dayokanu:

Nigeria has been habited for a very long time and has a favourable climate.

The population figure in Nigeria is almost correct.

Hausa states have a high population. The determining factor is the women and Hausa women start breeding by 15 up till 45, Thats almost 30yrs of childbirth.

favourable climate to who

nigerians only or other people

ochi aha, don't jealous us. our history is all we have. LOL and by the way was Onisha not part of the great Benin Empire? so you see we are one.

ZIM DRILL:

comapring south africa and nigeria

1. Nigeria is not the most densely populated country on earth
2. South Africa is more densely populated than most country on earth, have you asked yourself why?
3. The sparse population of south africa (as you claim) is because white folks invaded the country and used the black folks for police dog training. So almost all the black guys have rabies, and can't procreate
4. Nigeria being giant of Africa is not measured by just the size of the economy. You bring other factors into consideration: sports, market size, population, religion, culture (you can include corruption if you wish, because it also defines africa) etc. More so, when you mention African, the first thing that comes to mind is 'black man'. A white country can't be the giant of Africa

malabite:

1. Nigeria is not the most densely populated country on earth
2. South Africa is more densely populated than most country on earth, have you asked yourself why?
3. The sparse population of south africa (as you claim) is because white folks invaded the country and used the black folks for police dog training. So almost all the black guys have rabies, and can't procreate
4. Nigeria being giant of Africa is not measured by just the size of the economy. You bring other factors into consideration: sports, market size, population, religion, culture (you can include corruption if you wish, because it also defines africa) etc. More so, when you mention African, the first thing that comes to mind is 'black man'. A white country can't be the giant of Africa

why try to divert from what i said i never

i never compared it to the rest of the world i only compared it to SA so lets stick to SA only

dont try to divert in order for nigeria to win


as for economy lets also stick to that only dont put others things to make nigeria number 1 to sort yourself pride

so SA aint an african country becoz SA is run by whites (business wise) your greedyness for 1 sends shivers down my spine

Confuse? Nah! true, we are all lagging in Africa economically but, Nigeria being "a giant of Africa" economically is not far from the truth at all.

Second largest Economy in Africa; and we didn't say that

Where did ''boomerang'' or whatever get their figures from? Nigeria? government that cant even give account of its work force
Abi NNPC/petroleum ministry/finance ministry confused over oil export.
Now if Nigeria cant give a proper account, where did ''Boomerang'' get its figures from?

I think its the same thing that made china populated, lack of birth control and family planning, which is largely due to our level of literacy

http://lekanbaruwa.

This is the dumbest post of the year. What has country size got to do with population. If that is the case, then Russia should have the largest population in the world. Go and ask the tiny Island of Japan how they managed to be ranked among the largest population in the world.

jp philips:


Where did ''boomerang'' or whatever get their figures from? Nigeria? government that cant even give account of its work force
Abi NNPC/petroleum ministry/finance ministry confused over oil export.
Now if Nigeria cant give a proper account, where did ''Boomerang'' get its figures from?

I think "boomerang" and all the rest of them got their figures from the World Bank and other experts like them. Like I said earlier on the thread I really see little to celebrate in the Africa to Africa comparison, we are all lagging behind the rest of the world but that does not change the fact that The Nigerian Economy is one of the biggest in Sub-Saharan Africa.

World bank still called it second biggest few weeks ago. Check the last paragraph:

http://blogs.worldbank.org/prospects/category/tags/nigeria

omodapson:

This is the dumbest post of the year. What has country size got to do with population. If that is the case, then Russia should have the largest population in the world. Go and ask the tiny Island of Japan how they managed to be ranked among the largest population in the world.

dont be narrowed minded or like a horse that has blinkers for the race only

think outside the box

check again russia is big but most other parts got no people at all

but if you check countries like USA CHINA INDIA have huge population and are big so some countries tend to have that reflection of size and population

my question is just in comparison with SA only and that doesnt mean applying the size and population to every country

ochi-aha:


Strangerf, The Ibos are repubicans by nature, like the Greeks were too,and so did not need any tyrant in the form
of a King to rule over them.

