paxx:
Lets be honest.

From Google maps. Onitsha metro stretches to Imo state just like Lagos metro streches to Ogun.
Onitsha metro area is larger than Lagos metro area in landmass but Lagos metro has higher population

XerXers:

From Google maps

Onitsha Metro has to include Asaba. I mean it's literally right next to each other. I would say it's from Asaba to Owerri.

Similar to how Lagos metro which is the largest in Nigeria includes Agbara, Ikeja and the island.

paxx:


Onitsha Metro has to include Asaba. I mean it's literally right next to each other. I would say it's from Asaba to Owerri.

Similar to how Lagos metro which is the largest in Nigeria includes Ikeja and the island.

Exactly. But the Onitsha urban is larger in landmass than Lagos. It stretches from Asaba to Awka to Owerri

XerXers:

Exactly. But the Onitsha urban is larger in landmass than Lagos. It stretches from Asaba to Awka to Owerri

please be careful.... or they will get angry that you are saying that Onitsha metro is larger than Lagos metro in landmass. Just leave it alone :/

What I know for sure is Onitsha is the second largest metro in Nigeria, and We need to stop with these inaccurate censuses.

I'm not sure why we hate the truth in this country. Oh wait I remember now

Ttalk:


Stop arguing stupidly, it is a foolish man that would rely on external endorsement and confirmation of what he can verify by himself.

I'm done replying to you too.

After Lagos, then Kano followed by Ibadan. Those are the cities worth mentioning in Nigeria

I dare to say that Onitsha is the Trading hub of Nigeria, not even Lagos..

I'm a business person, selling building materials, 80% of the goods we buy and sell are ordered from Onitsha in the Whole of North East(I can't say of other zones).

5 years before now, I was helping my mom to manage her business, we sell bags. Again 80% of the goods we and others buy are sourced from Onitsha.

Between 2003-2006, I stayed with my uncle in Ado-Ekiti, he sells Machine spare parts and bicycle parts, his two close friends sells building materials, again they sourced 80% of their goods from Onitsha, despite the fact Lagos is not far off.

An average Northern Business Man have been to Onitsha or at least Aba thrice than he has been to Lagos once..

ImmaculateJOE:

I dare to say that Onitsha is the Trading hub of Nigeria, not even Lagos..

I'm a business person, selling building materials, 80% of the goods we buy and sell are ordered from Onitsha in the Whole of North East(I can't say of other zones).

5 years before now, I was helping my mom to manage her business, we sell bags. Again 80% of the goods we and others buy are sourced from Onitsha.

Between 2003-2006, I stayed with my uncle in Ado-Ekiti, he sells Machine spare parts and bicycle parts, his two close friends sells building materials, again they sourced 80% of their goods from Onitsha, despite the fact Lagos is not far off.

An average Northern Business Man have been to Onitsha or at least Aba thrice than he has been to Lagos once..

I was in Minna. The building materials people get goods from Ogidi. Motorcycle spare parts people get goods from Nnewi.
I served in Ekiti, same thing too. Ondo and Ekiti buy from Onitsha more than Lagos

XerXers:

From Google maps. Onitsha metro stretches to Imo state just like Lagos metro streches to Ogun.
Onitsha metro area is larger than Lagos metro area in landmass but Lagos metro has higher population

Agendist.
Both your maps are not even the same level of zoom 😂

XerXers:

I was in Minna. The building materials people get goods from Ogidi. Motorcycle spare parts people get goods from Nnewi.
I served in Ekiti, same thing too. Ondo and Ekiti buy from Onitsha more than Lagos

Exactly..

Many Traders have never been to Lagos.
Onitsha has the largest market in Africa.. but they still wants to argue the position of Onitsha in the metropolitan ranking.

Another determinant factor, is the transportation sector... Virtually every Major town in Nigeria has bus that conveys people to Onitsha every day..

Here, in Yola Adamawa state, there are more than 7 transportation companies that plys Onitsha every single day, some of them still plys PH, Aba, Enugu and Lokpanta.

This is not same for Lagos, maybe 3 of those companies goes to Lagos every day, no more for other SW states .

