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eaglechild: Abuja

This comes as no surprise, Abuja is an expensive city even by world standards.
Politicians who have made Abuja their abode have an unending stash that drive up prices.
With record breaking real estate costs. A detached 6 bedroom duplex in Maitama or Asokoro goes for anything from 500 million to 1 billion naira!! (Google is your friend). Food is more affordable, so far it is not processed.
Of course there are less expensive suburbs but you have to endure longer commutes to the city centre.


Port Harcourt

Being Nigeria's oil capital has it's downsides.
PH is expensive, infact it is arguably on average more expensive than Abuja.
It has a significant number of upper middle class from the oil sector and other walks of life.
Food is particularly overpriced in PH and so is decent accommodation.
What of private schools in PH, they will certainly make you consider the number of children you want to have.


Lagos

The nation's economic capital is what you want it to be for you in terms of cost.
However, if you want comfort and security in the form of accommodation, you will have to pay very dearly.
Especially if you work on the island. A room, parlour and Kitchen in Ikoyi, VI or Lekki can range from 400 to 600k per annum. Of course most people are left no choice than to endure the long commute to work and back.
Those working on the mainland have cheaper options to explore.
Lagos however, has the advantage of availability of cheaper consumer goods from clothing, household components to cars.
But the stress does come at a price.


Owerri

This may come as a surprise but Owerri's unique location in the SE heartland has made it a popular destination. This has driven up the cost of living.
A 3 bedroom flat goes for an average of 30k a month.
Food is more expensive relative to other SE cities. Even with the rate of new hotels being built, hotel rooms are still expensive. And the cost of labour in this town is high.



Uyo

This blossoming city, has grown tremendously in a short time and so has the cost of living.
Real estate prices have shot up, and cost of transport has also gone up.
If you are young and looking to save money in Uyo, you just have to cook your food.
The good side is that you actually get a higher quality of life at a relatively OK cost.


Calabar

This former capital of Nigeria continues to attract people with its serene environment and friendly residents.
But this does not come cheap. Calabar's conformity drives up cost.
In December Calabar goes up higher on the list as thousands flood in for the famous carnival.


Warri

This city is quite similar to PH
The presence of the refinery/oil sector has made the cost of living here well above other Nigerian cities.


Enugu

This city is experiencing a real estate boom and what many residents took for granted in terms of rent, is beginning to bite. Enugu's improved road network, security and international airport together with its regional status, continues to attract wealthy retirees and returnees. This has slowly started driving up prices.
Labour and food are still relatively affordable.

pls point of correction IMO or owerri is not d heart beat south east

NafeesaAA: SiriusBlack: I think the military are using this mole of a thing to justify their lack of courage in facing boko haram head one. Nigerian Army seemed to be falling apart, from the video of Giwa attack in which boko haram practically entered one of the most secured military facility in Sub Sahara Africa with ease left me dumbfounded. That Giwa barrack attack really exposed the failures of the military.

Secondly, one reason why some units of army staged a mutiny in which the CO was fired at, and subsequently replaced was that they where asked to embark on a night journey in what they term as enemy lines. But we have seen on countless occations how boko haram have taken the war to the army doorstep. The recent attack in Damboua is a case study where a whole brigade was completely wiped out. From what I heard, new military hardware where lost in that Damboua episode.

Thirdly, one of my neighbour from a MOPOL unit in Abuja just returned from a combat operation course in Gwoza, Borno. I was surprised to learn that MOPOL are still going on course in such violate region. He told us chilling tales of how they usually see boko haram convey going in and out of Gwoza, Liman Kara & Madagali at will without challenge. That their flash lights are visible from miles, especially when ascending or descending from Gwoza hills.

Conclusively, the NA are not proactive from my understanding, they just sit down and wait for boko haram to attack them and the Oga @The Top will release mind blowing figures of hundreds of boko boys killed. Of recent all the engagements btw the NA and boko boys are either boko boys attacking NA military bases or ambushing of NA Patrol convey. How do you fight a war when you wait for your enemy to take the initiative ?

my Sista did ur story self.pls ask d mopol who started d war,no d police.so since d mopols saw d terrorist wot did dey do.dem also sit down dey watch

SergeAlain: Not T55, more likely the Vickers Eagle. British made tank.

are u sure cos d mk3 tanks look more classical

SiriusBlack: Nigerian Army..Frontlines of the North East.

so dis our t 55 tank still dey?

http://www.punchng.com/news/army-getting-new-weapons-to-combat-boko-haram-minimah/ I hop it's sign good tings to come.

Ibnsultan: I would have love APACHE choppers but the yanks will just waste our time. Russian made attack helo's will be game changers

apache my foot.mi-28 or a-29 is all we need.

