franchasofficia:
They need to print this article and hand over to every 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.

So even with the seized properties of the civil war, you were still interested in buying lands in other parts of Nigeria? My people sef.

This is an informative and insightful post that all Nigerians should read.

franchasofficia:
It is beyond politics, its like an outburst of a longstanding hatred and bottled anger waiting.

Don't you think sharing those data is dangerous? Bros, I understand your anger, but this sharing of what we have is antithetical to self preservation. Besides, the person you quoted is a die-hard Yoruba Muslim based in Osun. Talking to him is like talking to a wall.

Ireportlive:





James Ibori vs Bola Ahmed Tinubu

When Econet came to Nigeria, they met with the political class to help them facilitate their operation lisence and Set-up

They met James Ibori who insisted on collecting millions of dollars as bribe

They met Bola Ahmed Tinubu who invested Lagos revenue in their company helping them setup and making profits in billions for Lagos State

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

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

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When you tell them they'd argue

WhereMyLoud:
Very true bro. I miss the good old days. Now agbero has the highest employment in Warri.. its such a shame it had to come to this.

Going to Warri back then was a big battle. You can’t enter the city with any vehicle bearing the logo of a popular company. Anywhere you park Agebros will bombard you like bees asking for Deve. Benin also borrowed some format from this and drove many potential investors away. The Benin by pass saved a lot of people and businesses from Agberos lurking in every part of the city. Robbery is very common along the bypass till this day.

shortgun:

Really?
You couldn't relate the write up also to Lagos on account of what happened in the last election and threats to non natives and their businesses?
The bigotry in you won't let you?

You are the greatest bigot that wants to impose IPOB miscreants on the Lagosians as Governor ( Chinedu Gbadebo Rhodes) under disguise - for a man who could not speak his father language,who could not greet an Oba,nor remove his cap in Oba's Palace as a respect,who was seen in his Twitter Accounts carrying IPOB Flag, yet Obi is aware of all these and feign ignorance?
Lagosians will not allowed destruction of her City as being advocated during Lekki End SARS-because,Lekki is not Abuja- where Political decisions are made!
If you are still pained because of elections,just move on,Nigeria has since moved past the elections periods! Another four years will be counting in weeks to come!
O P have stated the obvious of War in any Society,so is left for those who want to learn from history,as history will always repeate itself!

Pascal9:
how can you know when you don't travel to other people region, but rather believe in heresy

I've actually been to Onitsha but not Nnewi

duro4chang:
It appears you do not understand anything.

Ok, make me 😳

The next state to be very careful is Anambra state n many Eastern cities. U can't allowed IPOB to be dictating freely without a future consequences.

Jestin:
Warri fall break leg . Ibori and his cohorts wreck that city

Is it not the same Ibori that was given Presidential well come home from London?

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.

Aswear down...I keep saying, if it's possible to move all warri indigens to another city for a year and bring them back, things will change for good

Igboslayer:
Going to Warri back then was a big battle. You can’t enter the city with any vehicle bearing the logo of a popular company. Anywhere you park Agebros will bombard you like bees asking for Deve. Benin also borrowed some format from this and drove many potential investors away. The Benin by pass saved a lot of people and businesses from Agberos lurking in every part of the city. Robbery is very common along the bypass till this day.

No, it has reduced drastically.

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


Now focus on as company treasurer

Tinubu was ExxonMobil treasurer in the 80s

Why do you guys take pleasure in swimming in lies after lies in the guise to defend Tinubu with his many shady personae? Tinudu never worked for Exxonmobil let alone being a treasurer there, Tinubu only worked for company called Mobil Oil which is a small company compared to Exxonmobil which is a multination company.

I used to believe all these stories that communal crisis brought Warri down......but for me that is not totally correct.

The major problems are as follows;

1. Lack of government focused attention to support and encourage industrial development. For a major oil producing state there is no single industrial complex like those you have in Port Harcourt, Kano or Lagos. That means Govt has not set aside, developed and marketed any industrial area of any kind for so many years.

2. Most major development occur in state capitals because it is the center of govt and the state governor is on hand to supervise, monitor and advance the progress of the capital at least and give it some profile. They will host national and international visitors e.g foreign heads of state, governors meetings etc. All of these attract development to the area not just of facilities but of minds and brings in exposure. All of these are absent in Warri area in spite of its prominence in Nigeria.

3. The government focused too much on the security side of things hence indirectly connoted the state as being very unsafe. Many people on their first trip meeting permanent sandbagged checkpoint especially at the airport gave them a very bad impression of the city even without witnessing any crime.

4. The unending construction of the entrance to town and total poor outlook of that entire area gives a very bad image of the town and a big discouragement to any would be investors.

5. Since 1999 the state govt has not lobbied or tried to create a lobby to attract any major federal investment to the state.

