omonnakoda:
You posted that before When people get old they have difficulty learning new stuff
LAGOS 1900

DO NOT FORGET THAT THE YORUBAS GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST EBOE DICTIONARY

missKiffy:


"Lest I forget, God Almighty locked them up with Gully Erosion"
This my friend is a knock out punch

aresa:
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I won't even dignify this ignorance with an answer..

WIZGUY69:



God! As at 2015, a Nigerian citizen still doesn't knew that Ogun state is the most industrial state in Nigeria. (one of the disadvantage of a faceless forum) you will see a kid arguing with you on a faceless forum. mcheeew. I wish I know you in reality, I would have knock you!

ewu

OkutaNla:
Here's a picture of the Corporative building in the CBD Ibadan. Picture taken in 1959. cc: aresa.

kingzizzy:



And I'm asking, if Ogun state is the most industrial in Nigeria, tell us the industries Ogun is noted for and were they are sited. If you can't answer then shut up

scholes0:


Ibadan, even before Nigerian independence was already a Metropolis.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2985263_fullviewofoldquarteribadan1959_jpegc37998a94aa9550a6ac79ec142f88659

scholes0:
South West is basically a Mini Nigeria. (In a good way)
It has Everything nigeria has to offer, and is the gateway to the country.

Dbboy:


And yet you are such a coward to let them go.
What an irony. Wont it be better if you eat what your region produce alone, we Igbos don't want to be alone so let us be Mr biggest economic output inthe region yet you are scared of being on your own.

fratermathy:

See boldened Mr. Syntactic Juggler and I KNOW IT ALL; Mr. I CAN SPELL EXCELLENTLY and can SPOT OTHERS MECHANICAL ERRORS. So you dont even have mechanical accuracy and you are the one spotting those of others. This means you usually reread your posts at least 80 times before commenting or maybe your younger brother is your editor . Chai. Anyway unlike you, I am not concerned with your ERRORS! I know they are a product of a gap in your hypocritical brain power. You even brought tribalism to this thread by bringing in the SE. You were there on another thread defending them. Oh hypocrite! Please pick a struggle and maintain it!!! I believe your ethnocentrically warped mind isnt completely destroyed yet.

Goto google.com.ng, query these words "How can I masturbate myself to death?", follow the instructions and proceed!

pazienza:
https://www.nairaland.com/2516282/before-forget#down

Well, above is Yoruba contribution to Nigeria.

Their elites looted and shared the Nigerian commonwealth amongst themselves right after the war.

Most Yoruba old money wealth are rooted right on that singular historic event.

ChimaAdeoye:



[size=18pt]yoruba offers Deceit and Fraud[/size]

ezeagu:


An expensive joke with the largest markets in Africa which is soon to be larger, and the economy that birthed industrial Nigeria. An joke that will continue growing until you all have nothing left to say.

Nigeria
Sukur Cultural Landscape
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

Onijagidijagan:

Na madness u go run mad at d end. u said sea port down south but not down south east? see ur life.

South west brought civilization and education into this country. what is Anambra's achievement in education? what is d entire South East's achievement in terms of education?Anambra was judge only on O-level result performances alone? of which dat possition was once held by Ekiti, Ondo e.t.c before taken by Anambra.
Remember, South East has d highest examination malpractices in Nigeria. which simply means they do not worth being ranked

Also, if it is for Anambra today it cud be Nassarawa tomorrow.(not fixed).

Come to south west, most ibos in our Secondary schools, colleges, universities r often dull educationally compare to the natives in terms of academical achievements unless d igbo boy/girl grew up and got his/her solid foundation frm d SW.

