majekdom2:
The only thing that made sense is your post of Nigerians saying bad things about Nigeria on the internet. Most nations don't do that. But coming to say Dubai is not rich is the worst statement I have heard this month. The Arabs are rich... Thanks to oil. There are no nations without its flaws i.e debts, I'll treatment, hostility. It's just the way it is being managed. Even USA, China, Russia has debt, they have their problems. The thing is the Dubai people have chosen to be forward looking un like Nigeria. They invest in tourism, are not corrupt and embrace development. One can tell obviously they do not match upto the western world but doing somethings right presents you as a sane economy. This is what Nigeria should do. You don't have to gain say another economy to correct Nigerians or to make them not see that they have corrupt leadersm

u make sense! They even make more money from tourism than oil so how come they are poor

charlesluthor:

Shame on U! Wat do u ve dat u want to project? .

I hope your parents are aware of your situation,
they had better commit you to a mental asylum
before you become a street show for kids.

majekdom2:
which best cities?

There are no "best" cities, every city has unsightly slum region
but there are parts of our cities that are good looking.

Those should be projected, I have once seen some spectacular
pictures of some Nigerian cities, such as bonny island, part of abuja,
parts of Calabar and Uyo.

Goldenboy007:


Tell me which part of Chicago you lived in and I will deliberately go there and take a picture of a dirty street in that place. I live in North West Suburb which is mainly whites and a mix of middle/upper class. However there are places in North side and South Side that are dirtier than Ojota.
This week several places were flooded in Chicago suburbs just like they had in Lagos. Lagos has Cable TV, Internet, Mobile communication, Rapid Bus transport, major tarred roads and big Malls and tourism spots.
Whatever setbacks Nigeria has is because we the humans are the problem. Evans sef go talk say Nigeria is corrupt.
The difference between Lagos and Chicago is the darn people - In Lagos we have low esteem, inferiority complex , egoistic, sabotaging, dubious, tribalistic bigots. It is attitudes like this that make majority of us that has no business traveling go kneeling down for Embassy officials young enough to be your kid sister or brothers. Majority of whites are not half as educated as us yet we tremble at their presence because we do not appreciate who or what we are. Thats why they still think we are bunch of monkeys.
Better I stay in US than come back home to associate with people that think they are bunch of losers.

Since Lagos is more developed, Y re u still in Chicago? or u jst like staying in under developed environment?

Pidgin2:

Good advice, that's why I'm on a personal campaign to play my own part in polishing the image of my country
Proudly Nigerian!
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Afam4eva:

Of course, we're saying the same thing. Nut job.

Afam4eva:

What you're doing is painting and not polishing. You polish something that is already good on it's own to some extent but painting means giving the impression of something that is not. You are a liar and criminal and should be ashamed of yourself.

You mean you need to insult someone for making a simple statement, which she's entitled to? How does that harmless comment affect your life? It's only on Nairaland people insult others just to disagree with someone else's opinion. Very bad.

charlesluthor:

Since Lagos is more developed, Y re u still in Chicago? or u jst like staying in under developed environment?

Read the last paragraph in my reply.

ivolt:


There are no "best" cities, every city has unsightly slum region
but there are parts of our cities that are good looking.

Those should be projected, I have once seen some spectacular
pictures of some Nigerian cities, such as bonny island, part of abuja,
parts of Calabar and Uyo.

List 3 tinz that can be projected from these cities u jst mentioned. 3 from each cities.

Goldenboy007:

Read the last paragraph in my reply.

So now u knw pple can be developed also. So y did u compare in d first place.

Daviddson:




You mean you need to insult someone for making a simple statement, which she's entitled to? How does her comment affect your life? It's only on Nairaland people insult others just to disagree with someone else's opinion. Very bad.

I didn't insult her because of her comment but because of her behavior on this forum in the past. She has insulted and derided people and has been responsible for derailing people's threads all over the forum just because some people do not agree with her perception that Nigeria is perfect. You need to take a look around to see who we're talking about here.

ivolt:


I hope your parents are aware of your situation,
they had better commit you to a mental asylum
before you become a street show for kids.

Am still asking U, wat do u ve in Nigeria that u want to Project? If u can't, only 1 tin I will ask God to do for u.. May Sense fall on U.

Goldenboy007:


Tell me which part of Chicago you lived in and I will deliberately go there and take a picture of a dirty street in that place. I live in North West Suburb which is mainly whites and a mix of middle/upper class. However there are places in North side and South Side that are dirtier than Ojota.
This week several places were flooded in Chicago suburbs just like they had in Lagos. Lagos has Cable TV, Internet, Mobile communication, Rapid Bus transport, major tarred roads and big Malls and tourism spots.
Whatever setbacks Nigeria has is because we the humans are the problem. Evans sef go talk say Nigeria is corrupt.
The difference between Lagos and Chicago is the darn people - In Lagos we have low esteem, inferiority complex , egoistic, sabotaging, dubious, tribalistic bigots. It is attitudes like this that make majority of us that has no business traveling go kneeling down for Embassy officials young enough to be your kid sister or brothers. Majority of whites are not half as educated as us yet we tremble at their presence because we do not appreciate who or what we are. Thats why they still think we are bunch of monkeys.
Better I stay in US than come back home to associate with people that think they are bunch of losers.

