₦airaland Forum

aribisala0: Do you have evidence Mobil Pays tax in Lagos state or are you just guessing? Better stop talking rubbish and find out about the rules of corporation tax in Nigeria. No one is debating the okada issue in Lagos as a decision has already been made to phase it out and embittered rabble know what to do with their rantings.
Lagos state is not that developed yet if we still have okada . so there is nothing to hold on to. No one is saying non Yorubas are not welcome in Lagos they always have been and always will be BUT it will not change from Yorubaland and visitors must remember that.

I have been to other regions in NIgeria and they are all undeveloped but I don't think the West is doing badly compared to anyone certainly not compared to the SE,SS or NE and NW those 4 regions are VERY undeveloped so let us not kid ourselves.
Ogun State is next to Lagos in manufacturing in Nigeria FACT

Please mention ONE product manufactured in YOUR region that is consumed daily in Nigeria

Would you rather locate your business in a cost effective environment for shipping and logistic of imported or exported materials or an area distance from all that are required to run a successful business ? Afrik pharmaceutical Plc manufactures drugs and intravenous solution (drips)that are used in hospitals all over Nigeria and this company is located in the east. Emzor pharmaceutical is owned by an easterner but its located in Lagos because of easy access to raw materials to produce paracetamol . Don't forget that most manufacturing companies located in Lagos area are own by Indians and others and they pay taxes too.

[quote author=odogwu-x]This is part of the hollow yoruba rhetoric on this site and it makes no sense at all. Which igbo man have you ever ever actually met that claimed any part of yoruba land. I know that igbos on this site say it to piss tribalistic yorubas off but but in reality can u convince yourself that its true[/quote]They are holding claim to the only develop state in their entire region. I have been to all states in Yoruba land and was strucked by how impoverished and dark areas that are birth place of notable Yoruba leaders are yet those same leader will disguise and come to nairaland to claim Lagosian. I have not met a none Lagosian in Lagos that does not pay rent . They should tone down their tribal rhetoric because it may end up being Yorubas vs others including boko haram....lol

achi4u: +3,000
I wish they could understand you.

Fashola of Lagos state is wise enough not to allow his tribesmen reduce him to a regional governor. What happened to their tribal political party called AD? Fashola is positioning himself as a presidential material, he has no choice but to embrace others . I will support him for his good work and not because he eats ewedu.

Ufeolorun: I know how annoying it is hearing settlers arguing out history of the land with the natives and we also have seen shocking lack of introspection from a lot of the fluffy chest- beaters on this platform but there are millions of none natives who have embraced all that Lagos has to offer and are happy being part of its ongoing history,we should be careful not to isolate such people,they are Lagosians and worthy of all benefits.
They should be embraced wholeheartedly at least,this is what the same culture preaches.
The problem with a lot of these guys here is: they love Lagos so much but ironically unwilling to admit and embrace all that it stands for. They tend to forget there's no choice,you either embrace it or ship out !
All these stories about oil developing certain places are just stories and story it will remain.

Lagos headquarters most multinational companies and privately own companies in Nigeria, Money generated from those companies alone would feed most states in Nigeria . Mobile drill oil from Akwa Ibom yet pays taxes to Lagos state government ... This is just an example . I don't expect less from Lagos state, all I am saying is that Lagos flourishing is because of Federal government owned business , population and commercial companies that pay taxes. It's laughable to see some Yorubas thinking they are the ones providing revenue for Lagos state. Most of the people beating their chest on here are not even Lagosians or patriotic enough to pay taxes unlike Chuks who owns a shop in idumota that contributes his quota through taxation. Fashola is not an average ignorant Yoruba man that does not know any where other that Lagos . He was a graduate of uniben and he is not myopic and tribal like others.

