madridguy:
Lagos will stand anyday anytime because its located in the most peaceful region in Nigeria. So Lagosians will forever carrying their shoulders to anyone. No one is disturbing the international companies, foreigners are living freely without the fear of being kidnapped or killed.

Mayeldah:
Lagos should learn from this story, The Lagoon Oba and Mc Oluomo are harming the developement of Lagos

Once the Ibos leaves, Lagos will go down. Don't think it can't happen.

slowice:


Even portharcourt never recovered from militancy issue and if you were in pH pre militancy era, you will that portharcourt will never recover again..... Not with our current style of politics

Timetravel88:
Something more you should add. Warri as a city has a culture and lifestyle that encourages immorality and social malfeasance. This led to the decline of necessary values needed to forge a peaceful coexistence between the private sector and host communities.
"Warri no dey carry last" is one of those nefarious expressions that propelled the social decay. The layman interpretation meaning "do what you must to succeed at any cost". Imagine millions of youths indoctrinated with that mind set, it puts living responsibly with honor and dignity in the back seat.
When a wound on the body is left untreated it festers.

Kukutenla:

You guys should take it easy with this lies and sycophantic trash. It's becoming boring.
Dangote refinery is located in Lekki free trade zone which is private land that belongs to LFTZA owned by the Chinese company. So how does it make sense to say the governor allocated private land to someone else for free!!
Make una dey reason these things before una write am na

GodisFirst:
Lagos is next if the recent errors are not corrected.

Kingcalls:


And Igbos don't own manufacturing companies in lagos ? abi some top financial institutions are not owned by Igbos ... Real estates , hospitality, health care ...the biggest markets in Africa are run by the Igbos, Alaba, ComputerVillage, Ladipo , Trinity, Balogun , ASPANDA, Idumota , Alaba suru ... remove igbos and these markets will collapse , and if u do not know that a chunk of revenue comes from these markets , then as I said ur ignorance is dangerous to society

franchasofficia:
They need to print this article and hand over to every Yoruba person to read because if Yorubas don't caution themselves, this will happen to Yoruba's Lagos, all thanks to Tinubu/MC Oluomo's Lagos Agberos and their newfound politics of hatred and tribalism.



They will think they are waking up by attacking Igbos, burning Igbo dominated markets, refusing to rent house to Igbos and those that look like Igbos, and pushing Igbos back to their erosion ravaged southeast according to them, but when the realities will down on them, it will be like a movie.



Many bubbling cities died because of racism (tribalism), hostility to settlers and none indigenes and investments.



If any Nigerian will be honest enough, you can attest to the fact that Igbos make up the majority of the economic and real estate activities happening in Lagos. But to gullible Yoruba youths, it is Dangote refinery, Sugar, etc that matters, Igbos can go to hell with their two-by-two shop businesses because it won't affect Lagos, instead chasing Igbos out of Lagos will make Lagos boom like Tokyo Japan, make una continue...if a Lagos lover like me could resist further buying of lands or properties in Lagos after the 2023 election saga in Lagos, then it means Igbos are waking up and the years ahead maybe interesting if care is not taken.

veron007:
The sad thing is that Lagos is towing the same path. With their omonile and land grabbers currently on rampage. The factory in my area shut down and moved to Ogun State another closed and moved to Akwa Ibom. These 2 companies employ close to 350 people Ajao Estate area.

Armaggedon:
delusion comes before reality. Warri people were obviously convinced they were peaceful and the city would never fall. Lagos is already towing same line.

Omo online on the prowl, deadly clashes between yorubas and Hausa has become very common, violent attacks on people and business over election has increased since 2015. Crazy and chaotic traffic has worsened life.

Ever wondered why foreigners and Nigerians now prefer Abuja airport over Lagos. Dey play.

Mayeldah:
Lagos should learn from this story, The Lagoon Oba and Mc Oluomo are harming the developement of Lagos

Once the Ibos leaves, Lagos will go down. Don't think it can't happen.

Bridget95:
The world is taking note of the systematic undermining of democracy in lagos by the yorubas led by mc oluomo . The US has started slamming visa restrictions and other measures and investors are taking note. So continue with hooliganism

emonis88:

This is how it starts, over confidence.

SLOVFO:


Lagosians una dey hear?

slowice:
Lagos is slowly sluding down that path ably supported by politicians and ethnic bigots.... It may take forever but if they don't retrace their steps that forever may just be around the corner.

They may not be the biggest port city for too long.

Port Harcourt did same with militancy and never recover... Though far better than warri but portharcourt is going down yearly

mrvitalis:

South east is uniquely designed in a way to withstand these situation ....south east would have been badly affected but 99% of the business are native owned ...so economically the I security haven't affected it much

What happened in warri is the effect of too much direct investment from foreigners

Lagos is towing same part

donmik:

The same happened to Kaduna and Kano who used religious and sharia molestation to rum themselves down too.

Lagos gov't should learn this too.

staga:


You single out an ethnic group for continuous xenophobic hate speech, prevention of voting, attacks on their businesses, etc.

