₦airaland Forum

Ileke-IdI:
Have you been to Kano or do you just listen to what is being written on NL lol.

What does Kano produce, what does it have? What is there? How can it compete with the likes of Lagos and Enugu?

Never been there tho.

I am going to let that insult slide. Yes, I have been to Kano on two occasions to visit family who do business in the north.

Get the foolish notion that the North is a barren land. It is not. Kano has a large textile industry. And there is plenty of cattle in that region as well. Do not underestimate this northern city. Many people from the south flock to that city.

seanet02:
Have you forgotten ezeuche is a village boy?
he understand ALL BUT NONE OF THE ABOVE

You are an annoying little cockroach.

Ileke-IdI:
What is in Kano?

I doubt ppl would want to go up north again.

God forbid what? When you have large mass of ppl in one area, it's bound to. . . .

Kano is actually the economic powerhouse in Northern Nigeria. You should visit the Kano Market.

People continue to go up north, because of business. People will do anything in the pursuit of money.

And I am pretty sure the Rivers State gov't will be heavy handed when dealing with these slums.

Ileke-IdI:
I don't get it.

Why don't you guys want other states to compete with Lagos? Isn't it a good thing? Lagos is too congested, we need more state to compete with lagos, good for this God-forsaken nation's economy.

I bet you once Port-Harcourt starts like Lagos ppl will start moving there, start their own business, until PHC turns to another Lagos. Then another state will develop, then another. It wont  always be Lagos abeg.

God forbid Port Harcourt turns into Lagos!

The cities that I see growing will be Lagos, Enugu, Warri, Port Harcourt & Kano.

seanet02:
ESTABLISHED!!!!! PORT HARCOURT CAN NOT COMPETE WITH LAGOS !!!!!!!!!!!

With the oil revenue flowing into Port Harcourt. We will see about that. After we deal with those militants, the city will definitely surpass Lagos. It will not be a sprawling slum.

Enugu already looks better than Lagos. So does Abuja.

I have no problem with this. Port Harcourt needs to be changed, so we can compete with Lagos.

Nigeria rapped for mass evictions
By Caroline Duffield
BBC News, Lagos


The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt.

Amnesty is warning that continued development may leave as many as 200,000 people homeless.

Sprawling and chaotic, the city of Port Harcourt is Nigeria's oil capital in the Niger Delta.

ts shanty towns and slums are home to tens of thousands of people all scraping a living in a city pumping billions of dollars worth of oil.

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In 2009, the Rivers State government began plans to rebuild parts of the city.

They are demolishing slums on the waterfront as part of the "Greater Port Harcourt master plan".

Forced evictions regularly spark demonstrations there and police have even fired live rounds at protesters. Several civilians have been killed.

The local government hopes to develop the area to create jobs, stimulate the local economy and build better roads - all of it urgently needed.

They hope to build an eight-screen cinema, a shopping mall and hotels.

They are following a buy-out scheme, paying those who own the properties to move.

But most of the residents on the waterfront are poor tenants who get no compensation and have nowhere to go.

Many of them now sleep outdoors under bridges and in the streets.

Amnesty is now warning that as many as 200,000 people could end up homeless if alternative housing is not found for them.

"These planned demolitions are likely to plunge hundreds of thousands of Nigeria's most vulnerable citizens further into poverty," said the group's Africa deputy programme director, Tawanda Hondora.

"The government should halt the waterfront evictions until they ensure they comply with international human rights standards."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11642453

Corruption is relative. But for some reason, it seems to be very blatant in Nigeria. In the U.S, there is a lot of corruption, but people do not do it out in the open.

Asian women are more docile than many African women.

xterra2:
Oh no you didnt
You people hate northerners for no damn good reasons
They caused ALL nigerians problem if you like
Mtscheww

I do not hate anyone. I actually admire many aspects of Hausa culture. Just saying that the reason why polio has not been eradicated, is because northern Imams tell people not to get vaccinated.

This is COMMON KNOWLEDGE. It is this backwards thinking that hasn't eradicated the disease in this country. No one in this century should be dying of a preventable disease, because of religious dogma.

Northerners will still view this with suspicion. The reason why polio hasn't been eradicated in Nigeria is because of these northerners.

I still do not know why she would want to be with D'banj.

Too bad she is damaged goods now. Mr. Endowed ruined it.

There is truth in kettykin's words. Is he not correct about his assessment about the Yoruba nation? This is the perception that many groups have about the children of Odua.