Desola: That answer wasn't directly applicable to my question and when I ask you a question, you answer me and not refer to my "brother". I am not a Lagosian only by birth but by ascension. My rights are clearly different and superior to yours or the Kano man that was born in Lagos. The problem with you foreigners is that when you come to a conducive environment such as Lagos where your human rights are predominantly preserved as opposed to places where your men are being decapitated or your women de-bowelled, you can't seem to believe your luck and equate your unfettered access to the land being free for all without owners. I wouldn't attempt to lecture you on the definition of property or land rights as I can see that my predecessors have tried to educate you but all their efforts seem to have fallen on your deaf ears.
The house owner does not have to fight the tenant over his property, he would just request him to leave, so that notion of fighting for Lagos is neither here nor there. I wouldn't expect you to be fighting to get rid of fulanis over your erosion ravaged land because I know, that you know that it belongs to you, warts and all. Lagos have now recognised you as the leeches that you are and as you can see, there are calls from different quaters now for the introduction of tougher laws to put injuctions on your malpractices. As an easterner, you probably are not conversant with the use of soft power to get what you want; you are used to opening your mouth brashly and being paid with your heads served to you on platters as the northerners keep showing you. Westerners are not so callous but we would introduce policies that would make you make you know who the real Lagosians are. Your continuous daily trip to the west is alarming and now very glaring and if you think this encroachment will go unfettered, then think again. Remember as I told you earlier, all it requires are policies. Awolowo thought you once before - we can teach you again.

BS....Always laying claim to good things, I was expecting you to say you will soon unleash terror on those Northerners that are occupying Kwara state? Is it because its a hell hole? Yoruba leeches don't fail to amaze me on nairaland. Go put on your clown costume to entertain those kids born out of wedlock around Mushin. I don't take Ewedu seriously, you guys are free loaders and lazy

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]+1000 points. To the point. They are deaf, blind and dumb.[/quote]Awo thought igbos lessons yet the leech could not be a president ? We don't fight Yorubas, we pay Yorubas to do the job for us. If I lie ask Kudirat driver or those Yorubas Obas turned contractors that sold Abiola to Northerners. Your loud mouth won't get you any where, how was the Oluwole subsidy protest? Your people are one lazy clowns that will do anything to try and remain relevant... Opportunist that never complained when Lagos was been built with money generated from resources of the so called foreigners...Empty e-warriors we are waiting to see how your lot will unleash the much talked about terror your unemployed area boys have been talking about since June 12. We own you now, turned your lazy bunch to tenants now you are praying for conflict so you guys can declared our properties abandoned again? Dream on dreamers(Akata)

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]I have never ever heard a Northerner born and raised in Lagos who says he is now a Lagosian. Never! ....and trust me I know and mingle with many of them who when they speak Yoruba or read and write in Yoruba youd think they are native Yorubas. Their fathers were born in Lagos, their fathers fathers had settled in Lagos as far back as 1930s....yet they speak their language, observe their culture and quick to tell you where home is.

So stop speaking for Adamu from Kano....he knows where his home is. Speak for Chuks who just arrived Lagos in 1972 and has abandoned his roots for surrogate custody in Lagos.[/quote]Dude fear won't allow you mingle with non Yorubas. Same chuks that sold bleaching cream to mama Yetunde you are asking to leave Lagos? You sounded like some one that grew up in a house declared abandoned property during the 1966 civil war.... Can you afford to rent a flat in Lagos of your dream? Take those business out of Lagos, it will be naked like Makoko slum

Guys the Yoruba lady Nairaland claimed to be the richest woman in Africa, that received oil block from IBB a northerner, would she give up the wealth she accumulated from oil producing region when every state starts claiming their belongings? I don't think so... Okada riders in Lagos are from every ethnic groups in Nigeria, taking away their livelihood is calling for increased crime rate....Provide alternatives and Lagosian that rely on Okada to get to their remote homes around inner Bariga and Ojodu will be happier that now.

Desola: Are you saying that I lost my right of being an indigenous Lagosian because Nigeria imposed their capital on my ancestral land? That because Lagos was at a time the federal capital, I have now seized being a true Lagosian and can now only go to Ibadan or other western state to claim origin? Are you saying that by the commission of Lagos state as a capital state, my rights can no longer be distinguished from yours, a foreigner to Lagos, albeit a Nigerian? Huh?

Read your brother's hate comment before highlighting
mine. You were born in Lagos state, you have rights as an indigene so as Adamu born in Lagos state but parents are from Kano state. Lagos is flourishing not because of her indigenes but the availability of easy access to foreign countries and goods. You can't get your Lagos back whining on nairaland, be pro active about it and then others will believe and follow you.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Caallm down!!!

First, nairaland does not tolerate bigots....no room for bigotry here and I have been here four years and yet to encounter one instance of bigotry or met a bigot. You can accuse me of loving my people too much and being too patriotic to our native land but I am not a bigot.

Second, I dont practice double standard....everyone here know when Negro speak what to expect.

When oil was found in delta and the British went on to merge delta land to Nigeria, what stopped the deltans from rebelling and forcing the colonialists from sharing their wealth with others? Are you aware that was a choice they had?

