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I know the argument is long overdue but, i'll just like to educate my fellow Nigerians..
Nigeria has the potential for a lot more but the political class won't let it be.
First criteria is quality of life. The quality of life is better by far in Kenya.
Electricity: Power was stable during my four months stay, no single outage except on one occasion when we were given notice for routine maintenance.

Transportation: Matatus are cheap 10, 20 shillings for the same distance that will cost you 150 - 250 in Lagos,
also very comfortable 3 a seat compared to 4 a seat in lagos,
very easy to move around at any time of the day.
I used to wonder why transportation in Kenya was cheap despite paying more money for fuel per litre and the high costs of clearing vehicles
from the port in Mombassa.
I came to one conclusion greed.

Education: Check University rankings, take some Nigerians through the Kenyan public school system they will turn out a lot better.

Orderliness: you don't see Kenyans jumping queue anyhow.

lt's not a lie at all, but l don't know why l just find this comparison and arguement irritating, maybe it would make more sense to me on a Kenyan website and not a Nigerian website.
The OP should be flogged with 20 strokes of the cane.

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My apologies, the thread's topic still a bit misleading, can the thread be renamed to reflect the changes and avoid debates down the line?

l concur.

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grew up on the island, Ikoyi, Lekki

ok, but the comparison is meaningless, for example when you say education you may judge based on rankings from webometrics, some may find that too simplistic. Also Nigeria is a big country and far more populated than Kenya. l do not live in Lagos for instance, but my kind of person abhors the life in Lagos, while a host of my family members love Lagos, and it goes on and on.
For infrastructure, a sizeable part of the Kenyan population have constant electricity(though they produce less megawatts in general than Nigeria) also because of this, there's a better ease of doing business in Kenya. that's as far as it goes.
What else do you have in Nairobi in terms of infrastructure? the rail from mombassa to Nairobi shouldn't be compared to the ongoing massive rail projects across Nigeria.
Whatever the Kenyans have posted here in terms of beauty, structures or architectures, they are not in short supply across Nigeria as well.
ln summary, it is not as simple as saying this one is better than this one. Kenya is a much smaller country than Nigeria in terms of population and also in size, though this is not an excuse, it is a viable point, and thus the comparison sometimes would always be fruitless.

MrMaestro:
are you sure you know what attractive is?

These new guys on the thread are something else, this thread is 1500 pages long, that should tell you there's almost nothing that hasn't been posted or discussed here. This thread is now for the Kenyans, to discuss their internal political problems in Kenya and also post beautiful pictures of their country as they do that, it has ceased being a thread for debate a long time ago.

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having lived in Nigeria and Kenya, i'll admit Kenya is ahead of Nigeria (Infrastucture, education...)

Where in Nigeria did you live and what are your criterias/parameters for judging? can't you see this arguement is meaningless and long overdue?

Game on.

Friendly, Nigerian u17 vs Confluence Queens.

Flamingoes 0 Confluence Queens 0.. 13 mins.

Game on..
Friendly, Nigerian u20 vs Confluence Queens.

Falconets 0 Confluence Queens 0.. 13 mins

Why is there little publicity on this WAFU women cup? lf the tournament begins in lvory coast tomorrow, then why are the girls still in Abuja?

marvin904:
where did you see me beefing them
just stating an obvious fact even some millionaires wont be able to live here

Yeah but they may be able to find new job opportunities there.

jaxxy:
I like the idea and concept of Eko Atlantic if it is filled with superior and selfless ideas.

The only reason i wud support or Applaud this eko altantic is if it will generate revenue thorough massive tourism like kenya and SA and dubai bt if its going to be another Den of theives for the corrupt to flaunt this country's looted treasury pls lets 4get the idea Now!!!

Unfortunately, the truth is that the corrupt would always flaunt the looted treasury in Eko Atlantic (nothing we can do about that) and l want more of them to flaunt it here in Nigeria rather than in London or Switzerland. But come to think of it, why would their flaunting it also exclude massive tourism like in Kenya and SA? Are there no corrupt people in those countries flaunting their wealth silmutaneously as tourism advance?

seguno2:
Thanks for acknowledging that all cities, including Lagos, started as villages.
All the mega cities in developed countries have basic amenities of water, electricity, health clinics and good roads whether in the poor areas or not. Is that the same thing with Lagos state

lt is a step at a time.

seguno2:
The vast majority of the shareholders in the developers’ company are public servants who stole money from the government and their employers just as the buyers. Majority of them are also tax evaders who should be in jail if our country is not a shittyhole.

Okay they stole money and they ain't taking it abroad this time but building something in Nigeria.

seguno2:
Learn to read, visit museums, explore to expand your worldview instead of exposing your inadequacies publicly.
Each and every major city today started off as a village.

You are the one not getting me here. Before you lecture me on how cities started as a village, remember that Lagos is already a Mega city(which also started as a village) and Eko Atlantic in Lagos is being built as the most luxurious part of lagos and as an enabling environment for the rich/investors and not immediately for the poor, and my argument is that cities or should l say the most luxurious parts of mega cities are not initially built with the poor in mind at first, because the activities there would in turn benefit the poor, do you get me now?

seguno2:
Which cities are these?
London? Dubai? New York? Paris? Tokyo?

