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Lagos was a colony on it own different from western Nigeria. It was amalgamated to the other protectorates in Southern Nigeria before being joined to the North

Biodun556:
Why did they prefer lagos to Calabar?

Something must have informed the colonial masters that Lagos is the best place to stay

Calabar has never been capital of Nigeria. Just one or two protectorates for few years

gidgiddy:
Guy, Calabar was capital for just a few years. Lagos was capital for 80 years!

Lies!

Calabar and Enugu were never former capital of Nigeria.

Lagos was built by the colonial govt and fg govt with Nigerian resources

DevilsEqual:


Lagos was wholly built by the Western Regional Govt. Awolowo is up there as one of the best ever

As for Calabar and Enugu, they are a true reflection of the locals

God bless King Dosunmu and Kosoko. All their actions laid the solid background for what we are seeing about Lagos in 2024

Liar!

Calabar was never former capital of Nigeria!

Biodun556:
Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

Why are some people so dumb? There is absolutely no subsidy removal

DavidUkah01:
Fuel subsidy removal made funds available for FG, states to function effectively– Sen. Eze

By Ukah Dave

The Senator representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial district ,Senator Kenneth Eze, has defended the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government (FG) noting that it has made funds available for the FG and states to function effectively.

Eze, who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Information made stated this at his home town, Ohaigbo Amagu in Ezza South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state during his one year constituency briefing and presentation of agricultural and empowerment items to his constituents.

The Senator said, though the effects of the subsidy might be hard, its overall benefits would soon be acknowledged by the citizens of the country.

"The removal was an unavoidable measure to prevent the government from running out of resources.

“States in particular could not had seen funds to run its operations if the subsidy was not removed. I join other leaders in the country to urge the citizens to be patient".

He explained that the economic problems Nigeria is facing currently did not begin with the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu but had built up for several years.

“Nigerians should know that the leaders feel their pains but with time, the policies of the present administration would manifest fully and things would be better.

"It takes a courageous and responsive government to take endearing economic policies which would not only correct the mistakes of the past but would secure the citizens's future".

Eze during the briefing, distributed over 1000 bags of fertilizer to farmers across the four LGAs which make up his constituency, assuring them of continued provision of democratic dividends.

He explained that the recent nationwide protest affected the transportation of the fertilizer from the depot in the North ahead of the event,but assured that as more of the fertilizers arrive the State, more farmers would benefit.

He noted that 220 bags of fertilizer was allocated to Ezza North, LGA, 220 to Ezza South, 400 to Ikwo, and 320 to Ishielu LGAs.

"I have made a financial allocation of N10 million to ease the transportation of the fertilizer to your various wards."


Senator Eze further said: "I have played pivotal roles in the passage of five significant bills in the National Assembly, co-sponsored several other important bills and stopped the passage of bills detrimental to my constituents' interest.

"I have facilitated the employment of over fifty Ebonyi people in the federal civil service as part of ongoing efforts to combat unemployment in the state,".

He thanked the State Governor, Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, for fostering unity and adhering to the people’s charter of needs manifesto, noting that the governor would always have his support and that of his constituents.

"We wouldn’t have gotten our share of his magnanimity if not for the unity he entrenched in the state, as he created an enabling environment that allows leaders serve their people effectively,"

The Chairman of the Association of Local Government Of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Chief Moses Ogbdo- Ali Nome commended the senator for his magnanimity towards his constituents, noting that such was the hallmark of effective representation.

"The people are yearning for good governance from their leaders and would always appreciate those who enhance their wellbeing especially in these hard times,".

Mrs Jane Igboke, a Beneficiary at the event, thanked the senator and pledged to judiciously utilise the item in her farming endeavour.