I told you that Oba of Lagos stopped FG from taking posession of Lagos. The Deltans could have stopped FG from sharing its wealth with Lagos, why did they not do that? They could have said we want our oil money to go everywhere but Lagos. So shut your filthy trap about oil money developing Lagos.....the owners of the oil are elated that Lagos is enjoying their wealth. When they no longer wish that to happen thry should address it openly and take action in that direction to effect it. We have openly declared a need to bring sanity to Yorubaland and bring all people to order and you see it already happening in Lagos. There is nothing anybody can do to oppose or stop it. If bringing sanity to our land gives you this much distress, pack your yanmiri must go belongings and head back to your chaotic land.[/quote]The only time I do business with a Yoruba person in Lagos is when I buy Agege bread other than that nothing else.....Does University of Lagos belong to Yoruba also? You can keep your lasu and your laspotech. Keep on isolating your leaders through your tribal sentiments when the time comes, northerners will check mate them again...

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Afam,

You are not listening. THE CALL TO RID YORUBALAND OF DISODERLINESS IS ON AND WE ARE MOVING FOOORRRRWARD WITH IT!

Did the yiuths in an Ekiti town chased their Oba out of his palace because he was not Yoruba, or because he defiled the land? Our land must be respected.[/quote]Tales by Moonlight

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Kidnappers, armed robbers, prostitutes, fake and unapproved drugs and merchandise.....these are worse off than area boys.

Area boys have been parts and parcel of Lagos before migrants trooped in after the war. They know their place in society and they dont cross the boundary. If they are a menace to you it must be something foreign in you that upsets them and has them on your trail.[/quote]Dude you are a bigot.. What culture? If you can't compete with them then try else where... I have seen through your double standard... Who is fighting Yoruba in their village? How I wish your people highlighted all these garbage before Lagos state was built with resource from Niger Delta and North. It's okay for your brothers to be hoodlums right? I see how great your I Q measured.... I can't wait to see when such action would be imposed by the invisible group. You can't even afford a land in Lagos yet you are claiming it? Work hard bruv, successful Yorubas won't share same idealogy with the not have. You fought for one Nigeria now you are whining that your northern counterparts are taking away your jobs? Please get use to the program.... Lagos is not Ibadan, which you have all right to hold claims to....self righteous hypocrites .....

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Afam,

You are not listening. THE CALL TO RID YORUBALAND OF DISODERLINESS IS ON AND WE ARE MOVING FOOORRRRWARD WITH IT!

Did the yiuths in an Ekiti town chased their Oba out of his palace because he was not Yoruba, or because he defiled the land? Our land must be respected.[/quote]Start with riding area boys out of the street of Lagos till then I won't take your rant seriously . From observation I believe area boys are polluting Lagos morethan Okada riders...

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Provide alternatives to what?

Can we have an Eze of Lagos? No! Can we have a Sarki of Lagos? No!
Yoruba can occupy half of England if they want, can there ever be an Oba of England? No!
You need to separate political governance from land ownership and you will get a good grip of what this topic is about. Its not about the rights of non-Yorubas on Yorubaland....its about the rights of Yorubas to give orderliness to their land.[/quote]Same Rhetoric white supremacist used when they said they want their country back after Obama won the election. Apart from the international airport, Sea Ports , Multinational companies, private business owned by non indigenes of Lagos what else is special about Lagos state? Please don't allow tribalism becloud your judgement . Yorubas are in Kano state, Abuja and Port Harcourt living very comfortable without been asked to leave and I bet their opinion is way differ from yours. Apart from Jakande that built a housing estate which other Lagosian did same for his people? Marwa is a northerner but never allowed his tribe to becloud his performance when he was building housing projects all over Lagos state. Your priority sir is to fight against dumping of refuse and thuggery before banning those that sees Okada as means of their income.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Lagos was not built by FG. The developments you listed were built by colonial govt. FG retained their maintenance after independence. The retainership if these developments ended when FG vacated Lagos.

The colonial tenure on the land was an outcome of a treaty with Oba of Lagos. So when colonial government ended the treaty naturally was never renewed by FG, which defaulted the land back into Oba's control.

