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deturla:
Brief on Ilaje Community

Ilaje is a sprawling slum located along the Bariga axis in Lagos, situated by the Lagoon. As you move closer to the settlement , you would immediately begin to see wooden houses constructed on that brackish water of Lagos lagoon. You would also notice an environment so dirty that you would think it’s not fit for anyone to reside. But then, people live here even happily. As you move into the community, you would begin to see both the young and old wander about, some aimlessly, and some with intentions, work or business as the case is.

Those are illegal settlements and they should be demolished and the people should be relocated to a better environment they can afford to live in.. Its not fit for anyone to be living there..

the only reason that place is still standing is because most Nigerians are sentimental...

proxillin:
[size=15pt]Its not about Yoruba muslims. I am a Yoruba Christian. I supported Buhari which was morally right judging by the way GEJ was treating Yorubas. Its common sense to vote out any administration that hate your tribe.

The change we are in affects all...we are all the cause of it one way or the other. Jonathan and Easterners brought a politics of tribalism, we Yorubas played in the game.

The same Yorubas who voted for GEJ for his first tenure without considering his tribe or religion turned their back on him when he started playing tribal war.

We are all responsible for the mess we are in. You are mocking Yoruba muslims for dry sallah. Christmas is few months away. Una go hear am.

Tribalism is cancer to this country. The source of corruption itself.[/size]

You are not Yoruba.... you are not a christian.... Can't u do without mentioning Yoruba... No one voted GEJ out... colonialists wanted GEJ out...

Abagworo:
The Edo descendants found among Delta Igbos were escorts while the major migrants from Benin kingdom were Igbos. At the peak of Benin kingdom most tribes that inhabited the lower Niger migrated en mass to Benin for so many reasons including recruitment into Benin army as mercenary fighters. Odogwu was one of the most popular Igbo men of old that ventured into Benin as a soldier but later left back to Igboland after many victories. The ancient Benin had Yoruba, Igala, Igbo and Ijaw as parts of the population and at a stage during the reign of a man Igbos know as "Obu aru" that Benin was in turmoil in a war Igbos call "Agha Idu n'Oba" the non-Binis left Benin in droves heading back home and in the process establishing settlements on their way back. Most Delta Igbos are descendants of Igbos that left Benin Kingdom heading back to East while Ijaws equally did same. It is easily verifiable by pattern of settlement, language and basic culture. The migrants adopted Benin styled leadership structure and felt superior to their untraveled brothers that were still naive.

There are also some Felta Igbos that never reached Benin but were already settled before those from Benin came to meet them. They are those in Aniocha and Oshimili whom some Benin returnees settled among establishing Benin like micro kingdoms.

Igbos have nothing to do with bini.. Igbos were across the Niger living in their own kingdoms..

there is nothing like Edo descendants, Edo was created in 1991.. the word "Edo" started in 1991.. they are Binis..

90% of Ijawland was part of Western Nigeria before Gowon decided to cause division..

Udmaster:
Slave trade happened everywhere even in YORUBA LAND, thats why you have yorubas in togo.
Your tribalistic mindset is entering into an emergency stage.
Which one is Igbon?
Hahahahaha. How did Igbon relate here?
Igbo is from NDI GBOO which means Ancient People.. It reflects in our name, Igbokwe- Ndi Gboo kwe,
2. UmuIgbo - Umu Ndi Gboo.
3. Amaigbo- Ama Ndi Gboo etc.
4. Even in Delta we have Igbuzor(ibusa by white men)- Ndi Gboo bi na uzo
Etc. Quit tribalism, it will do you good.

slave trade has nothing to do with Yorubas been in Togo... Oyo empire extended deep into some parts of Ghana.. Colonialists created the countries and separated villages..

Omeny:
Are u the only yoruba in yoruba land?
Don't u think this battle is beyond u?

Nothing is beyond me

Omeny:
We have our own mansion in Ikeja that we rent out to other pple from other tribe and we have no problem with them.
But u that knows more than ur elders, Kontinue the hate. We will know what u do with it.

you're the only hater here If you own house in ikeja then it means you're paying land use tax to the yorubas

PreciousBro:
Thats the point you miss,this statement of yours puts a fly in the ointment of the unity we are talking about...we all know tribe comes first,however we are uncontrollably stuck in the same contraption of a nation and preach oneness, when will you all start living what you preach?

Only the north has been preaching oneness and you know why...

that we are stuck in the same nation does not mean we should not develop our hometowns, it does not mean we should be dependent on each other... Use what you have or the little you get to develop yourself and live peacefully, that is how SW grows...

PreciousBro:
I dont get why and what we should be grateful to you for,you are Nigerian,igbos are Nigerians carrying out their citizenry rights. You probably aren't in your place of origin but place of birth.

