Tag: direct railway line from south-western nigeria to south-eastern nigeria and south-south ( east ) nigeria

that rumour back in the day that an EFFORT to BUILD A RAILWAY LINE DIRECTLY LINKING LAGOS, IBADAN, etc ( i.e YORUBA-LAND ) to ONITSHA, ENUGU, CALABAR, EKET, PORT-HARCOURT, etc ( i.e IGBO-LAND / IBO-LAND and it’s RIVERINE AREA NEIGHBOURS ) was DELIBERATELY STOPPED [3]

[ CONTINUED FROM (2) ] rumours actually say that in real terms Northern Nigeria and therefore also the Power-Cabal of Northern Nigeria has been ruling Nigeria and determining what happens…

that rumour back in the day that an EFFORT to BUILD a RAILWAY LINE DIRECTLY LINKING LAGOS, IBADAN, etc ( i.e YORUBA-LAND ) to ONITSHA, ENUGU, CALABAR, EKET, PORT-HARCOURT, etc ( i.e IGBO-LAND / IBO-LAND and it’s RIVERINE AREA NEIGHBOURS ) was DELIBERATELY STOPPED [2]

[ CONTINUED FROM (1) ] however, as events turned out ENGINEER THEO NZEGWU didn’t get the project done or even to start off and he left the job .. or…

that rumour back in the day that an EFFORT to BUILD a RAILWAY LINE DIRECTLY LINKING LAGOS, IBADAN, etc ( i.e YORUBA-LAND ) to ONITSHA, ENUGU, CALABAR, EKET, PORT-HARCOURT, etc ( i.e IGBO-LAND / IBO-LAND and it’s RIVERINE AREA NEIGHBOURS ) was DELIBERATELY STOPPED

basically, what it is is that the British ruled the Niger Area ( now called Nigeria ) for very, very many years. in that period, the British put in place…