The day the Igbos, the ethnic group with the largest pool of capital doing business in Lagos, decide that enough is enough, that will be the end of Lagos as a commercial hub.

It had happened somewhere in the north that I know of, where Igbos were asked to leave by the locals. The traditional ruler of that area, a wise man, called the Igbos and asked them to close their shops for a week so the town could get a feel of life without the commercial activities of the Igbos. It did not take 4 days and the locals realized that they had nowhere to buy goods or get services like electricals, plumbing and basic stuff done.

China controls 50% of global manufacturing. When COVID hit, the global supply chain was hit. Two years later, the world's supply chain has not recovered.

Bridget95:
Can someone get a loud speaker and put it on Oluomo's ears so that he can hear this

Reference:


I hope Lagosians are reading. This is the end product of 'our land' syndrome. Eventually it will be yours....alone. Under democracy other states have advanced in leaps and bounds. And when they attain the threshold of infrastructural development there will be migration.

maasoap:

Lagos is the number one preferred destination of majority of the south west people.
Besides, no taxes that is specifically targeted at outsiders. Every tax affects everyone irrespective of their tribes. So, I don't see Lagos moving in the same direction.

georgeakins:


Ibo should leave if they won't stop constituting nuisance and interfering in local politics.

Their shops add no value to Lagos economy.
There are shops in their region, why is their economy not buoyant?

ZaddyG:
. Though I am not in support of the illl treatment of the Igbos but that ur assumptions was a fallacy the warri indigenous were not industrious that cannot be said of Yoruba most of the foreign company top executive's here in portharcourt are Yorubas I could go on if igbo leave Yoruba will fill the space they are way smarter warris were just grab gra no alternative plans

Smarte724:
I opened office in warri in 2018, the locals with their taxes and levies didn't allow me to continue, imagine more that 5 groups of tout claiming to me in charge of sign post levies, almost everyday one group will come and carry my office properties that I HV not paid for one thing or the other , I closed up and relocate to Benin city, and I HV no regret about it up till now.

Timetravel88:
Something more you should add. Warri as a city has a culture and lifestyle that encourages immorality and social malfeasance. This led to the decline of necessary values needed to forge a peaceful coexistence between the private sector and host communities.
"Warri no dey carry last" is one of those nefarious expressions that propelled the social decay. The layman interpretation meaning "do what you must to succeed at any cost". Imagine millions of youths indoctrinated with that mind set, it puts living responsibly with honor and dignity in the back seat.
When a wound on the body is left untreated it festers.

Naustine:


Apart from the leaders...every warri person needs reorientation...they do not understand what life is all about

AwkaFinest:




I was waiting for a comment like this.
After working in Warri and with mostly Warri brought ups I can say a reorientation is urgently needed.

georgeakins:


No business in sout East, per se
There are only shops located there.
Shops add little or no value to GDP and IGR

Kingcalls:


Lagos is towing that part gradually

OloYeOfEgbE:


DONT TALK ABOUT MY STATE...EDIOTS THAT ARENT'S FROM DELTA STATE..E NO CONCERN YOU OO. WE WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT OUR OWN PRIVATE ISSUES IN OUR STATE ..NON DELTANS,KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOUR SELF


Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.
(that's why we your igbo cousins have the capital so we can protect our state during trying times..)

We have a plan, we don't spill our personals online like other states. We have our own army and not amotekun..You dont want TO PROVOKE our military militants TO CHECKMATE THE NIGERIAN ARMY.

All oil companies that drill in Delta state will relocate their head offices to Ibusa,Warri,Ughelli and Agbor. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR OIL IN LAGOS. JUST WATCH, WE ARE COMING FOR THEM SOON.

Our governor is acting a fool, when we kick all corrupt ediots in the state assembly collecting kickbacks from the oil company,we will pass a bill banning them from drilling here without their head offices here. If Zamfara can keep gold,we sure can keep oil..

It's closer than you think.

If the western nations wanna be stupid, I'm sure china and other countries will jump at the offer.

ndi ala

Ireportlive:
When ExxonMobil wanted to build an headquarters, Bola Ahmed Tinubu quickly made available land in Lekki and as the company treasurer he ensured the building was constructed in Lagos

Ireportlive:
Sometimes it takes strong leadership like that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban of Borgu GCFR to control wayward youths and engage them like they did with MC Oluomo and his goons in Lagos

Acidosis:
It's the way you guys exonerate your government sha. Warri was already a doom the moment your government diverted all her attention and resources to Asaba.

Your government (including the federal government) and past governors are the major culprit here. No individual can ever be bigger than the government. Your government allowed greed to take the centre stage. Those companies must have drawn the attention of your government at some point and got little or zero intervention.

Every human has the propensity to be greedy. Let's stop blaming irrational abstract terms like greed. Who is not greedy in the world? Abuja probably has the most greedy people in Nigeria but the city is still "somehow" sane and safe for businesses. What is greed? Who is greed? Smh.

