₦airaland Forum

It's a question of population...let's know it proportionally.

He's being on the safe side...we're all crazy, or are we not all traumatized?

Why would you? In what other field could you be seen to be relevant...business?

...that's why he's your boss, I guess!
Lighten up guy, God dey.

sheedy407: U don see wen carpenter dey predict d duration of julius berger to finish road?Abeg make dat man focus on his congregation.

I'm not entirely comfortable with men of God telling the outcomes of "unplayed" matches, but I believe you've missed it as prophesying is foretelling what through God they know would be as oppose to what you think will be.
In prophesying you need not know anything about the subject matter.
Sorry for the lecturing tone.

I also believe there's nothing wrong with having an inquisitive mind but we should learn to draw the line...especially when we cannot factually disprove...

Some Nigerian politicians will never learn or are programmed to remain stupid. How on earth will you believe in an agreement that is designed to deny somebody his constitutional right.
One 'll really have to be stupid to enter into such an agreement knowing fully well it holds no ground in any court of law.

Why Fashola? What can he possibly do in this case?
Commendable though!

What's the meaning of that..

Greatest Eagles!
Enemies have been shamed.
............congrats Burkina Faso for putting up a good fight.

...and there continue their descend into the abyss.
Tomorrow shall tell of today.

...and the party 'll turn PDP!
Then the real PDP 'll become the new beautiful bride
'cos they'd say: the bad eggs have been expunged
and trust Nigerians to be sympathetic.

...hmmmm, some people and their obsession.

What is that in barrel terms?

...when this started their neighbours tacitly supported them. To them it was all about Jonathan.
How true are the words: "...now they've come for us and there's none left to defend us"

The Malians saw what was coming, they cry out to the world and help came their way.
The Nigerian "core north" heard rumours of help coming their way, they swore they'll never have foreign troops on their soil...(scratching my head).

What!?
....well if you mean as a Nigerian.

Let them have a name first then I'll know where to stand. Let me quickly add though that I'm not impress with the names being bandied about.
I even hear rumours of a polished party on the way.

Congrats Nigeria.

I hope CAN would not descend so low as them...Ignoring these tweets I believe would send a better message 'cos as the Lord says: The Battle is His.

How I wish Nigeria have more of this moment...I feel joy going through these comments.
At a time like this one notices the unity in the atmosphere...

A collection of Nigerians each acting individually can. I don't like it when people talk as if elections are a forgone conclusion.

Come to think of it, only he can stop himself - by not fulfilling his promises.

Oh, so much for the suffering of women and children. After the onslaught by FG, after the attack on Emir of Kano, after the Mali campaign,...let's say the turf is longer a good playing surface.

val_dee: El rufai, next time please use mohammed.

Thank you in advance.

He wouldn't dare!

...showed resolve! Kudos to him...misses Nadal though!

If true, sad development.

Absolutely Nigerian!
...the kits, the guns, ...but wait! How much do these guns cost? I mean the type the French are using. Meeehhhn I love those.

aribisala0: FIRSTLY GET ONE THING CLEAR LAGOS STATE WAS NOT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL> A COMMON ERROR BUT WRONG.BEFORE IT WAS CREATED MOST OF THE STATE WAS IN THE WESTERN REGION.AFTERWARDS A PART NOT THE WHOLE WAS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL>THERE WAS STILL A WORKING STATE GOVERNMENT WHICH ACTUALLY BROUGHT JULIUS BERGER TO NIGERIA FIND OUT
Did Nigeria pay for the civil war with Oil money. When did the price of oil turn things around 1973 (Yom Kippur war) Before then Oil was not a major plank of Government spend
Lagos infrastructure was not put in place largely by oil money.You keep repeating that but it is simply NOT TRUE
Lagos has always been a Net contributor to the Federation.The Airport terminal at MMA was an upgrade to the airport.That airport has been there before independence as was most of the landing terminal.There is no evidence it was built with oil money.You talk as if the day we started selling oil everything else stopped. There was a gradual increase in dependence on oil but by then (1975) the FG decided to move to Abuja.How much of Lagos was built after 1975. Why is Abuja airport not as profitable or as busy as Lagos.Is it not a federal capital.How busy is Washingto airport compared to Atlanta?. Is Frankfurt the capital of Germany.
The companies came by way of attraction of it being Federal capital you claim? When will they move to Abuja.The issue is NOT the Federal Capital issue.It is its location.IN fact one may argue THAT IS WHY IT WAS MADE CAPITAL not the other way round. You do not automatically have a coast because you are capital?? Why is Bournvita made in Lagos because it is capital ?? Many of those companies are located in a part of Lagos that WERE IN THE WESTERN REGION until LAGOS STATE Was created

I don't claim to be a good student of history, but I know for a fact that the major dev. in Lagos only took place during the period it serve as the Federal Capital.
A glance at the federal budgets (and what was allocated for dev. plus the projects undertaken in Lagos) during this period 'll give you an idea of what I mean especially knowing also what constituted (and still) federally generated revenue (80% oil revenue).

