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homerac7: what I think for sure is that your demographic maps are incorrect. it is sad that a Nigerian is using map drawn by an "Ulrich" on Nigerian forum. How can a German know you better than yourself? Well...I have travelled fairly wide around Nigerian, and I know that all the maps (maybe except the oil pipeline routes which i am not sure of) are highly inaccurate.

So son, get a more accurate map, or data representation (not from BBC pleeeeease!), then you can have meaningful and unbiased analyses.

those are not my data neither are they BBC data, if you look at the footnote of all those maps, you will find their sources. You are welcome to research those sources and challenge their studies, if you don't agree.

BTW the issue is are we divided as a nation or not?

ochukoccna: OP,as some have pointed out
This maps are NOT a true representation of what is on ground in some areas
For example, how and when did the Ijaw SUDDENLY become 10% of Nigeria's population?
OVERNIGHT?
This looks like revisionism to me
They are a minority in Delta and Ondo states apart from Bayelsa
Bayelsa is not up to 2 million folks so how them come reach 10% of we population for 9ja?
How do they add up to 16 million or 20 million of Nigeria's population (depending on which figures you use)?
A thread to to counter this their claim is on NL BTW
Like I said,this is revisionism

The ijaws are part of the landscape of all the coastal areas of nigeria so its easy to see how they can be that many.

[quote author=se.xkilza.phull]Stop screaming all around the place! If you really care about a reversal of the dire circumstances, elect credible and better leaders at the national level. Fashola of the now APC is doing really well, ensure he is elected. Buhari is known to be one of the most incorruptible military leaders, if he shows interest support and vote for him. If you keep voting your clueless retardeenic government, then enjoy your fresh air only that it only gets worse for you guys. I will be here laughing at your collective stupi.dity when you vote again along tribal and religious lines but not for performance and records of achievement![/quote]and when you cast ur vote for fashola + buhari it will not be borne of ethnic consideration?
As far as we can tell every governor + politician claims to be the best in meeting the needs of their constituent, fashola + buhari are entitled to claim how good they are,but as far as nigeria is concerned its just a claim.

FYI there are folks in this forum that claim that Abacha of all people was the best leader nigeria has ever had.

whats the distance between lagos and lome that makes air travel the most viable means of transporting the said mgrs?

solomon111: OP,your maps are riddled with errors.

can you point out the errors?

lol

enny5: Is dis a comment or a thread

It can be whatever you want it to be mate.

[quote author=Yoshi-Master]With all the Delta Oil money, we should have a mini Dubai there, and Dubai aint even a democracy.[/quote]I understand your frustration, but a thousand miles begins with a step development is a process and it takes time the delta state govt. is laying a foundation for such process.

No one here is talking about proven coal reserves in Nigeria? besides the enugu coal mines which i suspect the British mined most of it before independence i am not aware of any other proven coal deposit in Nigeria.
Can some one with knowledge on coal deposits in Nigeria enlighten me?

If we do have proven reserves of coal in Nigeria, Then there should not be any debate about utilizing coal as a means electricity generation, as Nigeria is a developing country and we need to do whatever we can to aid our development.

Obsessing about the effects of coal on the environment should not be our major preoccupation as only developed first world countries can afford such frivolities.

Try telling China and India about powering their economy with coal, and see what their answer will be?
The question has already been answered by the above countries and the answer is that they are entitled to the use of coal to kick start their economy just like the first world countries did.

Nigeria should not be an exception. we are presently in a ditch when it comes to power generation we need to use what ever means to dig ourselves out of that ditch first.once we are out of the ditch like all the advanced countries have done, Then we can worry about clean coal technology which the Americans and the EU are contemplating even though experts tag such technology a phantom.

BTW all those so advanced nations are still utilizing the same Coal to power their nations as of today i haven't heard of any country that's closing down or downsizing their coal power plants. hence whose fooling who about environmental friendliness.

solelymade: without due respect i think d ? is kind of stupid

how?

country people with the above stated division across board in this nation, Is there hope for the entity nigeria?
Am tiered of hearing every news about the potentials of Nigeria, when will we realize our potentials?
what do you guys think?

oil and gas divide

health care divide

literacy divide

wealth division

ethnic divide

Nigeria: A nation divided
Nigeria should be Africa's powerhouse - it is the continent's biggest oil producer and most populous country. But after decades of poor governance, most of its 160 million people are still mired in poverty.

They are also divided along many lines - ethnic, religious, economic and political - and sometimes these tensions boil over into violence. Explore these maps to discover more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16510922

rukytaiga: All dese projects u jst showed us nw were all strtd by ibori n were almost completed b4 he left office. D gov of delta state has nt done any meaningful project in state. All dese projects u jst showed us nw were all strtd by ibori n were almost completed b4 he left office. D gov of delta state has nt done any meaningful project in state.

but he completed the projects?

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Delta state on the move!

so supposedly if you havent heard anything about those places you mentioned.it means calabar is not an investment trough in nigeria?

for you information calabar has attracted a lot of foreign direct investment that is in billions of dollars in recent time! dont pretend that you know more than the corporations that are setting shop there.

these are not your typical nigerian business that open bussiness without feasibility studies. trust me they wont site their bussiness there if there were strong indicators.

BTW the export free trade zone in calabar has exhusted their allocated land space as a result of booming industrial setups, and are presently applying to the feds for extension.

Pipsland78:


POSITIVES
1) Provision of jobs thereby reducing unemployment
2) Provision of tourist centres
3) They pay tax to the govt
4) Provision of much needed goods all in one spot thereby reducing cost of shopping.
5) Their products are cheap
6) They act as a catalyst to our entrepreneurs thereby encouraging them to become better entrepreneurs.

NEGATIVES
1) They create unemployment by killing small businesses. This is the same reason small towns in America clamour against the presence of retail giants like Walmart.
2) They encourage poverty by tempting people to buy impetuously.
3) They break up relationships by causing our ladies to make excessive demands on our young men.

MY TAKE
Every capitalist country in the world clamours for direct foreign investment, and since Nigeria is a capitalist state then I think the presence of Shoprite should be supported. The positives of having shoprite in Nigeria outweighs the negatives.

I love this post very much. espercially the negatives do you guys think that Shoprite break relationships by causing our ladies to make excessive demands on their hubbies?

FSU where did you get the pictures? It really pretty while the wooden boats may be the focus of discussion here by many people , what i see is the beautiful shorelines can you imagine what tourism and business/ agricultural potential such a green pretty shore holds?
Nigeria is indeed naturally beautiful if only we could develop/enhance its potentials.

come to think of it Benue state is the food basket of nigeria with well endowed arable land with access to water for irrigation and transportation of agricultural ptoducts.

This part of nigeria holds a lot of untaped potential

buruku town seriously need a bridge. or a proper pontoon to be be used in ferrying people across the river to avoid unnecessary accidents.

so what your point?

abialic: For those wanting 2knw d progress of wrk at d Uyo Sports Stadium, I got dis just ystrday.

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