₦airaland Forum

OnionBandit:
powerful woman but she could not resume until the end of punishment served by Akpabio's Senate 😅

SonOfDSoil01:
see them, every news about Lagos Yorubaland gives them erection….is Lagos or Lagos people now ibos? Or ekiti, iragbiji and Lagos now on your biafla map? Why can’t you just be proud of your 5plot of land? Btw I’m Yoruba from Lagos, now cry harder😂😂😂

buhariguy:
president has the power to Kickstart the process

Beerbeer:
We are four siblings in my family: two boys who are twins and two girls. When my mum passed, my elder sister stood in as a parent for us. She paid for our university education and sent us monthly allowances for feeding. In fact, three of us would have dropout if not for her. Even when I graduated from school, she was still sending me 30k every month, pending when I get a job. This is in addition to also sending same to my siblings and my father. She has done this for close to 10 years without complaint.

Recently, I finished a project that paid me 2.1 million. This is how I spent the money:
I gave 500k to my church to thank them for getting me the job.
300k to my father.
100k to my stepmum.
100k to my second sister.
Bought 700k laptop to help with my coding job.
I used the rest to pay rent, change my wardrobe, clearance from school, and feeding.

My elder sister found out from my twin brother and got angry because I didn't tell her anything about the job or the money. She was also angry because I didn't set aside money for my twin brother going to law school this year.

To be honest, I didn't think it was a big deal to tell her. I knew my twin was in safe hands cos she was already handling that so I didn't bother. Before now, she had already paid the law school fees (about 500k). So I thought it was settled. I tried to reason with her but she refused to hear.

She was also angry I didn't tell her about the laptop. I knew I messed up here because she was the one that encouraged me to pick up coding and even bought my first laptop. I told her I wanted to finalize everything but it made her angry tye more. She blocked me and I also found out she blocked everyone else including our father.

All these happened in April. I thought she would calm down by now. But I just discovered that she has moved out of our state without telling anyone. She has blocked all the numbers we tried to reach her.

My twin brother said she only sends him allowance for law school (100k every month) and has blocked his number so he won't contact her. He is the only person she sends money to now as she has stopped giving us as before.

I am so confused. Why is she acting like this? Shouldn't she be happy for me? Nairalanders help me.

File photo from Google

twilliamx:
This guy should just STFU.........ezu river comes to mind. Don't freaking politicize every damn thing. He has never condemned anything that happens in the east. When that terrorist shot those 2 guys he accused of unauthorized armed robbery. His mic failed to work then

Kemetian:
Why is Eko called 'Lagos'?

Are we Portuguese?

Why is our biggest city Portuguese named?

Is there anywhere in Portugal named Abakaliki or Akure or Sokoto?

NO.

So why is our biggest city Portuguese-named?

What has Portugal ever done for you to have you name your biggest city after them?

The Eko State Government needs to wake up from its colonial slumber, STOP calling it 'Lagos' and call it by its REAL NAME, EKO.

Dem no use oyinbo swear for una.

Vergovert:
when you're in a hole, stop digging

T9ksy:
Sidon there, dey jounce. Just kmow that, "there many ways to skin a cat".

One way or the other, WE shall get there.

T9ksy:
With the way you guys are misbehaving, we will soon puts policy in place that will forbids any one from selling lands, specifically to you folks.

You guys are not the only one buying lands in lagos but yourwahala is just too much.

opamoses1:
They are all lagosians, Yorubas and most likely Aworis. What he is saying is the imposition of candidates by party excos. He clearly stated it out that there is the habit of bringing say an Awori woman from Ojodu to become a counselor to another Awori community in mushin. When those in mushin already have a favorite local person.

Mattswaggz:
Could have ripple effects thoug.

Ttalk:
Which part of Lagos you want make them share give you.

One of your brothers Eze Kirikiri is cooling his head in the portion we allocated to him, there's still a space that can accommodate u there

JASONjnr:
1. Control anyone
2. Time travel

With this two, I'll be able to control the world to the next generations to come.

Chilipepper:
Pick any Two doors, which doors are you picking? 🤔

For me, I will pick door of unlimited money and read minds.

lawani:
Before a country can work very well, half of the GDP must be taken as taxes

aribisala0:
That is an opinion
Where is the evidence?
You pulle out the figure $800 billion from where?

Before I engage you let us establish whether you want to engage on the basis of facts , figures and evidence or just emotions, speculation and rants

When you talk about federal resources you must mention where that money came from e.g Are you saying there was a net transfer of $800 billion from Awoamama and Mgbidi or what exactly is your point?

If you don't have any evidence just go away and stop ranting

ariesbull:
When Nigerians say “I wan Japa,” it sounds like freedom. But in reality, for many, it has become a new kind of slavery.

Yes, people leave because of hardship—no jobs, insecurity, broken schools, collapsed healthcare. But the story abroad is not always the dream Instagram sells. Too often, it’s depression, loneliness, and frustration. Imagine leaving Nigeria with a degree, only to find yourself cleaning toilets in Germany or working 16-hour shifts in a UK care home. Starting all over again in a foreign land feels less like a fresh start and more like a wound to the soul.

The shame is real. Many migrants cannot tell their families the truth about their struggles. They send home edited pictures with smiles, while in reality they battle anxiety, racism, and the emptiness of being far from home. Years pass, and instead of joy, there’s regret—“Have I wasted my life?”

This is why I call Japa neo-slavery. Not with chains, but with papers, bills, and endless hustling. In the old slave trade, Africans were forced out to build the West. Today, we leave willingly, pouring our youth, skills, and energy into foreign economies while Africa is drained of her best minds.

Of course, not every story is bleak. Some succeed, some send money back, some create opportunities. But as a people, we must ask: are we truly free if our brightest sons and daughters are stuck in cycles of shame, depression, and survival in lands that will never fully accept them?

Real liberation will not come from escape. It will come from rebuilding at home, so that leaving is a choice—not a desperate run into another form of bondage.

aribisala0:
Nigeria was built with Lagos resources and Nigeria belongs to Lagos

We dey up for Federal

A wa loke Fedira

Awa lokan

helinues:
What has state like Bayelsa with 3 million population doing with their 13% returns from oil revenue?

aribisala0:
https://www.nairaland.com/4144976/lagos-1898before-nigeria-not-oil

Vergovert:
There was nothing like Nigeria before 1960.

So if this is Lagos in 1960 then, it is wrong to say Nigerian money were used to develop it.


Every state in Nigeria has been collecting allocation from Nigerian government since it's creation.

Lagos is using its internally generated funds plus the federal allocation to develop itself.

Other states should emulate Lagos.

Softmirror:
😂😂😂😂😂 This obssesion about Lagos ehn.
Reminds me of those early Nollywood movies which brother Chinedu travels back to the village and starts telling stories about Lagos and then Okoro and Ojukwu will vow that they must enter Lagos by fire by force. Later in the night, they both sneak out of the house and join night bus wey go carry them go Lagos. 😂😂😂

EvilMerodack:
Every time Lagos this, Lagos that, Una no get home state?

owobokiri:
Lagos may need to payback all the trillions taken from the Niger Delta to build her up since independence.
It is either Lagos stays as a federal property or pays back the hundreds of trillions used to build her up as the former political capital of Nigeria and the current economic capital of this weird nation.

helinues:
Some of you are just deliberately disrespectful as you are not interested in minding your business

helinues:
What's the obsession with Lagos state? Don't you have your home state to be bragging about without bringing others down?