You have to appreciate that God created different tribes to foister diversity on mankind. Can you imagine what the world have looked like if we all spoke the same language, had the same customs and tradition and the same system of administration?  Everything will look drab and ordinary without any new thing to learn !!!

When you say the Ibos do not have the intellect to run empires, I laugh so much my ribs ache. Its the same Ibos who after the civil war have been able  carve out  financial empires from little or no resources. Go to Lagos and see the empires they have built, go to Nnewi, Aba etc.

From your write up, I guess you are a benin guy, my advise for you therefore, as well to all Benin people, is that they should stop living on past glory. Yes, your benin empire was once strong, but today, its a mere ceremonial entity with an Oba as its head. Ibos have built new and modern financially relevant empires, while you guys are still living in a past of backwardness, unemployment, etc. Wake up from your false sense of achievement.

You're obviously quite brainless to think strangerf/fstranger is Bini so there normally might not even be a point responding to this as I would be conversing with a dullard, but I actually suspect that you know full well that he is not Bini but have some insecurity issues about the Benin empire that make you feel the need to go out of your way to put down another group out of nowhere (making you no different from this same strangerf that you are criticizing, who does the same thing out of insecurity). What is this supposed stagnation and backwardness? What particular backwardness is found in Benin city that is not in other parts of Nigeria? Edo state is still a major educational center of the country. And what unemployment is there in Benin that is not in other parts of Nigeria? Benin is still one of the financial centers of the country. You probably couldn't recognize a Bini name if it was staring you in the face unless it was one of the most common ones, but a simple google search or linkedin search of even the most common Bini names would make you see how foolish it would be to suggest that Binis were some particularly backward group relative to others in Nigeria. The doctors, lawyers, professors, engineers, business managers, entrepreneurs etc. that would pop up for locations within Nigeria and without would be enough to put that idea to rest.


familarize yourself with a few of the posts in this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=557357.msg7225572#msg7225572

And get a clue. Edo state, and Benin city in particular are still one of the most forward marching components of this thing called Nigeria and that's despite the fact that Edos have even less political relevance and influence and less oil wealth than many other Southern Nigerian groups, including Igbos.

And with a competent governor (Lucky Igbinedion is out of the picture now) introducing ID cards, road construction and renovation, traffic lights, and actually putting up the state budget online, among other things, this will only continue.

lekanbar:

I think its the same thing that made china populated, lack of birth control and family planning, which is largely due to our level of literacy

http://lekanbaruwa.

True talk. You forgot to add polygamy.

I find the OP very insulting. How dare a Zimbabwean come to this forum with his filth. Is Zimbabwe progressing? The answer is no. They still need to kick out all the white farmers, who control most of their nation's wealth and treat the native people slaves. Just like in South Africa who have problems with the Boers.

And what about the high HIV/AIDS rate that is found in Zimbabwe? If you think Nigeria is a pariah state, just look at Zimbabwe. Comrade Robert Mugabe destroyed their economy. He should of kicked the white farmers off the land years ago. Now with all those sanctions that the West have used against Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe which used to be the bread basket of Africa is now a basket case.

It is very insulting for you people to attack yourselves over tribes, in which a foreigner has just insulted us. Have you people have any pride in yourselves? Even when a Nigerian is attacked by a foreigner, you people would rather worry about the tribe. Nigeria is never going to progress. And it is best we go our separate ways.

And who the helll is this Ochi-Aha? 

He needs to pick a different name, so people will not confuse me with him.

ZIM DRILL:

why try to divert from what i said i never

i never compared it to the rest of the world i only compared it to SA so lets stick to SA only

dont try to divert in order for nigeria to win


as for economy lets also stick to that only dont put others things to make nigeria number 1 to sort yourself pride

so SA aint an african country becoz SA is run by whites (business wise) your greedyness for 1 sends shivers down my spine

What on earth are you talking about? I have really tried to refrain myself from answering you.
In the opening question (and I do agree with Onlytruth regarding your phrasing) you compared Nigeria to South Africa. Then in further comments you compare Nigeria to other countries i.e India. Anybody with half a brain will find that hilarious considering the fact India has well over a  Billion people in population with a land mass comparable to Congo (Kinshasa). So in retrospect it's like all the people of Africa migrating to Congo with their dieases is what = the India you are comparing us with.

