Armaggedon:
The Best capital cities are(in this order)
Owerri
Enugu
Port Harcourt (soots brought it down)
Ikeja
Uyo
Abakaliki (Still underperforming in real estate)
Calabar
Awka
Jos
Asaba
Benin (too many old buildings)
The middle ones are
Makurdi
Umuahia
Akure
Yola
Kaduna
Kano(Sharia brought it down)
Abeokuta
Ilorin

The worst are
Ado ekiti
Ibadan
Lokoja
Gombe
Damaturu
Yenegoa
Osogbo
Sokoto
Dutse
Maiduguri
Gusau
Minna
Lafia

It's easy to tell a drunkard a mile off..

You rate Owerri, Jos and Asaba above Kano and Kaduna?

A state capital is not judged based on the number of beer parlours you find littered around.

ruggedtimi:
I did my NYSC in Owerri ..guy how can you say Owerri is the best city in Nigeria. Goddamn it. Owerri no even dey top 3. Soots in pH is old news now.

Na you get time to deh mind that person.. who never commit for inside in state deh list wetin e no know.. owerri my foot.. even added maiduguri to list develop.. if not for insurgency.. maiduguri and owerri Hmn

That Ado-Ekiti own na true

andy244:

Owerri is below Ikeja Portharcourt and few state capitals but from what you wrote im very sure you have not visited owerri before or have anyone to tell you about one of the best ( planned) cities in Nigeria. Owerri has almost all the things you mentioned above and in some cases the best. Try to visit or ask questions.

I have been there several times.

Olril18:

Haa bro 😊😊
Honestly I’m not being biased,right now Ado is no where near Osogbo o.
Depends on where you went to or passed in Osogbo as well.
But in sw,Osogbo is honestly one of the better capital cities.
Let me give you an example,you hardly see an Osogbo indigene going to stay in Ado-ekiti,except,the person is either a farmer or maybe through marriage.
There are countless indigenous Ekiti people in Osogbo,either traders,artisans or even civil servants.
Ado-ekiti has nothing to offer an average Osogbo indigene,who did rather go to Lagos,or at most ogun state.most especially the Ota axis.
Osogbo is not any where the best,but it’s a very decent place.

I am not doubting you, like I said my visit to Both towns was very brief. Osogbo was about 10 yrs ago, Ado was more recent. It wouldn’t surprise me if Osogbo was better as you say, I know CBN, Osogbo steel plant, NMT and there is a significant electricity plant there. To be fair now that I think about it, I remember there was traffic in Osogbo and hardly any in Ado.

Jalingo is so backward people forget it exist.

poweredcom:

Anthony is not ikeja am not sure matbr under somolu, ojodu is not , ogba , magodo Gra omole are not under ikeja LG o

Hve you lived in Ikeja before? Are you an indigene? Have you interacted with the indigenes or do you have a property there?

Despite not being part of Ikeja lg, it does negate the fact they are Ikeja.

GeneralDae:

Kano, Kaduna, Uyo, Jos, ranks ahead of Ibadan.

I don't thing so.

As expected but i didn't see Osun and Ogun State on the list..
Someone should say otherwise pls...

Pascal9:
there are nigerians in niger republic, bene republic, liberia etc, does it make those places better than Nigeria. Igbo xenophobia, i will go back when Biafra come, as long as you people keep looting oil and gas wealth of ss and se i will not go anywhere bigot

Only SS have oil and that's the reason they are always dragged into Biafra by fire by force.

NwekereNdokl:
Where is the ease of movement in this slum called Owerri


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVrxjd-1oQ

mumu if someone snap agege and video it , you will think the whole Lagos is a village, world bank is an outskirts of owerri, show us ikenegbu, aladimma, works, owerri maincity centre, wetheral, then leave the old city and show us new Owerri that can compete with Abuja in terms of planning and exotic buildings.seeing is believing

Workch:
So what are you saying?
My point is Ibadan is more industrialized than Enugu and most other cities in Nigeria except port harcourt, Kano and Lagos.

Ikeja is very industrialized.

Beolly:

Only SS have oil and that's the reason they are always dragged into Biafra by fire by force.

the oil in south East can develop the whole of south East if the thiefing sw and north remove their hands, then add the gas which the S East have in surplus, Dubai will be a child play, you people are dragging us back joo!

