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Olodo! When was Calabar a capital of Nigeria?
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Gotdamn some of you are legit stupid.
Absolutely nothing upstairs.
I don't know what else can explain your condition

OP is a confirmed dumbass

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In 1970's there was oil boom to the xtent that the then military coupist boasted to the world that Nigeria has so much money that spending was her problem....LAGOS THEN HAPPENED.

Just like Abuja happened and is happening.....likewise sometime in future when things shift again ignorant indigenous youths like the poster will claim Abuja glory for Abuja.

Biodun556:
Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

All the huff n puff, but we're still looking for what you own in Lagos. 🔍

The talk was marvelous. But what did you 🫵🏾
Contribute to this Lagos 🤔 we're still searching 🔍

Lagos this n that but what have you done for Lagos
Must everything be with mouth 🙄🥱

Rubbish n small boys

The guy who created this must be a Yoruba man, you need to be educated to have a good critical thinking skills in order to discern why things happen I'm the society.

N/B Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria and has never been one.

Calabar was the administrative capital of Southern Protectorate from about 1884 to 1906 when the administrative capital of the southern protectorate became Lagos. Also note that Lagos became a colony on 6th August 1886. Lagos was the capital of Southern Protectorate from 1906 to 1914 and became the capital of Nigeria from 1914 to 1991.

Also note that Nigeria had only two capital Lagos and Abuja, Calabar was like a regional capital for the south likewise Lagos pre amalgamation. Calabar was a regional capital for 22 years (1884 to 1906) while Lagos was a regional capital for 8 years (1906 to 1914) and then capital of Nigeria for 77 years (1914 to 1991) totalling 85 years.

It's only a dumb folk who will say Calabar should be like Lagos because it was the administrative capital of the southern protectorate.

Let's ask the writer to tell us what was the benefit of Calabar when it became administrative capital of Southern Protectorate? And then tell us what Lagos benefited for 85 years as sit of power and see why his reasoning is like that of a 2 year child.

Calabar had nothing, southern protectorate of Nigeria as a region wasn't abundant in wealth as at the time Calabar became capital, Calabar became capital not because of its economic importance but because that's was one of the places the colonial masters touched down Calabar 2 years before it even established Lagos as a colony in 1886.

Investment by the federal government of Nigeria in Lagos runs into hundreds of billions of dollars which no state has gotten even 10 % of it. To get the picture of what a capital can do for you, look at Abuja that started as capital in 1991 after the relocation from Lagos it has left all other places behind dude to the number of investment attracted by been the capital of Nigeria the investment is massive. That was what Lagos enjoyed but Calabar never enjoyed it for one day. Calabar was just a regional capital when the country had no accountability for its finances.

Lagos has been developed by the collective wealth of the country to an extent it now drives itself because of its strategic placement in the international shipping lane. Every other state close to Lagos should be able to develop as a result of this. Lagos has limited landmass and the smallest state in Nigeria that is why Ogun has been the biggest beneficiary of Lagos because all industries placed in border towns of Ogun state was just of its strategic closeness to Lagos state.

A lot of you need to get educated before speaking, i have seen some even compared Lagos to Port Harcourt a town that has never tasted been capital of Nigeria for a day. You lot should put your thinking faculty before coming to a public forum.

idahme:
The guy who created this must be a Yoruba man, you need to be educated to have a good critical thinking skills in order to discern why things happen I'm the society.

N/B Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria and has never been one.

Calabar was the administrative capital of Southern Protectorate from about 1884 to 1906 when the administrative capital of the southern protectorate became Lagos. Also note that Lagos became a colony on 6th August 1886. Lagos was the capital of Southern Protectorate from 1906 to 1914 and became the capital of Nigeria from 1914 to 1991.

Also note that Nigeria had only two capital Lagos and Abuja, Calabar was like a regional capital for the south likewise Lagos pre amalgamation. Calabar was a regional capital for 22 years (1884 to 1906) while Lagos was a regional capital for 8 years (1906 to 1914) and then capital of Nigeria for 77 years (1914 to 1991) totalling 85 years.

It's only a dumb folk who will say Calabar should be like Lagos because it was the administrative capital of the southern protectorate.

Let's ask the writer to tell us what was the benefit of Calabar when it became administrative capital of Southern Protectorate? And then tell us what Lagos benefited for 85 years as sit of power and see why his reasoning is like that of a 2 year child.