Lagos State was created in 1967 and with it FG did not contest or stopped the Oba and the Lagos municipality from operating a parallel administration on the land. There was an attempt by FG to reclassify Lagos as FCT. Oba Oyekan shut it down. If it had succeeded in that attempt then the FG would have owned Lagos municipality and your claim of its role as a nationally owned city would have been accurate....fortunately for the land owners, it served only as a capital territory and not a Federal posession as would have been the case had FG won. The territorial statute is itself expired upon move to Abuja and the land once again defaulted back to Oba and his chiefs. Fashola serves under the decree of May 1967 that created Lagos State. If that decree is annulled Fashola would have no power....but decree or no decree, constitutiin or no constitution, Nigeria or no Nigeria.....Oba and his Chiefs remain the natural owners of Lagos.[/quote]Who would annul the decree? I need proof on all what you just wrote? Who pays the pension of former employees of Nigeria Rail Way corporation in Lagos? Since you claim Lagos is now in full control of her citizen . Why didn't the Oba change the name of Lagos to a Yoruba name since he owns it? Most infrastructures in Lagos are owned by Federal government and still maintains ownership and oversees the appointment of directors....Sea Port, Air port, Power Holdings etc

I would be in support of those Yorubas claiming ownership to their land if it was Ibadan, the former capital of old western region . Area boys and NURTW are killing themselves in Mushin , are they not considered threat to lives and properties because they are Yorubas? London is considered second home to Yorubas , what if whites wake up tomorrow and says enough is enough for non white migrants taking over their jobs, wouldn't there be riots in London and demonstration at UK embassy in Lagos? I am now for one Nigeria as others and thereby understand it comes with a price tag( free flow of migrants). If you can't provide alternatives, just be quiet .

I would rather have Okada riders that area boys harassing innocent people. Why are you guys not considering Omo-onile ,NURTW and area boys menace to your society? No one called Lagos a Yoruba land when the state was been built with federal resources . The sea ports, Air port and other federal government own properties were built because it was one's the capital of Nigeria. Third main land bridge, Ikorodu road and other majors roads were not built by Yorubas... Most of the people here claiming to be Lagosian are migrants in the UK searching for greener pasture meanwhile they are speaking against those Nigerians that came to a former Capital to search for their own greener pasture. Most billionaires in Yoruba land made their money of oil block from Niger Delta given to them by their Northern friends.... Stop with the hypocrisy , you fought for one Nigeria and now you are complaining ? Eradicate area boys from your land first.

Guitarlife: You'd better listen up and take to correction before your headiness costs you dearly and it's amusing how you get to read tribalism into all issues just how weak can a man get huh ?

when a Chimpazee(you) jumps on computer keyboard several times it will write a whole Shakespeare's novel. I won't blame you but Nigeria's education. You messed yourself up correcting some one.....lol

Guitarlife: C'mon it's 'drugs' not 'drug'. Another spelling error corrected damn!

You seems to be the dumb here, you can't even tell the difference between singular and plural? Are you a graduate of Osun state University?Tribalism has beclouded your judgement

Nigerians and moral values. I guess answering phone calls during meeting was not added to the "we are cultured people" (as they all like to say) creed before now? SMH

SELFWORTH: Nigerian embassies embarrass its own citizens so why should any other country treat us any better. Charity begins at home.

They will ignore this important question you just raised. Nigeria's embassies world wide should be closed , visa issuance should only be determined at the Port of entry.
Only inside Nigeria people think Nigerians are loved.....lol

Citizens of other African countries receive special treatment when they apply for visa to come to the US because they hold what Nigerians are lacking, patriotism, truthfulness and respect for law. Those Nigerians complaining have not left that shithole so I would advise any exposed mind not to go back and forth with them. US embassy are nice enough to be direct with their answers, visit Nigeria's embassy in New York and else where around the world first before complaining about how your citizens are reduced to nothing. Don't you think if your politicians invest their stolen wealth in your country other African countries like Ghana and South Africa won't be brave enough to mock your entire population? Charity begins at home, fix your country and you will gain respect from other countries . Benin republic will soon start the deportation of Nigerians if care is not taken.

Yorubas are in the US military I think it's childish to say only igbos and Hausas are fit to join the US military. Mind you, Hausa is a language spoken in most west African countries, they don't have to be from northern Nigeria. I am Igbo and I can attest to this that Yorubas and Edos are in the US military. Most Nigerians joined the military out of frustration for not having a job or not having the financial means to maintain themselves or pay for their education when they arrived US through the visa lottery programs held yearly.

demmy: You're a foolish and ignorant backward individual who need to read history ASAP or die because you're of no use.

