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alj_harem:
my brother jealousy would not kill you

18 -storey building, what is the height

it is not one of the tallest in nigeria

but good hope Nigeria all the best

What is the height (ht) of the 18-storey building? It is taller than the 15-storey buildings you listed, fool
Foolish cattle rearer of Lagos origin.

arsenefc:
^^^

Professor of hydroponics, how come none of the buildings is located in the South East? Do you care to explain? Are your folks that Bataphobic? or just structurally and intellectually challenged? That is to say, they just dont have the mental capacity to embark on such audacious project. You guys need to learn from us, the great Yoruba race of SW Nigeria.


We tha best


The best buildings
The most beautiful campus in Africa
The Tallest building in Africa
The most educated Tribe in Africa
And the list goes on . . .



For Ibos, na to kidnap them sabi.

Mumu!! How many of those are Yoruba buildings? Only one -Cocoa House - and it happens to be the ONLY decrepit one where elevators fall and kill people. Can you explain that, SOB?

Bloody mofos of SW. Political killers of the highest order.

Ibadan for sure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadan

Man dies inside Cocoa House elevator - Decomposed body found after three days
By Jackson Udom

TRAGEDY struck on Thursday at the premises of the Cocoa House, the tallest building in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, when a man, in his bid to make use of the lift facility in the commercial complex, fell headlong and died immediately.

The management of the complex and those who have business concerns within the complex were said not to have been aware of the tragedy that had befallen them. According to an eyewitness account, “the man wanted to use the lift, which is under repairs, but he stepped into an empty space which hitherto housed the lift, fell headlong and died instantly.”


It was also gathered that neither the contractor handling the refurbishment of the outdated elevator, nor the workers in the complex, were aware of the unfortunate incident, until the body of the man (whose name is yet to be made public), started decomposing with offensive odour oozing out from the ground floor of the lift compartment.


As a result of the tragic incident, the premises that houses the building is now being inundated with posters warning members of the public to stay clear of the lift area, saying: “The lifts are under repairs and it would be dangerous for anybody to either make use of it or go near it.”


When Sunday Tribune got to the premises, those who spoke with our reporter confirmed the incident but they were not ready to give further information on whether the man died as a result of the faulty and outdated elevator or he died due to his carelessness. They all blamed the management of the building for not being sensitive to the safety of members of the public who come to the premises to transact one business or the other. “Virtually everything in that building is outdated and grossly malfunctioning.


“The elevators there are now death traps. Those elevators were installed by Papa Obafemi Awolowo and since then they have always been undergoing repairs. Now that somebody has been trapped in it, may be they will do something about it.” Attempts by Sunday Tribune to get in touch with the management of the building proved abortive as none of them was available for comments.


According to a police source who pleaded anonymity, “we are yet to know the identity of the deceased and by Monday, we would invite the site contractor, because what we are hearing is that the man was one of their workers. We learnt that the man fell from the lift. The decomposing body of the man had been evacuated to the Adeoyo Mortuary.


When contacted, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ms Bisi Okuwobi, confirmed the story adding that the man’s decomposing body was discovered three days after his death inside the elevator. “It is true. The man died several days before his body was found inside the elevator.”

Cocoa house is 24-story and is it currently decrepit with elevators falling down and killing people
There is an 18-Storey building in Ebonyi https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=771556.msg9246710#msg9246710

~Bluetooth:
See what a tribal bast-ard like you can spew.check that thread and see what my opinion was all about even without knowing the tribe of the army officer involved.No woner Ghadaddi killed all your folks inl ibya.mofo

Your corrupt brother took hefty bribe and released a Boko Haram terrorist. How much are you guys worth sef?

~Bluetooth:
Just mention all.since the whole saga,the north and east have been involved which the whole world can clearly see but people like you ? I don't know what else to say but cnn wouldn't have lied about that interview !

BTW, have you seen what your brother did here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-773080.0.html

Is he not yoruba? What did you expect from a corrupt lot?

^^^^

As did Yorubas (I know of Taiwo and Aderinokun, to mention a few).

~Bluetooth:
If there is any person with tribal marks,definitely it will be so easy to deduce they are Nigerians.however,the case at hand had mainly people from the east as victims and that was why ekene di chuku sent luxurious buses to rescue them !

Those I saw on CNN had tribal marks typical of Yoruba. Again note that there is nothing wrong with working in the Libyan army. Unless you agree it is also wrong for Nigerians to work in the US, UK and other country's military.