So when it suits you non-Nigerians you see fit to compare us with the world, and when a Nigerian tries to give you an open perspective we should stop talking about the world. Listen, this is not Harare so don't be making noise anyhow here.
Another thing that makes me wonder is why some of these Africans do not discuss their own issues. In order to forget their problems they talk about 'Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria' as if their own palava will dissapear- worry about your Zimababwe.
Another thing that makes me laugh with some of you Africans is that when you discuss Nigeria you compare her with another country, what is your concern? How comes the noise makers never compare her with their own country? Are you ashamed of your own country you have to talk of another mans own?

A lot of the comments here were childish and silly yet you recieved many answers so what else do you want to hear? refer to PhysicsMHD and Ikengawo as suppliers to your question.

'Giant of Africa'? I do not subscribe to that title either but are you that silly or naive to think that it is in reference to economy alone? what of military? foreign politics? global standing etc?
Since you want to compare us with South Africa it might interest you to know that the Yanks have even declared just the state of Lagos more IMPORTANT than your Cape town. Is that not a shame, as run down as Lagos is it is seen as the most improtant region in sub sahara Africa, whilst they further declared that 'Nigeria is the most important nation in Africa to America'.
Besides do your research 'Giant of Africa' was coined in the 70s (and thus stuck as a name for Nigeria) or there about during one of Nigeria's better years, even though the best is yet to come I'll rather Nigeria just drop that title and stop thinking of Africa altogether, what is my concern with the continent apart from my fathers land. Some of you Africans really think when Nigerians are eating breakfast or in assembly together we talk of Giant this and that, we are thinking of ourselves not whether Nigeria is a Giant or not.

Zimabawe, when did we become brothers? Do you see any Nigerians littering your forum? go discuss this matter with your ilk on a South Afrian forum.

If you check many of those who has actually diminished themselves to respond to you, you will notice that most of these people here are not all that serious, you think if you were to ask a serious Nigerian this question they will even respond to a Zimabawean? You are just lucky they do not frequent this website often.

Ochi_Agha:

I find the OP very insulting. How dare a Zimbabwean come to this forum with his filth. Is Zimbabwe progressing? The answer is no. They still need to kick out all the white farmers, who control most of their nation's wealth and treat the native people slaves. Just like in South Africa who have problems with the Boers.

And what about the high HIV/AIDS rate that is found in Zimbabwe? If you think Nigeria is a pariah state, just look at Zimbabwe. Comrade Robert Mugabe destroyed their economy. He should of kicked the white farmers off the land years ago. Now with all those sanctions that the West have used against Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe which used to be the bread basket of Africa is now a basket case.

It is very insulting for you people to attack yourselves over tribes, in which a foreigner has just insulted us. Have you people have any pride in yourselves? Even when a Nigerian is attacked by a foreigner, you people would rather worry about the tribe. Nigeria is never going to progress. And it is best we go our separate ways.

why some nigerians are very insecure you cant answer a direct question you rush to insult

i asked becoz i didnt want to speculate

i didnt know it is wrong to simpley ask

please quote where insluted nigeria

emofine:

What on earth are you talking about? I have really tried to refrain myself from answering you.
In the opening question (and I do agree with Onlytruth regarding your phrasing) you compared Nigeria to South Africa. Then in further comments you compare Nigeria to other countries i.e India. Anybody with half a brain will find that hilarious considering the fact India has well over a Billion people in population with a land mass comparable to Congo (Kinshasa). So in retrospect it's like all the people of Africa migrating to Congo with their dieases is what = the India you are comparing us with.

