₦airaland Forum

2 million: ok...so which celine do u recommend?

manny4life: Unless I'm sadly mistaken, I thought the claims was Onitsha was the largest biggest market in West Africa?

If that's the case, is Onitsha not located in Anambra state? Brother, you argument doesn't hold

INNO18: if u ask me i'd opine that the rite person for the job in 2014 would be soludo. Just my opinion ooo.

Ohaneze1: It is not a direct investment of PO..

Next International which is owned by PO is building the Mall. The same Next has invested in Onitsha, Lagos and Abuja. Look up there site:
http://www.nextintl.net/mgt.htm

afam4eva: Pls list some of those investments.

blink182: This leaf is better than Nigeria.

afam4eva: It's no news that Peter Obi owns that mall.

If i were a prospective investor in Anambra, upon seeing that mall i will change my mind because i won't invest in a state where the governor himself CANNOT invest in. It's a shame.

Negro_Ntns: Lol... Lagos was not developed by FG. You have no clue what development is if Ibadan, to you, is nothing but a slum.

When you get your compass properly calibrated and oriented to true North, not magnetic North...but true North, then return for dialogue and lessons.

Negro_Ntns: So why arent these places in SE getting developments? Your governors do not face the problem of high population density like Lagos, Kano, Ibadan but yet collect huge chunks of allocation....what do they do with the money if they are not using it for development?

Ibadan was the largest and most populous urban center only behind Cairo in the entire Africa and it stayed in that position uptill shortly after independence. People came to Ibadan from all over West and North Africa.

Kano was a huge city and a center of trade and learning and West Africans and Northern Africans came to Kano to settle and live. Exports, imports....huge market exchange across the Soudan goes through Kano.

No place in SE can boast of any market of comparable standard and scale as these two and I say if it wasnt so in the history, it can happen now.....yourpeople can change history. You can surpass Ibadan, Kano, Lagos. How are you going to do it point B?

You need schemes and projects funded by governors of your states to make the region attractive to trade and business.

Do you know what makes a woman hot and appealing? Its a magic called "come get me". Women that understand how this magic work attract a fitting partner and they keep him locked in. If he tries to leave they bring out "come get me" and he changes his mind and stays.

SE states need a couple of "come get me" projects. Do not wait on FG, your people and your governors must begin the small and medium scale renewal and then invite investments from FG for the high scale build out.

Negro_Ntns: ......and i forgot to add to the response on "Lagos was developed as a capital" point.

Abuja should be the one labeled as a developed city on capital status. Abuka was a bush, nobody knew the place, no history, no international market, beside Gwari farmers nobody goes there. Look at Abuja now!

So yes we can say Abuja has special status and wholly developed for its status as capital but that will be untrue for Lagos.

Negro_Ntns: PointB,

Development follows population. When SS and SE attract migrants like Lagos does, Im sure development will come.

PointB: I trust David Mark to agree. Lol. He is an astute politrickcian.

Is Lagos not already of 'special status'? I mean which other state is controlled by the past governor, to the extent that a huge percentage of Tax revenue finds its way to his pocket?

Which other state has been allowed to corner a huge chunk of Federal road to run private transport company - Babatunde Raji Transport (BRT)?

Which state shoots at Okada riders, hastening their extinction so that they can promote their Private Taxis company?

@Fashoal, over populated Lagos already has special status. What Nigeria need now is to designated investment and resources to other Zones - SE, SS. Those two oil producing Zones should receive massive government investment. They are the ones that deserve any 'new' special status, not Lagos. Lagos is not the only state in Nigeria.

cap28: cheers bro - research Abiola's background and you will discover that this man was a close friend of IBB and even Abacha - he financed the military coup that overthrew Buhari in 1985, Buhari was trying to steer Nigeria in the right direction - Abiola was a traitor and a criminal this is why yoruba people do not like him and even in death they did not want Unilag named after him because they knew what he stood for - this girl is reaping the benefits of her father's ill gotten wealth at the expense of many nigerians who are living in poverty and misery, many nigerians will never get the chance to live the life she is living due to the mass looting that her father and other nigerian bandit politicians subjected nigeria to.

do you know that she lives in a very expensive part of central london - marylebone - this is an area of london where only millionaires and celebrities live eg people like madonna.

dayokanu: I am sure if you ask the same two question on the street of Ikire, Arochukwu or Azare you would get the same answer. Most people wont even know what a triangle is.

And Most ppl in Nigeria despite sharing colonial ties wth UK wont know the money they spend in UK. SOme would say "Owo Iya Charlie" - Meaning "Charles moms Money"

Siena: Your friend's method of checking fuel consumption is seriously flawed. You can't work out consumption data by saying a 100-litre tank runs dry in a week, driving from Ketu to Marina daily. That means nothing. I don't know what the route is like - distance, average speeds reached on these trips, coolant temperature (does the engine ever get up to full operating temp?) Short trips are heavier on fuel than long ones.

And I feel your friend is expecting too much from his Nissan Altima. It has a big 2,5L motor mated to a heavy automatic tranny, and he expects it to be as economical as a Toyota Corolla 1,4. To produce good power, you need to produce heat. And to produce heat, you need to burn fuel, end of. If your buddy feels the Altima is too juicy, there's always the Nissan Sunny 1,4L.

sixfoot+:
I just got into lagos by 1am.After staying at Edo\Ondo boundary from 11am to 6pm.It is so preposterous because I rmbr vividly dt during d recently held edo elections,interstate farers plying the fed highway were not barred. It was so sensless barring motorists yesterday.To me it is a crude security approach dt is umbecoming in the 21st century.U need to see babies wailing,preg women exasperated and various pple with certain health challenges.In d end,trucks blocked both sides of the highway.The highpoint was when a truck lost its brakes n was forced by motorists to use d highway balustrades as a stopper.God should help us.

sixfoot+:
I just got into lagos by 1am.After staying at Edo\Ondo boundary from 11am to 6pm.It is so preposterous because I rmbr vividly dt during d recently held edo elections,interstate farers plying the fed highway were not barred. It was so sensless barring motorists yesterday.To me it is a crude security approach dt is umbecoming in the 21st century.U need to see babies wailing,preg women exasperated and various pple with certain health challenges.In d end,trucks blocked both sides of the highway.The highpoint was when a truck lost its brakes n was forced by motorists to use d highway balustrades as a stopper.God should help us.

torhuke: U av xhibited d highness of yr folly. U must be a fool of foolz. My cousinz sis who was traveling frm kogI to Lagos wx held around ogori magongo which is nxt to akoko edo becos of the electionz. They were alowed to move @ abt 4:30 pm dat day. Bt ur brainlessness will make u talk factlessly. It wx announced dt ther wil be curfew in ondo state 4 security reasonz as regads d election and u think D federal roadz dt crosses ondo state shuld be exempted. Den wht are dey curfewing? slowpoke like u will spew mess frm yr sour mouth and even insult people in d process.. Go and pass the people stranded their & if ur involved, u can do yr sef a fovour by slaping one of d soldierz on road block.

fonzie2u: .

An election is going on and ur travelling,in every society during elections there r restrictions. Pple like you hide under d guise of empathy to break d law.let common sense prevail

torhuke: Please tell the lopsided thinker.. Nigerianz are onesided and parochial in their thotz. Make them fly nah!