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dearie:
Nigeria is a goal down now.

Hope they come around and win convincingly.

Nigeria has been playing sh*t... Korea is a technical side... All we can do is hope

Chartey:
The African girls can't match the Asians. They look lighter and turn way faster and this plus their technical superiority gives them a huge advantage.
Also the African coaches at this tournament are just horrible especially that Cameroun coach.

what did the Cameroun coach do again

otokx:
Nepotism has killed us in Nigeria.

how

nyben4eva:
A man who capitalizes on past failures makes no head way in life.Even if FFK had a fair share of GEJ's administration,it doesn't stop him from stating the obvious.The North sees themselves as super power of Nigeria because the South isn't united and a man named FFK is trying to make us realize what unity is all about and you're against him.

Tinubu wasn't a saint when he single handedly destroyed PDP and people listened to him because the destruction of PDP was more important than any other problem they were facing as at then.I know FFK isn't a saint,but he made some fantanstic points in his write up.

The dominance of the North is just the sole reason for our backwardness in this country.Imagine where a blind man is leading a one eyed man,what would you expect.The North is the only problem Nigeria has.

Another nonsense post...

the south does not need to be united.. T:inubu was looking out for his own selfish interest and its about to backfire on him... He already has Lagos..

Lagos is richer than over 5 African countries combined.. All he has to do is continue to improve the IGR of Lagos by improving the infrastructure in Lagos but he got greedy and selfish, he didn't know that people are jealous of Lagos and will do anything to get Lagos.. Now his eyes have cleared..

contigiency:
Fani Kayode you never loved this country, what you always preach is about ethnic prejudice, hatred, religious intolerance, why we must divide etc.But do you know that; California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that California is not a country. It is a State in the United States of America. It has little offshore oil, yet its economy is larger than States in the US that are famous for their oil reserves, like Texas. California generates much of its revenue from non-oil products. It found a way to absorb and domesticate much of the intellectual output from its premier university, Stanford University, into saleable products within its economy.

As a matter of fact, much of California's economy is built around Stanford University. So with this, Silicon valley developed. I'm sure you've heard of Silicon Valley at least once in your life. Now with Silicon Valley came companies like Apple, eBay, Cisco, Lockheed, Hewlett Packard (HP), Google, Netflix, Facebook, Oracle, Tesla...and the list goes on and on ad infinitum.These are multibillion-dollar companies. The yearly budget of any one of these companies might be larger than the entire yearly budget of, say for example, Akwa Ibom State. I'm taking about companies that are richer than countries. They are all in California. But that is just in the technology industry where the technologies and inventions spewing out of Stanford are caught midair and converted to money spinning enterprises.

But there is also the entertainment industry in California. Yes, Hollywood is in California. The US movies industry contributes about $504Billion to USA's GDP. Hollywood, as you know, contributes over 70% of that figure. Most iconic movie studios are in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, the "Big Eight" consisting of 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, United Artists, Universal Studios and Warner Bros are, or were, all in Hollywood. These again, are multi-billion dollar companies generating revenue for California.

Despite the above, California also thrives on agriculture. As at 2014, California had nothing less than 77,000 farms and ranches raking in about $55Billion in revenue yearly. It produces over 400 agricultural commodities, a large chunk of which it exports. It is the leader in producing exotic fruits in America. Its wine industry is unique. California wine is drunk with relish the world over. I used to drink some too.

This is just one State in America. You see, California actually had a choice of sitting back and striving to get a piece of the revenue generated from Texas' oil. It could have depended solely on Federal allocation to survive so that every month end, it will send its Commissioner of Finance to Washington DC to receive monthly allocation so that it can barely pay salaries of its workers and nothing more. Then San Francisco would resemble Ajegunle in Lagos. And there certainly would not be those beautiful sights and sounds that make California what it is today. But No, not California. Not America. California gives to the center and, because of its wealth, despises the idea of depending on it for survival. The Federal Government actually needs California to survive, not the other way round.