Other Stakeholders who spoke at the event including a business Mogul,Arc. Christian Asaga, Deputy Principal Secretary to Ebonyi State Government, Hon Ereke, former Commissioner for Local Government, Hon Celestine Nwali, Commissioner for Rural Development in Ebonyi State, Barrister Ikeuwa Omebe, Commissioner for Environment in the State, Hon Victor Chukwu, Council Chairman of Ikwo LGA, Barrister Sunday Nwankwo, Council Chairman of Ishielu LGA, Dr Obinna Onwe, among others, commended Senator Eze for offering effective representation to the people of the zone and assured of their support. END//

Always displaying lunacy

DevilsEqual:

I learnt the first constitution was sole-written by Prof Ben Nwabueze and now another Emeka feels that constitution isnt cool


Emeka, most of your kinsmen already said they want Biafra, and that we are unity beggars, why dont u stop begging for unity and just allow the country disintegrate as per say na wetin una want

He should keep his opinion within the Ohaneze-Ndigbo crew

Beer parlour gossips

Ezewuzie01:
Jasper said the Obi presidency has been further strengthened by his promise of a speedy repeal of the repressive Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2014 and other legislations.

Peter Obi is in bed with homosexuals

Cc
DMerciful
gidgiddy

To look but not to see

yoruboid:
Can he prove this in Court?

Can he prove that Tinubu owns oil wells. Something he has consistently denied

Can he prove that PBAT owns HiTech in Court?

He needs to show documents and not just call names

Dantata & Sowoe was awarded a road project in the North which they abandoned for 17yrs. It was recently revoked by Umahi

HiTech built the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway which remains the best concrete road in Nigeria today

HiTech built Eko Atlantic with no funding from government

HiTech will also be financing over 60% of the N15tn Lagos-Calabar coastal road

Yeye dey smell

Zaheertyler:
So what should I do with this news?
Keep the information to your self

The person(s) that eventually rode for Nigeria, why were they taken with the crew from Nigeria?

Kemetian:
See this one. 40K USD is even the cheap one.

The British Olympuc team was using bicycles that cost over 70K USD.

''The overall cost of the British Hope-Lotus bike is £55,000 if you add up its constituent parts.''

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/08/10/team-gb-track-cyclists-extra-round-wheels-france-olympics/

You're giving excuses. They wouldn't have offered them the opportunity if they think bicycle will be an issue

Kemetian:
You are WRONG, and like Obi, have NOT investigated what happened.

Team Nigeria received the reallocation of a slot in the road event THERE IN PARIS after they had left Nigeria.

It was THERE, at the Olympics, that they were offered the slot, PLUS it takes MONTHS to deliver those road race bicycles even if you order them.

It’s not something you can just pop into a shop and buy, not least because they also needed to be certified after purchase by the Olympics committee - another long process etc etc.

So the ONLY OPTION available to the Nigerian cyclist was to either BORROW a road race bike and contest an Olympics event, or decline the offer to contest.

Show a credible source that shows the bicycle cost $40k !

Stop giving beer parlour gossips

Kemetian:
The Nigerian cyclist was called in at the last minute to contest a road cycling race, after an Egyptian cyclist was disqualified.

Team Nigeria contested only in the track cycling races, and therefore only went to Paris with track-purpose bicycles.

The road race bicycles cost up to $40,000 each, and of course were not required by Team Nigeria.

So when the Nigerian girl was asked to do the road race at short notice, she borrowed a road race bicycle from the German team, which was there for track and road racing events.

SOMEHOW, THIS INCIDENT turned into a social media STORM in which the Nigerian government was abused and insulted by the usual suspects - Emergency Nigerians - for the ‘’embarrassment of having to borrow a common bicycle” from other countries, which showed the depth of incompetence and corruption of the government.

SO-CALLED ‘PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE’ PETER OBI, whom you would expect, as a presidential material, to INVESTIGATE the incident prior to issuing public statements on it, simply CONSUMED the social media propaganda of his fellow Emergency Nigerians, and LAMBASTED the government publicly for “borrowing a bicycle” at the Olympics, condemning their “rascality”, “corruption”, and “incompetence”.

This shows that PETER OBI lacks the intelligence, judgement, discipline, and composure to be the PRESIDENT of the biggest and most powerful black nation on Earth.

He must not be elected to such an important high office.

It’s far too risky.

Anyone can come into his office and tell him anything, and he’ll run with it.

What are you recommending?

tishbite42:
Political naivety of the highest order

Na Atiku go respect deal

Dey play

Nothing in this life is absolutely certain. You have to take some risk because being alive is taking risk.

