afam4eva:
The truth is that if i want to do a documentary on the best cities in the world, i will go to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Rio, Paris, London, Moscow, Canberra, Jo'Burg, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Berlin and tens of other cities before even considering Lagos or any Nigerian city. But if i want to do a documentary on poverty, common sense only suggests that i come to Africa because poverty is a brand here. I'm i lying?

No one is saying Lagos, or any Nigerian/Black-African city is comparable to those cities - however, if you're going to do a documentary, you need to be objective... Make sure you show the good, the bad, and the ugly - and let people decide for themselves...

Let me give you two other links of the kind of Western narrative and pictorial depiction I'm talking about - and please tell me the correlation between the topics and the pictures...

These are the links:

- Nigeria's love of pidgin dey scatter my brain yet ginger my swagger: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/24/nigeria-pidgin-scatter-brain-swagger
- Nigeria's shoppers rival Russia and the Middle East for West End spending: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/10/nigeria-shoppers-rival-russia-middle-east

Is that what the average radio station in Nigeria looks like?

And is that what the average shopping centre in Nigeria looks like?

Please, be honest!

These are nice image making pix. Very nice.

manny4life:
Brother, I was in NY within the fashion district, OMG, that place is just plain NASTYYYYYYYY.

If you know how inside Lagos Market looks in picture, no difference - water everywhere, dirt, port holes, I mean it's just plan nasty. Believe it, that's the seat of marketplace like Onitsha is - but it was just distasteful to me. This was why I said, I thought road side selling and hawking was illegal in America, till I went to the main NY, NY where the deal happens.

Here in DC, go into the SE area, and you will wish there was nothing that brought you down here

Bwahahahahahahha

I was watching a video of Chief Keef and Lil Reese(Chicago rappers) on youtube with a friend the other day - and I swear you would have thought that was Africa, trust me... The place and almost everyone in the video look like what you'll see in Africa... And there are so many places like that in America - New Orleans and Detroit are 3rd world slums in America, yet you'll never see those places in the news...

There are places in London that look like your typical African market, yet they'll never show you those places... However, when it comes to Africa - the pictorial depiction is always the worst of the worst!

It's a psychological thing and a narrative suitable for the dark continent story, more than anything...

shymexx: Damn!! Rossike will always have a come back like: "fug a Cape Town, it's all about Naija, baby."

This guy is the Mr. Nigeria of NL - salute!

lol

::Andrew:::
I raised my shoulder in the office when my irish friends asked "is this your country"?

Am happy to see this. More should be done.

I bet they were shocked even if they didn't show it.

londoner:
I wonder why the BBC did not see any of this, when they went to do their documentary.
They did not see it because most parts of Lagos don't look like this.

afam4eva:
They did not see it because most parts of Lagos don't look like this.

Do most parts of New York look like Manhattan yet they show you Manhattan everyday.

When last did CNN show you images from Harlem and the Bronx?

someone should help me out ooo! where are the places like Mushin, Agege, Ifako-Ijaiye, Egbeda-Idimu etc. Ojoro cancel.

afam4eva:
The truth is that if i want to do a documentary on the best cities in the world, i will go to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Rio, Paris, London, Moscow, Canberra, Jo'Burg, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Berlin and tens of other cities before even considering Lagos or any Nigerian city. But if i want to do a documentary on poverty, common sense only suggests that i come to Africa because poverty is a brand here. I'm i lying?

How did the conversation get here "best cities in the world". The topic says 'growing beauty of Lagos', Guy, i hail you! Kwenu!! One man wolf pack...born hater.

@Rossike, well done!!! You need to see the huge smile on my face, Fashola is working & Lagosians are working harder!

Red-Light:
welldone rossike... bookmarking straight so i can show my german girlfriend that heard a lot of negative stories about lagos

Excellent. That's what it's all about - Getting the word out that Nigeria is moving, and attracting investors and tourists to further boost the economy.

The beauty of lagos really marvels me alot to be candid either most of the erected buildings belong to private or public has no meaning, the govt of the state declared initially that its turning it to mega city,its development programme is yielding good fruits for us all to see,lets join hands together to make it more than this,yes we can do it.more grease to the govt and the people of lagos state.

afam4eva:
The truth is that if i want to do a documentary on the best cities in the world, i will go to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Houston, Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Rio, Paris, London, Moscow, Canberra, Jo'Burg, Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, Berlin and tens of other cities before even considering Lagos or any Nigerian city. But if i want to do a documentary on poverty, common sense only suggests that i come to Africa because poverty is a brand here. I'm i lying?

