Onitsha Storey Buildings - The Untold History 

As a Yoruba man, I thank you for this videos. I have never been to the east before. More grease to your elbow.

Hello from USA, it's really cool to see some drone video of Nigeria and the story from the place. Technology like drones and RU-vid allow us people to see other sides of the world 😃

The sight of Onitsha from Asaba just before ascending the HeadBridge is gold. God bless my parents for the opportunity to visit.

The view of Onitsha from Asaba is fantastic, Anambra is nice

As a civil engineer, to have this and I have never heard any case of collapse of these buildings, I give credit to the construction team, the government and the engineers handling this. Kudos. I only wish they had better modern plan and layout for it like developed countries around the world. Developers and government can replan it and build it. It's possible.

I was amazed by the sight of the multi storied buildings in onitsha on my way to Enugu in 1974/75 from Ibadan. Expecting to see shell shocked buildings being just a few years after the civil war ended I beheld behemoth sight of these multi storied buildings. Good to know its continued and almost fifty years later I can see what Onitsha looks now, thanks.

Imagine repainting those houses and plants some flower on the street

Onitsha, the city they gave our fathers £20 pounds to build. I'm really proud of my Igboness. That said, Onitsha really needs massive government intervention. Yes Onitsha has high and fine estates but it lacks virtually all the facilities that characterise modern cities. Government has to widen the roads, cover the open drainages, and add sidewalks to the roads. The city is in utter need of vegetation. If this is done, Onitsha will then take a modern look

There is need for green spaces, everywhere looks chocked up, there is need for golf courses, lakes, parks and forest reserves. In any event it is nice to see formerly undisclosed area

This is our great Igbo heritage! Thank you so much for this lovely exposition.

Thank you very much for this video. The topic about Onitsha City was very well researched. My mum used to tell me that when she was a young girl she used to go to Onitsha from the Mid-West for business and return back same day. As a child, I remember how plenty cars from the South-West used to drive through my village early in the morning and drive back in the evening to and from Onitsha for business. You have now made it a challenge for me to also visit that beautiful city one day. In addition to your report about the old way of water supply by the government, sadly that, that problem happened across most part of Nigeria. Water supply was once like that in the country. Where and when we got it wrong is hard to say today. You are personally playing your part by reporting and identifying problems that need solving. As your video about Onitsha showed, many of our problems today can be solved by us individuals and without waiting for the government. After all, the problems were caused by the governments.

All the buildings are 100% own by the Ibos, the Ibos are great people

All the states water cooperation in Nigeria are now none functional Only but a few. Good job Eboh. This video must go viral

I learn something every day when I watch your brilliant videos.. but it's imperative that the developers learn how to preserve the environment, there are not enough trees, parks, and leisure gardens to support a well-balanced life.

if we have a government , by now Onitsha would have been a tourist destination. This reminds me of some European cities like Prague, Venice, Barcelona etc those buildings should also be repainted

Onitsha Ado, my home town. Thanks for this amazing video

The governor should order these landlords to repaint these buildings

Just look at individual’s good efforts. Imagine how more beautiful Onitsha would have looked if the successive governments had done their bits by ensuring that all roads are well tarred, portable water made available, good management of waste disposal units put in place, and of course, a by-quarterly mandatory routine maintenance law that would compel all landlords to refurbish their buildings once every 4 years put in place, as well as mandating every landlords to plant trees in front of their buildings to cushion the harsh effects of Sun rays.

I love this. This is like Kumasi in Ghana, only the buildings are much higher. More trees are needed there else there would be too much heat.

Great video and I am watching from Atlanta GA, thx

Great history lesson and awesome drone shots. Thank you

Governor obiano take note, order the repainting the dilapidated buildings and mandatory tree planting. This will improve healthy life.

Lifts should be compulsory for any building upto 4 floors and above. The State Housing Authority should step in to ensure basic amenities are provided. Create enough spaces for playgrounds, car parks, green fields, fountains etc. If the right steps are not taken now, the whole place will soon become urban slum, too congested, suffocating, and will be unsuitable for normal human beings to live in. Also, constant maintenance is key. I'm super proud of the efforts, the achievements and I will be extremely happy to see that they are truly modernized and sustained. The common man is doing his part, let the town planners come in and give support and guidance. Thank you

Otunkwo Banyi. I'm a proud one of the youngest landlord

Beautiful city of Onitsha, the economic heart beat of igbo land. Onitsha hosts millions of imo indigenes that came to Onitsha for greener pasture, same with ebonyi and Enugu people

I am sure the tribalists of Nigeria are surprised that Igbos have their own thriving cities. They think telling the Igbo man to go back to the east is an insult. We will go back and build on the river Niger if need be. One day I’ll be governor and transform onitsha and Nnewi into modern cities

Now all they have to do is pave/cement the whole place to stop all the dust coming from the ground

This is very interesting and informative. Thanks for the vlog

Wow eboh media you did a great job here.perfect drone shot and good informative vlog.chai I saw the building where i grew up in woliwo.onitsha my city.onitsha will give you street credibility and mindset of survival. Onitsha brought out the hustling spirit in me.thank GOD today I am a successful man.thanks eboh media you are the man.

