₦airaland Forum

ezeagu:
Your population = soft power thing is not viable.

I never said Nollywood was always positive, neither are any other major film industries. That only reason why you're harping on about it is because it's a major facet of Nigerian culture.

With your analogy of Hollywood, I can give you a timeline of how Hollywood had helped the growth of Hip-Hop worldwide, some of the most iconic Hip Hop artists, like Ice Cube, 2 Pac and even Queen Latifah, were also in films when hip hop was growing past America in the early 1990s, because the music industry and film industry are linked. Taking it way back, people like Elvis Presely and Marilyn Monroe were Hollywood icons who were also major music stars, or at least singers. Back further, many of the Hollywood films and musicals helped promote American music like blues and so on. The film industry promotes a culture and people will then grab onto the countries popular culture, including music, more.

I read the article, it is not an Imo State economic convention, if it were, it wouldn't focus in entrepreneurs. You didn't provide the trade summits of the other state.

Then what are you waiting for? Post them.

macjive01:
Ezeagu, please igbos are not 30% of lagos.
as per last census, REAL raw data organised by APC led government of Tinubu, Igbos Esaterner produced 42% (initially 44%) of the accounted figure.

Economy:

Igbos control an over sized 65% of both trade and formal commerce, (excluding multinational and foreign companies )

Billyonaire:
You are more knowledgeable than Buhari, then why did you chose such an ignorant person that said he can stabilize the price of crude oil as President. When you are better than him ?

superstar1:
I may be more knowledgeable than him, but I do not have its wealth of experience, which cannot be bought.

However, a leader does not have to be more knowledgeable, he just need to surround himself with smart and knowledgeable people that abound in our country and not sycophants that will be singing siddon siddon siddon, No Vacancy in Aso Rock and you are the next best thing after God.

SirShymexx:
Well, China projects soft power with its population - hence you have a China town in almost all major cities on the planet.

SirShymexx:
Nah, you were harping on about Nollywood being naij's non-existence soft power projection, when the industry has done more harm to the image of the country than anything else. The witchcraft thing is annoying. And all the primitiveness that industry projects.

SirShymexx:
Lmao @ the racist Hollywood helping in the growth of hip-hop when even professional black actors are more or less non-existent in the industry, up until recently. It's the other way around - Hollywood tapped into the growth/notoriety of hip-hop, by letting a few hip-hop grace the screen. Hip-hop grew on its own, without Hollywood.

Also, how many blockbuster Hollywood movies featured hip-hop artists?

Apart from 2pac - the two biggest selling rappers are Eminem and Jay Z. How many Hollywood movies have they featured in, if any? Eminem did his own 8-mile about his life, and what? Hollywood exploited hip-hop - just the same way they were all over DMX's d!ck when he was selling millions of records, and as soon as he stopped selling records, he was dropped lol. When was the last time you saw DMX in a movie? Hip-hop never need Hollywood and it will never need it.

SirShymexx:
Again: They made the call at the 2015 South East Business Investment Summit held at the National Theatre in Lagos. The summit was organized by the Imo State Government Liaison Office Lagos.

I don't do chest-beating.

SirShymexx:
Overflogged, and everyone who has been on NL since 2012 knows the truth cos it has been posted gazillion times.

Igbos are non-existent in the manufacturing/production sector in Lagos. The overwhelming majority of those companies are owned by Yorubas and Oodua investment, hence most of you still cry about Awolowo's indigenisation policy.

Billyonaire:
You are on your own with the ideology that a leader does not have to be more knowledgeable. So, in essence, against the change that the ignorant majority asked for , they have been short-changed if your concept is popular within APC technicians.

superstar1:
I may be more knowledgeable than him, but I do not have its wealth of experience, which cannot be bought.

However, a leader does not have to be more knowledgeable, he just need to surround himself with smart and knowledgeable people that abound in our country and not sycophants that will be singing siddon siddon siddon, No Vacancy in Aso Rock and you are the next best thing after God.

superstar1:
You need to read more on leadership.

If a leader is more knowledgeable, fine and it's a plus. It's not a must.

If he is not, he just need to have a vision, a drive and objective, surrounds himself with knowledgeable technocrats, make them believe his vision is achievable, drive the knowledgeable technocrats to achieve it for him. Simple.

OBJ did something like that --- surrounded himself with El Rufai, Ngozi, Mukhtar, Soludo, Moghalu, Dora, Ribadu etc.

TRIBALSTOOGE:
wealth of dictating



19th century brain cell dead general .


Nigeria is on a set back .this Nigeria are what white man refer as sub-Sahara ,a place of darkness .



s s / s e should be free from that profile . chikena.