So while ethnic crisis or youth restiveness is an issue it is not a cause but the result of years of neglect and lack of development.

Igboslayer:
Going to Warri back then was a big battle. You can’t enter the city with any vehicle bearing the logo of a popular company. Anywhere you park Agebros will bombard you like bees asking for Deve. Benin also borrowed some format from this and drove many potential investors away. The Benin by pass saved a lot of people and businesses from Agberos lurking in every part of the city. Robbery is very common along the bypass till this day.

These things are more elsewhere but companies dont leave...more of it is propaganda!!

A lots of idiots on this thread, especially from a particular section of the country. All Lagos asked was to keep out of its local politics. Do your business, and live a peaceful life...but when it comes to power, leave that to the owners of the state.

Chinese cities attract all kinds of investment from the West and different parts of the world, but never will foreigners pokenose in their affairs. If Jack Ma can disappear for days because of saying just few things against the government, despite being an indigene, na foreigner own go hard?

And that hasn't caused Beijing, Shanghai, etc., to become ghost cities like some people here are wishing Lagos. What happened in Lagos is simple—do what you came here to do—business.

And it's not only you in Lagos that knows how to do business. If you leave, others will take your place. Lagos has been bubbling right from precolonial, colonial, and now post-colonial days. You now coming and leaving is just a story in a chapter, ready to be filled by another.

I'm still waiting for when Dubai will be like "Warri" despite the Emiratis banning Nigerians with all our money, contribution, and how we "developed" Dubai real estates...

Idiots.

Rikze:
This is very very correct 💯

Though I wasn't in Warri at the time all this happened. But I can see the shadows of the Glorious past.


Whenever I drive through DSC and its township I can't help but imagine what life was like then.

Or is it the Enerhe axis, Macdermoth, refinery, old airport and Osubi.

When you hear locals discuss what Warri was like, you'll know it was a city with great potentials killed by "deve".


PH almost towed same line with their "marching ground", "bush entry" and other crazy taxation by the indigenes. The saviour is that no war erupted, but it affected some companies to the point that govt at some point had to intervene.


Modified:

We must learn a lesson in Asari Dokubo's voice.


Keke riding is the major business in waff-town today, for graduates and undergraduates alike. So sad 😭😢😢

No be deve....na lack of govt development jare.....some people no want the place to progress!!

BeardedmeatR:
Ok, make me 😳

If you don't make yourself nobody can make you. If you don't change yourself nobody can change you. I am not denreledave. Understand? Kaji ko? Se o tigbo?

madridguy:
Yoruba and Hausa have been fighting since donkey years so don't bring that. Nobody is attacking anyone business so stop dreaming. Lagos is waxing stronger day by day.

ok sir.

Kingcalls:


Burning markets that tge igbos trade , over taxing those that do business , forcing them to not vote their preferred candidate, telling them to leave lagos and gk back to their states ... if every single igbo man decides to dump lagos and go back their their home towns , lagos will collapse, the price of properties will crash massively , Imagine all banks that belongs to the igbos shuts down and relocate , zenith, uba , fidelity, access and some others , companies like seplat ,coscharis , real estates , laundry services, most electronic shops and spare parts for cars and generators , some I.T firms , just imagine how it will affect lagos IGR ... most choice properties are acquired by the Igbos ... do u know how it will affect the real estate business in lagos, Hospitality business, Hospitals owned by the igbos shuts down ... lagos will gradually turn to ibadan .... SE is the only region that other tribes don't invest in but still trives.... imagine if SE had a port like lagos .... other African countries cine to Alaba and trade fair to buy goods for business, lagos is the one benefiting from this ...but still black man mentality, them talk say mk igno man leave Lagos... Americans never told the Italians to leave America in the 20s 30s 40s when they ran the mafia system cos America were making so much money from their trade, it helped America escape the great depression

I marvel at your ignorance. Igbos can't leave Lagos and you know that is the truth.
Talking about Lagos economy collapsing,you don't know much. You think it's by operating 2 by 2 shops ,production is what propels the economy of a state.
California is the largest state economy in the world, production is what drives such economies and not retail trade.
Trading does not add to the GDP of a state. The major activity ibos do in Lagos is trading, they need a market for that, which Lagos readily supplies. Lagos is the cash cow.

northbird:


I marvel at your ignorance. Igbos can't leave Lagos and you know that is the truth.
Talking about Lagos economy collapsing,you don't know much. You think it's by operating 2 by 2 shops ,production is what propels the economy of a state.
California is the largest economy in the world, production is what drives such economies and not retail trade.
Trading does not add to the GDP of a state. The major activity ibos do in Lagos is trading, they need a market for that which Lagos readily supplies. Lagos is the cash cow.