SiriusBlack: N.A Snipers...Frontlines of the North East.

pls s.back wrote d name of DAT particular sniper rifle

SiriusBlack: The NAF's Doctrine is quite different from that of other Air Forces Worldwide...this is partly due to the amount of assets it has..I did a personal extensive research study into the France's OPERATION SERVAL in Mali..what I noticed was that Troops were ALWAYS supported by gunships when advancing, and Air surveillance when in FOBs...They hardly attacked any insurgent camp!....That was left to the French Airforce's Mirages...fitted with laser guided munitions, and supported by gunships...terrorist camps were literarily obliterated...leaving troops to mop up...Air Power, Air Power, Air Power...The NAF's role in this conflict is quite strange..it makes one conclude that it is high time the Army gets its own Gunship-eqquiped Air Wing..The NAFis seriously under-resourced....What the Military top brass needs to be doing now is NOT mass-recruitment...its a strategic error...What they need to do is Massive Equipment acquisitions...Believe me, If the NAF acquires 45-60 Gunships and 15 Ground attack jets, (likely the Su-25s), BH will be wiped out before the end of July..Presently, its a handful Alpha jets and an unknown number of Mi-35 Gunships...No 1 knows if d Tucanos have arrived..

ok tanx,jst dat d army alwaz say cas and areial bombardment by d Naf

pls wot type of aircraft do provide air support for d troops

heykims: It is January and very soon , the African footballer of the year 2013 will be named in Lagos Nigeria precisely on the 9th of January. The player to be crowned with this feat should however be very much evaluated and deemed fit to earn this prestigious honour because his personality on the field of play either in the national team or club will go a long way in speaking for African football.

CAF released the final 10-man shortlist of the contenders of this prestigious award last year and interestingly, four Nigerian players made the list. Many Nigerians and even Africans have however tipped John Obi Mikel as the possible winner evident from the fact that he won the Nations cup last year, Europa cup in Europe, participated in d Confederations cup and so on.

MY VIEW
As a Nigerian and a proud African, I see it as not just underscoring but extremely insulting to African football if a player like Mikel wins the award. How can a mere bench warmer in Europe be crowned the African footballer of the year just by virtue of the fact that his national team wins a title or his club wins the European league?

A deserving footballer of the hear should be such that is very resourceful both at home and in clubs. A reigning footballer of the year should at least even make the top three best player in his club even if he doesn't get a spot in the FIFA ranking.

Mikel Obi surely can't make the best ten in Chelsea's team despite being a senior player. I'm of the view that its better not to name anyone the footballer of the year than titling a bench warmer in Europe, what a mock, an insult I can't tolerate as an African.

Nigerians should be please stop being sentimental, selfish and self centred and canvass for a better representative for African football.

Left to me, if at all a Nigerian merits the award, it is Vincent Enyeama, the Nigeria's assistant skipper at goal but Cote d'Ivoire's Yaya Toure surely represents Africa better.

What's your view?

my view?na wetin igbo's do una.at d mention of an igbo name every mostly yoruba's will be scared

odua boy: You must be joking...So a yoruba christain like me will leave a tested and trusted yoruba man in the person of Fashola and vote for one dullard from otueke all because we share the same religious affiliations.
In yorubalnd ethnicity comes before religion...That is why you see different people in a family practising christainity,islam and traditional religion in love and harmony.

Try another trick,,This one is dead on arrival.

bros tell urslf d truth,hop u ar aware of gov rauf religoius works in osun state.unity my foot.c weda u lik or vote he wil com out victorious

nwanna89: I dont really like how APC goes about selecting their candidates. It is a bit undemocratic. Why dont they come up with a candidate through primaries, and not asking others to step aside for a preferred candidate. Same thing happened in Anambra state. They say someone else won the primaries, but Ngige was imposed.

my brother anambra election was just a prototype.and u knw wot happen's wen a prototype is succesful((mass production) APC ar jst wasting der precious tym.ngige's defect will b a drop in d ocean as to wot is coming d APC's way.a word is enough for d wise...

Wallade: I love the idea of Tambuwal for presidency. He has my vote. Too sure.

guy abeg no enta dat i chance motor,it is not safe. SAY NO TO POLITICAL PROSTITUTION

teskyg: So Tambuwawa can do better than Fashola.We know all long that APC is a pltaform to return power back to Muslims in the North.I pity those blind followers from the entire south.
2015 is a walk over for GEJ without Fashola competiting.

even wit fashola.must d muslim rule dis country,it was desame problem CAR and south sudan are having.i tink nigeria may not last up till 2019

[quote author=Chima_Agbalajob]You guys want South Africans to commit suicide o!

They have seriously agonized on this issue of Nigeria's economy being bigger than theirs. Unfortunately, it has happened to more respected countries in the world such as Germany and Japan watching powerlessly as India and China overtook their massive economies.

