akwabassey:
Poverty should not be justified

Wow! This is one among many old but impressive architectural master piece you see dotting Ibadan. This mansion if renovated is better than some mansions in Nigeria.

Ibadan always has my heart for real. OP you didn't have to post any pictures of other cities here.
This picture posted by forgiveness sometime ago has to be my most favourite.

Someone said something about beggars in ibadan.....


The truth is that we have more than enough beggars in ibadan but 99% of them are from the north

menabadoo:
oh please, tell that to someone that doesnt know Ibadan.

I'm from Ibadan. And I've been to many parts. But I've still not been to 50% -that i know-talk less of someone like you who probably is used to seeing the ancient part while transiting or the popular areas when you decide to stay.

When talking Ibadan, any visitor is a "John Snow"- you know nothing.

vicadex07:
will you just shut up already

See ABA here basking in all its glory


THE WHOLE OF ABA IS A REFUSE DUMP. ibos are dirty and stinky

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U are still living in the past, tht was then, This is Now. It will take less than one year to correct the ills of aba, but ibadan case is beyond remedy because it orignates from laziness of citizens while aba case is a matter of getting a good govnor

That is it!
Villagers everywhere
I just finish enlightening (I will never argue with a villager) one iboe mofo.
I noticed here, that the iboe boys that insult any SW cities are kids, lowlifers and slum dwellers of alaibo.
They googled Ibadan pictures and ended up judging the city with the pictures found there, even the ones that found there way to Lagos judge Ibadan with the view of the buildings in Iwo road. and u start bragging that you know Ibadan. Lol
The bitter fact is that: Nigeria as a whole is a big underdeveloped country!
Out of 36 states and capital, we can only brag of 2 city, which is Lagos & Abuja.
All other ones are towns. The next bigger towns are kano, PH, Ibadan & Enugu. All this d.ck measuring context is enough! The reality is on ground. I have been to all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Nobody can decieve me.
Op God bless u.

A villager will leave his village/cave to look for green pastures in another man's land, then log on to nairaland an anonymous forum and start telling the same man that he owns the economy of the man's community.
Abeg how dem take resemble?
The funny part is that : you will look for the kinda people that said that trash in reality, u will never find them
But they owns 85% of the economy of SA, they owns Lagos, they are taking over Japan. in Germany they are the best innovators.

WIZGUY69:



That is it!
Villagers everywhere
I just finish enlightening (I will never argue with a villager) one iboe mofo.
I noticed here, that the iboe boys that insult any SW cities are kids, lowlifers and slum dwellers of alaibo.
They googled Ibadan pictures and ended up judging the city with the pictures found there, even the ones that found there way to Lagos judge Ibadan with the view of the buildings in Iwo road. and u start bragging that you know Ibadan. Lol
The bitter fact is that: Nigeria as a whole is a big underdeveloped country!
Out of 36 states and capital, we can only brag of 2 city, which is Lagos & Abuja.
All other ones are towns. The next bigger towns are kano, PH, Ibadan & Enugu. All this d.ck measuring context is enough! The reality is on ground. I have been to all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Nobody can decieve me.
Op God bless u.

Same thing we have been saying, only Lagos and Abuja (both are no man's land) are truely developed. so wats ur argument here? There wont be any argument if ur brothers in the SW are of the same opinion with u

vicadex07:
The fact is other major parts of Nigeria were still living in mud and thatch houses when millions of Ibadan indigenes and residents were already using zinc roofs and later on cement buildings. Some of the earliest mud houses in the ancient city were just upgraded with zinc roofs before the owners decided to stop at that or make a complete overhaul. With the earliest form of civilized settlement not only in Nigeria but Africa as a whole, Ibadan is a city blessed with rich cultural and historical heritage. As at Nigeria's independence, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country and the third in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg. Ibadan had been the center of administration and capital of the old Western Region, Nigeria since the days of British colonial rule hence her many firsts in accomplishments. First TV station in Africa, first University in Nigeria, first sky scrapper in Nigeria, first modern stadium in Africa, among many other accomplishments due to early civilization.

What makes the brown roof phenomena quite alluring and exceptionally striking is the topography of the large expanse of land and the very large clusters of homogeneous settlement. Standing at a vantage point like atop its most popular hill Oke-are, of which Ibadan is noted for many more, or at the top of the bowers tower which is the highest point of the city (this is where many of the popular brown roof pictures are taken) the view of the historical city sprawls out in an alluring manner with all its splendor. You cannot just resist the aura of a feeling of deep rich history.

According to J.P Clark a very famous poet, "Ibadan is a running splash of gold and rust, flung and scattered among seven hills like broken china in the sun".

The problem with Ibadan and its negative perception is...over "scatterness" mainly because of its hilly terrain, hence why most visitors and passer-by's who are most guilty of spreading its negative stereotype never stop to take it all in.

Bodija is cut off from Challenge!

Mokola is cut off from Eleyele!!

Moniya and Akinyele is more of a voyage to Felele!!!