All of them. The rich settle there first(especially in the most luxurious areas) and then as time goes on, it opens up for those from the rural areas. This is because the poor cannot immediately afford them. Cities are not meant to be crowded.

slimthugchimee2:
the workers building it nko....so its not helping their life

Nor mind them, even when it is built and rich Nigerians settle there(rather than in U.S) wouldn't the poor Nigerians benefit from their activities there? how does it even make sense to build a multi million dollar city just for the poor?

seguno2:
The only sensible post so far.
Thanks

How is that post sensible? We need cities like Eco-Atlantic in Nigeria with the right infrastructures for investors, which would bring development and then affect the poor man indirectly.
Eko Atlantic is built for the rich, not the poor, and there is nothing wrong with that. Major cities across the world are first of all built as enabling environments for the rich before it becomes open to the poor later on.

luwabrooklyn:
the most played song last year was penalty check that if u no get money hide ur face by penalty was known by everybody( wild fire) B4 Davido dropped fia i

l think it was more common in Lagos, Davido's Fia is definitely more popular all over the country and even beyond.

l bet you, the writer has done little or no analysis of all the states in Nigeria. To this writer, Nigeria begins and ends in the South West.
He may not have taken into consideration some cool, relatively good places to live in Nigeria such as Kano, as well as Calabar and Enugu even Jos.
Osun cannot be the safest state in Nigeria, with the reports l see from the state everyday. What about Kebbi? ls Osun more peaceful than Kebbi or even Uyo/Calabar/Bauchi/Jigawa?

jieta:
must Africans bring their stupidity to the fulcrum of the whole word. if a President dress like this for the whole world to see i wonder what the citizens wore on a daily basis.

is Papua New guinea also part of Africa?

ZombiePUNISHER:
They are all Africans

That guy don smoke something.

Icon4s:
But who do you think has a better chance of making it to Russia between Ezenwa and Ajiboye.

Ezenwa, because he's had more chances with the team, maybe due to the preference of Alloy Agu. Rohr hasn't given Ajiboye opportunities to prove himself yet like he has given Ezenwa and even Akpeyi/Uzoho.

Icon4s:
Based on strength of attack/nature of opposition faced and importance of games played. Ezenwa had the strongest test. So he comes out top for me.

lrrespective of the nature of the opposition, based on just the quality of the saves, l think l would go with Ajiboye.
What Ezenwa has over Akpeyi is confidence, but Ezenwa is not calm and yet Ajiboye seems to me to be both calm and confident. This is my opinion though.

BascoVanVeli:
I can't fathom how Bala kept his job while Dedevbo got fired. But I would like the NFF to give our former Super Falcons more shots at coaching jobs. We should not have casted away Florence Omagbemi, she proved herself worthy and at the least she should be understuding our current coach. Most countries have female coaches for their female teams and the NFF should be working towards that.

l think the nff has a silent grudge with Omagbemi over the disgrace from the salary saga at the aftermath of the 2016 AWCON.
But this is the hypocrisy of the nff, the super eagles could disgrace them anytime for non payment of salaries, but when the super falcons do thesame the nff takes it personal.

BascoVanVeli:
I will just say my own, if they don't qualify heads should roll.

The coach should be fired, l think the former u20 coach who managed the likes of Assisat Oshoala in 2014, should take over for now.

TheSuperNerd:
Thank you for the updates Sir Schemerkhiz and Sir Solonnachi..... You guys are true MVPs. Thanks so much. I appreciate it.

The result is not a good one really but we hope Nikyu and Hus crew dome up with some magical turnaround. A goalless draw in Cameorun won't do... A 1-1 draw also won't do... Our girls have do a mission impossible. Going to Cameroun and bearing that dangerous free scoring team. Wish them the best shaa but this is not not encouraging....

You could see what the coach did with the previous u17 team, they weren't at their best in that world cup, and now this!
Whatever happens in a fortnight, l'd say the coach should be fired, maybe his approach is just too negative or not daring enough, hence not suitable for a typical raw Nigerian female soccer team.

l knew it, this is why l asked before the game...can they do better than what they did against Ethiopia?

elyte89:
They both won d nations cup na 2002 and 2013 respectively ,so enyeama no pass am on national level

lt's not just by winning the nation's cup though, because he did little in the world cup. Enyeama made headlines with his world class saves against Messi in 2010. l do not want Enyeama back in our team though.

Do you guys think the flamingoes can do the magic today considering their previous outing against Ethiopia?

oyatz:
The refinery will source its crude oil from Oil fields in Niger republic, not Niger-delta.
This make great economic sense because,

1) the refinery will be closer to its raw materials(Katsina is about 50Km from the oil fields of Matadi, Niger republic).

2) It will serve as alternative source of refined petroleum products to the volatile Niger-delta, where militants always blow oil infrastructures and will continuously sabotage progress.

3) On a greater scale, the development of the North is to the greatness of Nigeria, unless the North, they will continue to draw the the country backward.

You dey answer them? everything in Nigeria is viewed via the lens of ethnicity.

Fvcklyn01:
-Okay! Let's Fůcking know your observations bout "nut fragrance"when you begin Fůcking or getting fuçked

guy your matter ehn!

Ubi Franklin never heard that name before.

TayserMahiri:
Way to go Afreeka! Who's winning the Chan final?

Chan final tomorrow, hopefully Nigeria wins. l never gave them the chance to come this far though