Obi is not desperate to be president but desperate to see Nigeria work

ogashman:
Dont allow these guys deceive u....how do u trust an Atiku that decamped to APC and worked against gej in enthroning Buhari?

U think agreements can not be reneged on,especially when it involves power?

Nigeria is a terrible place! Driver licensing and vehicles inspections have failed woefully

Obi needs to get an agreement from Atiku in the presence of some elder statemen that Atiku will do only one term and support his presidential ambition 2031

tishbite42:
Okay, let's be real
You have a point
So, how many terms is Atiku doing??
After Atiku, who next?!

I'm also Igbo but that's not the point. Read the room, Tinubu is putting formidable rigging machinery that neither Obi or Atiku can defeat. They have to work together. Do you expect Atiku to be Obi's vp?

Talking about hate, Soludo, Umahi, Uzodinma, Wike did more hatred towards Obi than outsiders

tishbite42:
I'm an Igbo. I don't know about you.
The bitter truth is that the hatred and propaganda directed against PO stems from the fact that he's an Igbo man.
You can deceive yourself. I won't.
Op is indirectly saying that the Igbos should be subservient to the Fulanis. I'll never subscribe to that.
The Arewa North should fight against the Yorubas and leave us out of it.

You're holding unto straws

Ttalk:
Just listen to yourself. You Atiku is the master while your Obi is subordinate. Master / slave relationship.
Nice one

Let Obi stoop low to conquer. Since Nigeria is under existential threat from Tinubu and APC, there's no sacrifice too big for Obi. Afterall,
Obi calls Atiku his boss

Ttalk:
Use your brain and not your battered ego. The hate for Tinubu as a result of knockout defeat of your lord and saviour can't make you reason well. You are saying a presidential aspirant should reduce himself to a VP.

You don't love Obi, you only hate Tinubu

Why did you bring Igbos here? Obi is not running to be president because he is Igbo, infact Igbo leaders did not support him in 2023. Outsiders like Obj, Adebanjo etc did

tishbite42:
Low budget Nebuchadnezzar
Leave Peter Obi, the OBIdients and Igbos alone
Let Atiku face Tinubu

Tinubu is constantly compromising every institution so that without Atiku/Obi repeat of 2019, it would be impossible to defeat his rigging machinery

10mobile:
Why many Nigerians will never agree with Obi is that he's so un-Nigerian. For example, he keeps talking about good governance while his adversaries like Soludo and Reno keep talking about politics just like you Op. Atiku is a part of the corruption that will not let Obi achieve what he has for Nigerians.

And, let me tell you this: Obi is not seeking to be President because of what he stands to gain. So, saying he's already a billionaire doing well for himself, I don't understand what you mean.

If you have been following his political history, Obi is not perfect but what I can take an oath for on his behalf is that he GENUINELY cares about the masses. And he's so far the only prominent Nigerian politician I know who has this quality.

I as a strong Obidient agree with you that he should partner with Atiku.

Question is, will Atiku clinch the PDP ticket?

Nebuchadnezar:
Whenever I see my fellow Obidients trying to brush aside Peter Obi partnership with Atiku, I always marvel.
If Nigerians really want to dispose APC come 2027 then Obi must either partner with Atiku or step aside.
Any ticket with Obi on it will be another long 4 years of APC and tinubu.
This is not emotions but politics.
Even tinubu will be praying against Atiku/Obi partnership because he stood no chance no matter the rigging.
Right now the focus of Nigerians should be to remove APC in power.
With this I'll advice Obi to either step aside or Partner with Atiku.
As for me I'll prefer him stepping aside.
man has really tried his best by being the only politician in Nigeria with zero corruption records.
he's a multi billionaire and doing well for himself.
besides he can still be president in the future because age is still by his side.
The goal now is to remove APC from power because it's obvious that they're failed Nigerians.
Obidients should understand that politics is not emotional.
You can't want a better Nigeria and still enable tinubu for second tenure.
You'll be contradicting yourself.


I remain King Nebuchadnezar

The presidency affects the economy and falling tide falls all boats

DevilsEqual:


In your region where you dont vote in lunatics, how do they fare over there?

Side by side, and bar Lagos, whats the ratio of the employed to unemployed in both regions?

Whats the ratio of Job opportunities in both regions, bar Lagos?


