₦airaland Forum

Douglaufuoma:
lie Muhammad they not Muslim brotherhood cos they are not true Muslim, according to my Muslim brothers and u. I thought u said terrorist has been defeated from Nigeria and that they can only carry out bombing on soft target. hmmmm, liar Muhammad the blood of Innocent souls of both our gallant soldiers and civilians that have dead and u call soft target will forever torment u

Funnily you are the liar.

Unprofessional from them. They ought to have sent him a text message and an email. If he was in a business meeting should he have left it to answer a call from an unknown number?

Mologi:
Baba China dey lie with pride.....


na u be the judge wey send them to gaol abi....

Because there's no way the case would have been heard and verdict passed hastily like that...

Please! There is a difference between police custody and prison.

Lightening:
Pls educate us further. Which law exactly? Nigerians have been so brutally tamed into morons over the years by these uniformed men. It is a shame that our now timid mentality is making us believe that some maltreatments and abuses we suffer daily are actually lawful. SMH

The Criminal Code Act of Nigeria, Part 3, Chap 12, Section 110:

Any person who- Unlawfully wearing the uniform of forces, etc. L.N. 112 of 1964. 1967 No. 27.

(1) not being a person serving in any of the armed forces of Nigeria, wears the uniform or any part of the uniform of such forces, or any the armed dress having the appearance or bearing any of the regimental or other distinctive marks of such uniforms; or

(2) not being a person holding any office or authority under the Government of Nigeria or of any part thereof, wears any uniform or distinctive badge or mark or carries any token calculated to convey the impression that such person holds any office or authority under the government;

is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for one month, or to a fine of ten naira, unless he proves that he had the permission of the President or of the Governor of a State or wear such uniform or dress, badge or mark or to carry such token:

Provided that this section shall not apply to the wearing of any uniform or dress in the course of a stage play or in any bona fide public entertainment.

gbosaa:
The soldiers were so unprofessional. They were out to intimidate and assault him which they did.
If they suspected him of being up to something, I think they should've invited police to pick him up, check his id details and query where he got the camo from. It was wrong to beat him up. They solved and achieved nothing by doing that.

They should've at least gathered more info about him and possibly his phone if need be. Irrespective of his disability, someone like him can pose serious security threat all because a lot of people would least suspect he is up to something but smashing him in the middle of the road to show off strength is cowardly.

I agree in this instance those boys did not act well at all. That was definitely uncalled for and barbarous.

I am only making a general point about the camouflage issue.

PassingShot:
Read what you wrote up there and see if there is any sense in it.

You said you won't reply me again, then you reported me to the mods, waited till i got banned, then came back online to modify your post. Lol.

What kind of man are you?

adedayourt:
Now let us assume such person who wears the uniform without being a soldier is actually a criminal, does that give the soldier the right to dehumanise such person in public?
Why is their a justice system in place?

I strongly bliv the nig army is power intoxicated against civilian

Its complicated issue. I am not in support of violence by soldiers though so don't get me wrong.

Now what the law says is do not put on camouflage of any kind. So if you get beaten up for wearing camouflage, you will recall that "he who goes to Equity must go with clean hands".

beckNcall:
Bro, you have no reason to hate her. Did she steal your money or your house? Did she do anything to directly influence your psyche?

Ignorance is bad. Typical hillary-clintonist. The war in Libya was Hilary Cllinton's brainchild, and thanks to that war Boko and other terrorist groups have had access to arms, fighters and training. Libya is what connects ISIL with boko.

3-0 will not put you in the white house na...

Richy4:
I don't know why Nigerian cases are different and they attach importance to nothing... a lot of citizens around the world wear camouflage...both fake and original ones...

The issue is that in Nigeria criminals have been using the army uniform to commit crimes and get away with it. That is why you are asked not to put it on, and assumed to be a criminal if and when you do.

Please someone correct me if i am wrong, but in previous administrations of Nigeria, have we ever seen a Nigeria Army that is so responsive to public opinion?

These are the little changes that will accumulate to make Nigeria a sane, modern nation. It is worth the temporary economic hardship.

rosy4u:
Me.. .

Hey you look like Asa... nice

PassingShot:
You're too ignorant for my liking. Dice it as you like Lagos state has the following distinct cities:

Lagos city - consisting of places such as Agege, Mushin, and Ikeja

Lekki - about 1,000,000 est population

Ikorodu - about 535,000

Eko Atlantic - about 250,000

Badagry - about 241,000

Epe - est population of 184,000

Ojo - est population of 508,000


It's not a biggie to make a mistake. It is foolery to want to pretend to know when you don't.

The 20 million figure quoted is an estimated population of the whole of Lagos state comprising of cities mentioned above.

You won't get a reply after this.

You are on a very long thing. Are you quoting me to feel relevant?

Progressive minded and intelligent people have already moved on to the fact that Lagos is actually about 9-10 million, you are still here bandying about an old figure with wrong breakdowns trying to prove a point i am not interested in.

Who is interested in receiving replies from a slowpoke like you?

All of the places you listing are part of Lagos city (Lagos metropolitan area). A point which i made much earlier on.

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napoleon77:
What facts??

these ones:

https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-nigerias-population-figures/

PassingShot:
That's total estimated population of Lagos state. Stop arguing from position of ignorance.

You are wrong but then that is nothing new with you nairalanders who prefer to be heard rather than to share facts.

So, my "well-informed" friend, can you please list any major population center in Lagos state, outside of Lagos city?

Most of you don't even realize that by land mass Lagos is a small state and almost all the population is located within Lagos city as we know it.

napoleon77:
Lol.

