I took a short drive in Akure, the capital city of Ondo State in South west Nigeria.

Here are pictures and video of the city


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM5_voVjOeQ

Mynd44 Lalasticla Dominique

Beautiful

Two things i am sure about the op amd the pictures up there. One, op has never travelled to any western countries. Two, these pictures look like road that usually leads to the government house in any nigerian state capitals. Mediocre.

izombie:
Two things i am sure about the op amd the pictures up there. One, op has never travelled to any western countries. Two, these pictures look like road that usually leads to the government house in any nigerian state capitals. Mediocre.

don't bother to wail here my in-law. That's not alagbaka, if he show you alagbaka, you will faint.

Akure is not your regular capital city. Very clean and serene.

Remove those benin fraudsters in oja oba over bridge and bedc, Akure is not your mate.

Kapilta:
don't bother to wail here my in-law. That's not alagbaka, if he show you alagbaka, you will faint.

Akure is not your regular capital city. Very clean and serene.

Remove those benin fraudsters in oja oba over bridge and bedc, Akure is not your mate.

like i said, mediocre. There is no nigerian city that is beautiful. With all the open gutters, untarred roads, narrow streets and refuse filled streets you wan use form beautiful. Abegiiii.

izombie:
like i said, mediocre. There is no nigerian city that is beautiful. With all the open gutters, untarred roads, narrow streets and refuse filled streets you wan use form beautiful. Abegiiii.

well sorry, Akure is different from where you come from.

izombie:
Two things i am sure about the op amd the pictures up there. One, op has never travelled to any western countries. Two, these pictures look like road that usually leads to the government house in any nigerian state capitals. Mediocre.

I was actually impressed by Akure when i went there. Definitely not what i imagined. It's similar to what you get in places such as Enugu and Calabar.

Afam4eva:

I was actually impressed by Akure when i went there. Definitely not what i imagined. It's similar to what you get in places such as Enugu and Calabar.

i stand to be corrected. Enugu, calabar were well planned but not beautiful. I have seen and been to clean beautiful cities and i can tell you that no nigerian city is beautiful.

Everybody is always fascinated with Akure when they first go there, however I think that's because of the contrast with other Nigerian cities which are overcrowded.

izombie:
Two things i am sure about the op amd the pictures up there. One, op has never travelled to any western countries. Two, these pictures look like road that usually leads to the government house in any nigerian state capitals. Mediocre.

The contrast with other Nigerian towns and cities is what usually wows most people.

But I think Abuja, parts of Lagos, and some other places especially in the north, have the kind of curb appeal folks are looking for. Perhaps Enugu as well (going by the pictures I see on nl)?

izombie:
like i said, mediocre. There is no nigerian city that is beautiful. With all the open gutters, untarred roads, narrow streets and refuse filled streets you wan use form beautiful. Abegiiii.

There is a deceptively serene atmosphere which draws people in

where is the beautiful??
chkk out Cape Town and see what's beautiful

izombie:
like i said, mediocre. There is no nigerian city that is beautiful. With all the open gutters, untarred roads, narrow streets and refuse filled streets you wan use form beautiful. Abegiiii.

I just wasted my data,, I tut I was gonna see something different .... mtchww

We need to stop showing our beautiful cities and streets to ipob youths, it would only cause an increase in crime and further migration to our lands. See what’s happening to over congested lagos and Ibadan due to their inability to stay in their lands.

A recent write up said the rate of migration into Akure is at extremely high levels, people are moving there very fast. It is not known where most of the migrants are coming from.

I just saw an article which estimated the population of Akure to be 1.8 million by 2015. I don't know if that happened, but perhaps a new city should be created to absorb increasing immigration levels.

wow. Never knew one could judge a place based on an image of a beautified section of a street.

nlPoster:
A recent write up said the rate of migration into Akure is at extremely high levels, people are moving there very fast. It is not known where most of the migrants are coming from.

I just saw an article which estimated the population of Akure to be 1.8 million by 2015. I don't know if that happened, but perhaps a new city should be created to absorb increasing immigration levels.

Impossible.
@OP Akure is indeed nice. Like 40% of the city is livable by Nigerian standards.. Which is quite high.
The city is also growing in all directions.

izombie:
like i said, mediocre. There is no nigerian city that is beautiful. With all the open gutters, untarred roads, narrow streets and refuse filled streets you wan use form beautiful. Abegiiii.

Calabar is very beautiful

coolitempa:
We need to stop showing our beautiful streets to ipob youths, it would only cause an increase in crime and further migration to our lands. See what’s happening to over congested lagos and Ibadan due to their inability to stay in their lands.

You mean people from orlu,okija and Aba should remain in their shithole

OPONG:


You mean people from orlu,okija and Aba should remain in their shithole

Yes, the developers....

coolitempa:


Yes, the developers....

HM..... you are wicked Aba is not suitable for humans
Look at what Abia State governor is doing

Nice one ..

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I grew up in Akure and I can tell you that the city is gradually coming up and with the seaport being planned, it's going to get very crowded in the not too distant future.

I'm disappointed

eternityk:
I'm disappointed

Why?

ogtavia:
I grew up in Akure and I can tell you that the city is gradually coming up and with the seaport being planned, it's going to get very crowded in the not too distant future.

It's already crowded.

The seaport is some distance away, a new city could be opened up closer to it if that's the plan.

nlPoster:


It's already crowded.

The seaport is some distance away, a new city could be opened up closer to it if that's the plan.

There will usually be a ripple effect.

ogtavia:

There will usually be a ripple effect.

Lagos and Ogun state are probably closer.

Lovely, Aketi is doing wonders in Akure.

Afam4eva:

I was actually impressed by Akure when i went there. Definitely not what i imagined. It's similar to what you get in places such as ENUGU and Calabar.

Remove the bolded cause its now in its worst state. Very dirty,bad roads everywhere,no more streetlights,half-baked traffic lights and so on