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Anyone insulting Ebonyi is either outta their mind or short sighted. That is one state that has the potential to grow. So much natural resources.

JamesDoe:
Intriguing question. What is your definition of a city,

Hardly any single definition of a city. But I believe just land mass (especially when sparsely populated) is not one of the considerations for being a city.

Anyways, I hope you understand my post. We are talking about Nigeria.

alj_harem:
I think people tend to move to concentrated cities and abandoning the rest of the state. It makes more sense because there is more interaction with different people than just a small community.

Also traders love high concentration of people and thus they migrate there. same applies to buyers who love the high variety of produces with easy accessibly and also migrate.

Why do all U.S. states have  4, 5, 6 and more cities? Or do you think Americans do not move about within the country?

Andre Uweh:
Am not funny, but my good knowledge of Ogun state makes me believe that Ijebu Ode and Sagamu requires city status along side Abeokuta.

Is it not the same Sagamu you pass by while going to Lagos? I beg leave matter. As for Ijebu, it is an admixture of towns (Ode, Ijesha, Mushin).

asha 80:
well i cannot say but from map outline i think it follows

Well, I believe Zaria is in the same category with the Ijebus (Ode, Ijesha, Mushin etc) Arochukwu, Afikpo, Oyo town, Ogbomosho, Ogoja etc, all towns with variations in land mass and population

Andre Uweh:
Ogun state is one exceptional case.
Abeokuta.
Sagamu.
Ijebu ode.
Otta.
Ilaro.

Please stop being funny.

@Asha 80
How much of a city is Zaria, even by Nigerian standard?

Why are Nigerian states mostly one-city states?

As far as I can remember, only Abia (Umuahia and Aba), Anambra (Awka and Onisha), Akwa Ibom (Uyo and Ikot Ekpene), Delta (Asaba and Warri) states can boast of having more than one city (note that these are cities by Nigeria's low standards).

The rest states just have capital cities and some towns.

Ibadan (capital of Oyo) by now should have had good city-status challengers in Ogbomosho and Oyo (town), both renown ancient towns.

Almost the entire Lagos is a city (with associated slums dotting the landscape). Lekki and Badagry are mere towns. Nsukka should have developed to its full potential as the houser of the University named after of Nigeria. Arochukwu, after serving as the conduit from where slaves were taken out should have developed better. Still as moribund as ever.

Why do big states like Kano and Kaduna still suffer from this menace of one-city status? Edo is another case. Benin city is such an ancient city that Edo state should by now have developed another city somewhere around Ekpoma, Auchi etc.

I am also thoroughly ashamed of Rivers State. PH is the only thing happening there. As for Bayelsa, it actually has no city; Yenagoa is a glorified town.

asha 80:
well banditc does not see it that way hence the argurement.go back to when you made that statement and you will see that that is where the argurement started.

Who the frigging hell is Bandit C.? Everyone makes their own opinions, no?. The question is, was my claim right or wrong that Enugu is poorer than Abia, Imo and Anambra?

Mind you am neither from Anambra nor Enugu, so I am not beclouded by their well-known internecine rivalry.

chino11:
Dis guy must be suffering big time complex. Who are the people calling enugu home, its before 1991 not anymore? Most Anambrans either live in Awka, Onitsha n Nnewi depending on your class. Anambra pple hav shift base to Awka which evident on the modern architecture springing up all over.

Easy!! Anambra is an under achiever, still.

asha 80:
by saying this

i have noticed that.

Odi kwa mma? See me praising Enugu and you are here accusing me of starting an argument?

Before I am misconstrued, actually only few Nigerian states (not just the SE) have more than one city. That makes such states (namely Anambra, Abia, Akwa Ibom [Uyo/Ikot Ekpene] and to an extent Delta [Asaba/Warri]) special. Ogbomosho and Oyo towns aren't developed enough to rival Ibadan. Not including Lagos because almost everywhere there is the city (with associated slums).

In the SE, I will prefer to live in Enugu, followed by Owerri, then Umuahia, because I am more of an intellectual (int) than a business man. Aba, Onisha and Nnewi are no go areas for ints before those loud-mouthed eze egos rubbish you.

Onlytruth:
I completely agree.  

One problem with Anambra is that most of the intellectuals are outside the state, allowing the less intellectual traders and money bags to hold sway

In contrast, Enugu has a good # of its intellectuals intact but is hamstrung by lack of adequate capital

asha 80:
i hope you know say na you start this argurement.

How so?

Bandit C.

Take am easy oh! The way you respond would make anyone believe you have an angst with Anambra people

Enugu city (not state) is the most developed in SE for obvious reasons
That is where it ends:
There is more money in Abia, Anambra and Imo than in Enugu (speaking of states). There are more literate people in these states too than in Enugu. All the available data (Nigeria is poor in data management, I agree) points to that.