The way you argue I can tell that you are very smart so arguing with you will be easy.

I was born and bred in Lagos and stayed there before I moved abroad so I have no reason to be critical of Lagos in a fair argument.

The original poster compared Lagos to some towns in Nigeria. He did not indicate if it was Lagos State, Lagos City, Lagos Island or Lagos Mainland.

He quoted a website that clearly is not an authoritative source of Nigerian census figures. I quoted the website of the National Population Commission.

If you chose to believe his website is more authentic than the National Population Commissions website then fine.

If you look through my other posts on this thread, you will see that i have already accepted that the OP's source is unreliable and i have embraced another set of facts. Contrary to what you seem to think, i am not defending Lagos... being a large city is not a prize after all.

malware:
Is that source written by the OP reputable?

Actually, no it is not.

I kind of skipped over it in my mind because when i checked the web for Lagos population figures it tallied with what he posted.

they are also "saying what they want"

dapolaw:
If Kano could be 9m in 2009, how come its now 3m in 2017.... Abi Boko Haram don kill everybody for there?

You need to read this:

folem:
If you believe in these outlandish figures, you are on your own.

Lagos State is less than half of the quoted figures.

https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-nigerias-population-figures/

napoleon77:
Lol. So the original posters post is from a more recent census in Nigeria? You feel his website is more authentic than the website of NPC? If yes, then I rest my case. But I know that you know better.

I asked you a simple question, which if you had conducted your research honorably should have been quite easy for you to provide. It's not about winning the argument. If you can provide the data, i will accept your claim, since i have no vested interest in either set of figures being correct or wrong. Do you have a vested interest in the matter? If no, why are you being defensive?

folem:
If you believe in these outlandish figures, you are on your own.

Lagos State is less than half of the quoted figures.

https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-nigerias-population-figures/

That was an interesting read.

Thanks.

napoleon77:
Ok. Is his source more credible than the website of the Nigerian Population Commission?

For what year is this?

dapolaw:
This is as at 2009.

Lagos State 15,000,000
nigeria state 2 Kano State 9,383,682
nigeria state 3 Kaduna State 6,066,562
nigeria state 4 Katsina State 5,792,578
nigeria state 5 Oyo State 5,591,589
nigeria state 6 Rivers State 5,185,400
nigeria state 7 Bauchi State 4,676,465
nigeria state 8 Jigawa State 4,348,649
nigeria state 9 Benue State 4,219,244
nigeria state 10 Anambra State 4,182,032
nigeria state 11 Borno State 4,151,193
nigeria state 12 Delta State 4,098,391
nigeria state 13 Imo State 3,934,899
nigeria state 14 Niger State 3,950,249
nigeria state 15 Akwa Ibom State 3,920,208
nigeria state 16 Ogun State 3,728,098
nigeria state 17 Sokoto State 3,696,999
nigeria state 18 Ondo State 3,441,024
nigeria state 19 Osun State 3,423,535
nigeria state 20 Kogi State 3,278,487
nigeria state 21 Zamfara State 3,259,846
nigeria state 22 Enugu State 3,257,298
nigeria state 23 Kebbi State 3,238,628
nigeria state 24 Edo State 3,218,332
nigeria state 25 Plateau State 3,178,712
nigeria state 26 Adamawa State 3,168,101
nigeria state 27 Cross River State 2,888,966
nigeria state 28 Abia State 2,833,999
nigeria state 29 Ekiti State 2,384,212
nigeria state 30 Kwara State 2,371,089
nigeria state 31 Gombe State 2,353,879
nigeria state 32 Yobe State 2,321,591
nigeria state 33 Taraba State 2,300,736
nigeria state 34 Ebonyi State 2,173,501
nigeria state 35 Nasarawa State 1,863,275
nigeria state 36 Bayelsa State 1,703,358
– Abuja Federal Capital Territory 1,405,201

Ol boy, where is your source?

Besides this is 2009 data? How is it relevant?

pandax:
Since when did Lagos become a city?. The last i checked Lagos is a state like Rivers, Kano, Anambra etc

What is the capital city of Lagos state?

Didn't you go to primary school?

napoleon77:
So what is the population of Lagos State? And what really constitute Lagos City? is it just Lagos Island? or it includes Lagos Mainland?

The original poster got his details wrong. If not, let him post the official census figures for Nigerian states

If you assert that he got his details wrong, then you must prove that by posting the correct ones. Otherwise what is the basis of your assertion that he is wrong?? Mere gut feeling? He has provided a source, where is your own evidence?

After reading the article, i can reliably inform you that there is nothing to see here. Please go about your regular business.

Stage 3 actually comes before stage 2. Also i don't think there is necessarily a stage 5...instead, what you have observed as stage 5 is merely the offshoot of a successful stage 4 when the relationship is composed of purpose-driven individuals.

ritababe:
Lagos is a state bro, you could have use Ikeja as a city.

Hey! What do you mean by this? Lagos is a city. Ikeja was never a city...it was a big town that has now been absorbed into Lagos city along with other towns and areas. Lagos city is what we refer to as a conurbation or a metropolis. It is a mega city such as New York, or London.

dapolaw:
How can Kano be just 3m...

3m is not a small number... but if you are sure the figure is wrong then why not provide the correct figure along with a reputable source?

PassingShot:
How can you take population of Lagos state to represent a city and compare with other cities?

That is the population of Lagos city my friend.

gbosaa:
I think they meant Uyo.

Are you people this ignorant about your country?

There is a big town called Oyo at the heart of Oyo state.