U are the ignorant one here... what I'm seeing shows how very misinformed alot are in this country, reason u people support terrible leaders ... u think lagos economy can't collapse if it becomes no longer conducive for business... u really don't know how big kano economy was back in the 60s...

daddytime:




See where you go mention....

Bad guy

Na for Solo wish generator shop from across the road there I dey siddon order my own. Banga rice, 2 soft kpomo, 1 egg and fish tail.

Mama ejima go come knack us one one bottle for a start. We go dey there reach like 6-7 O'clock on a very good day.

I like Sapele sha but the vibes na "lazy man" vibes for me.

duro4chang:
If you don't make yourself nobody can make you. If you don't change yourself nobody can change you. I am not denreledave. Understand? Kaji ko? Se o tigbo?

Buhahaha😄

renderme:


Dangote bought PH and Kaduna refinery when Obasanjo privatised it. He was abused dt they've sold PH to northerner. Nigerdelta agitations started not much after. He relinquished the deal as yaradua took over.
As a result, when he decided to build a refinery he only considered Ondo and Lagos and avoided the SS. Ondo was demanding money while Lagos begged him to come, and offered incentives.

It's a business decision.

You still don't get it, it still boils down to the settlement things and over entitlement issues we have been talking about. Ondo wanted money from a business conglomerate that will put that given community on the World map forever.
In the long run, the community is at a loss.

Titogbanski:


These things are more elsewhere but companies dont leave...more of it is propaganda!!

Yes you are right, we have them at old tollgate along Lagos Ibadan Expressway...even till now, but not as aggressive and daring as what used to happen in Warri back then. Entering Anambra after the Niger bridge offers the same treatment to companies.

I used to work for Asaba textile mills back then, we used to buy NaoH on emergency needs at times from Onitsha when we run out of supply, it's always a big battle to Navigate those Agberos lurking around the bridge. Today Asaba textile mills no longer operates due to many of these problems and of course financial issues.

Kingcalls:


U are the ignorant one here... what I'm seeing shows how very misinformed alot are in this country, reason u people support terrible leaders ... u think lagos economy can't collapse if it becomes no longer conducive for business... u really don't know how big kano economy was back in the 60s...

I have given you the truth. Trading adds little or nothing to the GDP, so if ibos leave lagos, it's their loss, Lagos won't feel a thing.
All the major manufacturing hubs in Nigeria are domiciled in the southwest. That should tell you something.

northbird:


I have given you the truth. Trading adds little or nothing to the GDP, so if ibos leave lagos, it's their loss, Lagos won't feel a thing.
All the manufacturing hubs in Nigeria are domiciled in the southwest. That should tell you something.

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

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.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

In other words, "righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people".

Krublog:


Bad guy

Na for Solo wish generator shop from across the road there I dey siddon order my own. Banga rice, 2 soft kpomo, 1 egg and fish tail.

Mama ejima go come knack us one one bottle for a start. We go dey there reach like 6-7 O'clock on a very good day.

I like Sapele sha but the vibes na "lazy man" vibes for me.

Aswear...

Warri! It is not impossible for any city to be great again...

twosquare:
A lots of idiots on this thread, especially from a particular section of the country. All Lagos asked was to keep out of its local politics. Do your business, and live a peaceful life...but when it comes to power, leave that to the owners of the state.

Chinese cities attract all kinds of investment from the West and different parts of the world, but never will foreigners pokenose in their affairs. If Jack Ma can disappear for days because of saying just few things against the government, despite being an indigene, na foreigner own go hard?

And that hasn't caused Beijing, Shanghai, etc., to become ghost cities like some people here are wishing Lagos. What happened in Lagos is simple—do what you came here to do—business.

And it's not only you in Lagos that knows how to do business. If you leave, others will take your place. Lagos has been bubbling right from precolonial, colonial, and now post-colonial days. You now coming and leaving is just a story in a chapter, ready to be filled by another.

I'm still waiting for when Dubai will be like "Warri" despite the Emiratis banning Nigerians with all our money, contribution, and how we "developed" Dubai real estates...

Idiots.

Okoro men no dey hear word thereby sowing seed for their own destruction.


Yeye Deveropers.

northbird:


I marvel at your ignorance. Igbos can't leave Lagos and you know that is the truth.
Talking about Lagos economy collapsing,you don't know much. You think it's by operating 2 by 2 shops ,production is what propels the economy of a state.
California is the largest economy in the world, production is what drives such economies and not retail trade.
Trading does not add to the GDP of a state. The major activity ibos do in Lagos is trading, they need a market for that which Lagos readily supplies. Lagos is the cash cow.

Their ignorance is stinking... they thought Commerce start and end with petty trading.


Imagine boasting Lagos will become Ibadan should ibo leaves.... when Anambra and Imo state combined has less IGR than Osun state.


Shameless illitrate Okoro and their Chest-beating.