You see, America is structured in such a way that States must look inwards to exploit their wealth for the good of its citizens. There is no free lunch for the lazy States. There certainly is no commonwealth. But there is your wealth, if you can create it. Under American Federalism, you are the captain of your ship. But again, you are also the waves upon which the ship will sail. That is America. The local government, the government closest to the grassroot, is deliberately made the strongest level of government. Items like Variances (adaptation of state law to local conditions,) Public works (yes, public works!!), Contracts for public works, Licensing of public accommodations, Assessable improvements, Basic public services are all left for local county governments to handle. I can go on and on, despite all these and many more, Califonia and states alike never asked to disintegerate from the rest of America. Reason is that they know that their strenght lies in the unity of America as a whole and not how much revenue the gets from the center. You want to simpertise with Bayelsa state because they did not get Ambasadorial slot but in all the time even for the 16yrs your party PDP ruled, all the states never produced Ambasadors because of some diplomatic considerations. So why make it look like it all started with buhari. Amechi and River state as a whole under the leadership of your party and his brother Jonathan just because Amechi disagreed to be denied his victory at the governors forum election, yet every sensible and patriotic Nigerians preached peace because of the needed unity in this country. The Igbos you out of pretence claim that you are speaking for never said you should speak for them. After all you know how highly we regard and respect Ojukwu (Ikemba Nnewi), yet you went round last time bragging how you slept with the wife, do you know is a very big slap and disrespect to the entire Igbo race? We ignored you out of love for one country. And I think it is only appropriate and statesmanlike, if we should at all time preach love for one another and not hatred born out of political differences.

nonsense...

Companies in Nigeria pay taxes to the FG while companies in U.S pay to the state..

DerrickzB:
What r u saying??..... What u don't know... don't talk.... Are u not sounding biased.. U see d east agitation as a joke... but believe yoruba can achieve independence... claiming itd true federalism abi.... Lemme ask u...what has d whole nation depended on since 1958.. And where is d liquid black gold gotten from.. which states?.... Have they be receiving special allocation or specual treatment as to d faxfact that the liquid is theirs?.... Have they called for any share from.d national cake.... I wonder what lagos has that has kept d economy of these country going that would warrant such nonsense bill from remi.... Cultural heritage kor...who doesn't potray their culture??.. u don't know what d easterners n southerners can do.. don't just sit there n conclude.. The reason why d oil.producing states are lacking its because d nation has had more of d northern n Western head of state n president than d east n south.. even d gej that entered didn't favor his people... think about it... companies resides in lagos no doubt.. how many percent do they contribute to d national economy of d nation??

Is the SE lacking

has the SE ever produced a president

is the SE economically better than the north

If your answer to the above is Yes... then the problem of the SS is not producing a president... their problem is they are waiting for FG to develop them instead of their state governments..

Eastactivist:
You are an ingrate very tribalistic and selfish...

Do or do not the other people from other state outside sw have one or more investments in Lagos... You see why I said everyone should invest in his origin before investing in Lagos... Because ungrateful souls like you will want to harness every goodies to themselves....

I tend to ask, Why are all Yoruba's omonilies even in their thinking and education they are parasites and think only for themselves not minding their humble lame beginning and the fingers that fed them.

I spit on them one by one they don't deserve any goodwill from other ethnicities... No wonder the bail failed woefully...

Imagine this ingrate, so Lagos can support lazy and poor state in sw but not outside southwest...

Hope those reading comments are seeing this reasoning. Am done.

you are the ingrate... yorubas created a peaceful environment for themselves but non-indigenes started trooping there and yorubas had no choice but to collect taxes from them..