South W has achieved way far better than any state in this country when it comes to education and we are still ahead.
Best ranked Federal university,
Best State Universities,
Best Private Universities
e.t.c

Lagooners we know you people know all this otherwise u wont flood d west and be cockroaches on our lands.

ezeagu:


Oh. Was that before or after the nsibidi writing system and John Crows dictionary and a plethora of other indigenous writing systems and dictionaries?

https://archive.org/details/memoirsoflatecap00crow

"pre-1500s == A form of writing called nsibidi, using formalized pictograms, existed among the Igbo and neighboring groups. It died out, probably because it was popular among secret societies whose members did not want to discuss it publicly. In 1904, T. D. Maxwell, Acting District Commissioner in Calabar, was the first European to learn about the existence of nsibidi. Apart from nsibidi writing, the Igbo acculturated themselves effectively by informal methods (Oraka pp. 13,17). "

"1841 == Another Norris expedition on the Niger. He took two missionary linguists from the staff of the CMS (Church Missionary Society) in Freetown, J. F. Schon and Samuel Ajayi Crowther (the latter a Yoruba-born ex-slave and teacher), along with twelve interpreters, including Igbo who came from emancipated slave families settled in Freetown. John Christopher Taylor and Simon Jonas were among these. No permanent mission was founded. Schon was interested in Igbo and Hausa. At a stopover in Aboh, he tried to communicate in Igbo but was disappointed that people did not understand him. He then abandoned Igbo study for some twenty years (Oraka p. 23)."

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/igbohistory.html

Your tried though.

What does a railway have to do with the discussion about the first partly modernised industry?

mightyhaze:
point of correction son,..! Igbos don't survive only on trade! Its jst dat for d fact dat dia population is humongous,dey seem 2 dominate trade in most parts,more ova,for an igbo man 2 beg at junctions,dey rada find one trade/crafts or d oda to engage in,includin d v physically challenged ones. Do u know dat igbos dominate convincingly in education in nigeria? And by extension in d whole technocrat pool of d country? Well,let's not move in2 entertainment,transport n so on. I tink it has 2 do wit a healthy n competive population.even Nairaland a yoruba owned site,igbo members more dan double yorubas in terms of numba, fact!

zuchyblink:
Anambra alone has produced more intellectuals more than the entire SW

zuchyblink:
Anambra alone has produced more intellectuals more than the entire SW

scholes0:


Ibadan, even before Nigerian independence was already a Metropolis.
the picture below is proof.

zuchyblink:
Anambra alone has produced more intellectuals more than the entire SW

OkutaNla:


Typical delusion of grandeur. Newsflash: The only thing you all dominate at is the art of noisemaking, especially here on NL. . In spite of your delusion, SW internet penetration is far ahead of the SE's (http://thenet.ng/2014/03/lagos-ibadan-and-kano-among-most-active-african-cities-on-twitter/), so much so that Smile 4G network, a South Africa owned and Igbo-managed internet ISP chose to launch its operations in in West-Africa/Nigeria at Ibadan instead of Enugu or Onitsha -- https://www.nairaland.com/1288759/smile-launches-ibadan-new-4g (I wonder why? ). While we are busy building viable industries, educational institutions of repute, and increasing our economies of scale (in short making our region ever more competitive and robust relative to other places in Africa), you all are still migrating en-masses out of your region and would rather stick to trading in fake imports -- imagine if the govt choses to place an embargo on your imports (both land and sea) I wonder what will become of you all, considering that you all are landlocked and depend on other regional borders even in the extreme case of smuggling your goods into the country. Your seeming 'domination' the transport sector was born out of necessity as a result of your people's migrant/nomadic nature since you all migrate out of your region than any other group in the country and therefore have to transport your migrants to and from your region at all times -- which is a further testmament to the fact that there simply aren't enough opportunities in Igboland to accomodate y'all, hence the need to depend on other regions for economic survival. Na only for una mind una dey 'dominate' anything. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/rivers-state-others-have-overtaken-s-east-in-commerce-industry/

kingzizzy:



Of course you can't answer. If Ogun was what you said it is, all roads would lead to Ogun. Face it man, outside Lagos, Yoruba land has no economic power.

ezeagu:


1. No, but that's not an excuse.

2. Other regions were busy having the largest markets in Africa, being the best at agriculture, or simply filing the upper ranks of the military and civil service.

There is no excuse why another Cocoa house wasn't built, apart from the missing presence of the British. I'm not saying you can't do it on your own, I'm saying that that was the situation.