₦airaland Forum

helinues:
Na why I dey sometimes laugh some of them whenever they claimed their region is the most developed in Nigeria, with what land mass? South East is so tiny

ZombieDredd:
Extinction with oil and gas in south east?

i think say you sabi something sef

lexy2014:
That is not what I asked you.

Am asking If land mass is not an issue, how do you want the 2 southern regions to individually have as many states as the entire north?

Ttalk:
That true na. There i nothing there to deny, the man spoke undiluted truth.

Ibadan is bigger than 4 SE states

I didn't believe those who claimed to have developed Lagos and have bought all the land in Lagos with Lagos is no man's Land slogan can get worked up on this.



Going by economic reasons for a state creation which should be based on viability, SE should even be 1 while Oyo state should be 2. The era of monkey dey work baboon dey shop is fading away and we will soon hit a point where each region will inherit its assets and liabilities

No one will create a state in 2025 based on landmass and population but it's going to be strictly on economic viability, wail profusely as you want, nothing will change that.

yarimo:
No any south east states is bigger than Borgu LGA in Niger state

helinues:
That's a known fact now. The entire south east region is just slightly bigger than Oyo state

jmoore:
Is the law maker an illiterate?

I won't be surprised if his certificate is fake.

bizzle2:
Smart phones with stup!d users . IGR is tax, not development
The SE trends up in GDP, built up area, HDI etc in comparison to every other region.

onuman:
The National Assembly is unduly overpopulated by legislators from the old Northern region. So it's next to impossible to alter the constitution to remove the chapters that hinder the creation of balancing states in the south.
If it's possible to change the chapters of the constitution that make state creation next to impossible in the National Assembly, new states can be created to bridge the gap.
Another method is threat by the south to pull out of Nigeria if the north refuses political restructuring.

helinues:
That's a known fact now. The entire south east region is just slightly bigger than Oyo state

helinues:
That's a known fact now. The entire south east region is just slightly bigger than Oyo state

1Alex:
Ai replies------1. Ibadan the city

When people say “Ibadan,” they usually mean the metropolitan city — the capital of Oyo State.
That urban area covers about 3,000 km² (some sources say up to 3,200 km², including suburbs).

So yes, Ibadan is one of the largest cities in West Africa by land area, even bigger than Lagos city in sheer physical size.

But…

🗺️ 2. The Southeast region

The entire Southeast geopolitical zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States) covers roughly 29,000–32,000 km² combined.

That’s ten times larger than Ibadan’s total land area.

✅ So, to answer directly:

No — Ibadan is not larger than the Southeast region in land area.
It’s just the largest single city in Nigeria (and West Africa) in terms of urban spread, not total landmass compared to regions or states.




There’s no single town in Nigeria that’s physically bigger than the entire Southeast region — that would be impossible. But if we’re talking about local government areas (LGAs), then yes, some LGAs in Nigeria are larger than the entire landmass of the Southeast combined.

Let’s break it down a bit 👇

📍 First, the Southeast landmass

The Southeast geopolitical zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo) has a combined land area of roughly 29,000–32,000 square kilometers — depending on which official data you reference.

📍 Now, compare that to some huge LGAs:

Borgu LGA (Niger State) — about 11,000 km²

Agwara LGA (Niger State) — about 10,000 km²

Mai’adua LGA (Katsina State) — about 8,000 km²

Mariga LGA (Niger State) — about 6,000–7,000 km²

But the real giants are in Borno State:

Bade LGA or Ngala LGA — both are extremely large.

Bama LGA — roughly 8,000–10,000 km².

Askira/Uba, Kukawa, Guzamala, and others cover vast areas that collectively dwarf small states.

However, no single LGA is larger than the entire Southeast.
But here’s the crazy part:
👉 The Niger State alone, with an area of about 76,000 km², is over twice the size of the entire Southeast region.
So one state (not even a region) is much bigger than the Southeast.

In short:

No town in Nigeria is bigger than the Southeast.

No single LGA is bigger either.

But some states, like Niger, Borno, and Taraba, are two to three times larger than the entire Southeast landmass.

MaziObinnaokija:
No drama here.That's BITTER TRUTH.

helinues:
Read and comprehend. You wasted your time asking AI inconsequential question

Putinofrussia:
All SE oil no reach even Lagos State oil make we never talk of Ondo oil.
Moreover oil is basically for our international currency,the main thing that make SE breath and exist is the FAAC majorly from other than oil.
No SW,Igboland SE is dead.

Ttalk:
That true na. There si nothing there to deny, the man spoke undiluted truth.

Ibadan is bigger than 4 SE states in growth and infrastucture

I didn't believe those who claimed to have developed Lagos and have bought all the land in Lagos with Lagos is no man's Land slogan can get worked up on this.



Going by economic reasons for a state creation which should be based on viability, SE should even be 1 while Oyo state should be 2. The era of monkey dey work baboon dey shop is fading away and we will soon hit a point where each region will inherit its assets and liabilities

No one will create a state in 2025 based on landmass and population but it's going to be strictly on economic viability, wail profusely as you want, nothing will change that.

The hypocrisy of SE is being exposed here, when you talk about the strength of the North they would say it is only landmass with disproportionate viability, now we ask you to throw your nonsense population away.


Nigeria has been sustaining SE with FAAC, abolish FAAC today and see the entire region crumbled

stanluiz:
Niger state is also bigger than 6 SW states put together.

stanluiz:
Go to school, you say no.

Nigeria is much bigger than Singapore and Israel. Is Nigeria more developed than Singapore and Israel ?

helinues:
Na why I dey sometimes laugh some of them whenever they claimed their region is the most developed in Nigeria, with what land mass? South East is so tiny

helinues:
Na why I dey sometimes laugh some of them whenever they claimed their region is the most developed in Nigeria, with what land mass? South East is so tiny

helinues:
Na why I dey sometimes laugh some of them whenever they claimed their region is the most developed in Nigeria, with what land mass? South East is so tiny

helinues:
We know all those facts. This discussion is about Nigeria or why are you struggling to comprehend little things Emeritus

helinues:
And Enugu state has been suffering from water crises for decades.

Make una dey get una facts right

Putinofrussia:
All SE oil no reach even Lagos State oil make we never talk of Ondo oil.
Moreover oil is basically for our international currency,the main thing that make SE breath and exist is the FAAC majorly from other than oil.
No SW,Igboland SE is dead.

raumdeuter:
The size of Ibadan metro area is about 6000sqkm

Ibadan is not close to SE in size

What is right is that the entire Oyo state is almost as big as the SE

The Rep is ignorant or just suffering from illiteracy