₦airaland Forum

dem_people:
The solution to our problems are very few but powerful but our leaders past and present were and are busy fighting based on ethnic sentiments and selfish interests.

If our founding fathers had the vision to formulate a powerful homogeneous Nigerian ideological bonding culture with Africanism as the state religion while frowning upon/rejecting Islam and Christianity then ofcourse, Nigeria would've led the black race out of the woods.

If our founding fathers had visions, we would've had a native lingua franca spoken not just in Nigeria but other West African countries. Hausa is the most widely spoken language in West Africa. Hausa should have been made the lingua franca of all West African countries with the modernizing of the Nsibidi character system to be used in its writings. English itself is written using the latin alphabets.

The British empire would never had been successful at all with only the ethnic English people. The Welsh, Scots and Irish made it a success story and guess what, the Welsh, Scots and Irish all have their indigenous languages but English was the language of instruction and communication for the empire. Imaging the damage it would've been if a foreign language was propagated upon the British e.g French, German and Spanish. There probably would never had been a British empire at all.

Yinkay:
Notice some recent activities there this morning on the way to office,would have take pics but the area is cloudy due to rising mist from the Niger, will try to take it this evening and upload.

Relax101:
Sometimes I think you dont know Nigeria very well. Nigeria is a place where people move with the crowd.
Lekki was very empty before, wetin happen?
Lagos abeokuta expressway was like a jungle before, wetin happen?
Abuja was filled with snakes baboon and gorrilla jumping from trees to water, wetin happen?
Port harcourt wasnt filled yorubas before, wetin happen?
People are trying to find the natural habitat that best suits their life style.
Tinapa got the attention it deserved when it started but wetin happen?
You can never say bros. Things dey change and swing any how. That's Nigeria for you oo.

Relax101:
And one more thing, pls stop this talk about ethnic groups. It is getting too much.
Face topic leave ethnic wahala.

Beaf:
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Please banish the thought of Urhobo's or any other old Bendel ethnic group ever joining the SW. Nobody wants to run from one slavery to another; read the history of why the old Midwest freed itself from the SW. These aint times for naivety my brother, at worst we will all form a new country based on the the borders of the old Bendel state.

Don't be in the least decieved by Edo being ACN, its just the party in power; they are heart and soul SS people. In fact, at the time GEJ was struggling, the PDP states in the SS held a meeting to strategise on how to support their man. Edo state was extremely bitter at being shut out of the struggle and forced themselves on the meeting (I'll post a link if I can find it). Also, Adams Oshiomole very openly campaigned for GEJ against Ribadu. All the nonsense about Edo and the SW exists only in NL fairy tales.

Beaf:
It won't affect Lagos.

Beaf:
Lagos will only crash if Nigeria splits, because there is absolutely nothing to generate wealth there outside of trading. The financial sector, banks, insurance coys are all focused on oil, so those will melt away in a split (as will several headquarters).

Beaf:
What will affect Lagos in the long run is developments that are going on in Delta state (some will laugh, but wait two-three years ). If these developments find synergies with the ports from Warri, Koko, through Bayelsa, Onitsha and with steel and iron ore moving between Lokoja and Warri, then we would begin to see the gradual dilution of Lagos as the premier economic hub.

It would be worse if the ports at Onne and the deep sea port in Akwa Ibom have new life breathed into them as seems to be happening. The Nigerian economy is diversifying and we should be ready for it.

Desola:
Their best bet would be to sell to their neighbours - camerounians as they are closer abi will they have to do the long haul to the west or north to sell their goods?

They better get friendly with your people and the rivers people because that would be their market from now on and other neighbouring African countries.

I no send if dem succeed na dem wahala be dat.

Desola:
Though i can't stand the okoros, i'm truly happy for them. Since they are mostly traders, there was no excuse not to have given them their own port from time.

I hope this would mean they would start vacating the West o.

All the same, congratulobia, now your Biafra can finally materialise.

Beaf:
We urge both the federal and state governments to continue to cooperate to ensure that all our sea and river ports in Lagos, Olokola, Koko, Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne, Calabar and along the River Niger are constructed and maintained in readiness for the envisaged economic boom which many have prognosticated for Nigeria within a few years.

The roads, waterways, airports, Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and railways are great instruments not only for economic prosperity of nations but strong means of national integratino. We are glad that the Federal Government has decided to invest heavily in this direction, and urge them not to relent.

emiye:
Ribadu Amechi or Chime or Rochas/ Fashola 2015

lagcity:
Jason, you are doing a great job with the info and the pictures. Without the pictures, some ppl would have turned this thread into another opportunity to gloat at the hardworking Governor.

Post military mental disorder! PMMD!!!

Negro_Ntns:
Jason, you deserve a chieftaincy title from the soil in recognition of your positive attitude and promise to the development and progress of Lagos State. Keep it up, we are watching!

Revolutnz:
+10000

And Eko Ile

2buff:
What's an electronic transit system without uninterrupted power though?

They need to deal with that first. Imagine getting stuck on a train bridge (or dark subway?) because nepa took light. 

aribisala0:
actually i do not think and did not say you were ignorant.
read about the british -ijebu war . read how the british got to epe and then zoom in on this image
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=epe,+lagos,+nigeria&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADFA_enGB449GB449&prmd=imvns&biw=1366&bih=475&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=kuKETpHCCMej8QPa1sRf&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CDAQ_AUoAg

Koikoi:
Nigerians and hopes. Keep hoping on hope. I'm with you all the way that's why we have faith. Clap as much as you can. but one question, where are the rails?

aribisala0:
piece of land must get name na ??

iwopin is next to epe

i can assure you Epe is quite far from the atlantic. epe town that is . of course ise is not so far which is part of the so called EPe division but NONE of the ijebu waterside townd are next to the atlantic. when next you are at lekki try driving down you will learn a lot more than any google map will teach you

tpia@:
i think this is the correct map


https://img823.imageshack.us/img823/421/nigeriaogunstatemap.png

it clearly shows the lagoon.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nigeria_Ogun_State_map.png

2buff:
What's an electronic transit system without uninterrupted power though?

They need to deal with that first. Imagine getting stuck on a train bridge (or dark subway?) because nepa took light. 

ikeyman00:
nice one

GAR3TH:
Actually no, The acquisition of the new ship will cut dredging/ land reclamation time significantly due to the fact that the ship can pump more sand than other vessels. It wont add more land to the original plans.

GAR3TH:
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kunlekunle:
they are possibly refurbs.
my concern is our maintenance culture.
there shd be training for track team, signals most
hope its not another [oku eko]

Bliss4Lyfe:
Picture Abia