And i dont understand how you'd accrue credit to yourself for other people living and integreting into your regional culture,if anything,it is the igbos who are social,accomodating,industrously productive hence being in fusion with other ethnicities. You probably speak only yoruba and dont travel out, how are you more Nigerian than the igbos who perhaps speak more than 4 languages on average as a testament to their strength in linguistic intelligence thus the diversification of ethnic assimilation unlike you,who can't speak nor understand neighbouring itsekiri and choose to manufacture an imaginary title as "the most accomodating"....

Actually,the question is when will you start being more Nigerian and less Yoruba. In a broader sense you are the most tribal bigoted group of people but you have no idea.

Tribe comes before country we are Yorubas and we are proud of been Yorubas..

we promote tolerance and peaceful living.. If any non-yoruba does not like where they come from or who they are then that's their business

hesilo:
Igbos are industrous, dey work hard, dey earn dier living by working hard, dey d true definition of humans. "Go into d world, dominate!" Dat's d inherent psychology of every igbo man. Igbos dnt stay in dier land anymore 2 bussle cos dey got most competitor igbo brodas who hussle hard. Dey find solace in yoruba land who mostly re lazy and wld settle 4 less(answering and lying down 4 one baba wen don get money Sir). So wen igbos see opportunities wasting in d so called yoruba land, dey optimise it and d lazy yorubas seeing dem thrive would cum wailing. I av been 2 yoruba land, believe u me, it's only Lagos dt I ve seen dat I can decide 2 stay in becos igbos ofcourse are buying up d available land. If na Drug igbos go push, if na peace igbos love, if na book igbos go still read pass. It's jas d spirit of movement dt mks it easier 4 dem 2 develop and become more wise. Yorubas shld start leaving d confines of r lands and start thinking as yorubas(usinf deir ingenuity 2 catch d opportunities a typical igbo man cannot see becos of d constrains of nature around him. And stop being bitter 2 d success of igbos.

una go still pay tax last last.... Yorubaland is wide open keep coming and keep paying tax..... Yorubas have created the environment where they only need to tax people to make money...

because u see a yoruba man not working does not mean he does not make money...

If you receive yearly rent of over ₦40m, would you work

SONofYORUBA:
Since when do Ibos pay tax? They're tax invaders
If you give them Biafra, dem go still run to Yorubaland because it will be one of the most prosperous African nation.

Let them have their country.... they will still bring their daughters to yorubaland to marry yoruba men.... non-yoruba women are obsessed with yoruba men... Its a win-win situation

NICENEDU29:
Mr. man shut up & stop fooling ursef. If u hv nothng reasonable to say, pls stop spewing trash & get out of here. Do u think Igbos ar lazy & myopic dat they cant see opportunities in anywhere they see themselves? Do u think it is only in Yoruba Land dat Igbos ar? For ur info, Igbos ar evrywhere. Go to de North, Abuja, SS or evn abroad, they are there, let alone de SE & som parts of SS dat ar basically their homes. In fact, my boss in my former office (an Edo man) once told me dat wherever u go & do not see at least 1 Igbo person, pls run away from there because dat place is not safe for human habitation. Then I asked him why he said so & he told me dat it's because Igbos ar evrywhere. Many Igbos ar business oriented & dat makes them travel far & wide in pursuit of their business. Moreover, dat gives them an edge over som ppl like u the "barbaric SonofYoruba" (as u call ursef) who confine ursef in 1 corner of ur cubicle & claim to know all dat is happening in all parts of de world.

It does not give them any edge... igbos go where they consider safe... As long as igbos pay tax wherever they travel to they are only increasing the revenue of that place and it does not give them any advantage because their hometowns need the tax more than those places...

Omeny:
Guy u smoke?
Did u see me mention Biafra?
I say my mind does that now mean I am Igbo?
If Igbo man remain in SW after Biafra,what will u do?
Guy, u sound like a noise-maker.
Men don't make noise.

yorubas will marry your igbo daughters and give igbos their yoruba daughters so that igbos can stay and yorubas will increase tax on non-indigenes... since igbos like SW they will have no choice but to pay tax

Biafra favors the SW... because igbos will automatically become foreigners

EmekaBlue:
It all comes to politics again...ofc because of how maybe d way Yoruba supported or still supporting d North...Yoruba to Igboz r like d brothers we love and want to be among us but always in support of d other side...doesn't mean Hate but just Angered

yorubas only support yorubas... SE launched an attack on the SW and you expect the SW to sit and watch... the war was for oil and unluckily the SE started attacking the SW....

basilo101:
Go to Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, and all religiously intolerant far North and see Igbos doing well, please spare me the accomodating nonsense. Is not yorubas that said they will ban ezendigbo while Sanusi is having meeting with ezendigbo of Kano regularly?