Of all the SE states, only Anambra (Onitsha Awka/Nnewi) and Abia (Aba/Umuahia) have more than one city (city by Nigerian standard of course). Even Imo has only Owerri; the rest are glorified towns. Enugu has only Enugu (Nsukka is a midget). Ebonyi has only Abakaliki. Of course there are smaller towns in all the states like Orlu, Afikpo, Nsukka, Arochukwu, etc

But Anambra is a big disgrace to the SE, given the array of intellect/money it parades. It is a state that should have developed like Lagos. What is the use of the money and the brain if they cannot be put to use?

Let's stop this digression I beg.

lagcity:
Nchara, u r wrong! You get a big F in class .

Mechionu! u ibos on NL are pretending that u don't like amala, ehn? tell that lie to someone who hasn't lived with ibo ppl. ibo ppl like amala pass an ibadan man dem dey chop amala with ofe okazi

You always wish. The MALL in Lagos will be patronized by Igbos than by Yorubas. You guys are so desperately poor to make any difference. Read my posts before this, about poverty in your place.

Onlytruth:
I believe he meant Enugu STATE not just Enugu town.

Even at that, I doubt that Enugu town residents control more money than Onitsha town residents.
But let's not make this thread an intra SE states/towns contest. It plays into the hands of certain people from outside our region. Let every state in Eastern Nigeria copy this for their most viable towns -Rivers, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Enugu, Cross-Rivers, Abia, Anambra, and Delta.

Thanks.  

Exactly.

KnowAll:
Enugu might be poor based on the money they get from the federation account, but I don't think it is a poor city. Most Igbos who have nothing to do wtih the State Goverments live there as economic Migrant. So supporting the notion that Enugu State is poor is a fallacy. In Economic terms it is probably  the 2nd  most prosperous town in the SS and the SE after Port Harcourt.

Why was your IKemba Living in Enugu and not in Awka or Nnewi. It is like saying Ondo State is Richer than Oyo State in the SW, oNDO gets more money from the federation account and even has a smaller population than Oyo State, so by your  definition Ondo is Richer than Oyo which is a complete fallacy.  

Ikemba was living in the capital of former Biafra. But Ikemba also lived in Nnewi and Lagos.

Bandit C.:
Sorry Nchara but ain't no way in hell the Coal City residents are poorer than the three states you mentioned above, especially Abia and Anambra. People in Enugu lead a more moderate and conservative life and are not known to be flamboyant and excessive when spending money but damn poor they are not.

Enugu has the highest percentage of middle class in  Igboland and that is a fact. Income here is slightly better distributed in Enugu than in any other Igbo state. You are less likely to find a church rat in Enugu than in other Igbo states so your analogy is grossly false.

Except you define middle class by working in the ministry, I do not see how Enugu- a state of civil servants- will be better off than Abia and Anambra populated by business men. May be Imo. But let's not digress. Enugu remains the most developed Igbo state kudos to its people and govt. Shows everything is not about money.

Enugu is the 4th poorest state in Igboland, yet her people can obviously afford to buy from the MALL (otherwise investors won't invest there). You can imagine when the Govts of Abia, Anambra and Imo-states whose average inhabitants are wealthier than those in Enugu - will wake up to similar strides?

Owerri guys will show true class here.

asha 80:
define what you mean by 'class'.

class= amala ewedu and gbegiri at iya basiri's buka. Isn't that what they eat 24/7?

lagcity:
kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.


I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.


Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.


After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.


The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.


But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-149827.0.html

lagcity:
kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

Why we can’t tax Osun people, by Aregbesola
By Adesoji Adeniyi 21 hours 46 minutes ago
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Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the weekend explained why his administration has refused to tax the people.

Aregbesola said his people are very poor and tax would be an unnecessary burden on them.

He spoke at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Osogbo, the state capital, during a dinner with representatives of various financial institutions.

The dinner was part of activities marking the one year anniversary of the Aregbesola administration in office.

The governor urged the institutions to assist in eradicating poverty in the state, assuring them of security and a business friendly environment.

He solicited for funds to finance capital projects and programmes that would improve the state’s economy.

Aregbesola said: “I am in Osun State to eradicate poverty. If you are talking about Unclad poverty, it is here in the state. We can not tax anybody here because we do not want them to die.

“Are we going to tax people waiting to die? We were able to save 13 million in the last year, not through tax, but by blocking leakages in the system. So you bankers have no choice than to help us deliver good governance to the people. We need your support to eradicate poverty.