So when it suits you non-Nigerians you see fit to compare us with the world, and when a Nigerian tries to give you an open perspective we should stop talking about the world. Listen, this is not Harare so don't be making noise anyhow here.
Another thing that makes me wonder is why some of these Africans do not discuss their own issues. In order to forget their problems they talk about 'Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria' as if their own palava will dissapear- worry about your Zimababwe.
Another thing that makes me laugh with some of you Africans is that when you discuss Nigeria you compare her with another country, what is your concern? How comes the noise makers never compare her with their own country? Are you ashamed of your own country you have to talk of another mans own?

A lot of the comments here were childish and silly yet you recieved many answers so what else do you want to hear? refer to PhysicsMHD and Ikengawo as suppliers to your question.

'Giant of Africa'? I do not subscribe to that title either but are you that silly or naive to think that it is in reference to economy alone? what of military? foreign politics? global standing etc?
Since you want to compare us with South Africa it might interest you to know that the Yanks have even declared just the state of Lagos more IMPORTANT than your Cape town. Is that not a shame, as run down as Lagos is it is seen as the most improtant region in sub sahara Africa, whilst they further declared that 'Nigeria is the most important nation in Africa to America'.
Besides do your research 'Giant if Africa' was coined in the 70s (and thus stuck as a name for Nigeria) or there about during one of Nigeria's better years, even though the best is yet to come I'll rather Nigeria just drop that title and stop thinking of Africa altogether, what is my concern with the continent apart from my fathers land. Some of you Africans really think when Nigerians are eating breakfast or in assembly together we talk of Giant this and that, we are thinking of ourselves not whether Nigeria is a Giant or not.

Zimabawe, when did we become brothers? Do you see any Nigerians littering your forum? go discuss this matter with your ilk on a South Afrian forum.

If you check many of those who has actually diminished themselves to respond to you, you will notice that most of these people here are not all that serious, you think if you were to ask a serious Nigerian this question they will even respond to a Zimabawean? You are just lucky they do not frequent this website often.

dont read between the lines i never compared nigeria with india but gave exmaples using india USA

your pride sometimes make you daft you cant discuss without turning everything in a fight as if you have been insulated

it a simple question which needs your input as nigerians simple as that

I don't see how ZIM DRILL insulted anyone. She asked a simple, yet rather interesting question.

Ochi_Agha:

I find the OP very insulting. How dare a Zimbabwean come to this forum with his filth. Is Zimbabwe progressing? The answer is no. They still need to kick out all the white farmers, who control most of their nation's wealth and treat the native people slaves. Just like in South Africa who have problems with the Boers.

And what about the high HIV/AIDS rate that is found in Zimbabwe? If you think Nigeria is a pariah state, just look at Zimbabwe. Comrade Robert Mugabe destroyed their economy. He should of kicked the white farmers off the land years ago. Now with all those sanctions that the West have used against Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe which used to be the bread basket of Africa is now a basket case.

It is very insulting for you people to attack yourselves over tribes, in which a foreigner has just insulted us. Have you people have any pride in yourselves? Even when a Nigerian is attacked by a foreigner, you people would rather worry about the tribe. Nigeria is never going to progress. And it is best we go our separate ways.

Zimbabwe was NEVER the bread basket of Africa ONLY Southern Africa. That hyperbole was used to exagerrate their downfall. You really think that they fed us in Nigeria, even the Southern Africans did not go hungry due to Zimbabwe sinking.

To conclude there are only 4 countries in Africa if their got things right they could feed the continent, these countries are in order: Congo, Sudan, Angola and Nigeria. Even in that country's hey days they didn't even feed the whole of their region.

PhysicsMHD:

I don't see how ZIM DRILL insulted anyone. She asked a simple, yet rather interesting question.

//what made the population boom or you just bonk like rabbits and have so many litters//

You don't have statements like this. I find it highly insulting that a foreigner would say such a thing. Maybe he/she should worry about her own impoverished nation that is considered a pariah due to Comrade Robert Mugabe's policies. Let us not forget that they have the highest inflation rate in the world, in which their money is worthless.