You can't own a house or business in developed countries without paying tax why aren't you calling developed countries ingrates since they harness the talents of migrants... the english top football league is dominated by foreigners because the foreigners make the league attractive and they are making money from the league and the foreigners in their league

that is how a civilized environment works

I hope you already own a mansion in Lagos If you don't pls work harder, I pray Lagos makes you a billionaire and you own mansions so that you can pay more tax

caracas:
Every Person or persons who reside in Lagos is supposed to Pay tax to the government of Lagos state n not yorubas .yorubas Pay tax ,igbos Pay tax,hausas Pay tax .But the land we own is ours ,until we decide to do away with it .

Yorubas pay tax so that it won't seem one sided

SaffronSpice:
Nice post,bro.
But Ibadans single-handedly fought the Fulanis and not all the Yoruba sub-groups collectively.
If they had stopped their internecine wars and united,Ilorin would have been liberated and the Fulanis chased away.

Ilorin was liberated already that's why the brits stepped in and stopped the war.. the yorubas were fighting on 3 fronts(the fulanis, civil war, and the british) but they realized that if they stop the civil war and defeat the fulanis.. they would be able to focus on the british but the british saw through their plan and acted swiftly..

Eastactivist:
Are you partially mentally stable?

Did you hear me use must in my contest?
Please quote me in context not out of context.

Lagos like I said is in position to assist and help other member state not disfranchise them indirectly with that kind of bills.

And for your own benefit, Lagos is independent of the allocation. The internal revenue got from taxes is its strength not mere paltry allocation.

I intentionally used must because that is what you truly mean

Lagos is in a position to assist other SW states not states outside the SW... same way Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa ibom and Delta are in position to help the SE states but even some SE states are more developed than them...

Its about how you spend what you have to develop yourself.. its about been selfish.. nothing stops this states from building state owned refineries except themselves.. they are happy to be collecting crumbs from people that hate them despite the cake been in their backyard..

caracas:
Yorubas developed Lagos yet it is a known fact that igbos own 55% of the lands pls Where in Lagos can u mention that was developed by yorubas .
Cos i can mention several places developed by the federal government n the igbos.

No one owns Land.. Land owners pay land use tax... so igbos are welcome to own 90% of the lands in Lagos but in the end they pay tax to the yorubas... so igbos can keep "developing" other peoples land and at the same time paying tax to those people..

I hope one day you own mansions in Lagos.. so that we can also collect tax from you

Eastactivist:
This is not time to trade words and feel being hated.

Yes we made Lagos a larger economy , our investments and resources made it so and for Lagos demanding for revenue outside the one allocated to then with the internal revenue they generate from our taxes is pure act of selfishness... Is wickedness for proposing such bill..

Lagos should be a state to support other state for being a city with large and stable economy yet Lagos legislatures are finding a way to feed fat from the Nigeria pocket to achieve the so called distinctiveness in the detrimenet of other member state.

This is not good and every sane minds which you can't be counted within should condemn such evil bill.

Rubbish

If you are not selfish we what you have another person will take it away from you.

saying Lagos must support other states is the same as saying a rich person must support a poor person.. other states get their own allocation let them use their own allocation wisely..

caracas:
Abeg which history are u refering to ,cos the one i Know tells me of how the fulanis conquered the yorubas but was stopped by the british .

Yorubas almost conquered the fulanis that's why the british had to step in and stopped the war quickly...

tyhgfrdeswscbhf:
u are stupid... lagos was former capital dat was y thier was huge government and people present their stop being myopic dat u people develop lagos...


y not develop oyo, ogun, others like that since u people develop lagos.. nonsense...

people that cannot build common toilet not to tolk of house is talking that they develop lagos

Yorubas develop Lagos... If you can't accept the truth then go and hug transformer..

LorDBolton:
I was referring to the northern kingdoms remaining intact

they did not remain intact... they were decimated by the fulanis and not the brits..

wiseoneking:
Thesame igbos with 3 and 1 rep both in the state and federal rep in lagos state. Sit down there and watch an igbo senator emerge in Eko. You guys are really funny. Do you even know how many igbo councillors just in AMUWODOFIN. Una dey sleep, just count the igbos out from your WOES and cry against the northern politicians that are bent to use the SW and dump them. Open your eyes. Lol.