How many igbos or southerners are killed monthly in the north for just been a southerner you can't know... same way the death toll or damages of the tremors that happened were not publicized..

obainosis4real:
sorry my love, ur emotions are clouding ur judgement. Pls let me ask you, have u been to onitcha, Aba, ogbete in Enugu, owari? I think if u have been there, that will best giv an answer to dat trash u have up there

Most of igboland is bush and forest... There is nothing there... we are not talking about GRA... Igboland is empty..

mfujah:
i don't know what our problem is in this country.... person come help, una go still talk nonsense..... hater of progress...make the guy no make money.
. ode atole

Not every help is helpful in the longrun... if someone help's u by giving u something that would make u brain dead in months or years and u don't know and u accept that help then u are on your own..

sauceEEP:
That mail looks fake, op you made that up just to..............................
anyway it's too early to jump into conclusions.

of course the mail is fake... she can't create such post and have her profile pic on NL..

famtech:
Natural resources from the west and North are preserved untill they finish the south,then restructure and go their ways,we know it .Continue,dia is God

It was foreigners that discovered oil and started exploring it.... Nigerians wouldn't have started exploration... there are minerals in the north but the president is looking for oil there

fkj950ax:
Lagos can't take control of its security. Our Constitution doesn't allow that. In fact, it stands a great deal of risk from funding the security agencies. It's not in line with the Constitution.

Mainland, Island, outskirts are all parts of the society. They all can't develop same rate. UK has slums in London. There are Ghettos in Washington DC... It's part of society.

Kidnapping is a national problem, and not peculiar to Lagos alone. And I must say, it's not as prevalent compared to other states. It exists and must be stamped out.

Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria, All parts of Lagos should at least have basic infrastructure... Don't ever in your life compare slums in london, DC to slums in Nigeria because even in their "slums" they have basic infrastructures.

Goke7:
those improvement are ongoing as we speak bruv, its one after the other. Do you just foreign investment is bad? If they are even taxed heavily, you guys will come back here to say the govt is killing businesses and increasing unemployment. Honestly you have no point here.

If the foreign guys are leaving Nigeria you guys will still complain

this is not about points, this is not about winning an argument.. this is about making Lagos better in general.. govt can tax foreign companies heavily and tax citizens lightly that's the benefit of been a citizen..

Goke7:
A lot of infrastructure are coming up on mainland please, let's stop spreading old tales that are no longer true. If you say security yes but its gradually improving and will get better as time goes on. If the security is that bad, there will be no increase in foreign investment.

I'm not saying there aren't infrastructure on the mainland.. There are many places on the mainland that need improvement..

Foreign investment is bad for the economy when they are not taxed heavily..

Nigerians should own Nigeria.

fkj950ax:
Lagos government created a Ministry (Lagos Global) charged with identifying foreign companies interested in investing in Lagos and meet them on a mutually beneficial ToR. It's not a one size fits all. Everyone gets a different bargain.
The land is part of what they got in exchange for knowledge transfer of technological skills.

Don't water down the work the State is doing.

In terms of security, Lagos State Government has done extremely well if you compare with other states.

And if you aren't aware, the entire security apparatus are federally controlled. But the state government doesn't care, and funds security agencies.

People are getting kidnapped, Lagos has to take control of its security not just fund them because they might end up looting the funds.

Have u looked at pictures of where zuck visited on the mainland

Lagos should stop its "elitist governance" and provide infrastructure for the mainland.

Sunky200:
What Nigerian Youth refuses to see, foreingner sees it even from afar. I will not be surprised when foreingners start trooping into Nigeria investing in agriculture.

Ambode must be commended for placing Lagos on the front row in anything new, innovative and lucrative. A typical trait of Lagos past, present and perhaps, future governor's.

And to the KNAUF Group I say welcome to Lagos Nigeria, the land of limitless opportunities.

Ambode didn't do s:hit.. They must have been studying Nigeria and they ended up choosing Lagos..

What Ambode has to do is improve the security situation in Lagos.

AkoEja:
People from the South West, South South of Nigeria have become very lazy when it comes to farming, this is why the South depends on food coming from North as everyone wants to do white-collar jobs, earning big money without doing much work. Lazy people !!!

stop believing that lie its a political lie... south does not depend on the north for food...

ginggerxy:
the SW betrayed that trust long ago and now it's so difficult to regain that trust it's not our fault.

SW didn't betray anyone..

LorDBolton:
That's because the sultan controlled vast areas of the north and they basically have one religion b4 colonialism and independence

Now igbo heartland has no recognised rulers (some mumu who don't know history will talk nri n arochukwu like they were ever large kingdoms)

Yorubas had their own monarchy oyo.