Now we have also Iroko, lalupon, egbeda, old lagos road, etc. The bazillions of towns around those places can actually make another state.

Venice is one of the world’s biggest tourist destinations, described as an open air museum with ancient buildings and artifacts. As old as it is, most of its ancient buildings have brown roofs but Venetians and historians have never called the city dirty because of that. So why should we call Ibadan dirty because of that too? Of all my years in this city I have always considered the brown roof as a form of art and beauty and I would love Nigerians to stop and look well. We only start appreciating ourselves when a foreigner tells our story but for once let’s tell it to them.

The brown roofs is due to years of use of the steel pan roofs and the more the rust the more the years of use and yeah, the more its beauty. I’m not saying people should not use their asbestos or stone coated step tile roofing sheets. I just really love the vintage look the roofs gives the city.

So you see, people are right when they say Ibadan has brown roofs; many of them I tell you. Ibadan has more brown roofs than anywhere in Nigeria. But do you know the bigger truth? Ibadan also has more modern houses than anywhere else in the country.

Match all the modern houses in the biggest city in all geopolitical zones across the country with those in Ibadan, when the houses in those cities finish, the remaining modern houses in Ibadan WILL still be more than those in the next two biggest cities. Fact!

To summarize this my narrative, let me quickly quip in a remix version of JP Clarks popular quote about the ancient city.

"Ibadan has more gold and more rust than anywhere else in Nigeria"

vicadex07 ---- 2015

Nice work bro proud of your work. Please take a look at the third picture again. I suppose its an oversight. Thanks for your article.

WIZGUY69:
A villager will leave his village/cave to look for green pastures in another man's land, then log on to nairaland an anonymous forum and start telling the same man that he owns the economy of the man's community.
Abeg how dem take resemble?
The funny part is that : you will look for the kinda people that said that trash in reality, u will never find them
But they owns 85% of the economy of SA, they owns Lagos, they are taking over Japan. in Germany they are the best innovators.

Lol, the "dick measuring contest" will continue then, u are always first to shout "village" all the time but wen picture war ensues u suddenly turn to peace advocate

basilo101:

Same thing we have been saying, only Lagos and Abuja (both are no man's land) are truely developed. so wats ur argument here? There wont be any argument if ur brothers in the SE are of the same opinion with u

:we are not saying the same thing
If either Lagos/Abuja are to be in SE, your people will never said its a no man's Land.
Let's be realistic, go to Google type south western states, if you don't see Lagos there, then its a no mans Land. We have only one FCT which is Abuja. So how did Lagos became a no mans Lagos will always be a Yoruba land, just that all the factors of a commercial city is emboldened there. you can rant all you want, it can only change your PC/PHONE it won't change reality.
And another fact is that Ibadan is developed that. All iboe state capital.
Assignment: wikipedia Ibadan and Lagos.
Note: Nigeria is underdeveloped!

onenaira3:


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They are changing story from left to right trying to explain why their "biggest city in Africa" is so underdeveloped. So it's now went from "trying to preserve history" to "gold rust" blah blah



Okay

this is a music video done in Ibadan...mind you singers trying to praise a "city" usually try to show the good part of the place. Look at the background of the video. I wonder if they going to blame chino for this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZNZZZ8d38

Somebody puts up pictures of a changing perspective about his/her state the OP IS NOT COMPARING IBADAN TO ANY STATE IN NIGERIA but you will Intrude like your place is any better when in fact Nigeria as a whole is in a bad state whether east,west or North... you are here feasting& celebrating on their Issues....

I always wonder what on earth you people tend to gain in being Tribalistic at every given opportunity in Every sphere and aspects of issues in Nigeria
I guess some sense of Superiority which is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...

basilo101:

Lol, the "dick measuring contest" will continue then, u are always first to shout "village" all the time but wen picture war ensues u suddenly turn to peace advocate

here we go again! Pictures war?
Almost all the states in in SE have pictures thread. And all of them can't boast of 10k pixs.
Stop telling the whole world that you unenlightened and a villager, if u want pictures, go to SW and take it yourself. Snapping ordinary duplex up and down for comparism is inferioryycomplex. More like I should start snapping Beirut or cape town. Lol
The last time I checked, nairaland is just an ordinary website. So ur opinion doesn't matter.

WIZGUY69:






:we are not saying the same thing
If either Lagos/Abuja are to be in SE, your people will never said its a no man's Land.
Let's be realistic, go to Google type south western states, if you don't see Lagos there, then its a no mans Land. We have only one FCT which is Abuja. So how did Lagos became a no mans Lagos will always be a Yoruba land, just that all the factors of a commercial city is emboldened there. you can rant all you want, it can only change your PC/PHONE it won't change reality.
And another fact is that Ibadan is developed that. All iboe state capital.
Assignment: wikipedia Ibadan and Lagos.
Note: Nigeria is underdeveloped!

any FCT is a no mans land irrespective of wia it is located. stop wasting ur time

basilo101:

any FCT is a no mans land irrespective of wia it is located. stop wasting ur time

So calabar too is a no man's land?
I can see jealousy written all over your face.

