₦airaland Forum

ayokellany:
It's baffling you forget that it was Aguiyi Ironsi that replaced federalism with a Unitary government, just the way it was an Igbo that orchestrated the first coup in Nigeria. You all need to take a moment and understand why you keep shouting blue murder after setting the tone to what in the long run would be injurious to your soul. The blame of this precarious system in Nigeria is the undoing of an Igbo and only the Igbo and not the Hausa should be solely held responsible for that.

asha80:
you are extremely wrong on the 2nd niger bridge comment

7lives:
Stop deluding yourself Lagos is a gateway to prosperity, Lagos is like a gold mine were people go to seek fortune.
If Igbos move out today, other Nigerians and foreigners will move in. OJO NI WA A O BA ENIKAN SE OTA, ENI EJI RI L'EJI N'PA.
When the federal government moved to Abuja with all their billions it did not affect Lagos negatively, so how can Igbos moving out of Lagos cripple Lagos.
The success of Lagos does not depend on anybody but the owners of Lagos and their ability to mix freely with everybody.
And yes Aba can be bigger than Lagos provided your leaders share your dreams, but at the moment Lagos is the MAGIC WORD.
As for the ECOWAS passport i trust my people to fix the bugs in it, and why would any Igbo want to return to live anywhere in Nigeria after all Nigeria is zoo where Igbos pulled out from.

ayokellany:
... and within your feable mind you do not think Nigeria would be able to dictate who join ECOWAS or not just like the EU is able decide who joins the EU ?



What is the percentage of Igbos population in Lagos and where are they concentrated ? Igbos are only concentrated in 2 out of 16 LGA judging from last election result, this as proven that the Igbo entire population is not up to 10% of Lagosians considering the fact that a considerable amount of Yorubas voted JK yet he was barely able to score 40% of the votes when he's clearly the beta candidate.




What state or city was beta than Lagos in Nigeria / West Africa in the 30's and 40's before the influx of the Biafrans ?

What part of Lagos did the Igbos built before influx of the European to Lagos even though they came in tru Warri and had great rapour ?

The entire Igbo race dead and alive did not contribute one meaningful thing to Lagos rather they came in to leach Lagos so the departure of your entire race would do no harm to Lagos just like when your lot left for Abuja. To be candid Lagos is now waxing stronger and would definitely be beta for it. A typical example is Xmas migration when the roads are not overstretched and traffic fantastic.

zendy:
If you are hoping to get federalism in Nigeria, forget it. The northerners will never agree to it. They are hugely benefiting from the current unitary system and they will never agree to change. You can bet that they will use their numerical strenght to vote out any bill Sponsoring federalism. Federalism at the National Assembly because federalism weakens the North politically and economically because they are too dependant on the Government for survival. Another reason why the North will never allow true federalism or regionalism is because it will easier for Nigeria to break up and for Biafra to emerge.

obailala:
Are you aware that both Ghana and Nigeria were members of ecowas when Nigeria evicted Ghanaians in the infamous 'Ghana-must-go' saga?

With that in mind, radio biafra proponents think the best way to break away is through the very tasteless hate campaigns they are waging by insulting and inciting hate against every other Nigerian tribe.... and lets just imagine that Biafra finally succeeds through this hate campaigns, for some people to actually still think there would be a rosy diplomatic relationship with Nigeria is absurd.

zendy:
Who cares about your business? Who cares about a few comfortable Igbos? I'm a relatively comfortable Igbo man who will also be affected by the emergence of Biafra but I still want Biafra because the political and economic emancipation of my people is far greater than any selfish desires I may or may not have. This is about the future not the past and I believe in the ingenuity of my people. I believe that Biafra will be greater than Nigeria ever was.

asha80:
have you being to ports in developed countries?

ayokellany:
[b]OP the only thing that will happen is what happened when Abuja was declared the federal capital territory. Who God as bless he as blessed. The Europe came in tru the south of Warri Calabar n Lagos, yet it stood out when no single Igbo lived there. When you do leave which is what I desire strongly for you Lagos will still stand. You can simply understand this by comparing Lagos port with every other ports along the West African coast. Lagos still stand out considering the unfriendly nature to business, traffic, terrible road network.