Calabar had nothing, southern protectorate of Nigeria as a region wasn't abundant in wealth as at the time Calabar became capital, Calabar became capital not because of its economic importance but because that's was one of the places the colonial masters touched down Calabar 2 years before it even established Lagos as a colony in 1886.

You claim to be independent but displaying gross illiteracy..

Did your education forget to tell you that just a little over 10 percent of modern Lagos was the capital of Nigeria?... The rest were under Awolowo western region.

Your education must be wack if you don't know all this..

Dream25:
You claim to be independent but displaying gross illiteracy..

Did your education forget to tell you that just a little over 10 percent of modern Lagos was the capital of Nigeria?... The rest were under Awolowo western region.

Your education must be wack if you don't know all this..

Go school you say no, Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria, it was the administrative capital of Southern Protectorate before relinquishing it to Lagos get that into your small skull.

Your responses are very weak , educated illiterates are just roaming the cyber space looking for whom to bring his top notch critical thinking skills to their level. I don't blame you, you have failed to be educated for free is it when asked for money that's when you will get educated? I leave you to your tent.

MasterJayJay:
Olodo! When was Calabar a capital of Nigeria?

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Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria.


Calabar was the administrative capital of the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria this was because the British came there first before they went to Lagos and then Lagos took over as capital of the southern protectorate before it then became capital of Nigeria in 1914. I don't know these lazy youths that can't research before coming to the public space to say rubbish. Pathetic

I still don't know why most of these idiots cannot just travel outta that Lagos and into the ambient of the world; rather than disturbing everyone almost all the time about a place that's still third world at best in the scheme of cities around the world!

What a stupid question.
When was Calabar capital of Nigeria?
How many years was it capital?

muumu post by duumb supporters of the HARDSHIP LOVING PARTY

Liar!

Calabar was never former capital of Nigeria!

Biodun556:
Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

Lies!

Calabar and Enugu were never former capital of Nigeria.

Lagos was built by the colonial govt and fg govt with Nigerian resources

DevilsEqual:


Lagos was wholly built by the Western Regional Govt. Awolowo is up there as one of the best ever

As for Calabar and Enugu, they are a true reflection of the locals

God bless King Dosunmu and Kosoko. All their actions laid the solid background for what we are seeing about Lagos in 2024

Calabar has never been capital of Nigeria. Just one or two protectorates for few years

gidgiddy:
Guy, Calabar was capital for just a few years. Lagos was capital for 80 years!

Lagos was a colony on it own different from western Nigeria. It was amalgamated to the other protectorates in Southern Nigeria before being joined to the North

Biodun556:
Why did they prefer lagos to Calabar?

Something must have informed the colonial masters that Lagos is the best place to stay

Capital was never moved from Calabar to Lagos because Calabar was never capital of Nigeria.

If you merge Togo, Benin Republic and Ghana together as one country and the new capital is Accra, will you say you moved the capital of the new country from Lome to Accra?

LifestyleTonite:
Do you think the white man was stupid when he moved the capital from Calabar to Lagos? He knew what he was doing.

Lagos had always been blessed right from the day God created the earth. It was blessed in that it was situated on the coast with access to the Atlantic Ocean. All of that made it a thriving city even before the white man came.

The Yoruba people figured the land out on time and laid claim to it. The white man came and saw what they saw, then decided to move his capital to the land. Shebi Calabar also has access to the Atlantic Ocean. Yet the white man dumped Calabar for Lagos. That's the same way your people dump your region for Lagos. It's all because of what the land offers.

Take away Yoruba people and the white man from Lagos and the land will still be prosperous because God blessed it to be so. Luckily, the Yoruba people had foresight and so they claimed it and made it theirs. There's nothing anybody can do about it. Calling it a no man's land for a million times a day won't make it so. Wake up and smell the coffee.

All the kings, Baales, chiefs, culture, towns, tradition, rulers, leaders of the state are Yoruba. If I were your people, I will wake up from my slumber and stop being covetous. It's impossible to steal a land in this day and age of information technology.

As for Lagos being developed by the FG, I won't disregard the fact that the FG played a huge role in what Lagos is today. However, you need to ask yourself what area of Lagos was controlled by the FG in the days of Lagos being the capital.

The FG controlled Lagos Island and VI as FCT. The other parts of Lagos was under the Western region controlled by Awolowo who developed it. The sage developed it with industrial estates, companies, free education, etc. To wake up now and claim that what we know as Lagos today was the FCT is a lie you really need to stop telling yourself.