Billyonaire:
Young man, I do not need to read more on leadership. The reason our country is so chaotic and uncivilized is because of ideologies like yours. Obasanjo that you cited is not just a failed leader, but a failed father, who actually slept with his daughter-in-law. A man who cant control is dick ? Now, countries that field great minds have seen success and prosperity. If Nigeria MUST stop being mocked, then Soludo is supposed to be President while Obasanjo will be his bodyguard, that's how it should be.

Billyonaire:
Young man, I do not need to read more on leadership. The reason our country is so chaotic and uncivilized is because of ideologies like yours. Obasanjo that you cited is not just a failed leader, but a failed father, who actually slept with his daughter-in-law. A man who cant control is dick ? Now, countries that field great minds have seen success and prosperity. If Nigeria MUST stop being mocked, then Soludo is supposed to be President while Obasanjo will be his bodyguard, that's how it should be.

Duru1:
Only a jungle such as Nigeria will be proud to have leaders in the form of Olusegun Obasanjo and Mohammed Buhari. Both men are human frauds.

macjive01:
Ezeagu, please igbos are not 30% of lagos.
as per last census, REAL raw data organised by APC led government of Tinubu, Igbos Esaterner produced 42% (initially 44%) of the accounted figure.

Economy:

Igbos control an over sized 65% of both trade and formal commerce, (excluding multinational and foreign companies )

codedslayer:
You are wrong. Igbos are 80% of Lagos and controls 90% of its economy.

edogirl2:
And did your people forget to tell you how Biafran soldiers invaded old Mid - West uninvited and caused so much atrocities?

People all over Nigeria have their painful stories to tell about the dreadful war.

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
industrious ibos, taking over the economy of Lagos

ezeagu:
Yes, but its not the only driver, or even the main driver of soft power, like South Korean pop culture.

alright, I know it's very easy to find articles about this subject, so. Witchcraft in Nigerian movies is a thing of the 90s, Nigerian films today are mostly cheap dramas and romance films.

The same people who market and groom musicians also have their hands in films. The people who have selected these artists, groomed Hip-Hop's image, and promotes them how they want are white men in board rooms. You're making it as if Jay Z or Eminem were signed and promoted by black corporations, they weren't. The Hip Hop that grew in the streets was already dying by the time the world latched onto Hip Hop, this is why the term "gone Hollywood" exists.

You just listed a bunch of artists that were in films run by Hollywood companies, who do you think advices them to enter these films.

As I expected, there are none.

But then why can't you just quote a post?

superstar1:
Old man, you are very funny.

To you OBJ failed, you are entitled to your opinion. To some he tried -- GSM revolution, Pension Reforms, war against fake drugs, anti corruption crusade, employment, creation of viable middle class, respect of NIGERIA as a country, debt forgiveness, consolidation of banks and insurance firms etc just to name a few.

Who stopped Soludo from contesting? The same Soludo contested in Anambra and you rejected him, Ngige contested you rejected him and now Otti. Or they are not knowledgeable enough for you!

Can you see your hypocrisy. Charity begins at home, we have not seen you practise what you are preaching. You have not match your words with action. Therefore, your proposal is still a fallacy, till proven otherwise.

shizzleStar:
Same egoistic bullsh1t....SMH

The article says sabotage, no where did it say 'beg'. Please the me when igbos have begged Yoruba for anything. Igbo take full responsibilities for its actions Fyi. Btw please name one yoruba state that is not as backward as the stone age minus [b]lagos which the yorubas has very little contribution to its development.[/b]Is it osun, ekiti, oyo, where? please just zip ya mouth.

Igbos hate yoruba and yoruba love igbos right?

SirShymexx:
Sir, I think Lagos needs to focus more on Banking, and perhaps they'll start doing that with Eko Atlantic.

The state can be the financial hub of at least West Africa.

Floating Lagos Stock Exchange also won't be a bad idea.

The Trans–West African Coastal Highway is a transnational highway project to link 12 West African coastal nations, from Mauritania in the north-west of the region to Nigeria in the east, with feeder roads already existing to two landlocked countries, Mali and Burkina Faso.[1]

The eastern end of the highway terminates at Lagos, Nigeria. Some organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consider its western end to be Nouakchott, Mauritania, and others such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa consider it to be Dakar, Senegal, giving rise to these alternative names for the road:


Overall length and condition[edit]
The length of the route is 4,560 kilometres (2,833 mi) of which 83% or 3,777 km (2,347 mi) has been paved according to African Union (AU) documents,[1] or 4,010 km (2,492 mi) with 3,260 km (2,026 mi) paved, according to African Development Bank (ADB) reports (which do not include the Nouakchott-Dakar section of about 570 km (354 mi)).[2] There are about 9 unpaved sections, but some paved sections require reconstruction. All are two-lane highways with the exception of short four-lane highways in the eastern third of the route. The ADB reports published in 2003 say that 32% of the highway is in poor condition, 9% is good and 59% is fair. Reconstruction of the segment in Lagos, Nigeria began in 2010, and when it is complete that section will be ten lanes wide.[3]

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
industrious ibos, taking over the economy of Lagos

Calculia:
Maybe, if your people did not attack the East first(Cross River) they would not have sent your useless Brother(Banjo) to lead a response to Lagos, but instead Banjo(a yoruba manm) decided to stop off at Benin instead.