Benin kingdom (while ruled ondo delta edo) dey there

Ijaws (whose history we don't know) dey there

Historically the south has never been united or had a "common tongue" unlike the north with hausa language (if i'm not mistaken)

Make no mistake we do not have a south

We have a north, a west, a Midwest, east and maybe now even a mid-east

cuvox:
If only the south were united, this wouldn't be happening. Abi you done hear say southerners cause wahala for north survive?

We foolishly follow their division calling ourselves SW, SS and SE whereas if anything happens to one of their own, they won't say he is from NE, NW or North Central but NORTHERNER.

did u guys read the post Hausa and Fulani were fighting each other..

sukkot:
really ? this is your comeback ? so you didnt know that alexander the great conquered africa ? and the greek control of africa started like 3000 or so years ago ? you do know alexander the great conquered the whole world right ? you know he was a white man right ? ok check this out

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/gr/background.html

History has been toyed with.. This is not a comeback... This is not an argument..

Whites back then were extreme racists so depending on the "white" version of history is bad...

Same way they created religion to cause division.. Since u believe "the racists" version of history there's no point replying you.

sukkot:
once again you show your ignorance. let me help you out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty

Anyone can write anything on wikipedia... Researching Africa's history is hard because u have to compare it to the present and the some parts of the bible which has been twisted.

If there were whites in Africa, they have had a large population in Africa by now.... same way there are many blacks in south america.

sukkot:
just on the bolded alone i know you dont know what you are talking about. listen, thousands of years before the white colonial masters came to nigeria to colonize it, the white man has had a rich history in africa and in fact AFRICA is named by a white roman general called leo scipio africanus after he conquered hannibal in north africa. all the history of this continent dating 10,000 years is in the vatican. white people controlled africa about 3000 years ago under the ptolemy dynasty of ancient egypt and all the history of the peoples of africa from the alexandrian library they kept. same with with the timbucktu library. all the history of this continent and its peoples is in the vatican vault. this is how they manipulate all of africa cuz they know who is who and who to pit against who

There were no whites in Africa and Africa was known as Alkebulan( which means garden of eden or land of the blacks) .. Blacks ruled the world thousands of years ago and most of the things in Rome were written by blacks... the so called "western education" was created by blacks.

the blacks in Africa were there to protect the garden of eden because of its huge resources..

blacks in Ethiopia defeated the colonial masters and Ethiopia is the only African country that was never colonized. the only reason they were able to take over yorubaland was because the yorubas were fighting fulanis from the north, fighting an intra-tribal war and southern yorubas were fighting the colonial masters with low man-power..

sukkot:
hausas and fulanis are hamitic haplogroup. the difference between an hausa and fulani man is the difference between a yoruba and itsekiri. same people different tribes.

and colonial masters have a complete thorough history of this world dating back over 10,000 years and this is how they are able to know which people to manipulate and which people to use as mercenaries. go to the vatican vault they have all the history of black people and africa dating back to ancient egypt and ancient babylon. these white people are tacticians. you dont colonize and take over a people without knowing their history and the tribal differences so you can take advantage of it

itsekiri is a yoruba villiage like the ijebu village they are not different people itsekiri are yorubas, just because the village is close to the ijaw village does not mean anything.... Now I've just confirmed you are definitely not yoruba..

if fulani and hausa were from the same group why was it very easy for the fulani to conquer hausaland

colonial masters don't have any history they used force and bribed the fulanis and some other people in other tribes.... If there is any history they would have destroyed it..

sukkot:
thats what i told you. they are mercenaries of war. when empires are taken down all around africa it is the hausas and fulanis who are hired to do it. study world history. thats why the colonial masters hired them as mercenaries. we saying the same thing. colonial masters know their history is why they used them to subjugate the whole of nigeria and west africa

we are not saying the same thing... hausa and fulani are two different tribes... hausa were very peaceful until fulani's Dan fodio came started jihad..

colonial masters don't know their history. colonial masters trained them and used them since they were also blacks it would be easy to use them against other blacks because blacks never attacked each other... It was colonial masters that were creating dis-unity within tribes..

HITTED:
Informative! It's my first knowing this. Thanks for sharing.

don't believe sukkot lies.... fulanis were hired by colonial masters to conquer and disrupt other tribes that's why they(fulanis) are favored by the colonial masters till date and that's why the fulanis are all over Africa..

fulanis met strong resistance when they reached yorubaland after killing afonja.... but when the yorubas started winning the war the colonial masters stepped in and stopped the war since the fulanis were losing.

Note: the colonial masters didn't stop the war when the fulanis were attacking the yorubas...