₦airaland Forum

kingsways:
It is rude and disrespectful to refer to a Senator of the Federal Republic as "every tom, dick, and harry". Nigeria has got only 109 Senators and it is both irresponsible and provocative to refer to a Senator in such derogatory terms.

That Abia State Governor or Anambra State pulled down properties illegally built on water ways cannot be a justification for Lagos State Government to illegally move into a facility owned by the Federal Government and begin to pull down legally acquired properties which people have laboured through their own sweat, blood, even borrowed funds to develop

PaChukwudi44:
Oga very soon the tears will go round. Yorubas alone does not have monopoly over violence. Lagos is not the only state in Nigeria

AustineE1:
No no no the intention is to cunningly steal other people's sweat,the last time I checked,it is still one Nigeria,according to you people!so how dear you tell a Nigerian where to live or not.Or are we suspending the constitution?
Is this not the definition of a people being insecured and rather trying to destroy others,dont think Nigerians are dumb,everyone is watching the dance of shame and it will certainly come with a repercussion. We all know what the aim and target is all about,we are keeping records and yet nobody was giving free land in Lagos,while they were using their money for owambe,others saved through manifold struggle and relentless efforts but they want it back through the back door.Things dont work this way,it will certainly attract grave consequences.
Is this not a big shame and dent to a people!

chucks185:
It has become obvious the state government is mischievously targeting the igbos.

Why? Because they are scared of being dominated by the igbos.

The fact is the Almighty Creator is with the igbos and no body can stop them from shining and dominating,

AustineE1:
Every Nigerian in and outside the country is witnessing the national dance of shame by the Lagos state government and its intentions are not hidden any more even to a blind man...how far can a people get with obvious malicious acts?
Shebi na Tinubu be president today,dont worry,Las las everybody go dey okay!!!

AustineE1:
Every Nigerian in and outside the country is witnessing the national dance of shame by the Lagos state government and its intentions are not hidden any more even to a blind man...how far can a people get with obvious malicious acts?
Shebi na Tinubu be president today,dont worry,Las las everybody go dey okay!!!

Ttalk:
It is SanwoOlu I blame for all these nonsense that is being thrown at Lagos. Lagosian must chose someone who will protect the interest of the state in the next election

43Ronin:
They got approval from the FG, & have been paying permits to the FG there was no need for a demolition, its pure hatred, done in bad faith. If the intentions of the government was in good faith, it would have been the state asking the federal to remit such payments to the state or ask for certain accruals into the state coffers then clearly communicate to the nigerian citizens. The primary aim of govt is to secure lives & properties of its citizens not Destroy it because of common levies or taxes. Will the funds LASG get from that place be stupendous?

Lifestone:
The best here is to drag Lagos State Government to court and claim damages in the billions.
But my take is that, the court action should have been tested since they've been dragging this for a while.
Me think State has the jurisdiction on development and building approvals

SisterAnn:
And you are obsessed with the Igbos and their language and exclamations that you speak their language "bikonu" to express yourself.

Mynd44:
Trade Fair Demolitions: Senator Umeh Condemns Lagos Government’s Action, Labels It Illegal


">https://x.com/instablog9ja/status/1975150064159879322?t=UsryrO1zMxGMfdJQcZEb-Q&s=19[/quote] hahaha this people are still crying over this demolition of properties in Lagos……is Lagos no more a no man’s land according to delusional clowns who left their neck of woods underdeveloped to come and develop another man’s land? And btw who is Umeh to come and tell Lagos govt which jurisdiction over lands in Lagos that their actions is illegal? Do the senators from Lagos concern themselves with happenings in anambala when similar demolitions was carried out in anambala? This people re really biting more than they can chew Lagos is yorubaland and all land in Lagos is under the jurisdiction of Lagos State Government and whoever is not pleased can by all means relocate there investment back to their region, no one was forced to leave their region to come and deverop lagos…..bikonu this obsession with Lagos is becoming nauseating to say the least

Hedonisco:
All this talk is irritating and meaningless. You can't eat your cake and have it too. Nobody is dragging Ogun or Osun or Ekiti. There has to be a reason.

With the trillions of Naira that have poured into Lagos due to the 'accident' of it being the Nigerian capital for over 60 years, with the attendant unfair advantages that has accrued to it as a result, it would be annoying to keep mouthing this rubbish talk. It is what it is.