YourNemesis:


Agendist.
Both your maps are not even the same level of zoom 😂

Oga anyhow you do it
It's still the same thing,
Onitsha metro is bigger than Lagos in landmass
Buh smaller in population
From onitsha to owerri has almost glued together, same goes to awka

Unless you are blind to see it, check your phone goggle map again

XerXers:

You continue to sound like and idiot. You don't know what urban metropolitan area is all about. For your mind it's Ok for Ikorodu to be Lagos but you don't know that same way Nnewi is Onitsha in this context? If Ikeja is Lagos urban metro don't you know that Awka is also part of Onitsha urban metro? If parts of Ogun is counted for Lagos metro don't you know that parts of Delta and Imo also counts for Onitsha?
They ranked urban areas you are talking about cities, Don't you know the difference?
Do you think Lagos is one city? Onitsha city can be compared to Ikoyi not Lagos as a whole which is a combination of many cities
See Google maps for the two metropolitan areas

This is actually a really great point. Why is it that when you are in Lagos, you consider Ikeja, Ikorodu and the island as one city. but for some reason people dont understand that nnewi is also apart of onitsha metro?

I think it's because all of them are in one single state called Lagos. If Anambra was named Onitsha, it would be easier to people to understand.

helinues:
Abeg with what population?

I even thought you are educated
Read what he wrote
This Time around slowly, after then open any satellite map, or maybe Google map
view onistha,
You will realized how the urban areas spreads from onistha and has almost glued owerri, same goes to awka axis!
If ikorodu, Agbara (in ogun state) and ikeja can be counted as Lagos metro
Then Nnewi,awka and co can be counted as onistha metro
The onistha metro itself is bigger than that of Lagos by landmass, buh smaller by population
(Travel and see! Nigerians has built up almost everywhere around that axis from onistha to down to owerri)!

Nigercity:


I even thought you are educated
Read what he wrote
This Time around slowly, after then open any satellite map, or maybe Google map
view onistha,
You will realized how the urban areas spreads from onistha and has almost glued owerri, same goes to awka axis!
If ikorodu, Agbara (in ogun state) and ikeja can be counted as Lagos metro
Then Nnewi,awka and co can be counted as onistha metro
The onistha metro itself is bigger than that of Lagos by landmass, buh smaller by population
(Travel and see! Nigerians has built up almost everywhere around that axis from onistha to down to owerri)!

The thing is according to the definition of a metro, the entire area from Asaba to Aba is one metropolitan area. Probably the densest part of Africa.

YourNemesis:


Agendist.
Both your maps are not even the same level of zoom 😂

Zoom or no zoom, you know the distances within the areas covered

XerXers:

Zoom or no zoom, you know the distances within the areas covered

Does Onitsha have a marketing issue? and if so what can we do. Notice how New York State is named after the city, Enugu is named after its city, and Lagos is named after its city. Should Onitsha and Anambra do a name change?

paxx:


The thing is according to the definition of a metro, the entire area from Asaba to Owerri is one metropolitan area. Probably the densest part of Africa.

That is the Onitsha metro which is entirely different from Onitsha City. It's larger than Lagos axis in landmass. It's being built up rapidly. Few spaces will soon close and it's population will swell above Lagos axis

paxx:


Does Onitsha have a marketing issue? and if so what can we do. Notice how New York State is named after the city, Enugu is named after its city, and Lagos is named after its city. Should Onitsha and Anambra do a name change?

Even ikwerre remote villages have become Port Harcourt but Obosi in the heart of greater Onitsha has refused to become Onitsha but parades as a separate city. This is the origin of yoruba ignorance about Onitsha.

Nigercity:


Oga anyhow you do it
It's still the same thing,
Onitsha metro is bigger than Lagos in landmass
Buh smaller in population
From onitsha to owerri has almost glued together, same goes to awka

Unless you are blind to see it, check your phone goggle map again

Lol, that’s not Onitsha metro.
That is just a shading of all the the areas with high population density.
If you go to Akwa Ibom state and look, it is the same thing. That doesn’t make Uyo one of the top 5 biggest cities in Nigeria, although it is quite large. .

That’s the difference.

paxx:


Explain why all the independent organizations are saying that Onitsha is the second largest city?

This is a lie
One thing you folk do very well
Tell stupid lies
Cities are ranked by population
That is not up for debate so stop the childish stories

YourNemesis:


Lol, that’s not Onitsha metro.
That is just a shading of all the the areas with high population density.
If you go to Akwa Ibom state and look, it is the same thing. That doesn’t make Uyo one of the top 5 biggest cities in Nigeria, although it is quite large. .

That’s the difference.

You contradict yourself, you mixed up cities and urban metro. Of course Uyo is a small city but with large urban metro. Same thing with Nsukka. Both Uyo and Nsukka featured last year

Nigercity:


Oga anyhow you do it
It's still the same thing,
Onitsha metro is bigger than Lagos in landmass
Buh smaller in population
From onitsha to owerri has almost glued together, same goes to awka

Unless you are blind to see it, check your phone goggle map again

What is Onitsha metro?
You overdose yourself on Soph and start making up building
There is nothing like that
Onitsha is same size as Ikeja

ImmaculateJOE:

Exactly..

