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If I should sincerely rank capital cities without bias.

1. Port harcourt (without any single doubt, this is the best capital in Nigeria, Port harcourt is almost like the whole of lagos).
2. Kano
3. Kaduna
4. Enugu/Ibadan (for industrialization, I will go for Ibadan. For planning and serenity, I will go for Enugu).
6. Owerri/Ikeja (owerri is way bigger with more road infrastructure than Ikeja, while Ikeja is more densely built and many parts of Ikeja tarred, although these roads are substandardly tarred).
8. Uyo/Calabar (for road infrastructure, I will give it to Uyo but Calabar is better planned and seem to be more active than Uyo. Uyo seem to be bigger by landmass but Uyo is looking scanty, calabar is a very small city by landmass).
10. Ilorin/Jos/Benin (Ilorin is very planned with good roads, same as Jos but ilorin to me seem to be a better city than Jos, Jos does not really have some massive buildings). Benin city is large and also have some good roads in it.

After these then you can then mention cities like:
Akure and Abeokuta, they are also a little nice.

Cities like Abakaliki will be in this league soon if they can keep up with this current pace. Awka will make the list if they can enlarge zik avenue, construct a wide dualized road from Abagana to zik Avenue and also connect unizik road to Aroma junction with a wide dualized road. Awka already has some structures to compete but they don't have wide roads aside the expressway

forgiveness:
Bhuhahahahaha! Owerri more developed than Ikeja, Port Harcourt etc. What a joke.

What infrastructures are in Owerri? Does it have transportation system like airport, BRT, train etc?

How many five star hotels, restaurants, secondary schools exit in Owerri?

How many Industries, factories, multinationals etc are in Owerri?

How many world class health care centers, hospitals etc are in Owerri?

How many highbrow areas, estates etc are in Owerri?

How many malls, supermarkets, grocery stores etc are in Owerri?

How many recreational centers, stadiums, golf courses, polo clubs, cinemas etc are in Owerri?

Ikeja comprises of Allen, Opebi, Omole, Ojodu, Maryland, GRA, Anthony, Onigbongbo, Alausa, Magodo, Ogba, Agidingbi, Oregun etc.

What about Owerri?

The most developed state capital in terms of infrastructures are listed in this order.

1. Ikeja
2. Port Harcourt
3. Ibadan
4. Kano
5. Kaduna
6. Enugu
7. Abeokuta
8. Jos
9. Uyo
10. Ilorin
11. Owerri

Port harcourt is the most developed state capital in Nigeria that I know.
There's nothing much in onigbongbo than mobolaji Anthony, omole is just an estate in agidibgbi, Anthony is not part of Ikeja, Anthony is in Kosofe LGA, Magodo is in Kosofe LGA on the other side of Lagos Ibadan expressway way, there's nothing in oregun than kudirat Abiola way and mobolaji johnson. Allen is just alen Avenue.

Port Harbour is way bigger with better infrastructure than Ikeja. Enugu and Owerri are way bigger and has better infrastructure than Ikeja.
A good part of ibadan even have better infrastructure than Ikeja.

If I should rank in other:

1. Port harcourt
2. Kano (based on what People say)
3. Kaduna (based on what people say)
4. Enugu
5. Ibadan
6. Owerri
7. Ikeja
8. Uyo
9. Calabar
10. Ilorin (I have been here and this city is nice and organize). I have been to Akure, Osogbo and Abeokuta, Ilorin is way better than those places.

Fujiyama:
^^^


Ahem.

OK.

Ibadan is very okay by Nigerian standard , I'm not joking.

OGHENAOGIE:
those playing for enyimba others are living their dreams after all not everyone can move to Europe... Enyeama lived his dreams here for years before moving out... So say something else

they living their dream od 150k salary. You don't know anything.
You need to leave this country small

nazicartel:
ilorin is perfectly planned

I love that place.
Good roads and serene place by Nigerian standard.

I was surprised when I visited the city

OGHENAOGIE:
you are not serious who told u dreams don't die elsewhere to... Nigeria gave osihmen under 17 platform before he went to Europe... Like I said ur earlier statement is rubbish... As for changing ways let everyone do their parts simple

he should come and live his dream in Nigeria professional league then.
Country wey no serious

OGHENAOGIE:
why denigrate ur country online u can hate ur leaders not your country ok... Did Messi not have dual citizenship when he chose Argentina?? Drogba had dual citizenship too but chose Ivory coast... Nigeria has enough talents to worry about pple like folarin who isn't better than what we have...

saying the state of Nigeria the way it is is not denigrating. Nigeria is a very useless place.
Many dreams die here.
If e pain you, let's change our ways. It's not our leaders, it's Nigerians who are spoiling the country

Pidginwhisper:
He has Zero chance with Super Eagles, the frontline is loaded already , so no case

E say na loaded 😂
Loaded fire, you people must think that Nigeria has any atom of quality

shortgun:
Pathetic unpatriotic boy, always flowing in the direction of money gains.
No sense of patriotism, devotion or support for Nigeria.