Cities don't thrive because the inhabitants are not greedy. Cities thrive because they have a functional government. Warri failed because you guys had an Ibori and other radical armed robbers as administrators/governors.

manfronthesky:
Reason why I keep warning Rivers State Ethnic Nationalities
an adage said " if your neighbors bears caught fire, rub water on your own"

Efewestern:


Nah, Lagos isn't towing any similar part. A lot of factors triggered the economic woes we are experiencing today in Warri... Come to think of it, this so called Economic woes is nationwide.

Lots of the companies that left Warri also left Nigeria. The few moved to PH. But even with these woes, Warri is still one of the viable city in Delta state. Uvwie alone generates more income than any other LGA outside the city. The city just need to experience good leadership. Also, the deve levy is too much. We are trying to talk to the boys but more needs to be done.

Aside Omonile I doubt developers face the challenges People Face in Warri. Believe me, people won't try 1/10th of what they do in Lagos in Warri. The city won't contain anyone should someone wake up one morning to say Uvwie/Warri is no man's land. Whatever motive behind that statement won't be justifiable. Everyone here understands limit. The Lagos people are coolheaded and should be commended for their tolerance.

Try and set-up a company in these two cities and see how you get billed be the indigenes.

Ireportlive:


Na problem wey I get with you guys be this..

Tinubu was the Treasurer and CFA of ExxonMobil as at the time of building the Lekki permanent office of ExxonMobil towers.

Mobil rented a building before at Victoria Island before Tinubu as a treasurer got a financing plan for Thier new building in the late 80s

obailala:
It's actually the people of Warri that destroyed Warri with greed, laziness and excessive lust for the wealth of others. No major city in this world was developed only by the indigenes of the city; it's usually outsiders that develop cities. But when the people of Warri felt it was their right to walk into the business premises of everyone who wasnt an indigene to extort money, that was the beginning of the end of Warri. Respectable people who should have denounced the madness at the early stages chose to either be silent or they justified the madness on the useless excuse that "the youths are angry cos they dont have jobs" - now the extortion has since been extended to even the indigenes and companies have fled.

The 'deve' nonsense also happens in other states and cities across Nigeria, but the state governments somehow wades in to control and regulate the excesses of the louts. But has Delta ever had a serious govt? A major reason warri died is because Delta state has been cursed with the worst set of imbeciles as leaders since 1999; and strangely, the people keep supporting the same kind of individuals as leader.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
That is exactly what happens when leaders have beans for brains
Infact beans is even better
Na cement dey their brain!

PrinceMajestic:
Despite all the rubbish wey una dey spill for here warri n rest of Delta central still dey generate more revenue to FG wen Dem take dey feed una miserable poor states. We've fed you all and you have over fed to the extent you can now insult us that feeds you when your poor states that has no oil generates nothing. Shameless scums from poor states

Kunlemajor:
The great kingdom of warriors 😂😂🤣

OVB123:
U get bad mouth ooo. It's very funny.

Kingcalls:


That building is the same na...the building in Victoria island that was built in the 80s... that building has been standing there since IBB was head of state ... its certain u don't stay in lagos ... cos u wud hv been seeing this building b4 Tinubu became senator ... and u wud hv known that its in V.i and not lekki

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

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GEEBITE:
Another lie. What role is CFA please or you meant CFO. He was no where near that role. He was country Treasurer which is more like a desk role. He didnt even have all the perks of executive office.
Another fact is he never worked for ExxonMobil but Mobil OilProducing Nig Ltd. Even when worked there the merger between Exxon and Mobil has not taken place. His salary was paid in Naira which means he is a local staff. Mobil also was not doing the cross posting that Shell do with their local staff to work offshore and earned dollars.
Stop the exaggeration he has already gotten his ambition to become President actualized.

Armaggedon:
delusion comes before reality. Warri people were obviously convinced they were peaceful and the city would never fall. Lagos is already towing same line.

Omo online on the prowl, deadly clashes between yorubas and Hausa has become very common, violent attacks on people and business over election has increased since 2015. Crazy and chaotic traffic has worsened life.

Ever wondered why foreigners and Nigerians now prefer Abuja airport over Lagos. Dey play.

OVB123:
All the flyovers built by River state governor didn't give Portharcourt a facelift?

daddytime:


Nostalgic.

I can't forget them days growing up in Warri while my dad managed one of Mosheshe's subsidiaries.

Airport Road/Ugborikoko was my school base while we lived at Okumagba Avenue.

There was the huge "Delta Palace Hotel" opposite my school (Ugborikoko sec. School) and flanked by the beautifully and well-planned Bendel estate...kaii

I remember how we'd visit my uncle who was the head of the Shell Police in their estate, I would always refuse to go back home with my dad. You'd think you were in heaven...gosh
Warrior was the bomb those days. The last time I visited Warri, I shook my head in tears and disbelief.

Where are all the huge warehouses and companies on Airport Road?

It's sad how they ruined my city and country..so sad.