PhysicsMHD:

I don't see how ZIM DRILL insulted anyone. She asked a simple, yet rather interesting question.

you can say that again

like in real life some nigerian cant have conversation that is not good looking to his/.her or nigerian

they twist it as if you insulated him/her

if anyone ask about zimbabwe negitive/positive i will try to answer him/her without being biased if i try to defend negitive things for the sake of it, it will only make me a fool

though i never said anything negitive about nigeria population i even when to acknowlegdge the number 2 economy position in africa

Let us take a look at Zimbabwe

Rising sums

$444m foreign investment in Zimbabwe in 1998

$2.5bn Zimbabwe’s foreign debt last year

$109m foreign debt in 1999

2,200% offical rate of inflation

3,000% Rate of inflation estimated by the IMF

Z$250 official exchange rate for US$1

Z$25,000 black market exchange rate


More than two million Zimbabweans have taken refuge in neighbouring African states since the takeover of white-owned farms began seven years ago
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You can see which nation is on the decline.

Ochi_Agha:

//what made the population boom or you just bonk like rabbits and have so many litters//

You don't have statements like this. I find it highly insulting that a foreigner would say such a thing. Maybe he/she should worry about her own impoverished nation that is considered a pariah due to Comrade Robert Mugabe's policies. Let us not forget that they have the highest inflation rate in the world, in which their money is worthless.

do babies came from trees ?

PhysicsMHD:

I don't see how ZIM DRILL insulted anyone. She asked a simple, yet rather interesting question.

My brother maybe you did not notice it because it was subliminal or was possibly hidden inside a joke but read here, 'what made the population boom or you just bonk like rabbits and have so many litters'
Furthermore if a Nigerian was to talk to his people like that would it not even be another Nigerian to tell that person off. It may also interest you to check his former posts on this forum.

Ochi_Agha:

Let us take a look at Zimbabwe

Rising sums

$444m foreign investment in Zimbabwe in 1998

$2.5bn Zimbabwe’s foreign debt last year

$109m foreign debt in 1999

2,200% offical rate of inflation

3,000% Rate of inflation estimated by the IMF

Z$250 official exchange rate for US$1

Z$25,000 black market exchange rate


More than two million Zimbabweans have taken refuge in neighbouring African states since the takeover of white-owned farms began seven years ago
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You can see which nation is on the decline.

you are wasting yout energy i never denied it and besides no one even asked and i tried to deny it

lets stick to the gist of the thread

emofine:

Zimbabwe was NEVER the bread basket of Africa ONLY Southern Africa. That hyperbole was used to exagerrate their downfall. You really think that they fed us in Nigeria, even the Southern Africans did not go hungry due to Zimbabwe sinking.

To conclude there are only 4 countries in Africa if their got things right they could feed the continent, these countries are in order: Congo, Sudan, Angola and Nigeria. Even in that country's hey days they didn't even feed the whole of their region.

You are wrong. Let us leave personal sentiment out of this.

Until 2000, ZIMBABWE WAS the breadbasket of Africa, exporting wheat, tobacco, and corn to the rest of the continent and beyond. Zimbabwe contains the most fertile farmland on the continent. That is a FACT!

PhysicsMHD:

I don't see how ZIM DRILL insulted anyone. She asked a simple, yet rather interesting question.

I really won't want to argue you on this because I don't want you to spam this thread.
What I feel more sad about is that Nigerians (even the educated ones) are so ignorant and can't even seem to see beyond their tribal lines to see a foreigner ridiculing them.
If this dude is from US or England, or Japan, I could try to take it easy on him.
This dude is from frcking Zimbabwe!

His country is a MESS.  Yet, he finds time to discuss Nigeria's breeding like rabbits, and keeps comparing Nigeria to South Africa, never mind that he shares borders with South Africa.

His argument is just simple -Nigeria is breeding with little land and nothing more to boast of.

You see, this is part of why sometimes it pains me that I am Nigerian.