Always after the money.

you Wan dey patriotic to this curse place wey cursed people wey no get sense dey?

If I also have the opportunity, I Will never choose Nigeria.

Una no dey tire for all these fights?

OVB123:
Kano is ahead of Ibandon city.

I don't know, I have not been to kano

OVB123:
What about kano?

I have not been there before.

OVB123:
Well said my Bro. The only dissagreement I can see here is Ibadan, she should be replace with Kano or Uyo city.

Ibadan is far more developed that Uyo. Uyo is just coming up.

No state capital in Nigeria is developed, they are all pieces of shit including ikeja and Port harcourt by global standard but the worst I have visited are as follows:

1. Lokoja (this one na dead place)
2. Lafia (na only two dualized road dey for here)
3. Ado Ekiti (mtcheew)
4 Umuahia (the government here is sleeping)
5. Yenegoa (this place na total disgrace).
6. Awka ( it's an expressway capital with 3 flyovers and 2 dualized roads)


The best I have visited by Nigerian standard are:
1. Port harcourt
2. Enugu
3. Ibadan
4. Owerri
5. Ilorin
6. Ikeja

Ps: I have not visited Kaduna and Kano state.

DaudaTheSexyGuy:
This is the reason why I date only married women.

I don't have the time for stress from single ladies

you go soon collect

Unseen:
If your mum won't stay with you, then nobody will.
If your wife does not want her own mother to stay with her, she will rather not choose at all than choose your mother.

The option should never be between your mom and hers ...
The option should be either your mom or nobody

LEARN!!!

nope, if I must choose. I will choose my mother inlaw.

There's nothing to learn, you can't build a home with this mentality. Better stay single

Unseen:
In every man's house, the only person that's not his blood is the wife....

In every married woman's house, the only person that's not her blood is the husband.

No woman will choose your mother over her mother.... LEARN!!!

you are not getting it, because my mom will not stay with me does not mean I am placing her mom over mine. I am placing the stability of my home over both moms.
As a man, you want to build a family and a stable home and you need leave emotions to do that.

To build a stable home, you will have a lot of challenges having your mom and your wife live together than your wife and her mom. It's all about you and your home now, some moms can legit unintentionally scatter your home

Bahamas95:
NONE!



I don't joke with my privacy.

some people are like that. Me I don't really mind Sha.

I saw a thread Today a guy who got uncomfortable with his mother inlaw having to come to his house too frequently.

So it crossed my mind, while some People really cherish their privacy, I as a person will not mind to have my mother inlaw come stay with me as it has its own advantages (I am not saying there are no disadvantages).

So the question is, your mom or your mother inlaw, who will you prefer to come stay with your family if one of them has to live in your house a as a man?

For me, I will prefer my mother inlaw for many reasons. It's not like my mom is a bad person, she's a very good woman but I will not have her come stay in my house because women like to compete with themselves irrespective of age differences. No matter how nice your mom and wife will be, they will have differences at some point that can lead to altercation. It's impossible to keep two women with different backgrounds under the same roof without some sort of issues.
As a man, it's your responsibility to manage them with wisdom.

1.You are more likely to observe more altercations between your mom and your wife than between your wife and her mom.

2. Altercations between your mom and your wife is more difficult to manage than when it's between your wife and her mom. You cannot obviously take sides when this issue is between your mom and your wife because women are more emotional hence less logical than men, they will allow emotions ruin everything if you take sides.
You can easily caution both parties freely if the issue is between your wife and her mom without anyone of them feeling that you are taking undue sides.


So for me, I will rather avoid too much wahala and have my mother inlaw stay. So how about you?

JustPowerApps:
You truly said that? Omo, that's nonsense, the fact that you are regarding an elder doesn't ring a bell to you, it is even your wife's mom. You deserve to be lashed with koboko in accordance with saria.

I swear, this boy stupid Gan ni.

tonididdy:
This is the problem with some of U Nairalandrs … you argue like you’re the only one who got brains.

🤬

sorry, but Gaboon vipers dont eat large preys.

I can understand if you say it's a python

MrBrownJay1:
FAILED ISSUE #1 you think this has anything to do with control, while it aint



FAILED ISSUE #2...why dont you answer the question... instead of bringing childish issues to this discussion. the kid is the person who want to dictate what their spouse should do all day while you are at work.... the kid is the insecure person who is so scared that MIL comes and goes to market with his wife everyday. i guess he'd rather she watches telemundo all day long by herself abi?!

no carry this kind of your argumentative attitude enter marriage Sha. Ire ooo

MrBrownJay1:
a husband need to explain this issue to his wife BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY she needs to understand it. there is absolutely nothing wrong with a parent living close by to come over and spend day with daughter rather than having be home alone all day long, NADA!!!!