Thanks for the video and the information shared on Onitsha.

we need more trees, grass, plants, and flowers to be planted in all our cities in igboland.

Beautiful and well presented documentary. Well done 👍! I appreciate your good work.

All these buildings are solidly built and their interiors are fantastic, they always have electricity because they pay heavily to have it. If light goes off, it won't even go above 1 hour and the light will be back. Igbos are so hardworking and I love it, and they are contributing heavily to the world economy.

Thanks, I found your documentary quite informative. Lovely.

This your vlog make sense die drawing inspiration from your vlog Good job Thanks for this video

Eboh the man, you're doing the Lord's work! More grease to your elbow. Your fan from California

A great history indeed. Nice presentation, with a good background sound! Keep it up.

Another great video and very informative The drone shots are beautiful and show a perfect example of dense human settlement caused by the scarcity of land. I can foresee what can be achieved when they envoke bylaws for tree planting, road building and maintenance of these buildings.

This is sooo different from what I imagined Onitsha to be, it's very unique compared to most cities in Nigeria. thanks for this video.

Thanks a lot for this, I have followed your work from day dot and i can say that as far as visuals go, you have covered Ala Igbo like no other and on behalf of my crew , i say thank you.

Good City guys 💯 just plant more trees around 💯

Very informative

If there was no institutionalised endemic corruption in Nigeria(by some corrupt greedy, evil hearltess politicians), Nigeria would today be the richest and most industrialised advanced country in the world, with no single poor person. Nigeria, just like other African countries, is not poor, but poorly managed. It makes my heart to weep. While doing a research in Foreign Direct Investments in developing countries, I chose Nigeria as a case study. That was when I realised how rich Nigeria is: since the first production of oil in 1958 (when the first Nigerian crude oil was exported to Rotterdam, Holland) up until 2020, Nigerian government has earned more than 1.5 trillion US dollars in oil revenue alone) without revenue from Natural Gas). I am now doing research on energy security(resource wars). I encourage every Nigerian, and every African to read these two books; 1- Chapter 1-Nigeria: Political violence, governanance and corporate responsibility in a Petro-State, by Okey Ibeanu and Robin Luckham) in the book ”Oil Wars 2007, by Mary Kaldoe, Terry Lynn Karl & Yahia Said . 2-Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. The New Geopolitics of Energy 2009, by Michael T. Klare

Awada and co never belonged to the Onitsha but Obosi who rightful owns now. you can read the histories of the two towns. Obosi is more owner of the Onitsha than Onitsha. you are doing a great work.

From Ghana: why New York of Africa? So everything good in Africa does not deserve Africa but must link to colonizers.

It would have been more more beautiful if the building is paint but nonetheless amazing seeing the tall building I Know where theideal of long building pattern that I'm seeing in lagos came from...good job

Onitsha, next stop is Skyscrapers ooo...we Don pass 5 storey buildings...Na Skyscrapers d world dey on now..Kudos ooo

Thank you for this view of onitsha. Great content 🔥

I like this by 2050 this place will be housing some of the tallest building in africa if not in the world, they just need a good City planning system. I think Lagos State should learn from this the solution to save space is to build upward

if i no be igbo man waiting i gain?

Good content Mr Eboh. Continue the awesome work bro.

nice job bro, i will forever be proud of my Igboness

Beautiful 🌹 We need more pls

I have not watched any of your videos yet but I'm subscribing cos your videos look like they will be very interesting and EDUCATIVE . just the kind of thing I'm looking for👍

Pls this video needs to be send to our governor soludo wee need good classic road and all the landlords should athletes paint those dirty buildings let them Chang the face of onitsha by painting those buildings abeg

I don’t think the first story building was built in 1945 . What about all the old buildings at old market road . What about all the buildings built by English people back in the days .

Stunning vlog. I could spot my space in Onumonu

Onitsha is a statement to what hard work, industry and determination could do. Bravo Eboh

Who will be the first SE business group to build a skycrappers in the SE the likes of Ibeto, Innosson, Coscharis, The Young, Davirose etc. SE should encourage skycrappers because they don't have land mass compare to SW, SS, NE,NW, NC and MB

Eboh Media, putting the Southeast on the map. As an ibo man Eboh, you must take over to become the best RU-vidr in Nigeria, we no dey carry last. I now subscribe to lift this channel. I can see why the igbo man is hated and feared in Nigeria by all, we are competitive . #UmuabaLondonbranch.

Amazing vlog

Onitsha Ado, the New York of Africa. We will get there. We just need the Governor to do the roads and provide us basic infrastructure. We also need these building to be scrutinized to provide the basics as well.