Many Traders have never been to Lagos.
Onitsha has the largest market in Africa.. but they still wants to argue the position of Onitsha in the metropolitan ranking.

Another determinant factor, is the transportation sector... Virtually every Major town in Nigeria has bus that conveys people to Onitsha every day..

Here, in Yola Adamawa state, there are more than 7 transportation companies that plys Onitsha every single day, some of them still plys PH, Aba, Enugu and Lokpanta.

This is not same for Lagos, maybe 3 of those companies goes to Lagos every day, no more for other SW states .

Largest market how?

That is a dirty lie that has been dismantled on Nairaland and you continue repeating it

Gajagojo:

What is Onitsha metro?
You overdose yourself on Soph and start making up building
There is nothing like that
Onitsha is same size as Ikeja

Are we not saying same thing?

Gajagojo:


Largest market how?

That is a dirty lie that has been dismantled on Nairaland and you continue repeating it

Lagos is not strategically located for a big market. It's advantage is the seaports

XerXers:

Lagos is not strategically located for a big market. It's advantage is the seaports

That is opinion
https://www.nairaland.com/1409955/how-big-onitsha-market
How is Onitsha strategically placed
Before the second Niger bridge was built What were the strategic roads or rail in or out of Onitsha

By what objective evidence do you measure market size?
Land mass?
Sales?
By which one is Onitsha largest?

Gajagojo:


That is opinion
https://www.nairaland.com/1409955/how-big-onitsha-market
How is Onitsha strategically placed
Before the second Niger bridge was built What were the strategic roads or fail in or out of Onitsha

By what objective evidence do you measure market size?
Land mass?
Sales?
By which one is Onitsha largest?

Lagos is at the edge, west of Lagos is Benin republic, south of Lagos is water. Onitsha and Abia pierced the center with huge catchment areas. Same with Kano for the North.
Ariaria is largest by landmass. Main market Onitsha is the largest by volume of trade

XerXers:

Lagos is at the edge, west of Lagos is Benin republic, south of Lagos is water. Onitsha and Abia pierced the center with huge catchment areas. Same with Kano for the North

How big is Onitsha market?

All these stories are unnecessary
Give us some figures/facts not beer parlour talk

Gajagojo:


That is opinion
https://www.nairaland.com/1409955/how-big-onitsha-market
How is Onitsha strategically placed
Before the second Niger bridge was built What were the strategic roads or rail in or out of Onitsha

By what objective evidence do you measure market size?
Land mass?
Sales?
By which one is Onitsha largest?

Before the bridge, the river Niger was the super highway to the North. Hausas and Nupe traded in Onitsha since Portuguese era using the Niger

Gajagojo:

How big is Onitsha market?

All these stories are unnecessary
Give us some figures/facts not beer parlour talk

No be person say make una no de travel. The market is filled with multistorey shops

XerXers:

Before the bridge, the river Niger was the super highway to the North. Hausas and Nupe traded in Onitsha since Portuguese era using the Niger

Why do you people like to live in fantasy
Onitsha is not a manufacturing hub of any significance and yet it is the largest market in the Milky Way?
What is Portuguese era?What the hell is that?
What were they coming to buy in Onitsha during the Portguese era

XerXers:

No be person say make una no de travel. The market is filled with multistorey shops

Can you give us figures and stop beating about the Bush
How is it largest by what measures is it sales or land mass?

paxx:


Onitsha Metro has to include Asaba. I mean it's literally right next to each other. I would say it's from Asaba to Owerri.

Similar to how Lagos metro which is the largest in Nigeria includes Agbara, Ikeja and the island.

you are correct!....................Onitsha downtown to owerri central is about 90km..............that is not the longest commute, in fact in the US that is a modest commute of about 45 minutes! no wonder the largest multiplex cinema in Nigeria is coming up in Nnewi ! According to the promoters of the cinema,they are targeting all the tertiary institutions around nnewi numbering about 10 universities but if you include colleges in asaba,onitsha,awka and owerri you are talking close to 50 universities..........................That axis will experience boom with good governance!

Gajagojo:

Why do you people like to live in fantasy
Onitsha is not a manufacturing hub of any significance and yet it is the largest market in the Milky Way?
What is Portuguese era?What the hell is that?
What were they coming to buy in Onitsha during the Portguese era

believe what you want...in fact onitsha is smaller than jankara even sef sand grouse is even bigger! Satisfied? now go to bed!