Just touched down in Lagos Nigeria

[Koba St]

Fam do you know how many foreigners and by that I mean white people, arabs, indians,that go there on vacation???

thats the problem with a lot blacks in the diaspora when it comes to Africa sometimes theyre even worse than white people when it comes to perceptions...

any black person that gets their perceptions from anything concerning black people from the mainstream media really is lost

I would say as a black person it’s actually much easier to travel to an African country by yourself where you can easily blend in with the locals and you’ll be treated much better compared to travelling to some Asian or white country where you’ll stick out and possibly get a lot of

 

[SagalaMiner]

Fam do you know how many foreigners and by that I mean white people, arabs, indians,that go there on vacation???

thats the problem with a lot blacks in the diaspora when it comes to Africa sometimes theyre even worse than white people when it comes to perceptions...

any black person that gets their perceptions from anything concerning black people from the mainstream media really is lost

There is a reason for that, Arabs ain't hittin up the US all loud and flashin cash like they do London.

It ain't just about going to Nigeria, it's they way breh arranged and packaged hisself, and looks like picked the correct sources of information, and the right people to surround himself with. He did good bridging the cultural divide. Ain't no Lonely Planet for this.

 

[MikelArteta]

Ikoyi is such a beautiful spot the apartments are


I was talking to a security guard dude works 4pm to 6am 5 days a week and he makes 40,000 naira a month.

When I did the conversion rate

He's married with kids and has his bachelors

 

[MikelArteta]

I would say as a black person it’s actually much easier to travel to an African country by yourself where you can easily blend in with the locals and you’ll be treated much better compared to travelling to some Asian or white country where you’ll stick out and possibly get a lot of

Much easier everyone here thought I was a Nigerian

 

[Nemesis]

Ikoyi is such a beautiful spot the apartments are


I was talking to a security guard dude works 4pm to 6am 5 days a week and he makes 40,000 naira a month.

When I did the conversion rate

He's married with kids and has his bachelors

I live in Ikoyi... so does my brother .... he used to live in Banana Island but he had to move to a bigger place ......

i want to try and get a spot in GRA Ikeja ..... but its crazy money

 

[TheBoyDuddus]

Much easier everyone here thought I was a Nigerian

are you gonna make a joburg thread?

 

[MikelArteta]

I live in Ikoyi... so does my brother .... he used to live in Banana Island but he had to move to a bigger place ......

i want to try and get a spot in GRA Ikeja ..... but its crazy money

How much is rent in ikoyi? Or do you own your crib?

 

[Nemesis]

Ikoyi is such a beautiful spot the apartments are


I was talking to a security guard dude works 4pm to 6am 5 days a week and he makes 40,000 naira a month.

When I did the conversion rate

He's married with kids and has his bachelors

The struggle is real....

If you knew how many peoples kids school fees , Im paying .... peoples rents... medical bills ...


i dont think a month has gone this year where I havent sent someone money ....

And thats not even the people that work for me ..... just had a phonecall today and I had to transfer money into someones account


the struggle is real

 

[Nemesis]

How much is rent in ikoyi? Or do you own your crib?

i own a crib, in Victoria Island, but I rent a crib in Ikoyi ...( yeah I know its backwards)

In US dollars Im paying about $28000 a year for a 3 bed

In Lagos you usually pay a year or two years upfront

 

[Originalman]

There's a area of the island where all the women around age 18-30 live and mostly all are prostitutes

Isn't the lekki phase 1 area really upscale?

 

[Nemesis]

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I'm always amazed at the talent jt takes to walk up and down the street with something on your head and selling nuts at the same time

Fam there are crazy hustlers, i remember one time I was in computer village ( never go there without people that arent clued up ) and I saw a dude walking around with a scale .... turns out he was charging people to weigh themselves

also there are dudes that have charging point by the roadside where you can charge your mobile phone .... madness

 

[Nemesis]

Isn't the lekki phase 1 area really upscale?

It is but its cheaper than Victoria Island or Ikoyi .... because its a bit out and also there are a lot of apartments ....

lekki is newer so there are a lot of apartments and townhouses ... In places like Ikoyi, victoria Island and GRA Ikeja you have a lot of the old money houses , massive places with very big compounds , no one really builds houses like that anymore, most people would build four townhouses on a piece of land than one massive big house .... a lot easier to sell or rent out

 

[phcitywarrior]

There's a area of the island where all the women around age 18-30 live and mostly all are prostitutes

Nah, Runs girls aren't prostitutes. Fast girls, yes, but not full on prostitutes.

There's a a small yet fine line that distinguishes them.

 

[Trajan]

In US dollars Im paying about $28000 a year for a 3 bed

Wasn’t expecting that kinda rent in Lagos

 

[Trajan]

Serious I saw people queuing in the hot sun outside
My cuz and I just walked past and sat inside the admin office with AC, talking to staff
She said “Can u imagine if we weren’t pretty they would have told us to move”

yeah I felt bad .... i couldnt find my Nigerian passport so i flew in on a visa , the day before i was going back i decided to get a new one, i found out where the passport office was and on the way there I phones someone i knew would have a hookup , he gave me a guys number, by the time I got there he met me at the gate and walked me past all the people outside, the people queuing inside, right to the bosses office

If looks could kill i would have died a million times over

he didnt even ask me for I.D .... he said he would have had it delivered to my house but because it was biometric I would have to wait around to take photos etc...

came back in 3 hours, once again walked past hundreds of people... guy next to me was so excited told me hed been waiting for 6 months .... i didnt have the heart to tell him ... took my passport and bounced ...... my Nigerian license juat appeared on the dining table courtesy of my Dad, i never even asked for one

Corruption and nepotism