As long as the non-indigenes pay tax and are based in Lagos it does not matter whether an igbo is governor.. the yoruba control Lagos and the SW..

U.S is what it is today because of migrants and having a good business environment.. You can hold the highest political position in Lagos but in the end that person answers to the yorubas.

arisanate:
And the worst part is that after killing those leaders , these guys didnt put up a fight. COWARDS....

Yorubas once fought a civil war that lasted for over 50 years.. do you expect them to start another war and turn their region to a war zone..

you should be praying that the yorubas never go to any war because the peaceful environment which has made a lot of people millionaires would not have existed..

Goke7:
This is a blessing in disguise, I for once wants no special status for Lagos cos it will continue to make folks from other parts of the country lay unnecessary claim on Lagos. The rejection of the bill preserves the the indigenous identity of Lagos which is what a lot of folks do not understand

Lagos remains a Yoruba state and should be preserve as such. To hell with the special status cos it can breed future unnecessary disputes.

That most Nigerians wants to be in Lagos should be seen as a plus and prosperity for posterity for the true indigenes of Lagos.

they will continue to lay unnecessary claim.. they are not proud of where they come from...

arisanate:
Top earning.. what of niger delta that feeds the whole nation since 1960... See how you people think. taxes foreigners pay in lag, every company in naija have their headquarter in lag... foreigners have develop lagos with the help of federal govt and you guys still want to get more preferential treatment... chaii...one nigeria indeed....you need to pray tonight.. All this issues is because the marriage between North n SW is shaking.. The SW are bringing in unnecessary issues. Is it today Lagos stoped being the Capital ..

Niger delta forgot to feed itself..

Its not about having headquarters in Lagos... its about a company been profitable and most companies in Lagos are profitable or they would have shutdown..

Foreigners did not develop Lagos....

LorDBolton:
Simple answer to your very well thought out question... THE BRITISH.

The brits decimated the oyo and benin empires, same way today many people do not remember the roman empire who also conquered Britain!

They were soo decimated that it took centuries to reconstitute the 'italic nations"

Why the brits decimated benin kingdom? Due to their resistance, sophistication and military might. Oyo? To secure the colony of lagos whilst northern nations were spared cos the leaders were amenable (indirect rule)

northern nations were not spared they were used by the colonialists to start war against other kingdoms but they couldn't overrun the oyo kingdom then the british created mistrust within the yorubas which led to the yoruba civil war then the same british were attacking the yorubas from the south(oceans) but the yorubas decided to stop fighting and the british won......

but the yorubas then concentrated on fighting the fulanis.. the fulanis were almost overrun by the yorubas but the stepped in and stopped the war when they realized the yorubas were winning..

the colonialists always favored fulanis they were never spared..

NaijaFutbol:
What form of special treatment of former capital is best practice?
They give them a % of Germany's revenue?

The earlier all Nigerian cities start generating their own revenue the better for you and I.
Sharing revenue is no best practice anywhere except Nigeria.

Tell that to the oil producing states... How can they have oil and not build a state owned refinery... it is pure foolishness...

amadice:
...such bill is not necessary so I guess that's why they did and will never bring it up...Lagos state have being the over spoilt and over pampered state since independence... my argument LAGOS HAS ALWAYS BEEN BENEFITTING FROM FG both in infrastructure and other amenities they by making order states look useless...all these has attracted investment in Lagos making turning Lagos to mecca where everyone must go to survive.. still Lagos is still asking for more...these is wickedness ..

Lies..

Remii:
you sure dont know history of nigeria. On the contrary it was yoruba that couldnt accept being under northerners, did you know that north and east aligned to form the ruling party in first republic? With zik and figure head and balewa as real head and awolowo as opposition? Do you know that akintola incurred wrath of yoruba because of his alignment with north so as to increase federal presence in yorubaland ? If you speak yoruba go and listen to his speaches on youtube. Have you heard of joke like "kaka ka dobale fun gambari, ka kuku" meaning its better to die than bowing for a northerner.

most of them don't know or they feign ignorance that the east has always aligned with the north.. That's one of the reasons I feel the civil war was planned to abolish regionalism and feed on revenue from the western region..