Lagos is Yorubaland and is in their SW region. The SW doesn't care if Calabar is finer than New York, because we move st our own pace.

I'll advise your people to channel the energy used in dreaming about stealing Lagos towards developing a Lagos in their region. You people need to stop being on this wild goose chase. It makes you all look foolish and ridiculous before other tribes.

I know my words won't sink in because you people are hopelessly covetous. But note that you will never wake up one morning and see that Lagos has become a no man's land.

DMerciful:
Liar!

Calabar was never former capital of Nigeria!

I tried educating him that Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria but the dumb dude doesn't want to help himself by getting himself educated, pathetic.

This is how they spread misinformation to the public.

Ojiofor:
What a stupid question.
When was Calabar capital of Nigeria?
How many years was it capital?

Calabar was never a capital of Nigeria.

idahme:
Calabar was never a capital of Nigeria.

Dont mind the op.

zeuss:
In 1970's there was oil boom to the xtent that the then military coupist boasted to the world that Nigeria has so much money that spending was her problem....LAGOS THEN HAPPENED.

Just like Abuja happened and is happening.....likewise sometime in future when things shift again ignorant indigenous youths like the poster will claim Abuja glory for Abuja.

Don't mind these folks, where was Lagos before it was made capital? Same with Abuja.

2RUTHHURTS:
When the nations capital was moved from Calabar to Lagos after a brief period, was calabar made the nations Economic capital as Lagos was made? Were the multinational companies operating in Niger-delta asked to locate their headquarters in Calabar? Were the banks asked to locate their headquarters in Calabar,

Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria, it was the administrative capital of Southern Protectorate. Leave these dumb folks

SadiqBabaSani:
I thought as your Ignorance was exposed you will give up alas, you are still struggling

Ask him when did swallow come into the politics of the southwest? Lagos has been capital for donkey decades even before awolowo even dreamed of joining politics. These folks are really dumb.

FreedomArmy:
the day you Yoruba's turn ekiti to another Lagos then I will believe you single handedly made Lagos what it is.

Hahahahaha bad boy, this is actually the case

Make them dey argue for Lagos wey colonials develop and same Lagos wey chop all our federal government money

we are in serious trouble in this country with the daft people that have taken over cyber space and everywhere with their illiterace,bigotry,hatred and unpatriotism mixed with myopism....i wonder what the country will be like in like 10years time with the type of people that are everywhere trying to shape the future with their loud mouth...just imagine what the op type and others like him always trying to stoke hate everywhere...god save the future generation with their type...

Skooltynz:
Was Nigeria independent then?

Don’t even answer these online miscreants! People who started having sense after 2010.

Lagos that is a Glorified slum?
Lagos that practices open Drainages
Lagos Drainages are filled with diets
Lagos Air is polluted
Lagos is Noisy
Lagos is bloody when it rains

Cally,is far better in terms of all the above
Lagos is Over hyped

No be mouth ooo,I prefer to stay in Any state in Nigeria other than Lagos

DMerciful:
Lagos was a colony on it own different from western Nigeria. It was amalgamated to the other protectorates in Southern Nigeria before being joined to the North

Only 10% of Lagos was Lagos colony. And that is Lagos island

Biodun556:
Only 10% of Lagos was Lagos colony. And that is Lagos island

This is another Yoruba lie that will never be allowed to fly,you Yorubas want to use lies to change generational history, all of LAGOS was the capital,there was no place out of bounds in LAGOS for the colonial and federal government. It's like saying only aso rock is the capital of Nigeria not Abuja or the whole FCT.

You should quit lying

The whole Lagos,down to Sango,up to ikorodu was Nigerias capital

babasolution:
LAGOS was capital for 77 years,Calabar was capital of southern protectorate for just 6 years.

Like comparing an elderly man to a toddler.haba mana.

Abuja as been capital for 33 years and is doing better than Lagos already

Abuja will never come close to Lagos....


don't even compare.


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care4you:
Abuja will never come close to Lagos....


don't even compare.


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At the rate Abuja is going, lagos no go see im back in 20 years. Mark my words!

care4you:
Abuja will never come close to Lagos....


don't even compare.


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Abuja is getting there and probably already there ,the seaport is the only thing saving LAGOS nothing else

phantomxx:
At the rate Abuja is going, lagos no go see im back in 20 years. Mark my words!

and trust me, in 20years Abuja will no longer be the capital of Nigeria....


shall we bet on that?



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