Workch:
No state capital in Nigeria is developed, they are all pieces of shit including ikeja and Port harcourt by global standard but the worst I have visited are as follows:

1. Lokoja (this one na dead place)
2. Lafia (na only two dualized road dey for here)
3. Ado Ekiti (mtcheew)
4 Umuahia (the government here is sleeping)
5. Yenegoa (this place na total disgrace).
6. Awka ( it's an expressway capital with 3 flyovers and 2 dualized roads)


The best I have visited by Nigerian standard are:
1. Port harcourt
2. Enugu
3. Ibadan
4. Owerri
5. Ilorin
6. Ikeja

Ps: I have not visited Kaduna and Kano state.

My brother remove Enugu from the list, though the city fine but there are no good road networks

EgwunsoDOTcom:

Useless bastard.. So all those slums in the South-Waste are developed, such a big fool you are.
This is why yoruba people are very cornish in life, after mentioning other regions, then you hide ur own slummy states to your stupid self, dey play.
Have it in mind that south-waste is gone without lagos, all those ekiti, ondo, kwara (God forbid) and the rest of them. I wonder if human beings are living there or pigs

These are the places that you,your ancestors and your generations have always ran to for succour and freedom from poverty pervaded Igboland o.
11 million Igbos have fled to Yorubaland due to poverty in Igboland....Dave Umahi.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5cTJ__o_A



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32VZT99kUQE


KOLAPO ISHOLA.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNRSDE-im3s



OLUYOLE.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0mpaAoK1Do

Olivia Ilozue talk on few properties in Ibadan


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3VN1ZbJZw


Westlink Iconic Villa Ibadan




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwGG5sAyc3k


One of the commercial hubs in Ibadan....AKALA EXPRESS.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqRvFnQWafM




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqnps1-093M






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftA8UOWBR2M


IBADAN.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5RITI0SIL4





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTLUfQUKXZU

Mokola.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxFmAdbERxc



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWxBzX5eFE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQ3mbLIGbQ

Uyo
Ayayah

Workch:
No state capital in Nigeria is developed, they are all pieces of shit including ikeja and Port harcourt by global standard but the worst I have visited are as follows:

1. Lokoja (this one na dead place)
2. Lafia (na only two dualized road dey for here)
3. Ado Ekiti (mtcheew)
4 Umuahia (the government here is sleeping)
5. Yenegoa (this place na total disgrace).
6. Awka ( it's an expressway capital with 3 flyovers and 2 dualized roads)


The best I have visited by Nigerian standard are:
1. Port harcourt
2. Enugu
3. Ibadan
4. Owerri
5. Ilorin
6. Ikeja

Ps: I have not visited Kaduna and Kano state.

Oga remove Ibadan and illorin from that list
Abi you smoke?
So uve not been to calabar?

forgiveness:


So, 1hr:30mins from Costain to Ikorodu is lesser than 1hr:4mins from Boro to Oyingbo according to your own arithmetic?

I have been to Port Harcourt several times. That was how you claimed Anthony is not in Ikeja before I corrected you. Port Harcourt is not almost the size of Lagos state. Stop lying.

it's the kilometers, are you alright. Traffic in Lagos makes it longer time

OVB123:
Are u saying that Umuahia is better than Awka?

Umuahia is 100 times better than Awka.

Broveens42:



You and your lots don't really know what development is all about. I'll give you reasons why only owerri and abj should be mentioned slightly above Nigeria level.


1. Being developed doesn't mean static condition; development is a continuum where you seek to improve the city according to the master plan ( owerri still maintains that)
2. Organized street/classy buildings (and not selected areas like GRA) ; you can't compare any city in Nija to owerri in that regard.
3. Organized commercial buildings without ugly fences.
4. Wide roads with so many bypasses ( not overrated flyovers that lead to no where)
5. World class landscaping for both residential and commercial areas.
6. Owerri is largely known for it's entertainment industry with world class hotels/lounge/recreation . Yes! It's a viable industry like some other world class cities abroad
7. Functional traffic lights
8. Solar lights
9. Underground drainage (balloon technology)
10.Tarred roads on major streets of old and new Owerri
11. Functional fire service
12. Public schools with world class learning environment...go now and visit schools like government secondary school, Holy ghost college, owerri girls college etc you will understand
13. Proactive public health
14. Organized transport for both civil servants (government bus) and other motorists (Bus imo)
15. Many shopping malls
16. Sam mbakwe airport ( a local airport that's 4th busiest in Nigeria is not a joke)
17. Home to family of expatriates ( a lot of this so called foreigners working in down south have almost formed a colony in Owerri but I won't give out the location here). They feel secured. Whether you like it or not, owerri is a peaceful capital and will always be.
18. The only state capital/zone in Nigeria where none of it's governors had emerged since 1999, but well built.