Isnt it the same region where 4 of the 5 states there pay still pay 18minimum wage?

Ask local job seekers and all of them will tell you that no one gravitate towards the East for employment opportunities at all

You dont vote in rubbish, yet we cant look up to your idea of leadership cause even your leaders seek for opportunities in other regions

U turned a beautiful thread into an ugly sectional one

So if you meet a South African that said this about Nigerians, you'll tell him that it is a section of Nigeria?

What a shame!

GeneralPula:
A section tho..

Many many better heads dey here..

APC being booted out is greater than any sentiments you might hold. Power in South currntly does not benefit Southerners as long as its an APC govt.

Penguin2:
Power must remain in the south.

If the north is tired of Tinubu, then let them vote for Peter Obi.

But if they can't vote Peter Obi because he's Igbo man, then let Tinubu continue.

Liar.

It dos attacks were overcome
to an interview that was the biggest in history

salesbloo:
Elon Musk tried to interview Donald Trump on X but the livestream failed due to massive technical problems.

Musk later said the interview would proceed “with a smaller number of concurrent listeners” and be posted later

https://politicalwire.com/2024/08/12/musk-interviews-trump/

This piece is not about Obi. Don't let your Obi hate cloud your judgment

Chinkoalhaji34:
Checkmate? More like checkmated his own chances!

Peter Obi should be focusing on how to checkmate his own party crisis first before trying to checkmate the North. All this talk about helping or not helping is just noise.

The North is not the problem here; it’s his inability to hold a party together that’s the real issue. If he spent half the energy he uses in making noise on actually uniting his followers, maybe we would have seen some real progress.

Instead, what we see is a man who jumps from one party to another like a kid in a candy store, thinking he can still be taken seriously.

At this point, na him dey checkmate himself, and it's clear he’s only helping his own downfall.

If it will take the alignment of Atiku and Obi in 2027 to kill APC, so be it.

APC is a satanic party

Penguin2:
Caveat: There's need to state that by 'north' here, I am referring to the northern mafias, Kaduna Mafia if you please, who have over the years constituted themselves as kingmakers of Nigeria whereby only the person they approve of can become president of Nigeria whether from their northern region or the south. So, by north, I'm not referring to the entire region nor the poor northern masses who are mere victims of the machinations of this mafia over the years.

Now that we have stated that, let's into the meat of this piece.

Any critical follower of politics in Nigeria will know that the high turnout of protesters in the north in the recently concluded #EndBadGovernance Protest was engineered by this northern mafia as a way of registering their frustration at how powerless they've become since they conspired to hand power over to Tinubu; maybe because they thought he was frail and might go the Yaradua way but man seems to have gotten new life since he was sworn in. The north has never been as powerless, politically, as they are now, and it seems Tinubu is bent on making sure he breaks their hold on Nigeria which was used to making them think they own the country. They are afraid of this happening but I think it's too late for them already.

Many may not have realized the game the north wanted to play in 2023 but I will mention it.

In 2023, this northern cabal wanted to retain power in the north through Atiku and the plan was to ensure that they make rubbish of the APC ticket to prevent a strong candidate from emerging so that Atiku's path will be smoother. This is why they wanted to useless the APC ticket by announcing Ahmed Lawan as consensus candidate. They knew nobody would vote Lawan which would leave Atiku as the most manageable option. But something happened.

Throughout their years of calculations and strategy before the 2023 elections, they never envisaged Peter Obi. They never knew that a certain Peter Obi would go to a different party and take the eastern and northern Christians votes they were banking on for Atiku away from him.

When the Peter Obi wave became too much and the north saw that the Atiku project will no longer work, add Wike and his Asoebi boys’ shenanigans too, they were now faced with a choice of either allowing Peter Obi ride on his wave to victory or ‘deliver’ Tinubu. They chose Tinubu instead. Yeah, I said they chose Tinubu because what happened in 2023 elections wouldn't have happened if these 'owners of Nigeria' were not in support.

Obasanjo knew what he was talking about, and the people he was referring to when he wrote his open letter endorsing Peter Obi in 2023.

Why did they choose Tinubu?