there's nothing wrong if she doesn't do it everyday or every other day.
Like I said, for me, it may not be an issue as long as the mother inlaw is not trying to dominate me in my house by changing some of my policies. That's the boundary for me.
If it's about just coming everyday and gisting with your daughter and helping her do chores, I don't mind. But some people need more space, it's why mother inlaws also need to give their married children space.

pls how can such discussion take place? what kind of yeye husband would tell his wife to stay home by herself all day long and not have the company of her mother, simply because husband doesnt want it? is husband not at work everyday? should wifey be alone because of some yeye state of mind of the husband? what so wrong if mother keeps daughter company during the day and they go to market together etc? i dont get it.

you don't seem to be matured enough yourself to be in a marriage.
In a marriage, you got to discuss everything and reach understanding. The wisest People in marriage know how to deliver discussions, they rethink it carefully before saying it.
You seem to be so fixated in your own ideology and it will affect you if you take it to your marriage. Marriage is about live and let's live, even if sometimes it doesn't Favour you.

Your husband has a right to contain the way your mother visits if she visits too frequently. It all depends on the way the husbands delivers it.

Marriage is not for kids and overly reactive babies.

ledaman:
You messed up big time, you made mentioned that @ times, they do the house chores together. There are things done with later regrets. Imagine if your spouse should asked your dad or mum to stop coming to your house, how would you feel?
You just concentrated on the Negative aspect without watching the positive aspect.
You better go alone and apologize to her.

I can't even talk to my wife younger brother in that manner. Not to talk of my mother in law.
This boy dey craze

Runnerzz:
U did very well

are you being sarcastic? 😂

Godwin4444:
check his previous posts n u will know he’s one of those small boys wit useless fantasies

He will learn d hardway

seriously hard way. There's never going to be any amount of apology that is going to totally amend this.
E go still remain somehow for the mama mind until she dies, it's a permanent damage

MrBrownJay1:
at last someone making some sense in this discussion!!!!
as a parent, if my daughter has no problem with mama coming over and/or spending all day with her mother to go to market, then mama will come over as much as she desire (and if i am jobless then i will come over too)...now if husband has a problem with parents visiting, he will tell his wife and SHE will tell us to back off (which any sane parents would certainly do while checking them from afar). a husband coming to tell me to back off while my daughter is cool with me coming over, is a RED FLAG right there.

nope, it's not about your daughter. It's about both of them.
If your daughter husband is not cool with it, your daughter got to understand. No be your daughter marry him, na him marry your Daughter.

It's very okay to have the conversation with the wife and the wife needs to understand. If the wife doesn't understand then the house will be on fire. There's nothing wrong if mama comes once a month so she can give them breathing space to start a home and run it

QuantAnalyst:
Lol..I can't even talk to my wife in that manner let alone her mother.

I wouldn't mind my mother in law living with us permanently, at least, that's an extra care for my kid.

Different strokes for different folks.

I swear, I no fit talk to my wife like that. This one is not matured enough to handle a family. He's plain dumb

MrBrownJay1:
i trust him to be my daughter's chosen one, i wont trust him to be a good husband (SIL) until they start living together and he becomes a responsible husband. just because they got married, does NOT mean this man is a good husband, a good father or a caring man. this will have to be confirmed as they start living together. many people get married to people they never knew before. you only meet your true spouse AFTER marriage, not before. but hey, if you think that ABUSIVE HUSBAND is written on people's forehead then so many unfortunate people wouldnt have died at the hands of their abusive husband/wives. lets be real!






as i said earlier.... as much as it is a bit excessive you need to open your mind.... so mama that lives close by shouldnt come and spend the day with daughter that is home alone all day (and go to market together etc)? the same mama that will probably come and stay with you for months when you guys have your 1st children (in order to show you how to properly care for a newborn) na that mama you want to look down upon today?!

Mama should not be coming everyday. Mama should know that.
Maybe once in a while. Some People like privacy.

For me, I wouldn't have been a big deal depending on how close I am to mama, but if I don't really fancy mama. I will call my wife and make her understand why privacy is very important in a marriage. I won't even tell her in such a way that I don't want mama to be coming around.

Everything na wisdom

zakkxx:
You are supposed to talk to your wife to use sense and keep her mother away! Now you will make that old woman to cry. Go and ask her for forgiveness. Tomorrow now if your wife start given u trouble, who do u think your wife will listen to. U are a foolish man! Go and apologize with heavy gift 🎁

I swear, he lacks wisdom.
He cannot manage a home, he's obviously not man enough.

MrBrownJay1:
if i raised my child for +20yrs, fed, clothe, sheltered and educated her all this time... i think i have the right to see her even every hr if i wish to do so. if she just got married then i want to make sure that she is good in her new life. a parent visiting his child once a day is not wrong (maybe just a bit excessive), and unless the visit would hinder their r/ship, i dont see anything wrong here....thus the above question.

you are spewing trash.

You cannot badge into your daughter's home whenever you like.