una still dey watch that caricature of the real super Eagles.......I cannot even name 3 players in that yeye team! these are no ball jugglers but a collection of physically fit men pretending to be soccer players! ..............thrashy eagles!
ariesbull: Tension around the Igbo presence in Lagos often comes from a mix of history, economics, politics, and identity, not from any single cause. It's important to speak about patterns and perceptions — not blanket labels on any group.
Why some people may envy the Igbo in Lagos
Common perceptions include:
✅ Business success & economic competitiveness Many Igbo are known for entrepreneurship and trading networks. Their visibility in markets, property acquisition, and commerce can create admiration — and sometimes envy.
✅ Fast upward mobility The Igbo cultural emphasis on self-made success, apprenticeship (Igba-Boi), and owning property can lead to rapid economic advancement. For some, this becomes a point of comparison and resentment.
✅ Strong community support systems Communal investment, unions/associations, and apprenticeship systems help Igbo succeed collectively, which can be seen as an advantage by outsiders.
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Why some fear or feel threatened
These feelings come from:
⚠️ Competition for land and business space Real estate and markets in Lagos have long been competitive. When Igbo individuals buy land or dominate business districts, some locals may feel their space shrinking.
⚠️ Political influence worries During elections, fears surface that Igbo voting blocs could shift power dynamics in Lagos — a city deeply tied to Yoruba political history.
⚠️ Historical scars Echoes of pre- and post-Biafra tensions sometimes show up in rhetoric, even generations later.
⚠️ Cultural protectionism Some fear cultural dilution — Lagos is historically Yoruba, but it's now a multi-ethnic megacity. Fear of losing cultural control or demographic dominance can show up as hostility.
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Underlying truth
This is less about ethnicity itself and more about:
Competition for power & resources
Identity politics
Urbanization pressures
Historical memory
Economic inequality
Where groups live and thrive together under pressure, friction can arise.
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Important perspective
Despite the tension narratives online, millions of Yoruba and Igbo coexist peacefully in Lagos, do business together, intermarry, and build friendships daily.
Social media amplifies the loudest voices — often the extreme ones — but everyday life in Lagos is more complex and cooperative.
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In short
They may fear and envy the Igbo in Lagos because the Igbo are seen as:
Highly entrepreneurial
Economically mobile
Organized & community-driven
Politically significant
Culturally confident
But ultimately, it reflects larger issues about identity, space, and power in a fast-growing city — not innate qualities of any group.
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Igbos should go home and be competitive from here.........in our own land! Thhey thought they were doing us by stifling infrastructural development in the southeast but they are now tired but they are pained to do the right thinh by developing the Onne port for maximum commercial use and building a RORO terminal there as well! let us replicate trade fair at the Abia border near Obigbo...........we will have access to more international flights from port harcourt and the sea port in onne is less than 45 minutes away! leave lagos for the agbados abeg!
Nigeria’s four largest tribes remain: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Ijaw.
The Ijaw have what Nigeria feeds on — the crude oil that sustains the nation, stretching from the Ijaws of Apoi, Arogbo and Furupagha in Ondo to the Ijaws of Ibeno and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom.
The Hausa have the population strength to dominate nearly every ministry and political structure across Nigeria.
The Igbo, on the other hand, have always had a strong voice — one that has never truly aligned with Nigeria since independence. Their persistent agitation could end Nigeria if they had both the population and political influence of the Hausa or Yoruba. But power in Nigeria flows differently: whenever the North considers handing leadership to the South, it usually goes to the Yoruba — not because of merit alone, but because of fear of the Igbo.
To those plotting coups or seeking to disrupt the state, stop it. Such actions would only scatter the fragile unity that remains — birthing the Arewa Republic, Biafra Republic, Ijaw Republic, Oduduwa Republic, and others with no shared foundation.
The Hausas are weary of those who live differently from them. The Igbos are weary of the Hausas. Every group is searching for an exit — except the Yoruba, who, for now, are the only tribe still holding Nigeria together.
@Ditari of Ijaw
Ijaw wey no reach 5 million ! Even the so called Ijaw state bayelsa........no pass 8 local government! Ogogoro no good!
Rubbish.......did northern military rulers not share more than 60% 0f Nigeria 's 774 local government to the north.........did the northern military junta not give the north 19 states to the south's 17 states.........turning Ndigbo to overnight 'minority '.........ndiala !
The North should enjoy the inequity they helped to create! Ndi uchu
As I post this....Northerners are dying of hunger even in a rich state like Kano.........a region thst has produced more leaders.......I have scant pity for them.......Yorubas have not learnt from the North...they will be in the same boat very soon!
Cajal: He lacks constructive intellectual engagement
You budget 1 billion dollars on Lagos ports ALONE..! billion dollars that supposedly is our commonwealth and budget exactly 0 dollars on the remainder eastern ports......and you want other Nigerians to keep mute........Yoruba people just lack a sense of social justice and fairness!