All you need to do is put your brain to work and understand that Lagos port will be servicing the entire South Western region, it would also be serving the entire Northern region while PH Warri Akwa Ibom and the rest port you listed will be serving the SE and SS. Work out the population and the business and do not forget if no drop of crude oil is produced in the Nigeria without Biafra the country was feeding on something for several years before the discovery of crude oil. You can keep arguing what is not but that nothing you do can or will disrupt biz activities in Lagos.[/b][size=16pt][/size]

zendy:
[b] I want to remind people about something that will be very important in the event of the creation of Biafra. Embossed in front of every Nigerian passport (and any west-African passport) is the acronym "ECOWAS". What this is trying to tell anyone with this on their passport is that they are are entitled to travel, live and settle anywhere in the West-African sub-region without need for any sort of visa. This same sort of system applies in Europe under the "EU" and all member nation can travel at will to each other's countries with no travel restrictions. It is most likely that the Biafra,a west African nation, will become a member of "ECOWAS" and any Igbo man will be able to travel and live to anywhere in Nigeria without any visa. In the event that the Nigerian Government is crazy enough to pull out of ECOWAS because it wants to Igbos to go, it will also have to ask all ECOWAS citizens living in Nigeria to also go. The mass exodus of not only Igbos but Biafrans and west Africans and the repartriation of their investments will lead to the decimation of the Lagos economy. What makes Lagos s great place is not its sea-port but it's population. Take away that population and Lagos will just be a "coastal town" as it was in the 30's and 40's before the massive influx of people from other regions. Yorubas did not make Lagos what it is, Lagos is the result of the joint effort of everybody. With the Igbo population of Lagos now getting to 50% or half Lagos, take the Igbos out of Lagos and there is no Lagos. Frankly, I want my people,the Igbos, out of Lagos and back home with their investments so we can build the future Biafra. Onitsha, Nnewi or Aba can be bigger than Lagos in a few years if we do this [/b]

asha80:
what is the condition of the rail of those other countries at their ports? All other countries that have the same volume of tonnage of goods entering and leaving their country do they have the only one area their port is functioning?

T9ksy:
And what of the numerous ibos littering the streets of ibadan, abeokuta, osun and ekiti? Some can even be found in the

remotest part of ondo state. I guess they are there because THEY LOVE THESE PLACES.

sleemfesh:
Are you kidding me bro?
Is Nigerian the only country with a port and heavy vehicles?
Get serious please or close it up.

zuchyblink:
most non-igbos don't have the capacity to compete with igbos in business

asha80:
Nothing much can be done about this rd even if repaired by a quality construction company it will not really last because of heavy duty foods and container pass through it in mins

The long lasting solutions are

Resoration of rail line to apapa/tincan port( I mean high capacity rail)


Diverting traffic away from tincan and apapa ports

obailala:
Do not be misled by what you see and read online, no comfortable Igbo man is willing to risk his massive investments scattered all over Nigeria for a secession today.

The present agitators for Biafra today are mainly the Igbos from the lowest cadre of society, i.e. the never-do-wells and students who are still spoon-fed by their parents.

Even with what's happening in Borno today, we still have thousands of Igbos who reside there. No matter what happens in Nigeria today, the Igbos are not leaving Lagos for anywhere.

9jii:
If leaving is even tiny possible igbos will have left since.
the rest of Nigerians will bless will the opportunity of replacing all your legal biz.

feelamong:
You be olodo!

How much is the budget for crude oil sales again?

go and read the budget before commenting...

agabusta:
There is nothing here na. Phockphockman why u dey celebrate nothing? Why are u been manipulative with the headline to fool some semi-illiterate here who does not read full reports?

The court had earlier granted APC permission to examine the materials. They just tried to push their luck further by requesting that all the materials used for the election should be transferred to Abuja.

This seems unreasonable to me anyways. Why should all the materials used for election be transferred all the way to Abuja?? A lot can happen to the materials in transit.

What they the APC need, is to emphasise that the judgement granting them permission to examine the materials be enforced to the letter. Since they are the party at the centre, it will be easy for them to get enough security to go to Rivers with their forensic experts to examine these materials. Eventhough I support APC on this case, this request to me is frivolous.

asha80:
chai lol about spending money without thinking..it is saying most of ph are money miss road

asha80:
ok seen...though ph and aba been talked as having higher per capita income seems curious to me...i dont see shoprite coming to aba though unless they would just be tenants in on going aba mega mall

asha80:
why do you say this/ especially your last paragraph?

shevon:
Will PHC get one?

Freemanan:
Massive...


I just Hope South Africa treat us with respect over there. Nigeria is their biggest customer yet WE are being abused over there.... Ain't right.

Flyoruboy:
Only a yee.bo flatt.y would make the above statement. Why dont you drop the mischief and foolishness and get yourself a befitting yee.bo name instead of wanting to answer a yoruba name? Be proud of your igbo culture for once. Na jealousy go kill Una. Atleast Lagos featured alongside fellow world-class/recognized cities of the world, a feat none of the ones in your accursed region will never attain. Upon Una bad belle Una still can't stop flooding Lagos and SW. Smh.

IBBG:
wat is d CMD doing with the hospital's IGR since they don't remit it to FG.