Na who u dey blame, was the troops not led by your yoruba brother, was he not in charge of command? That was becos the mission was to retake power in the capital city lagos not to harm the natives from his region.


Dont cry more than the bereaved. If it is any consolation Ojukwu executed the bastard.

PPAngel:
This has been their game since the end of the civil war in order to maintain Lagos as the singular port.

They also directed all Oil companies to have their corporate headquarters in Lagos.

edogirl2:
And did your people forget to tell you how Biafran soldiers invaded old Mid - West uninvited and caused so much atrocities?

People all over Nigeria have their painful stories to tell about the dreadful war.

SirShymexx:
Only Nigerians and maybe a few Africans take the movies seriously.

SirShymexx:
Lol. Don't even debate this with me cos I'm an hip-hop head and, I live, breath, eat, and sleep hip-hop.

NWA went platinum before even the first hip-hop was featured on a low budget movie in Hollywood. Hip-hop's popularity came with its notoriety. It started with the "The Message" by grandmaster flash and furious five. Then Public Enemy took it to the next level, and out of America with all their militant/pro-black songs, especially "Fight the Power." And by the time NWA came with "Fvck the police" - hip-hop blew beyond everyone's imagination. The press the genre of music got with the anti-government songs and notoriety is what put hip-hop on the map - not Hollywood. From there, the message went all over the globe, and black diaspora caught the bug. And it hasn't stopped since them.

The "gone hollywood" term came from the exploitation of hip-hop notoriety by major corporations...they tapped into the wealth it was creating, not the other way around. I believe the first rapper to appear in a movie was Ice Cube in "Boys N da hood" (then 2pac in "Juice", and that was a low budget black film by John Singleton (a black director). And Ice Cube was already an hip-hop icon by then with NWA. So, where did Hollywood help come from?

SirShymexx:
I don't do chest-beating. But if you care, there's a reason why Ibadan is listed as the next bi thing in Africa, by both Financial Times and Economists. Go figure.

shizzleStar:
Same egoistic bullsh1t....SMH

The article says sabotage, no where did it say 'beg'. Please the me when igbos have begged Yoruba for anything. Igbo take full responsibilities for its actions Fyi.

Btw please name one yoruba state that is not as backward as the stone age minus lagos which the yorubas has very little contribution to its development. Is it osun, ekiti, oyo, where? please just zip ya mouth.

Igbos hate yoruba and yoruba love igbos right? clap for yourself

That the SE does not have much federal presence does not men it backward. It is even more progressive than the SW region despite its political advantage and presence. Our destiny does not lie in political offices....ask the hausas.

Your seeming greater influence will come to nought if you try to mis-use it. 2015 isn't 1967, the odds are not in your favour this time around. Keep blabbing as to turning to destitute, your delusions will turn out to be your major nightmare.

superstar1:
Very funny.

A yoruba man led the expedition of the only frontier you conquered and all of you always regurgitate "betrayal" like primary school rhyme.

The coward unsecured and lilly livered Ojukwu, that was not in any war front, executed an officer that won the only frontier Biafra ever conquered. Is that not betrayal in itself. How are we sure tribalism was not involved?

Billyonaire:
Your emotional calibration has just "changed" rating. Now you are going ballistic, young man. First off, Nigeria is Home, so Yes, Charity begins at home so Soludo is supposed to President while Obasanjo has experience to be bodyguard as ex-soldier. Who ever made a soldier who served time in prison to become President made a very serious calculated mistake. If it was to appease the Yorubas for the murder of MKO then it was as tragic as the murder of MKO by the same semi-educated class of nincompoops because it is them that put us in this mess.

Pass forward to 21st century, when leadership is not by anointing but my educated decision making, we are still voting based on historical sentiments of a general who once killed drug dealers at firing squad, when wise countries are abrocating death penalty. We are still chanting praises of a semi-khaki nomad who once votoed abrogation of Boko Haram...Listen, the ills are just too much I havent got time to list them. But I know deep down in you, you know that we are back to where we were.

What can a man who calls Osinbajo-Osunbade. Calls APC -All Progressive Confidence and INEC - Independence Nigeria Electoral Commission do ?