Chinom:
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What we had then was the Eastern Region. Not SE. The Eastern region covered all the states in the present SE and SS with HQ at Enugu. There were no states until Gowon and Awo decided to split us up to reduce the influence and power of Igbos.

Awo was content with what he had in the west. Gowon decided to create states because he wanted to cause division and eat out of western and eastern region's revenue and before the civil war the north had been warned not to secede by foreigners supporting the north and the foreigners told them Nigeria's revenue comes from the south..

With black gold been found in the south, if the south had remained west and east regions the black gold would have skyrocketed the south's economy..

Stop blaming Gowon because he was looking out for northern interest while Ironsi, ojukwu and crew were looking out for their selfish interests instead of the Eastern interests. Ironsi, Ojukwu and crew were too short-sighted and selfish to notice that the eastern region was going to be extremely rich unless they were "paid" by foreigners to start a war..

Chinom:
Zik was clearly uncomfortable and squirmish, just like Ojukwu was when Gowon tried to shake his hand at Aburi. In those days, Igbos considered Hausas to be inferior.

The Northerners began to feel mighty when they massively joined the Armed forces and had access to fire power.

SE and north were fighting inter-tribal wars during that period so its normal for a SE politician back then to feel uncomfortable whenever they were with northern politicians..

Its not the weird SE politicians you have today that will be rolling on the floor.. in those days the SE would have mobilized and attacked the northern villages..

Note: there were no states, so an attack on any SE village was seen as an attack on the SE not the useless and senseless arguments about what state someone is from...

stronggman:
Forget picture, there was nothing brotherly about them both in that picture and in real life, three nations pretending to be one.

They were never pretending to be one, they knew they were not one that's why they adopted regionalism.. It was Ironsi, Ojukwu and his crew that changed everything instead of been content with what the east had. they made themselves pawns in the war for black gold..

vowsng:
all these ones shouting come to ijabode come to lautech, if u ask them now to take u there they won't. reformat ur brains with technology and leave ur fore fathers believe. how many of those ur fore fathers are known for how rich they were?

a stupid, ignorant and foolish man is in the slump, eating maggots, very dirty and stinks, u want him to make u very rich, when his wife and children suffer from hunger at home or probably feed from the little 2 to 3k that u pay him for the service. if u r educated and reason thus, the money u spent on education is a waste. its like believing that an ILLITERATE GMB will perform better than PHD GEJ.

Our ancestors never believed in rituals. They were mostly farmers and sculptors by profession and atheists by religion.

Bluffly:
Why can't Nigeria also strenghten itself in the areas these two countries comes in which is achievable. Such as Health, IT, Engineering, Education. We arr like this because we have failed to develop.

we are like this because the govt has failed to invest and maintain infrastructure... they are only in govt to acquire financial wealth, exotic cars and houses...

HomeOfMe:
For somebody to suggest the sale of this very important Nigerian asset is very shocking! Nigeria's enemies are indeed the ones within,smh.

The ones within are working for their "masters" and their "masters" recently commended them.

ephi123:
Hmm, you make a point, I never thought of it that way.
I still think he is personally greedy though, despite the wealth he has he still wants more and more. In any case, money never satisfies.

The "d:angote" u refer is a person who is a front for a bigger corporation.

Most billionaires of today are fronts for the billionaires of the 1800s.

TwoBottles:
Dangote is not looking out for his personal interest but the interest of the north. Dangote as a company is a conglomerate owned by powerful Northerners. I think this is a northern agenda to enslave the entire South.

U are very intelligent.

SS with all its oil should have created a conglomerate to develop and defend their region instead of depending on FG that consists of people that hate them.