Many factors contributed to them choosing Tinubu. First, Peter Obi is an Igbo man, a tribe they are scared of allowing get power for whatever fear they harbour. Again, Tinubu’s Muslim Muslim ticket, which was specifically chosen to deceive them and it worked, making them think they were doing Allah’s work by choosing Tinubu. Similarly, during campaigns, Tinubu seemed he was nearing his death. So, their calculation may have been that if he goes the way of Yaradua, then power will return to the region faster.

All these and other factors made them decide that Tinubu should have it and instruction was given as such which is why a character like Mahmoud Yakubu could do what he did because he was acting on instruction from his superiors already; that’s aside the money that may have exchanged hands also.

All of this is why the north feels Tinubu owes them.

Now, why are they angry? You might ask.

1) Subsidy: Since Tinubu took power, he removed subsidy. When they talk about the vultures that were benefiting and feeding fat on subsidy payments, believe me when I tell you that most of them were northerners. Tinubu’s removal, or redirection, of subsidy payment has taken feeding bottle off their mouth and they are fighting back.

2) Exchange Rate Unification: It’s common knowledge that northerners dominate the Bureau De Change market in Nigeria with claims having been made in the past that these men used to source their dollar directly from the CBN and resell at Black Market rate to make excessive profit at the expense of Nigerians. The exchange rate unification has taken food from a lot of northern Alhajis who are the real owners of these businesses.

3) Appointments: The north spent 8 years defending Buhari's nepotistic appointments and justifying them with the most irrational reasons ever heard. What they never imagined is that a time would come when they would be the ones crying against another person's nepotism. Yes, Tinubu has broken every nepotistic record set by Buhari with nearly 80% of the appointments he has made since he took power going to the Yoruba, and the north considers that an affront. They feel they deserved more from Tinubu for 'helping' him to power. Again, they feel only one of theirs can dare to be nepotistic as Buhari was. How dare a southerner?

4) Politically: Politically, Tinubu seems to have succeeded in keeping every member of that evil circle away from his government like the likes of Elrufai, and they are not happy they are not inside. If anything, the reason somebody like Elrufai supported Tinubu was because he wanted to be Vice President. But with Tinubu shutting him out now, he has seen the pathway to his presidency dimmed which would delay, or kill, whatever agenda they want to achieve with power which they fail to achieve with Buhari.

5) Restructuring and Regionalism: If there’s anything the north hates, it’s the idea of Nigeria being restructured and the country going back to regionalism which they feel would greatly put them at a disadvantage as they are the biggest beneficiaries of the current dysfunctional structure. Now, during campaigns, Tinubu never said anything about restructuring but since he took power, we have seen documents flying around in the media space on how Nigeria is to be restructured with even a proposed return to regionalism. The presidency has never disowned this document which has heightened the fear of the north that their greatest fear might end up happening from someone they thought had no interest in that without realizing that they were simply played. Or maybe they have realized.

In a nutshell, the north was beaten at their own game in 2023 and now they are looking for a way out.

In looking for this way out, they have started fraternizing with Peter Obi to try to convince him to be Atiku’s running mate in 2027 so that Atiku can hand over to him after 4 years.

But I write this to tell Peter Obi to never make himself available for such deal in 2027.

In 2027, the north must choose between Peter Obi or Tinubu.

If they fear Igbo man so much that they cannot allow him get to power then I don’t mind Southeast voting for Tinubu to continue in power. And once Tinubu gets his second tenure and has nothing to lose anymore, he would finish off everything he has eyes on - to ensure Nigeria is completed restructured with a return to regionalism.

So, in conclusion, in 2027, the north must choose between southern candiates and no southerner, not much Peter Obi, should help save them from the misery they got themselves into by themselves.

I’ve seen early signs of them trying to throw the Jonathan joker in 2027 but that’s story for another day as we watch events unfold.

Pengiun is a bird of reason!

APC is a satanic party!

They came to kill, steal and destroy

100% anti APC but I hate injustice

senatordave1:
You are anti APC

Dangote may have miscalculated with this refinery. I hope he doesn't go bankrupt

Where is Lagos there

DevilsEqual:


Ondo state dey para

No be by number of state, its by how much they are capable of producing

2+2+1 is still less than 9(which is just one number)