That goat won't insult a Biafra for sure.  

Instead of asking him some hard questions about his own failed nation, I see some characters here falling over themselves wagging tribal wars, stoked by a guy from the worst banana republics in Africa.

Shameless folks.

emofine:

My brother maybe you did not notice it because it was subliminal or was possibly hidden inside a joke but read here, 'what made the population boom or you just bonk like rabbits and have so many litters'
Furthermore if a Nigerian was to talk to his people like that would it not even be another Nigerian to tell that person off. It may also interest you to check his former posts on this forum.

where people baked like bread or they had se/x = bonking  litters= many kids

do you nigerian have another way of having kids== that make bonking taboo that makes have the tantrums like a babies

ZIM DRILL:

dont read between the lines i never compared nigeria with india but gave exmaples using india USA

your pride sometimes make you daft you cant discuss without turning everything in a fight as if you have been insulated

it a simple question which needs your input as nigerians simple as that

A Zimbabwean can never insult my pride. It was a 'simple' question laced with an insult. You really do not know Nigerians at all to think that some of us cannot detect what you were trying to say moreover Nigerians are interrogated daily, of course we can answer questions but some people need to be checked first.

ZIM DRILL:

where people baked like bread or they had se/x = bonking litters= many kids

do you nigerian have another way of having kids== that make bonking taboo that makes have the tantrums like a babies

Have I not asked you whether we are brothers? what stranger would indulge in such question to another stranger? Do you think you are some how cool and brave with the way you talk?

Onlytruth:

I really won't want to argue you on this because I don't want you to spam this thread.
What I feel more sad about is that Nigerians (even the educated ones) are so ignorant and can't even seem to see beyond their tribal lines to see a foreigner ridiculing them.
If this dude is from US or England, or Japan, I could try to take it easy on him.
This dude is from frcking Zimbabwe!

His country is a MESS. Yet, he finds time to discuss Nigeria's breeding like rabbits, and keeps comparing Nigeria to South Africa, never mind that he shares borders with South Africa.

His argument is just simple -Nigeria is breeding with little land and nothing more to boast of.

You see, this is part of why sometimes it pains me that I am Nigerian.

That goat won't insult a Biafra for sure.

Instead of asking him some hard questions about his own failed nation, I see some characters here falling over themselves wagging tribal wars, stoked by a guy from the worst banana republics in Africa.

Shameless folks.

so if my country is in a mess i cant ask things about other countries ?

only one person asked me about zim sitaution and i answered him, check the whole thread

Ochi_Agha:

You are wrong. Let us leave personal sentiment out of this.

Until 2000, ZIMBABWE WAS the breadbasket of Africa, exporting wheat, tobacco, and corn to the rest of the continent and beyond. Zimbabwe contains the most fertile farmland on the continent. That is a FACT!

My brother I have left 'personal sentiment out of this'
But I still declare that country never fed Nigeria, the end. I do not care which other people they were feeding but is not interesting to note that during their hardcore recession other Southern Africans still found bread to chop? How much more us as West Africans?

Onlytruth:

I really won't want to argue you on this because I don't want you to spam this thread.
What I feel more sad about is that Nigerians (even the educated ones) are so ignorant and can't even seem to see beyond their tribal lines to see a foreigner ridiculing them.
If this dude is from US or England, or Japan, I could try to take it easy on him.
This dude is from frcking Zimbabwe!

His country is a MESS. Yet, he finds time to discuss Nigeria's breeding like rabbits, and keeps comparing Nigeria to South Africa, never mind that he shares borders with South Africa.

His argument is just simple -Nigeria is breeding with little land and nothing more to boast of.

You see, this is part of why sometimes it pains me that I am Nigerian.

That goat won't insult a Biafra for sure.

Instead of asking him some hard questions about his own failed nation, I see some characters here falling over themselves wagging tribal wars, stoked by a guy from the worst banana republics in Africa.

Shameless folks.

Onlytruth by name onlytruth by nature, I'm glad we're on the same wavelength.