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What kind of history do they teach in Nigerian schools
nowadays besides mansa musa and his useless trip to mecca

The IQ of most individuals on nairaland and some other low life online nigeria's blog is borderline between rhetard.... Same people will become senators, governors and president....LMAO

demmy: Stupid ignorant Nigerians. And we are supposed to be educated How are these dunces not know that many African-Americans bear African names out of respect for their distant African origin and NOT because they are products of recent brain drain

You are preaching to a blackboard....LMAO It's called low self esteem....Some are dumber than dumb

mobolaji28: Leave the lost souls alone,they r not Nigerians but I'm also telling them when the time comes America will spit them out like left over meal by the time the stardom expires.

Nigeria has more lost souls than USA. Do a research on the amount of death by accident victims in Nigeria and compare that to Ghana before comparing it with that of US and tell us your result. Nigerians born in Nigeria with a very thick accent, seen in foreign countries don't like been identified as Nigerians....LMAO....We are too loud, most African American celebrities troop to Ghana every time yet Ghanians don't put it on their front page newspapers.

NovusHomo: Who keeps bringing these slaves to Nigeria? Danny Glover and some other clown got "cheftaincy" titles in some backwater village. Rick Ross made fun of the slums in Fashola's backyard. Wesley Snipes ran here at the height of his tax problems. (he's actually in jail for some tax crime). And now these tarts. Must Nigeria always ask to be insulted?

You are been racist by calling them slaves. Must you take every headlines on Nairaland serious? Don't be too sensitive over some dumb questions from a secondary school journalist. In advanced countries, journalist do background research on an individual before interviewing them. Their answer to the Naija made journalist was polite and on point. I am glad such question was not thrown on the likes of Jamie Foxx.
Take a chill pill, nigerians deserve what ever insult they get because they are sometimes silly.

Golden Lady: Thank you. We all know black people of all "nationalities" come from Africa. Africa is undeniably the cradle of civilization.
I don't think they're trying to deny their heritage/roots. Most of us here in the States that have been here through many generations don't know exactly what "tribe" we're associated with. Remember many times childeren were separated from their family so the knowledge was not passed on.
Their mom probably just really liked the name Yetunde. Maybe subconsciously there was a connection. Who knows? I myself have an Arabic first and middle name.

Most bloggers on here have not left Nigeria. Nigerians love to rip from where they didn't sow. African Americans identify themselves more with Ghana that Nigeria. Some claimed NAS was Yoruba, and went as far as saying Missy Elliot spoke Yoruba in one of her songs, and now claiming the William sisters as one of theirs. I had a African American girl friend years ago that her mum named Funmi.When I introduced her to my Yoruba friends they started claiming her as one of their own and funny enough one of my close friends
went as far as going behind my back to ask her out on a date, thinking she will fall for him since her name is from his tribe. African Americans bear any name they think of even though they don't know the meaning. Sheniqua is a popular name amongst black people, ask them the meaning and they will tell you they don't know. Build your country, groom your would be talents and stop claiming others. Google is your best friend, you can search some one's background through it and stop been lazy by spreading cheap lies and propaganda....

[quote author=Baba_O]Fake,miserable,covetous set of people[/quote]Yorobbers are the only ethnic group keeping that country together for their own gains(oyl) Boko Haram,North are already flying their Flag, Niger Delta declared their sovereignty already,South East made up their mind 1966, South West is.......? LMAO

all4naija: Yes! I think we are on the same page here. I never knew the country was as bad as that. Wow!!!!

I wish you saw how cause was rained on Rick Ross or the BBC journalist that exposed the sensitive part of Nigerians(filthy).

all4naija: Blaming the government is right but the citizens have to learn something about hygiene and proper way of disposing off waste!

Where in Nigeria hygiene is thought? Why were Ghanians laughing at Nigerians after watching RickRoss's music video? I am not talking about the BBC documentary...Stop with the pretense, the entire country is in shit hole

Abagworo: In Nigeria the only livable cities are parts of Lagos, Abuja, Owerri, Calabar, parts of Port Harcourt and Enugu. There are some mid range in the class of Asaba, Uyo and few other state capitals and the rest of our cities are poo. In the Southwest, Akure is better than the rest that's excluding Lagos. As for the pictures shown of Aba, every Nigerian city has places like that or worse.

Silver Back Gorillas may disagree with you on sighting,"owerri,Asaba,Uyo,Calabar,Enugu" three Igbo states and one Ofenmanu state controlled by a none Owambe party