Tomorrow now, the Ggagyi people or whatever they are called would raise shoulder to start forming ownership of Abuja/FCT and entitlement, and one emergent big belle tribal god will be shalaye-ing that he laid the 'blueprint' that 'developed' Abuja and that other Nigerians in Abuja should go back to their villages. We need to clear some things.

mrvitalis:
IMO GDP is twice that of Oyo
Bigger than Ogun
Anambra is bigger than Oyo and Ogun

IMO is the second largest GDP in nigeria according to world Bank

But digger between two to fourth is very small

Predictor3:
Ibadan is ahead of all cities and towns in the SE. You know most of them just pass through Iwo Road from Lagos to the east and they think Ibadan is all about Iwo Road and its brown roof environs

Antoeni:
Welcome to Ibadan The Ancient Brown Roof City

Coldspice:
Go and check Oluyole Industrial area.

press9jatv:
This is Kolapo Isola Estate, one of the 14 Estates in Ibadanland. Ibadan is not all about down town Beere area with brown roofs ‼️

casualobserver:
the road is currently under construction in 5 states. lagos, ogun Ondo, Akwa ibom and cross river

athaboi:
This is really pathetic, and because of ethnicity, yoruba people will blindly argue in support of a new coastal road that benefits onlyTinubu Lagos.... that coastal road ends in Lagos, you can take this to the bank! it will never pass south west Nigeria. In all of this, the daft governor of Edo is bragging that he will give Tinubu 2 million unfounded votes in 2027....shamelessly deceiving himself.....I trust Tinubu to ignore that unrealistic jamboree

Apcnewrecruit:
So many haters of Nigeria wants this type of thing to be done. Youths protesting but that's dead on Arrival. Wike won't allow that in Abuja, Sanwo Olu won't allow that in Lagos either

Archtype:
of course, you can't make your point without being bias and tribalistic...I leave you in peace to believe whatever that feeds your ego.

Archtype:
I would have left you to your Ignorance but I still have to find time to educate you small.
...Trade fair Complex in Lagos is a federal govt.establishment not state .It's under the agency of FG and if anyone wants to get approval to build there ,he goes to federal government land Registry in Ikoyi not to Lagos govt.land Registry in Alausa

..Lagos state Commissioner for physical planning and Urban development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide lied that buildings are on the carnal .No building there is on drainage channel or on carnal .Trade fair Complex is not in the moon ,anybody can go there and see . 25th September 2025 was the first time they went there and the result was illegal demolition.

.. Who should give approval ?
It's the federal government that gives approval for building in fed .lands not state and since 1995,fed. Govt.has been given approval for buildings in Trade fair Complex. Lagos state govt .has not given one approval for buildings there .

... Concurrent jurisdiction?
There is no concurrent jurisdiction . There are federal govt lands in all the states in Nigeria being managed by fed .housing authority not states and oversight functions is done by FG not state government.

.... Executive director of Trade fair Complex is shocked by that action . I'm an Estate Surveyor and A Valuer and a fellow so I know all about land ownership and land allocation and the process . It's the trade Fair management board that manages trade Fair complex not Lagos state government.

..Igbos in Lagos should be left alone .They import goods ,clear the goods and on taking the containers to their shops ,a lot of obstacles will be placed on them on the road with many levies from one pole to another .
Igbos contribute to the GDP of this country . #6.6 trillion naira was collected by Customs last year . Ain't they majorly the money paid by importers for clearing their goods ?

.. Obi wielding sentiments?
It's not true. Mr Commissioner ,Dr Oluyinka Olumide should stop deceiving the people and stop playing politics over the investments of people.
Obi was one of the developers of Trade Fair complex .He has a plaza there and over 200 shops since 1995 .

Metrix147:
Source: https://abntv.com.ng/news/igbo-communities-in-canada-demand-nnamdi-kanus-release-cite-deteriorating-health-worsening-insecurity-in-southeast/

Ofunaofu:
You are not from Lagos, your father doesn't own a square foot size of a keke parking spot any where in Lagos, though you may be yoruba as I can deduce from your comment because it is soaked in the same tired cocktail of tribal revisionism and historical cherry-picking that some of you mistake for facts. You keep shouting we developed Lagos, yet you ignore the critical contributions of non-Yoruba Nigerians who continue to power its economic engine today. Let’s clear this up again since you’re still struggling with comprehension.

First, I never said the success story of Lagos is my “2x2” shop. That’s your strawman, that is your propaganda not my argument. What I said, and what you keep dodging, is this: you cannot dismiss the enormous contribution of small businesses, traders, and entrepreneurs many of whom are Igbo and other non-Yoruba Nigerians to Lagos’ economic rise. Whether it’s Alaba, Ladipo, Balogun, or Computer Village, these are multi-billion naira ecosystems, a value chain that pay taxes, create jobs, and generate revenue not "petty trade."

Second, your claim that Igbos only began “mass migrating” to Lagos after the FCT moved to Abuja is a lie and an embarrassingly lazy one. Igbos were living, trading, and even owning property in Lagos long before independence. In fact, they were among the earliest and most prominent non-Yoruba settlers in Lagos Island, Yaba, and Surulere.