~Bluetooth:
So where were you when the plights of these uches,okoros and abduls were aired by Cnn ? I saw the broadcast !

Is it the same program that I also watched? Who mentioned the names? Those with Yoruba marks on their faces are Igbos? Ya'll are the same, bunch of liars.

~Bluetooth:
But Ibos and hausas were specifically mentioned ? I'm just surprised that ibo and hausas can form a military alliance for Ghadafii when they are staunch adversary back home !

Mentioned by whom? By a decrepit journalist who has not done his home work well and one with a hidden agenda? I know two Yorubas in the then Libyan army. Most of those deported from Libya were from Edo, yet the fake journalist says no SS person was in the libyan army.

BTW:

Nigerians in US army (many fought in Iraq and Afganistan)- considered ok?
Nigerians in UK army (even ex-Speaker Bankole was formerly of the UK military, as we read) considered ok?
Nigerians in SA army -considered ok?
Nigerians in Libyan army-not ok??

What sort of clowns are in the house?

The journalist lied, though. Nigerians from all regions are in the Libyan army (as with their presence in many other country's army) and I see nothing wrong with that.

Seunn

To where wil you flush all the Yoruba armed robbers, gbomogbomo, con men and ritalists?

lagcity:
the big word here is IF. everything is just if if if.

Why should Igbos even depart Lagos? For those who desire, they should keep living there but should repatriate most of their investments home. You and I discussed some of these things a few threads ago. In any case, Lagos will never be the same if/when some of the infrastructure we see being put in place elsewhere finally take off.

jason123:
Apart from that, most seem to neglect the fact that Igbos are in these cities (Lagos and co) to SELL their products. Why will a business man need to import his goods through, let's say, Onicha. When most of his consumers are in Lagos, Abuja etc. Hope you get me?

If Igbos depart in large #s back to the East, that will deflate Lagos' population dramatically. Also note, in case you do not know already, that many traders from Lagos come to Aba and Onitsha to buy and resell in Lagos. So, the rump of traders in Lagos will still continue to do same

Hunger kills them in their own land?

Fake story. Yoruba lies as usual.

aloy/emeka:
https://www.sunnewsonline.com/images/Uwazuruike.gif

Too handsome to be a terrorist.

See as my brother don old finish because of fighting the Igbo cause. God bless the works of your hand and let you behold your efforts come to fruition. Amen.

chino11:
Lagos State Government has in the past four years deported 15 foreign beggars and 3,029 others from within the country to their states, to solve the problem of social miscreants.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Youth and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru, yesterday addressed reporters at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Ikeja, Lagos.

He said the government gave out 152 children for adoption in several foreign countries.

Badru said: "At least, 3,044 persons were either transferred to other states or country, or released to their relations for re-integration, from January 2010, till date."

He said 196 beggars were deported to Oyo; 875 to Ogun; 767 to Osun; 821 to Ekiti; and 764 to Ondo.

Badru said 12 beggars were deported to Niger Republic; two to Chad; one to Cote D’Ivoire and 2,580 others handed over to their relations for integration.

He said in its bid to rid the state of beggars, the government combed its five divisions of beggars and destitute.

Badru said beggars and destitute constituted a social nuisance against the Lagos metropolis’ status as a mega city, adding that 3,105 beggars, destitute and lunatics were rescued and taken to rehabilitation and training centres at Owutu, Ikorodu, in the past year.

He said: "This is why the government has made provisions for facilities to help in turning the lives of the destitute and beggars around while the mentally unstable are given medical attention.

"Out of this number, 38 able-bodied persons, suspected to be criminals, were handed over to the task force for prosecution. Rescue of beggars from the streets of Lagos is a continuous exercise and the office liaises with other security agencies to rid Lagos streets of beggars, destitute and lunatics."

Badru urged Lagosians to desist from giving beggars and destitute on the streets alms, saying they constituted a menace to the society.

He appealed to those who wish to help the less privileged to donate their widow’s mite to churches, mosques, registered orphanages, motherless babies’ homes or other social welfare institutions.

Badru said local and foreign applications were received from adopters, who were screened to determine their suitability for adopting children, adding that 177 letters of approval were granted.