I beg to disagree with you that the diference between Chicago and Lagos s the people. Even those places you call ghetto and claim tat is worse than Ojota is better than some so called high brow areas in Lagos. The difference between south-side Chicago and Lagos is the prevalence of crime in Chicago else a lot of Nigerian will kill to live in those ghettos in the US even with the crime,

well i dont cherish glamorous cities. Life is all about PURPOSE. there is a popular saing in Nigeria that WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN SOKOTO YOU CAN STILL GET IT IN SHOKOTO. in cities like that only few are rich - investors, business men/women and high govt officials. the rest are just jobbers living from hand to mouth and just like you have said they are just claiming to rub shoulders with whose who. we need a combination of a discovery of PURPOSE, VISION, PASSION to really live a fulfilling life wherever we find ourselves.

God bless all nairalanders.

charlesluthor:

Since Lagos is more developed, Y re u still in Chicago? or u jst like staying in under developed environment?

Lol!...I think the OP is claiming that Lagos is as developed as Chicago. Please OP show us pictures of the so-called developed Lagos as Chicago so we can truly believe what you are saying is making sense.

Seriously, please we need pictures to confirm.

Daviddson:





You mean you need to insult someone for making a simple statement, which she's entitled to? How does that harmless comment affect your life? It's only on Nairaland people insult others just to disagree with someone else's opinion. Very bad.

I wonder, there are some people that never like to see or hear anything good about Nigeria and that fellow is one of them

ApBlaze10:
well i dont cherish glamorous cities. Life is all about PURPOSE. there is a popular saing in Nigeria that WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN SOKOTO YOU CAN STILL GET IT IN SHOKOTO. in cities like that only few are rich - investors, business men/women and high govt officials. the rest are just jobbers living from hand to mouth and just like you have said they are just claiming to rub shoulders with whose who. we need a combination of a discovery of PURPOSE, VISION, PASSION to really live a fulfilling life wherever we find ourselves.

God bless all nairalanders.

So u dnt knw that some cities or environment can make accomplish ur purpose faster.

Meanwhile, I didn't see H in SOKOTO

Goldenboy007:


I didn't read this from a Newspaper ..this is where I live. And right there is the problem, we do not appreciate what we have. Most Americans for all they care; we still live in trees and that's because of what some of you post on the internet. I will say it again ..Lagos is as developed as Chicago in all ramifications!

That's a FAT LIE.

So up till now nobody can list (3) 25 storey structure in Nigeria.

We need pictures oooo.

All those claiming that Lagos is as developed as Chicago.

Please post pictures now...lol!

Ugosample:


That's a FAT LIE.

Lol!...so you're taking him serious?

He is doing what one calls delusional thinking and hoping.

Still waiting on him to post pictures to stand solid on his argument...lol!

Wait all of you,get a Dubai visa for me,I'll confirm and clear your doubts.Have never been out of Nigeria,so I don't know how other country is.We rise by lifting others,somebody get me a visa.Thanks

Beautyaddy:


Lol!...so you're taking him serious?

He is doing what one calls delusional thinking and hoping.

Still waiting on him to post pictures to stand solid on his argument...lol!

You can't even compare Lagos with Abidjan or Nairobi (at least I knie of these ones first hand) talkless of Tunis, cape town or Chicago


Delusional people everywhere

Afam4eva:

I beg to disagree with you that the diference between Chicago and Lagos s the people. Even those places you call ghetto and claim tat is worse than Ojota is better than some so called high brow areas in Lagos. The difference between south-side Chicago and Lagos is the prevalence of crime in Chicago else a lot of Nigerian will kill to live in those ghettos in the US even with the crime,

Lagos no get crime walahi...at least when I was in Lagos I parked my car without steering lock. When I used to live near South Side, dem no born you well not to use steering locks and other gadgets to secure your car. I clubbed well in VI then, by 12am I'm still in Ikoyi with confidence. Walahi try some parts of Chicago at 7pm in the evening ..you will be mugged or shot at.
What of Newark in New Jersey? ..twice they have removed rims and tires of my friends car. They rob your mails and the poverty on the street is first class. All cities have their peculiarities but to say Lagos is not as developed as Chicago is doing yourselves great injustice. Its sad.

NigeriaKitchen:
So dear Nigerians, stop saying bad things about Nigeria....stop taking pictures of bad places in Nigeria and showing to the world because it is killing us.....all nations, all big cities in the world have their sorry side....but the western world and other big nations have mastered the art of deceit and image packaging....such that they package their city to look so rich and perfect to your fantasy....thereby, drawing more investment and tourists to their lands....and making more money for their nations.

