houses in Lagos and you hardly hear pim from him.
People sell their buildings all over the world but people don't exhume body to rebury in order to sell buildings

People don't sell building in other parts of the world and still turn back to tell you they still own the land they sell the building

People don't sell their land and still send youths to harass you at any stage of the building process

People don't sell building to strangers and still come back and cry daily that the strahrers they sold their land are taking over their lands


That's the difference...that's the thrust of the conversation!

But why angry ?
But why narrowing this to Igbo ?
Was the article written by Igbo

For you to narrow this to Igbo it means that the Igbo are dominating your mindset ! It means that they are doing something right cos there is a saying... IT IS ONLY A FRUITFUL TREE THAT STONES ARE THROWN AT! ...that's an Igbo adage !
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 6:58am On Sep 08, 2025
aswani:
Where in that post have you seen any hatred against Ndigbo? And where have I told anyone what I am or am not?

Why are you Obidients like this? You people will start something and then start complaining when it becomes too much for you to bear.

The Obidient poster I responded to referred to the "idiocy" of Ndi Yoruba for renaming streets (I don't necessarily disagree by the way though I understand why and won't use the word idiocy), and stated how non Indigines where soon going to have more people in Lagos.

All I have done is just clarified a few things to them as to how wrong their prognosis is, nothing to do with hating Ndigbo. Please next time, be mindful of your accusations against me and bring congent proof. Thank you.
The guy above you specified Igbo...so where did Igbo do wrong .... Is it buying properties or whatv
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 6:46am On Sep 08, 2025
T9ksy:
Omo, don't get it twisted!!!

It's specifically aimed at you igbos. None of the groups you listed above had at any time make statements about how they dominate lagos economy.

The first timr we witnessed this abberation in our political hemishere on nigeria was in the mid-west region and it was aimed ay igbos and not nigerians , as you are trying to suggest. This your nefarious narrative is unfortunately is D.O.A.
LoL

That's the Igbo fear...well, let's be watching how it pans out ! The issue is that most Yoruba don't even know the difference between Igbo and ibibio or you think the Igbo will seat down and be watching you without respomding....

But wait a minute! Did the Igbo force you to sell your land ? Did the Igbo force you to exhume bodies and rebury ?


Are Igbo in Mid West Region...Igbo are in Eastern Region...Oh Yes Igbo are in mid West region the Delta Igbo and so what did the abberation do! But that doesn't stop it

Agege is Hausa place...all tribes have bought Lagos and the way it is going Yoruba youths are selling off the property bequeathed to them ....

You are there crying over Igbo why not sir down and ask why are your people selling off and find a way to remedy them... You still feel threatened
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:29pm On Sep 07, 2025
aswani:
It's all linked, political and economic power cannot be separated.

If elections are redone, Ndi South South will not follow Ndigbo again with voting patterns as per the Peter Obí effect. Obviously Ndi North wouldn't so the only people that will vote as a block is Ndigbo and they are not enough.

Even with other non indigines, they won't be enough to be a force.
You are diverting this conversation to elections and tribal politics

We are taking about the penchant selling of ancestral property by yoruba kids only to turn ariyd to say that they have been chased out

Let's discuss that and allow the South South people to talk what they want ...and mind you 50% of them have Igboid blood and they have been together for centuries ...so let them take their decision

Talk about the land being sold to non Yoruba anyhow in Lagos that's the thrust of this chat
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 7:25pm On Sep 07, 2025
T9ksy:
Omo, when a group of people refuses or allergic to learning from their experience then they as a group, are bound to repeat the same mistake.

Las las "Abandon properties" phase II will eventually, re-occur.