Same thing is going on in the aviation sector.......APC is spending 750 million dollars to modernize Lagos Airport but Enugu airport has been concessioned to the private sector........who now have to struggle to raise funding to complete southeast only international airport! Ditto Onne port .....Maersk is spending it's own money to develop the port ....where is govt money when it comes to eastern Nigeria......missing as usual!
johnmartus: What's wrong there? The appointees are they not Nigerians or they are from where? And besides I'm seeing like two or 3 igbos name there how come?
na wa o ...3 igbos sef ! with the kind of hatred for igbo in Tinubu regime...........dey are capable of appointing only 1 igbo person....and i use to yab fulani for igbo bigotry not knowing the intellectual basis for Igbo marginalisation is from somewhere in the sadwest!
Bestmanfornow: Ekwulobia, Anambra State's fourth city, has undergone comprehensive transformation under Governor Soludo into a modern city; may Anambra State continue to flourish.
ThroneNGamez: https://x.com/GeneralSnow_/status/1981631743468900635?t=xpPrdejYzWeemVHFWc8UYg&s=08[/quote]I said it that the case of the Lagos state commissioner of environment and demolition wahab giwa is inconsequential in the grand scale of things.........he is just a pawn! His chapter has been completely closed, the big masquerades have taken the stage....make him go rest! The douchebag and his occultic cohorts feel they can erase over 130 years of igbo excellence in Lagos overnight, that his fantasy is about to turn into his worst nightmare! Nevertheless Ndigbo have to work on themselves too.....putting all your eggs in one basket will not cut it, think home and invest your money there! Whatever that is left in Lagos must be minimal and be at peace with the majority of peaceloving lagosians.........as for the ronu crowd......their time will also go!
Savenigeria2023: It’s not LAGOS choir OP. These superstars emerge from different local congregations from across the country
Enough of these unnecessary tribal colorations
I do not even know what he is crowing about...............Mercy chinwo is a Port Harcourt Girl......sef! All of a sudden Lagos wants to become a cosmopolitan city again...i thought Lagos was for agbado politicians only!
IGBOSON1: Recently, we saw Ethiopia launch the massive GERD dam that would supply more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity to the country and its neighbours. It was built at a cost of $5 billion and the funds were sourced by gov't issued bonds as well as remittances from Ethiopians in diaspora. The funding model used for the GERD dam is what i have always advocated for funding critical economy enabling infrastructure in Alaigbo/south-east! Nigeria receives on average about $20 billion yearly in diaspora remittances, and a modest estimation of the Igbo component of these remittances could be put at $5 billion....though i reckon it's much more! The Ethiopians were committed and patient enough to raise $5 billion over a specified period, and i feel this same commitment and patience could be replicated by Ndigbo to raise funds for the New Enugu City project and other infrastructure in the state. I'm referring to Enugu specifically because i've come to realise that it's presently difficult if not impossible to have a pan-Igbo approach to this funding initiative because the region in led by a lot of insular and inward-focused governors who prefer to work in silos and don't have a pan-Igbo worldview or approach to development! This is why i'm narrowing my attention specifically to Enugu, and Abia also, as i feel cautiously optimistic about governance in these two states, and feel their governors have the capacity and the trust of the public to drive this funding initiative! Both states have done sometjing similar, but on a smaller scale, with their security trust funds.
Ordinarily, the SEDC (south east development commission) would have been the best option for driving this funding model on a regional level, but has anyone heard anything from them lately? I was unimpressed at the time SEDC was inaugurated because i know it's just more of the same....just playing to the gallery, and the usual motion-without-movement that has seen Nigeria stagnate economically since the 70s and punch way below its weight!
So anyone close to Mbah or Otti could help us show this post to them so they can help kickstart the process ASAP as time is not on our hands and the rest of the world is fast leaving us behind! This could be a state infrastructure funding initiative, or it could be regional, though as i've already stated i don't have much faith in all the governors of the region and SEDC being serious and committed enough or having the capacity to see this through to a successful conclusion!
Like Ethiopia has done, Enugu state could use gov't issued bonds and diaspora remittances to raise at least $2 billion over the remaining 6 years of Mbahs' governance! This could be used for the New Enugu city project, a state rail network, a power plant, as well as investments in education and health separate from but complimentary to the states budgetary provisions for the sectors.
$2 billion dollars is beyond Enugu's capacity........even Lagos nor abuja can raise that level of funding on its own! why not start with 50 million dollars.............all raised as an investible fund with an estimated ROI! or better still sell the fund as per treasury bills!
fergie001: The annoying part is that an Ikwuano son was House of Reps member there from 2015-2023.
This same man is a Board member in the North East Development Commission yet that road has been a deathtrap since the mid-2000s.
A Minister under Buhari was also from that LGA but only tarred into his own compound, yet on the same road you have a Federal University and 3 other Federal Institutes. Make Una continue.......