According to him, 126 children were adopted; 11 released for fostering; 174 children had their adoptions legalised through the Juvenile Court; and 161 babies rescued and referred to government homes and private orphanages.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/6026-lagos-deports-15-foreign-beggars-3-029-others-to-states.html



Yarobas are real beggars even worse off than the ordinary almajiri up north. Igbos has been housing them as their gate-men, cleaners, launderers, feeding them. Yarobas are the most backward, occultic, baboonic, criminal minded like (fashola, tinubu, obj & co) and un-progressive people

Wow!!! Yorubas are beggars in their own land. Reminds me of the breaking news here https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-149827.0.html . I dey laugh in Ijebu mushin.

This is an emergency situation that should be treated with emergency. How efficient are the law courts? Those arrested in the past what has happened to them?

EzeUche:
The palm oil plantations were primarily in the hinterland.

That is why Igboland has erosion problems, because our virgin forest were destroyed and used to produce palm oil.

There are as much palm oil plants in core Igboland as there are in those places I mentioned. Those places also suffer from erosion.

EzeUche:
Before oil, the Niger Delta relied on palm oil from Igboland.

Not groundnut from the North or Cocoa from the South-West

There was also ample palm oil in Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Igbo-speaking Rivers at that time.

faragai24:
1. They asked for 15% Derivation fund, and they were given.
2. They asked for employment and training of 25,000 Youth abroad, and they are granted.
3. They asked for Amnesty and lucrative packages, and i was approved.
4. The asked for creation Power Holding company, and it was signed into Law.
5. They asked for many packages, and they recieved attention and symphasy and still pretend nothing was done to them.
They have forgotten when our Groundnut,hide&skin, money were used to dugout their Pride.

Crazy man. What groundnuts are you talking about. When you were groundnutting the then East was palm oiling and coaling. Okay!!! Indolent folks

Kx:
Are we saying instead of trying them in a normal court and sentencing them afterwards if found guilty, street parade is better?

Parade them first and then try them afterwards. Let their friends, relations and neighbors who do not know what they do for a living see them for what they are. The court is not always open for the public and it does not seem to be enough humiliation to go to jail.

Dede1:
^^^
They will be flogged mercilessly and jailed for life or shot too.

They should thank God for democracy. They deserve to be shot. Igbo population can do well with the loss of a few miscreants.

emmke:
i wish igbos will stop deceiving themselves into believing that everyone is jealous of them and realise that other tribes will really be glad to see them leave their land.

I wonder why your grandfathers stopped them from leaving when they wanted to leave more than 30 years ago? So you are 30+ years late in your desire to see them leave now. Igbos will stay put wherever they are in Nigeria but should henceforth maintain only minimal economic presence in those areas. They should repatriate their investments back to Igboland and maintain only a skeletal presence wherever they decide to reside in Nigeria. Shey na one Nigeria? Una go see pepper. Igbos will eat their cake and have it; you guys wont.

It is a shame that Ebonyi has been perpetually (and ignorantly, I might add) under-rated by many, including myself. I am very refreshed and excited to read this article. Finding an 18-storey building in Ebonyi is surprising. I do not know how many Nigerian states can boast of an 18-storey plus structure, excluding Lagos and Oyo (Cocoa House in Ibadan), and of course Abuja.

Imagine a Lagos-based investor of Ijaw origin (going by the name Dikibo) exiting Lagos to invest in Ebonyi? This is sweet music in my ears


Can anyone post more pictures of Ebonyi, especially of Abakiliki? Thanks.

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/okey-egboluche/abakaliki-a-land-of-untapped-treasures.html

Abakaliki, A Land Of Untapped Treasures



    Okey Egboluche
    September 28, 2011



Ebonyi State, South-East Nigeria, popularly known as the Salt of the Nation, came into existence on October 1, 1996. It was carved out of the Old Enugu and Abia States. On creation, the new state chose Abakaliki, a prominent town in pre-independence Nigeria, as its capital city. Since then, the modest city of Abakaliki has become a beehive of activities as it has continuously witnessed an influx of people from all corners of the state (politicians, civil servants, students, and businessmen) as well from the far-flung regions of Nigeria. It has also become a major stop-over town for transporters/passengers en route Northern Nigeria, especially those dealing on farm produce.
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Photo 1: A panoramic view of Ebonyi State Govt. House, Abakaliki

Abakaliki is located less than two hours from Uburu, a town renowned for its salt deposits, and just about an hour from Enugu, the capital of South-Eastern Nigeria. Being the nearest major town to Enugu has also meant that many business ventures easily spread to the city. As a result, Abakaliki can justifiably be regarded as Enugu extension.