WIZGUY69:


So calabar too is a no man's land?
I can see jealousy written all over your face.

Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria. Nigeria was born in 1914

Calabar was not a capital of nigeria but capital of southern protectorate

WIZGUY69:

Calabar
So calabar too is a no man's land?
I can see jealousy written all over your face.

WIZGUY69:




here we go again! Pictures war?
Almost all the states in in SE have pictures thread. And all of them can't boast of 10k pixs.
Stop telling the whole world that you unenlightened and a villager, if u want pictures, go to SW and take it yourself. Snapping ordinary duplex up and down for comparism is inferioryycomplex. More like I should start snapping Beirut or cape town. Lol
The last time I checked, nairaland is just an ordinary website. So ur opinion doesn't matter.

u ppl keep shouting "inferiority complex" yet u try to compete in the picture war and eventually fail just like the OP.

thanks

rocoh:


Nice work bro proud of your work. Please take a look at the third picture again. I suppose its an oversight. Thanks for your article.

shizzy7:
Somebody puts up pictures of a changing perspective about his/her state the OP IS NOT COMPARING IBADAN TO ANY STATE IN NIGERIA but you will Intrude like your place is any better when in fact Nigeria as a whole is in a bad state whether east,west or North... you are here feasting& celebrating on their Issues....

I always wonder what on earth you people tend to gain in being Tribalistic at every given opportunity in Every sphere and aspects of issues in Nigeria
I guess some sense of Superiority which is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...

but a yoruba pesn was first to post picture of Aba on this thread. stop claiming to be a saint in tribalism, if u attack somebody he has the right to defend himself

basilo101:
Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria. Nigeria was born in 1914

First Nigerian capital city The city once served as the seat of Government of the Niger Coast Protectorate, Southern Protectorate and Oil River Protectorate . It is thus effectively the first Nigerian capital city.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar
what's your point?

DikeOha882:
Calabar was not a capital of nigeria but capital of southern protectorate

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar

First Nigerian capital city
The city once served as the seat of
Government of the Niger Coast Protectorate,
Southern Protectorate and Oil River
Protectorate . It is thus effectively the first
Nigerian capital city.

basilo101:

u ppl keep shouting "inferiority complex" yet u try to compete in the picture war and eventually fail just like the OP.

Yes!
inferiority complex!
or are you trying to say that there's no modern houses/infrastructures in SW?
if u are using the pictures been posted by ur brothers here to judge, u are in for a long thing.
I have been to south east, too.
in fact I will take SS over SE in terms of development.
a.s if u lime believe that us region is the most developed in the world.
its a free world.

ArodewilliamsT:


lol.

General watzup

Long time.

all that one na story. Am sure that renovation was done in the dry season. Just one single rain during the rainy season and you're back again to square one.

There is this report on linda ikeji just about three days ago about how the roads of aba are just after a slight shower. Pls help me post the pics here or should I help you

http://lindaikeji..com.ng/2015/06/photos-aba-after-heavy-rainfall.html

This is another report on the 27th of July on the current situation of things in aba

http://lindaikeji..com.ng/2015/07/see-current-suituation-of-ariaria.html

basilo101:

U are still living in the past, tht was then, This is Now. It will take less than one year to correct the ills of aba, but ibadan case is beyond remedy because it orignates from laziness of citizens while aba case is a matter of getting a good govnor

Where did u see yellow bus You must have appolo in your eye That is a tri-cycle otherwise called keke napep or keke marwa

patmaine:



the yellow bus picture is aba too abi. dem get aba for Lagos??

I was just responding to your folly

SOUNDKING:
e-pain am.

basilo101:

but a yoruba pesn was first to post picture of Aba on this thread. stop claiming to be a saint in tribalism, if u attack somebody he has the right to defend himself

Talking about attack

You should take a looooonngg stroll down page 0 again and see the kind of comments you guys attacked the thread with which made others start posting pictures about your side... Yes we know our shortcomings don't rub it on our face like you're any better because every state in Nigeria has its highbrow areas and Slums.... I don't know how you say we're attacking when You know the type of comments your people post on this type of threads and similar ones..

Exactly but all those eiboes know nothing more than brown roof

Ignorance is such a bliss

forgiveness:

This is what i call varieties: bungalow, duplex, flat, mansion etc all available for rent or sale.]

When you talk of nigeria, you are talking about northern and southern nigeria coming together as a country, calabar was capital of southern protectorate until the formation of the country called nigeria in 1914

WIZGUY69:



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar

First Nigerian capital city
The city once served as the seat of
Government of the Niger Coast Protectorate,
Southern Protectorate and Oil River
Protectorate . It is thus effectively the first
Nigerian capital city.

you only see what you like to see. Check page two and see pictures of the sprawling estates I posted. I understand where you're coming from though

akwabassey:
I wonder why Yorubas have retrogressive mentality? Why would anyone be proud of this rustic town with most of it built with mud.

thanks boss...keep those pics coming please. They are so stunning

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