Dubai is just packaging...it is not as rich as you do imagine and see on TV and media

We must learn from these people by fire by force, cc: justwise over to you

You have to package based on what is on ground.

What is on ground in Nig that we can really show off with?

Even Tinaoa and Obudu that would have been a good start is decaying very bad.


We need to work on ourselves first, instead of deceiving ourselves and portraying what is not there

Goldenboy007:


Lagos no get crime walahi...at least when I was in Lagos I parked my car without steering lock. When I used to live near South Side, dem no born you well not to use steering locks and other gadgets to secure your car. I clubbed well in VI then, by 12am I'm still in Ikoyi with confidence. Walahi try some parts of Chicago at 7pm in the evening ..you will be mugged or shot at.
What of Newark in New Jersey? ..twice they have removed rims and tires of my friends car. They rob your mails and the poverty on the street is first class. All cities have their peculiarities but to say Lagos is not as developed as Chicago is doing yourselves great injustice. Its sad.

There's definitely more crime in lagos than Chicago but it's just that in Lagos, it's more widespread and is not limited to some areas. In cities like Chicago and others in America, crime is synonymous with specific areas, mostly areas with relative poverty.

The only reason why Lagos is mentioned alongside places like Chicago is because it's population. How exactly do you want to compare Lagos with Chicago. Which metric are you going to use. Is it the provision of the basic amenities, electricity, industries. In what areas is Lagos at the same level with Chicago.

Pidgin2:


Good advice, that's why I'm on a personal campaign to play my own part in polishing the image of my country

Proudly Nigerian!

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Nah, you're on a personal campaign of self delusion. We know you

I am surprised by some posts here. I had this same argument with my American colleagues and I thought they were mere white supremacist, now I have to fight it out with my own people...my gawd, I am flabbergasted - Our road to redemption is a very far one - We are the problems. This defeatist attitude is similar to the black Americans - they were freed physically but their souls have not been emancipated from mental slavery.
So how can we blame Saraki who is in London to celebrate his son who graduated in LSE, I don't blame him because I won't want my son hobnobbing with crowds with low self esteem.

OP is stupid. You lived in the slums of Dubai for 40 years, therefore Dubai is not rich All these retårded bloggers it seems you have no idea what Nigeria is. I'll give you and morons like you who think by hiding the rot and putrefying stench of Nigeria would make it developed...here are facts about Nigeria:

1. Ranks 10th for highest infant mortality rate in the universe ie. 71.2 deaths/1000 live births
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html

2. Ranks 5th worst health system in the cosmos ie. 0.176/10 - even worse than Liberia - according to WHO overall health systems performance index
http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/poorest-list/the-10-worst-health-care-systems-in-the-world/

3. Ranks 152/188 in Human Development Index
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

4. Ranks 9th most dangerous country on the milky way galaxy ie. much worse than Libya, Palistine and Yemen and a little safer than Iraq

5. Ranks 135/149 on the Legatum Prosperity Index ie. Chances are not great in Nigeria

'Over 110 million Nigerians living below the poverty line' Yemi Osibanjo (2015) ie. over 60% of nigerians are extremely poor - it sure must have increased by now http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/over-1-million-nigerians-living-below-poverty-line-osinbajo/

I don't know why it's only us that have this over-bloated self-importance out of all the lowest ranked countries on every human development, health and safety indices in the world despite the trillions of USD that has gone through the country.

Nansense!!

Atleast they have good electricity.thats enough

EVEN IF WE DO A MASSIVE CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE NIGERIAN IMAGES, IT WONT WORK

CAUSE
1-Greedy naija bloggers looking for cheap traffic will keep filling up the internet with our dark side.

2-THE IPOBIANS=dis set of idiots are even bigger threats than boko haram cause they got access to d internet.THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO DRAG NIGERIAS IMAGE INTO THE MUD, THEY WILL EVEN LIE & BRING FAKE STUFF

3- WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR TOURIST SPOTS, NIGERIA IS SO FREAKING UNIQUE THAT WE HAVE all the types of Savannah zones available here, DESERT, LUSH VEGETATION, MOUNTAINS, GRASSLANDS, WILD LIFE....but we ignore it 4 Oil money

I don't think it's fair comparing Lagos with Chicago. Lagos is a state and a city while Chicago is a city and the capital of Ilinois.
I think the comparisons should be Chicago vs Ikeja or Lagos vs IIlinois.

Goldenboy007:
I am surprised by some posts here. I had this same argument with my American colleagues and I thought they were mere white supremacist, now I have to fight it out with my own people...my gawd, I am flabbergasted - Our road to redemption is a very far one - We are the problems. This defeatist attitude is similar to the black Americans - they were freed physically but their souls have not been emancipated from mental slavery.
So how can we blame Saraki who is in London to celebrate his son who graduated in LSE, I don't blame him because I won't want my son hobnobbing with crowds with low self esteem.

True talk

But their leaders are serious about governance, yea?! Nigeria na rubbish country. You can't sugar coat it.