Btw, how come we don't hear of abandoned properties in the northern part of the country after the last civil war? Is it that the northerners didn't appropriated their (igbo) properties ni, or that the northerners willing returned their properties back to them, ni?
Oh you want the

Igbo
Edos
Hausa
Ijaws
Benue

People that bought houses to abandon it for you? I really want to understand this your ABANDONED PROPERTY 2 methodology or will it be selective ? Or did they force you to sell ?
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 6:16pm On Sep 07, 2025
ednut1:
last response to you. In 1999-2003 my dad used to take us to a mister biggs in festac . The whole stretch of amuwo odofin was a single road and swap. No houses there. No one stopped Yorubas from populating it. What was the culture there? Same for ajah axis ( ojomu kingdom) before vgc and chevron. Its called development. If you go to those places the so called settlers can speak Yoruba. Yoruba language is even the face of afrobeats and igbo/ akwa ibom/delta artists even use it. You go to any market in Lagos- yoruba is the language of trade. Igbos in alaba are speaking Yoruba too. So go and rest with your imaginary fears
sir you are sounding agitated...why
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 6:14pm On Sep 07, 2025
aswani:
It's all linked, political and economic power cannot be separated.

If elections are redone, Ndi South South will not follow Ndigbo again with voting patterns as per the Peter Obí effect. Obviously Ndi North wouldn't so the only people that will vote as a block is Ndigbo and they are not enough.

Even with other non indigines, they won't be enough to be a force.
They aren't linked together...The North has been in political power for years that doesn't make the North the richest zone with the highest standard of living !

The Yoruba might have political power in Lagos does it translate to economic powers

That's what I am trying to explain
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 6:12pm On Sep 07, 2025
Ttalk:
Hope many estates does Ibo own in Lagos?
I know you will call Igbo... Why this morbid phobia of anythih Igbo ?

We are talking about the sales of properties and you are narrowing it down to tribalism

I think I am done with this conversation...everything to some of you is ME AGAINST THEM ATTITUDE!
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 4:10pm On Sep 07, 2025
ednut1:
what is lagos culture? 150 years ago. It was yoruba, saro/aguda( returnee slaves), British colonialist etc. majority of the deltans, igbos, Hausas in lagos can speak yoruba. When there is oro do other tribes not comply? The kingships are still held by Yorubas. Many settlers in Lagos have gone back to their own towns/villages to take royal positions etc.

Come 100 years nothing wil change
Do you know that as of today many yoruba raised in Lagos can't even speak Yoruba... Their parent take delight in speaking English to their kids and that means that Yoruba culture in Lagos will erode away there are many factors

Another factors is marrying non Yoruba... I also noticed that many Yoruba take delight and pride in showcasing non Yoruba wives as trophy

Well... That's another way of eroding culture in Lagos cos those kids wouldn't even be tuned to yoruba

So
1. Selling of property
2. Speaking English to modern kids of Yoruba descent
3. Marrying non yoruba
4. Relocating after selling property outside Lagos


This will make the Yoruba culture to change....places like FESTAC,LEKKI, IKOYI, AJAH, SURULERE,AGO PALACE , AGEGE PEN CINEMA...Yoruba culture isn't there or minimal

That's what will happen in future to other parts
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 4:06pm On Sep 07, 2025
chopnaira:
Op is just deceiving himself. Not to be taken serious.

He is even comparing lagos to New York. He doesn't know aboriginal Americans did not leave their lands voluntarily but via war and genocide committed by settlers then treaties to put them in reservations. OP is ignorant.
But in this case they are leaving voluntarily...the single individual that owns the highest land in Lagos is even non indigenous person...

Who owns land like Dangote ...do you know how many acres of land that he bought ! The truth is that unlike the Red Indians... indigenous Lagos are selling their own land to Investors a S now moving inside ...that's the reality
PoliticsRe: Opinion: Watching Lagos Slip Away, One House At A Time by christopher123(op): 4:04pm On Sep 07, 2025
aswani:
It will take at leat 10 generations before Lagos slips away from Ndi Yoruba.

Look at all this time Ndigbo were block voting in Lagos, a few of them got to State House and went to Abuja.

Just this one time, in the last LG elections, that Ndi Yoruba decided to block vote for a change, as a result of Obidients lack of decorum, see what happened.

Sadly there is more of this to come, Ndi Yoruba have the numbers and will do so for a long time yet. Don't forget the only people coming to Lagos to settle for good nowadays are Yoruba, other tribes are simply using it as a stepping stone to go abroad.
We aren't talking elections here we are talking development, real estate etc


The honest truth if the elections Re dobe without rigging trust me non indigenous people will have a field day

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