Take heart South Africans, it is just signs of the end times! May be you guys should use your high tech. weapons to help Yoruba people break away and form Odua Republic, because without Lagos alone, Nigeria's GDP will be sliced by a cool $100 billion dollars! Food for thought anyway! [/quote]mumu and with out d igbo's and so other tribes lagos will b as poor as sokoto.and be informwd dat more than 65 precent of cargo for lagos port are moved to d eastern part of nigeria

yoruba y ar u pple too full of urselfs,so no igbo or hausa and other tribal women to emulate?

RoyPCain: the majority of ethiopians are muslims. almost all oromo people are and it is the largest ethnic group. the problems with muslims are that we are not in the right frame of mind when it comes to our interrelationship disregarding the boundary of ethnicity and we do not go proportionally into military, other security aparatus and even politics with the same concept that muslims are one body, first; protecting and feeling the hurt of the least part of the body.

if the ethiopian muslims had been active in their societal process all along, when the evil ellie salesie was asking the police and other security arms to butcher him, he would not have dared to imagine so and if he did, he would have been buried much earlier rather than later than when mangistu did and peeing on the place.


i have been telling friends from that country to go into politics instead of allowing the minority to givern over and also carry the rifles. when you meet most of the christian ethiopians, you will understand their hatred of islam. such unparalleled, almost like near the madness of pastor haige and rabbi lapski on tv.

mumu who told u dat.go check d population census of dat con3,u tink every con3 lik niegria wer all her citizen ar muslimi

snydergp: Now foolish boy sit back and keep your Aso Rock Panties on you b*utt wipe. I don't need explain ish to anyone of you Naija fools.

I know first hand what peace keeping/enforcement is because I've been in many conflict zones as part of SADC and UN missions. I've tried to stay out of this topic for sometime by just reading comments whenever I get a chance to do so.


Now you are a amateur and I won't let myself stoop to your childish rants, I'm far above you fools here who claim but know nothing about war other then being a Internet military analysts. Been there done that I know far more then most of lot fools here. So if Boko Boy insurgency and executing children on the streets in Liberia in the past is a conventional war to you, its your bowl of Pepper Soup.

south african ar big fools and u guys ar too dull,dont for get u suffered defeat in d hand of C.A.R rebel,32 troop gunned down in 1minute

saengine: Again....thank you for the essay but get back to me when you have the link of your proof. Umkhonto is a surface to air missile designed to hit aircraft and incoming missile. Excellent system proudly produced in SA. Google it, dont waste my time. Waiting for your link, thanks.

yes made in SA by d white not u black forsaken magas

Adam200: Instead of the igbos to thank Gov fashola they are there bashing him, calling him all sort of names. I want all the igbos to learn from "GHANA MUST GO" go home and develop ur states

ghana must go!!!!!!! Hw is ghana compared to nigeria now?wot wil hapen to lagos wil b unbearable wot hapened to nigeria

soludo i knw u hav won d eletion already,but b4 u start wit anambra's money pls devlop osha and nnewi cos revenue gotten from dis two cities combine is bigger dan dat of lagos.and by d tym u ar tru our igbo brodas wil not tink twice about relocatin back ot d east

geeez: 5,500 passengers weekly

Other train services move ten times that in one minute. Does this call for celebration?

Is this the same train service a N'Lander once had a gruesome travel experience with?

Tha Lagos Blue Line plans to move 400,000 passengers daily and a projected 5,500 passengers daily is enough for some brain dead people to start dancing azonto?

Wake me up when I can travel from Lagos to Kano on train in 4-5hours.

Till then, this, to me is a shame

mumu light rail and train service na desame ting,from lagos to kano is hw many KM,go check d distance beef,if goodluck na una papa most of una no go dey do dis nonsense

horpe132: I swear to GOD i hate dis idea !!!.......Must these Governors buy Vehicles ??

Do they need me to flog them before they know how to invest in the police ??

Now how many CCTV camera's do these police av on the streets ??

How many SSS''Detectives''undercover agents do dey have ??

How many time have agent & police been upgraded in terms of seminars & other technologies ??

How many work station has he built for them ??

The Governor has done well but i think dis vehicle syndrome needs to be checked
From Experience i knw d@ wen u invest massively on intelligence and technologies..e.g Cameras,trackers,& oda communication gadgets...I knw u'll need few police vehicles...

Dear Mr Governor you have done well,,but u can do better. I knw if ur Police is Vibrant & gallant u &ur state will take the pride.........Sir take my Advice & the CP should knw bet....



God bless U,God bless the Nigerian police,God bless Nigeria

security force oroutfit without mobility is den cal what.first u get mobility+fueling= patrol and intelligence gathering

goodluck decentralize d govt so dat every state will fend for dem self and all dis strike and d loudz opposetion wil go to sleep.oil money dey kill o.