“I am amused about the uninformed comments of our predecessor in office about the finances of the state. They are confused and cannot comprehend what we are doing because they are not financially literate.

“We have the vision, passion and action. I am here to change the fate of the black man through the various programmes and projects of our unusual and unconventional government.

“My predecessor left the state’s account in a bad state. We met a suffocating loan of N18.3 billion, which the Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration secured in an unprofessional manner.

“But within a year in office, my administration was able to increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state from N300 million to N600 million and pay the loan through the access of N25 million bond from the bank, with the monthly servicing of less than N100 million, instead of the N800 million used to service the former loan.”

The governor said his administration does not wait for the federal allocation before it pays its workers, adding that any state waiting for it is doomed.

He said states rejected the October allocation because of President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to deduct some amount from it for the creation of Sovereign Wealth.

Aregbesola said nobody has the right to deduct from any state’s allocation without the governor’s consent.

He advised state governments to exploit other avenues for generating revenue.

Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning and Budgeting, Dr. wale Bolorunduro said the government plans to increase the IGR to N1 billion next year.

On incessant bank robberies in the state, Bolorunduro said the government has collaborated with security agencies to forestall a recurrence. He said the governor has ordered for five Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and established a security trust fund to combat the menace.

Many of the bank executives acknowledged the governor’s passion for development and promised to support his administration.

They include: Ayo Abina, Skye Bank; Elias Akenzua, Zenith Bank; Akinleye Ogunleye, Diamond Bank; and Boyin Oladokun, Unity Bank.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/27811-why-we-can%E2%80%99t-tax-osun-people%2C-by-aregbesola.html

lagcity:
kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

Copied from who if I may ask?
If you man from Lagos, would that be correct considering that both projects were ongoing at the same time? Or because Eko Ile first posted that of Lagos here means LAGOS WAS THERE BEFORE?

Talking about purchasing power, your people cannot match. One single Onisha trader will feed 50 Yorubas. Remember Aregbesola confirmed that you guys are about dying of poverty, hence his refusal to tax you.

These mallams go chop well well if Nigeria separates. Abuja will go to the North, so these ones na free for them to take

You'd be surprised by the large number of Nigerians whose names don't ring bells. But then they pop up in the limelight just at about anytime.

love4ual:
if they can provide electricity for this mall, why not give the masses electricity,

True that.

love4ual:
yes this governors stole the money but atleast rather than moving it abroad they have created some employments,


but if things continue like this mall, nigeria may reach south africa the next 67yrs, and then we can start talking of developement,

Does the mall belong to the Governor?

http://www.icc-cpi.int/menus/icc/structure%20of%20the%20court/office%20of%20the%20prosecutor/network%20with%20partners/guest%20lectures/mr_%20chile%20eboe_osuji


Mr. Chile Eboe-Osuji

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Chile Eboe-Osuji is the current Legal Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), where he was Principal Legal Adviser to the Chambers from 2008 – 2009. Prior to that, he was a Senior Appeals Counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) and a Senior Legal Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICTR where he worked on the case of Bagosora, Nsengiyumva, Kabiligi and Ntabakuze, as well as the Semanza case. Prior to his work at the ICTR and SCSL, Mr. Eboe-Osuji was a barrister in Toronto, Canada, appearing in a number of civil, constitutional and criminal cases at all levels of court in Canada. He has written and lectured on various legal topics, especially in the field of international criminal law, and is a lecturer of International Criminal Law at the University of Ottawa Faculty Of Law in Ontario, Canada.[sub][/sub]

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/30072-nigerian-elected-as-icc-judge.html

Nigerian elected as ICC judge
By Our Reporter 4 hours 49 minutes ago
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A Nigerian, [b]Chile Eboe-Osuji [/b]has been elected as one of the six judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC),  reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York.
Eboe-Osuji and Morrison Howard of the United Kingdom were elected during the final rounds of the ICC election held on Friday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The election of the judges began on Monday with the election of the first four, among them, two women, at the end of the 12th round of the elections earlier on Friday.
Eboe-Osuji recorded 102 votes, while Howard recorded 72 votes out of the 117 votes to meet the two-third required majority before a candidate could be adjudged elected as a judge in the ICC.
The six judges are Carmona Aquinas - Trinidad and Tobago; Defensor-Santiago Miriam- Philippines; Fremr Robert - Czech Republic; Herrera Venecia - Dominican Republic;  Howard – U.K and Eboe-Osuji  - Nigeria.

Eko Ile:
This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

Beware folks, this is a fake Eko Ile.

David Oyedepo slaps his church member. Is this not child/person abuse? In the West, this man will go to jail with this glaring video evidence. Shame on this pastor for playing God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Uidhk7ioYO0