Third, Lagos being a trade centre long before independence is not in dispute and no one ever said Lagos was desolate. What you’re refusing to accept is that Lagos became a megacity not just because of colonial roads or Awolowo’s cocoa policy, but because people from across Nigeria poured in, invested, worked, and turned it into the economic powerhouse it is today. Infrastructure doesn’t build prosperity on its own, people do.

You talk about Awolowo, cocoa money, and colonial footprints as if they magically built the Lagos skyline. But post-independence Lagos, the one with corporate towers, industrial estates, global investment, and a massive consumer base was fueled by a national influx of human capital, business, and labour.

Fourth, your talk of “benevolence” is insulting. Nigerians are not second-class citizens in Lagos or anywhere else in this country. People don’t need to beg Yoruba approval to live or thrive in a federal republic. Nobody forced anyone to come to Lagos, they came because it’s their constitutional right to live and do business anywhere in Nigeria. Lagos didn’t do Nigeria a favour by being the capital, it benefited immensely from being the political and economic centre of the country for decades.

And let’s talk taxes: over 65% of Lagos' IGR comes from PAYE and corporate taxes, not land levies or indigenes’ goodwill. Who pays these? Multinational companies, SMEs, private businesses run and staffed by Nigerians of all ethnicities. You act like Lagos was self-made, but without Nigeria its capital status, its population influx, its ports, its businesses, Lagos would be a glorified coastal town.

You also conveniently ignore that the port you're dismissing is a key economic driver, and yes, Igbo importers are a significant part of the Lagos port economy. No, they don’t own the port, but their volume of trade in electronics, auto parts, fashion, machinery rivals that of any other group, and those goods are sold across Lagos, Nigeria and West Africa. That’s not delusion, that’s fact.

Lastly, this “go and develop your region” nonsense is tribal bigotry dressed as advice. Development isn’t held back by traders or migrants it’s held back by bad governance, corruption, and the same ethnic gatekeeping you’re doing here. If you want balanced national growth, fight for it don’t scapegoat Nigerians for exercising their right to invest and prosper wherever they choose.

Lagos is Yoruba land nobody disputes that. But its success? That belongs to all Nigerians who built, lived, and bled for it. Your ancestors planted seeds, sure but it took the labour, taxes, and enterprise of a nation to grow the forest. You don’t own the fruits alone just because your people cleared part of the land centuries ago.

It’s 2025. Time to grow out of ethnic entitlement and join the rest of us in nation-building. If facts feel like insults, maybe it's your pride that’s too fragile.

Ofunaofu:
Your rant is a classic case of selective history laced with tribal arrogance. You claim others are ignorant, yet you reduce Lagos’ growth to Awolowo, colonialists, and Yoruba benevolence, conveniently ignoring the decades of pan-Nigerian input that turned it into a megacity.

Yes, Lagos existed before independence. Yes, it was a port and trade centre. But that’s not the debate. The modern Lagos the economic heartbeat of Nigeria didn’t spring up from Awolowo’s cane fields or colonial footprints. It was built by the collective sweat of Nigerians from every region: Aworis who are indigenous Lagosians, Yorubas, Igbo, Hausa, Efik, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Tiv, Ijaw, etc

You sneer at “2x2 shops or petty trade as if informal trade, import/export businesses, and small enterprises (SME's) aren't the backbone of Lagos’ commercial life. Who runs Alaba? Computer Village? Ladipo? Balogun? Who fills the markets, warehouses, and ports? These aren’t mere shops. They’re multimillion-naira value chains that feed into the Lagos economy and enrich the IGR you now thump your chest over.

Lagos doesn’t fund itself with Awolowo’s ghost. Over 65% of Lagos’ tax revenue comes from PAYE salaries paid by businesses established and operated by Nigerians, Yorubas and non-Yoruba alike. Many of the top corporate tax contributors you reference are run, staffed, or owned by people from across Nigeria. So yes, “our taxes” helped shape Lagos into what it is.

You can romanticize history, spread propaganda all you want, but the fact remains: Lagos is not thriving because of one ethnic group’s effort it's thriving despite tribal divisions. That’s the real story. People didn’t migrate to Lagos because they were “granted permission” they came because they had a right to, as Nigerians, to live and contribute wherever opportunity calls.

Finally, the whole “go and develop your region” trope is tired. Development is a function of investment, infrastructure, and policy not insults hurled online. If you care so much about regional equity, demand better governance nationwide instead of wishing for ethnic ghettos in a supposedly united country.

It’s 2025. Stop preaching ownership over land like it’s a war. Lagos is Yorubaland, there's no debate about that, but its soul belongs to Nigeria. If that truth burns, perhaps it’s your prejudice not your pride that needs checking.