I grew up in omagba with 3 storey buildings. I didn't see anything exceptional until I left Anambra state. I like your accent and music

this is amazing considering what the igbos went through

Nice, I designed one of those in 33 area. But they need to clamour for proper planning, maintenance and vegetation

Invest in real estate people. Start with buying and rennovating old houses

Onitsha a very Beautiful city in Ogbo land

A skyscraper is usually 10-20 floors (150m) height. Great video however. Loved it. I’ll have to visit one day

Onitsha needs an urban renewal plan. A good number of these developers can afford to build better designed houses with better amenities if standards are set and enforced. The state government should improve on the roads. They are too narrow. They should build wide sidewalks, because everywhere is a market in Onitsha. Have a ni open gutter policy. With good infrastructure more developers will invest. Onitsha has one of the highest population of middle income people in Nigeria, yet they live in substandard housing.

This is old money in action .

Nice Footage from Eboh Media... These kinds of buildings are not classified as High-rise buildings.

I love the commentary. Keep it up Eboh

Onicha ga adi! Thanks for showcasing my dear hometown....hopefully our generation would give this city a new face lift! #IveEjiAbuOnichaErika

I wish the government, both state and Federal would build them better infrastructures to match their endeavors. Flats next to well paved roads would look more appealing.I hope they flat owners still can paint their flats and plant more trees and grass so there is less dust to soil the buildings. Impressive efforts of the locals nonetheless.

You know another stuff that will make this channel unique is to either subtitle in Igbo while you speak in English or you switch on the reverse that is the Igbo to English thing. Over all. Your channel is unique and it's awesome you bring Igbo themed contents as most times. Most other popular African RU-vidrs don't really feature Igbo environs in their videos. Awesome Channel.

This was very informative and well done. Thank you Nwanne

I love ur content.. kudos

You won't hear this on Channel TV or any of the Nigeria Media house, because of envy against the Igbos and their achievement

Nice content

I love the fact that I do not see electric poles and wires scattered everywhere like one sees in some parts of Lagos.

Thanks for the video,watching from Houston Texas..💓💓

No single green zone, I mean trees or flowers in the streets, too bad

Well done..you doing a great job

Wow I respect u cus u re doing great

This is a wonderful video

Well Done Eboh Media. I am impressed by the way you presented the video. I see many people posting videos without commentary. Its very helpful for me as I have not been to onitsha for a long time. Thank you

Beautiful reporting!

Hello, can I post your video on Twitter? I'll give you full credit

Also include onitsha is very dirty

When you talk of onitsha today it’s no longer as before because all the nearby towns have developed and be came one big city joined onitsha now you won’t know which town is onitsha or not unless you were told so onitsha with other surrounding towns has developed and became one big city

should've called it the untold storey

Great work my brother. Good shots, good documentary. I never knew Onitsha is this appalling.

Government should bring back public water supply, someone can not be carrying water to the 5th floor .

Good content 🤠

Thanks for the history lesson. Beautiful video. Is time for igbos to enter phase 2 of developing our homeland. Phase 1 was recovering from the war, phase 2 should be agriculture revolution. We need to become food settle sufficient. Ps: can we not build so close to each other in future?

This is vertical building to conserve land while accommodating more. Igbo man's ingenuity

I'm neither from Onitsha nor Obosi. I merely arrived in the town as a kid, shortly after the civil war in 1970. However, midway through this video, I could tell that Eboh did insufficient research before publishing it. His narration around the land tussles, must be taken with reservation. That Obosi grabbed Onitsha land is nonsensical. The real Onitsha ended in Inland Town, a little past St Charles College. That's what the records show. The rest of the land was Obosi. Even Ose Okwoodu was not Onitsha - Okwoodu came from Nsugbe. Mmili ezona, mmili ezona ka Nne m nata. Mkponkpo ite adaka tiwalu n'otu Obosi is a popular lullaby in much of Anambra State. Eboh, if you can locate otu Obosi, your narrative will take a more objective turn. Lastly, Awada Obosi is not Onitsha - it is in Idemmili North for a reason. I've commended you in the past for beautiful videography - if you must do narration, please cover all bases. Having said all that, I'm really concerned about what some of our people are doing in the name of business these days - and what they think is development. The spirit that fueled the frenzied construction of this now concrete jungle in and around Onitsha came from the Main Market (Nkwo Onitsha), which in itself was instituted according to Nri rites. This is important to our narrative as a people and our future aspirations, because the spirit of Nri has rules. And our people are forgetting and chasing after foreign gods - of gold and silver. I hope that we find our spiritual balance before delving into real skyscrapers.

We need more of this documentary of people, culture, economy and society of South East Nigeria. I like the historical and ethnographic approach you adopted. As a suggestion for improvement, it would be good to next time interview some of the residents so that we can hear from the "horses mouth" their views of the city. Kudos 👍

First Story building in Onitsha was built earlier than 1925.

Beautiful city of Onitsha. Best planned city east of the Niger