The city has also witnessed quantum development in infrastructure. There is a state university, the Ebonyi State University, EBSU; three tertiary health institutions: the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, EBSUTH (both of which have been merged to become a Federal Teaching Hospital), and the National Fistula Centre; a federal secretariat; the ultra-modern Abakpa Market; two TV stations; two radio stations; the gigantic 18-storey shopping complex, located around Presco Junction, which is nearing completion; as well as an array of banks. Also, the Federal University, Ikwo, the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, and the now moribund Eagle Cement Company located at Nkalagu, though not in Abakaliki, share proximity with the city.

The major roads in the city are very accessible and adorned with an array of beautiful flowers. The major roads are Ogoja Road (now Sam Egwu Road), Water Works Road, Ezza Road, and Afikpo Road.

Abakaliki is well known for its prowess in arable farming, especially in rice (hence the name, Abakaliki rice) and yam. It also has a thriving quarry industry. But beyond these, the South-Eastern city has other sides too. The indigenes are a very hospitable people. This hospitable disposition has also been imbibed by its residents. For this reason, a visitor to the city has nothing to worry about as he is sure to be welcomed with such greetings as ‘Jokwa!’, ‘Deeje!’, ‘Tokwehu!’, or ‘Idi ike!’ as well as a sumptuous meal of specially prepared Abakaliki rice. For those who cherish fresh palm wine, it does not cost much in the city and complimenting it with readily available bush meat will give you an experience you will never forget. One would also be lucky to get a taste of local delicacies like groundnut soup or Esisa soup with either garri or fufu.

The hospitable disposition of Abakaliki indigenes is also clearly demonstrated in the city’s thriving hospitality industry. The city boasts of myriad relaxation spots for those who want to feel the touch of style. These include Nkwegu Ugbala - The Grand Arena, Heritage Restaurant, Flavours, Salt Lake Night Club, Diamond Point, Prisons Club, and so on. For those who enjoy fast foods, your best bets include Crunchies, City Cheff, City Exotic, Veecee Foods, Mr. Biggs, Feed Well Restaurant, among others. Abakaliki Golf Course, located along Ezza Road, and the lawn tennis court are good leisure spots. The stadium hosts regular sports activities, especially football. If you need to sleep over in the town, which you cannot afford not to, then there are such exquisite hotels and guest houses as Grace Court Hotel, Salt Spring Hotel, Salt Lake Hotel, Eagle Royal Hotel, Ebonyi Hotels, Osborn La Palm Royal Resort, and so on. And if you like them cheap, you’re your choices would be Denco Hotels, EBSU Guest House, Benkol Hotel, Metro View Hotel, and so on. Whichever one you choose, you are sure to have a good time.
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Photo 2: Osborn La Palm Hotel, Abakaliki

The newest of them all, Osborn La Palm Resort, is indeed in a class of its own. Opened to the public on May 28, 2011, the hotel’s natural ambience and grandeur, comparable to the best in Nigeria, would charm any visitor. Its avenues are dotted with beautiful palm trees and assorted flowers, making the environment very natural and full of life. The rooms on offer at the hotel include the presidential suite with kitchenette, the executive double suite, the executive single suite, diplomatic double and single suite with tastefully furnished rooms, bathrooms, intercom and an indoor swimming pool. There is a 24-hour service, uninterrupted electric power supply, wireless internet service connection, and a wide range of continental dishes for all classes of guests.

For health and fitness aficionados, the hotel has an ultra modern gymnasium which is open to the public. Interestingly, the hotel’s executive double suite has a mini-gym and Jacuzzi. It also has spa treatment, an attraction which only a few hotels in Nigeria can boast of. A visitor can have body massage, steam bath and sauna. The hotel management promises even more packages soon.

Speaking on why she left Lagos and relocated to Abakaliki, the Manager of Osborn La Palm Resort, Mrs. Dikibo, who had a stint with Terrace Green Hotel located at Ajao Estate, off International Airport Road, Lagos, and whose experience in hotel management has come handy in the day to day running of Osborn, said: “It was an adventure, it made me wiser. As it is said, a traveller is wiser than a grey-haired man sitting at a place. My travelling has exposed me to people and it has been a wonderful experience in Abakaliki. I have no regrets.” Her promise to guests is “excellent service”.

So, come to Abakaliki and experience life in a virgin land full of opportunities for the discerning mind.