(Achike~orlu, Ohakim~ okigwe, Rochas~ orlu, Uzodinma~ orlu)

You’re going in cycles. I have been to Owerri and the only good thing about that place is the hotel’s everywhere!
These are the indices that makes a city developed?
There is no developed city in Nigeria apart from Abuja and some part of Lagos.
Do you have all the basic infrastructure that meets all your need in Owerri?
The only industry in Owerri is hotels. Her hospitals are not the best in eastern Nigeria. Same for the schools in Owerri.
Do they follow town planning laws and build according to the building code?
Don’t argue blindly.

forgiveness:


Ikeja is very industrialized.

nope, not very

placeofallure:


This submission is greatly a biased one. Why should Ikeja be 6th ? I know both Ilorin and Enugu like the palm of my hands. They come nowhere near Ikeja.

Ikeja is small

forgiveness:


So it's not as big as the whole Lagos again, na whole of Lagos Mainland. My friend, Epe or Ikorodu alone is times 3 of the whole Port Harcourt even if we add Eleme, Obigbo 100km² and 260km² respectively, they not up to Epe or Ikorodu town. Educate yourself.

I have been to Owerri more than 100 times. Infact, I lived in the east for almost a decade.

it's you that needs education because you have never left southwest in your life. You are depending on Google for something someone actually know. Education is in traveling

Enugu is the most developed igbo state capital.
Ikeja, Ibadan and Abeokuta (state capitals of 3 Yoruba states) are more developed than Enugu (the most developed igbo state capital).

Ikorodu LG (in Lagos) is more developed than Ado Ekiti (a Yoruba state capital) and several other igbo state capitals.

forgiveness:


Port Harcourt is just 390km². How can it be almost the size of Lagos that is 3,577km²?

Epe alone is 3 times bigger than Port Harcourt not to talk of Lagos? Abeg make una dey make findings before talking.

Lie from the pit of hell.

manny4u:
North Central.
Lafia is terrible for a capital city.
Minna is not that good too.
Forget lokoja the aura and atmosphere alone oozes of nonsense.

North west
Gusau the name suggest its gutter.
Sokoto that one is just there.

North East
Except for maiduguri and gombe the rest are rubbish.

South South
Yenagoa is over rated.
Benin too many old buildings.

South East.
Umuahia is rubbish.
Abakaliki is picking up compared to the last time I was there.
Awka could still do better.
Owerri is not that bad.

I have been to all the states in Nigeria so I am talking from experience.

Typical yoruba Muslim man...you ridicule other region and left sw.

You think we don't know how browny Abeokuta looks?? Slummy Ibadan? Abi oshogbo wey get only roads and flyover with zero good housing??

OVB123:
I have been reasoning, having traveled to most state capitals in Nigeria and seening how underdevelop most capital cities are, it is pertinent to state the list of the most underveloped capital cities in Nigeria by geo-political zone:

(1) south east - Umuahia (Abia state).

(2) South south - Yenogoa (Bayelsa state).

(3) South west - Ado ekiti (Ekiti state).

(4) North central - Lokoja (Kogi state).

(5) North east - Damaturu (Yobe state).

(6) North west - Gusau (Zamfara state).

What is your opinion on this rating? Please no insult guys.

Kogi own is for sure!!!! I would have been disappointed if lokoja is not listed.

Mumu watch the video, it showed almost 80% of Owerri. Owerri is a slum and a glorified village. Owerri can only be compared to Aba. Stop deceiving yourself

Pascal9:
mumu if someone snap agege and video it , you will think the whole Lagos is a village, world bank is an outskirts of owerri, show us ikenegbu, aladimma, works, owerri maincity centre, wetheral, then leave the old city and show us new Owerri that can compete with Abuja in terms of planning and exotic buildings.seeing is believing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVrxjd-1oQ