I asked you a question which you are yet to answer. Let me ask another: Why don't we have the same hoteliers and estate developers attracted to say Edo state as Abuja? You can find out the nos. of businesses that have opened in Abuja and compare same with states that have existed before it.
Before you borrow facts from your history books, what you have as the Lagos Colony was not the making of "Lagos people" but the whims of the colonialist and that led to it becoming...(ur guess).

Just like Ogun state for instance shouldn't say that the companies springing up there is of their own doing (which actually 'cos of it nearness to Lagos), Lagos people shouldn't beat it chest for what they never set out to achieve; though I think they should be allowed to enjoy it.

Again, while our economy requires diversification, we should thank God for His many mercies. Goodbye!

aribisala0: When was the seaport and airport in Lagos built?
How do you know it was built with oil money
The seaport as it exists can easily be rebuilt.It does not cost a lot of money.The fact is under our constitution Ports are on the Exclusive list as are airports. You cannot run an International airport without Immigration ,Customs etc and so the FG must agree
So if Lagos state was authorised to build a seaport they would have done so Long ago.It is the location of lagos that makes its seaport valuable.Tinubu tried building one and OBJ blocked it Now They are going into a joint venture with the FG and an investor 20;20;60, Government will not put one kobo . So the issue is not which money was use to build it; airports were built in Kano ,Jos PH etc why are they not as profitable. These things can be built with private money as businesses and taxed. There was no need to use oil money. But Lagos is the place where such deals are most likely to succeed
I really don't know what industry are in Aba and Onitsha you see the thing about logic is it completely confounds sentiment.How much electricity is consumed in all the 16 states in Southern Nigeria excluding Lagos before you start talking of industries in Aba and Onitsha are these SOLAR POWERED INDUSTRIES?

NAME these industries Please
How many of Dangote's businesses are in Aba and Onitsha or how many of these industries are on the stock Market.
I really like to discuss with facts not emotion

When I say Lagos airport I mean MMIA. Please take no offense but I think you've totally lost me.
Let me help you.
1. Lagos can now survive without oil money. (That was never in dispute).
2. Lagos can now survive because of the structures that oil money through federal presence have help put in place.
3. Without being the former federal capital, most of what give Lagos the leverage over other states wouldn't have been established in Lagos in the first place.
4. The companies, population,and the attendant commercial activities in Lagos all came by way of its attraction as a federal capital city.
5. ...and so on!

Again the Kano and Port Harcourt airports can't be like Lagos' 'cos they aren't Federal Capitals.
(Believe me had Nigeria practiced true federalism, there would've been places with better airports than the federal one in Lagos).
And when I said industry I mean entrepreneurial spirits as exemplified in the mentioned communities. (note that these communities are almost 100% indigenous)

aribisala0: THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR LAGOS'S PROSPERITY IS ITS LOCATION BY THE SEA.A lot more has been put in Abuja and much quickly but Abuja will always be a financial burden taking rather than giving.Lagos's location by the sea is UNIQUE in Nigeria everywhere else from Ogun,Ondo to Cross River is hostile to Large Vessels.Lagos pays its way in terms of VAT,duties and Ports revenues(sea and air) to the Nation and was a huge earner of revenue before Independence.
Aba and Onitsha more deserving of what?? How much money has Aba contributed to Nigerian Government accounts

I don't think you've gotten my point. Granted Lagos have this and that, or is this and that,or pays this and that. But the point I'm making is: Lagos is what it is because of what it was.
At the risk of repeating myself and FYI the seaport, airport, etc were built by the federal govt and with OIL money. Or would you rather list the things that Lagos have achieved with its own funds that other states have not or even more?

I repeat all that Lagos is including its population is as a result of the attration it held as a Federal Capital
Full stop.

And to answer you question: Aba and Onitsha are more deserving because of their industry. And before you start it, I'm not Igbo.

Sometimes ago I was always championing the cause of one Nigeria where the issue was discussed to the anger of most friends and relations.
Today though all hope are not lost, after coming to terms with what happened before, during, and after the 2011 elections, I've learned to keep my tongue in check whenever and wherever the issue rears its head.

And with statements like this, I've become the scorn of many and there's no point saying that so long would my tongue remain in check.