Otti, you dey try!
the people no get name.........learn to call out these useless politicians!
gidgiddy: Deji Adeyanju was right about one thing, its a waste of time fighting for the rights ordinary Nigerians. This present generation have fallen in love with their chains
The typical nigerian generation z is the most brainwashed ever! Near useless in mental exertion.......imagine still parroting that Mungo Park discovered the River Niger.....in 2025°
The antidote to military coup is good detribalized administration! FULL STOP....OBJ ruled 8 years without a whisper of coup....cos he was essentially a nationalist.....he had every ethnic nationalism in his group especially Southeast..........this Yoruba Yoruba politics of agbados will not move the nation forward......every one must row in the same Direction
Heavy rainfall in Lagos alone will tear the coastal road apart.
wait till the high salt content of the coastal area deal with the reinforced steel bars and concrete...............instead of using fibreglass rebars........anyone that has driven over a bad concrete pavement knows what the experience is like.........it will wreck your car and bone structure simultaenously!
A viral video has surfaced showing the Benin–Asaba Expressway in a devastating condition after hours of heavy rainfall. The once-busy highway has now turned into a muddy, flooded nightmare, with deep potholes, stranded vehicles, and frustrated commuters battling to move through the chaos.
Drivers and passengers could be seen wading through knee-deep water as trucks and cars got stuck for hours, causing major traffic gridlock. Many residents have taken to social media to lament the poor state of federal roads and the lack of proper drainage systems in the area.
The video has since sparked outrage, with citizens calling on both the Edo and Delta State governments, as well as the Federal Ministry of Works, to take immediate action and fix the collapsing road before it becomes completely impassable.
🎥 Watch the full clip to see how terrible the situation has become — and hear what stranded motorists had to say.
oh you mean the minister of lagos coastal high way.............una mumu neva do? How dull can a people be!
FreeStuffsNG: US national debt surpasses a record $38 trillion The figure amounts to roughly $111,000 of debt for every person in the US, think tank says.
The USA can never fully pay back her debt ! The only option is to reset the Dollar by massively devaluing the currency! The consequences of that is .....the 38 trillion dollars nominal value of the debt may actually be 3 -5 trillion dollars in real terms.....a reset will happen......it's implications will be monumental!
Ttalk: There is no any deliberate attempt to undermined other ports in Nigeria as some Igbo want us to believe.
Like I posted earlier there is unified levy across all ports charge by the FG.
The importer decides which of the port to use and those factors are purely economic decision
Rubbish.......how come for years......NPA charged higher in Onne than Lagos ports! Why is it that bulk cargo and pharmaceutical products cannot be brought in thru onne?
EarthKing: Not a supporter of Tinubu's government, yea! But you must give it to him. Man knows how to make his enemies turn over to him and even do his dirty jobs. From FFK, Reno, Bwala... The names go on and on.
Reno didn't do sh!t for Jonathan administration that he benefited from the most, compared to the dirty work he's doing now just to get crumbs from the president.
To think, man had a pastor tag on him at some point. But the joke is on him forever.
No be to issue CBN cheques to all willing accomplists.......Tinubu is just a cunning character! Nothing much
Rantingpiglets: Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike; a former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd); former Chief of Army Staff, Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd), Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo.
Dave Umahi; Governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu; Director General (DG), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; former DG of the State Security Service, Yusuf Bichi,
THE CASE DON ENTER PHASE 2...
We have reciepts
Add Video, audio and text! Like 'agbado' will usually say...'go to court'.....we are now in court....we will now text the potency of the zoo's judiciary!!
no be Prof Ndukwe that midwifed NCC and Digital bridge institute....today Fulanis have colonized it and turned into vacation resort for their lazy and half literate children! If only we had another Prof Ndukwe in ministry of communication and Prof nnaji in ministry of power! Fulanis have sailed the nigerian ship abeach!........na to sell forex and print naira dem sabi!
Tochitee: Were you surprised ?? This is not news now? Remember this military coup of a thing started from them”calling on the military to take over”when obi lost shamefully in the last election upon all their lies, packaging and propagandas. Since then it’s peddling lies, propagandas against the country. Thank God excellent measures are already in place to reset their brains. Na for them to just enter the traps remain.
same Igbo that have endured a civil war ....and 55 years of relentless marginalization! Bring it on!
obiekunie01: From this video, it is very clear that Mazi Kanu is very sick. They are slowly poisoning him to death.
This nation should free Mazi Kanu now. Many of us that are silent on this case will be willing to lose it all and fight for our own nation if anything unbecoming happens to this man.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD LISTEN TO VOICE OF REASON AND RELEASE THIS INNOCENT MAN NOW.
May god not allow this man to die in prison o ! tinubu is being obstinate and playing politics with this issue........Enuff said sha!
owobokiri: The Arabs you defend have killed and enslaved more Africans than anyone in history. They just met their match in Isreal.., that's all. Left to the Arabs, the enslavement of blacks will be on going uptill this day. Look at what they do to blacks in Tunisia.., in Libya... If the Isrealis ever drop their guards, these Arabs you defend will do to Isreal something worse than anything that Isreal is doing to them today.. HAMAS is a wack ideology that has finally met its brutal nemesis.. Period!
All of them are our mortal enemies........the Jews financed and facilitated the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism and now imperialism! Jews have no love for their fellow white people . talk less of Black Africans!
Politics › Re: Northern Elites Reacts To Trump's Blacklisting Nigeria by Eboofa: 7:20pm On Nov 01, 2025