Okay let's start with the bolded as they are hosting the next olympics


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZW9QlBTIuY

Abeg, you people should STOP attacking afam, it's his opinion, though I haven't traveled out excessively, but damn, few of the cities I've been to have their own SLUMS. New York, NY being like the TOP 5 financial districts of the world, is for the most part DIRTY......

Keneking: Most of these pictures are on the Lagos Island...show those from the mainland areas. Anyways what is the intention of displaying the pictures? They have been there before AC-N took over power! In addition, there are no single government /public property in the images posted...all are private investments.

Now try and get a shot of picture from the pent house at Eko Hotel at night and you will marvel at the handiwork of God and the fooolishmness of man... ;

^^^
i've never read me a more stupid comment as this? Go get a life

Island will always be ahead of mainland. I know some people in mainland who beef Islanders.
Glad to be where I live. Apart from Ikeja, I don't think there's any other place in Lag I would want to live.

U go fear wetin CapeTown pixs dey cause, @rossike , swear se u no enhance some of dose pix urself. E come b like say sa anoda country inside country b dis ur pix o. Nice one.

shymexx:

No one is saying Lagos, or any Nigerian/Black-African city is comparable to those cities - however, if you're going to do a documentary, you need to be objective... Make sure you show the good, the bad, and the ugly - and let people decide for themselves...

Let me give you two other links of the kind of Western narrative and pictorial depiction I'm talking about - and please tell me the correlation between the topics and the pictures...

These are the links:

- Nigeria's love of pidgin dey scatter my brain yet ginger my swagger: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/24/nigeria-pidgin-scatter-brain-swagger
- Nigeria's shoppers rival Russia and the Middle East for West End spending: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/10/nigeria-shoppers-rival-russia-middle-east

Is that what the average radio station in Nigeria looks like?

And is that what the average shopping centre in Nigeria looks like?

Please, be honest!

don't waste your time talkin sense to these people. Check 'em out, most of their biased comments reek of tribalism. I don't expect them to own up! But let's post a pix of tinapa and you'll be suprised they'll be talkin from the second side of their fuckin mouth!

manny4life: Abeg, you people should STOP attacking afam, it's his opinion, though I haven't traveled out excessively, but damn, few of the cities I've been to have their own SLUMS. New York, NY being like the TOP 5 financial districts of the world, is for the most part DIRTY......

It's called re-orientation not attack


Jo'burg Ghetto


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iOQ9AFc8q0

omenziate: U go fear wetin CapeTown pixs dey cause, @rossike , swear se u no enhance some of dose pix urself. E come b like say sa anoda country inside country b dis ur pix o. Nice one.

Hahaha... Picture no dey lie my brotha. Na straight up Lag be dat.

bestower: The beauty of lagos really marvels me alot to be candid either most of the erected buildings belong to private or public has no meaning, the govt of the state declared initially that its turning it to mega city,its development programme is yielding good fruits for us all to see,lets join hands together to make it more than this,yes we can do it.more grease to the govt and the people of lagos state.

Not much has been added to what Federal govt did for Lagos Island. 85% of the roads shown here are
federal roads - built and maintained by Federal govt apart from
the sweeping aspect. Besides, 98% of the pictures shown here are those of the Island – an area
already developed long ago by the Federal govt and private sector.

So, please show us pictures of the Mainland – an area majorly under the jurisdiction of the Lagos
State govt. Show us pictures of Ikeja, Agege, Amuwo Odofin, Iyana Ipaja, Surulere, Okoko, Mile 2,
Ketu, Alakuko, Abulegba, Bariga etc

Nigeria o ni baje lai lai.

Oshodi Heritage Gardens

You have not seen anything yet.
Just wait and see the awesome city spectacles springing up in Lagos in the coming years.
Including my own.

Bro! Hw many yrs u take gather all these Bro! Hw many yrs u take gather all these

gregg2: 85% of the roads shown here are federal roads - built and maintained by Federal govt apart from
the sweeping aspect. Besides, 98% of the pictures shown here are those of the Island – an area
already developed long ago by the Federal govt and private sector.

So, please show us pictures of the Mainland – an area majorly under the jurisdiction of the Lagos
State govt. Show us pictures of Ikeja, Agege, Amuwo Odofin, Iyana Ipaja, Surulere, Okoko, Mile 2,
Ketu, Alakuko, Abulegba, Bariga etc

Mr Negative bobo, the 1st pix shows Ikeja environ,besides Maryland isn't looking bad too.

Ile-Ife:


How did the conversation get here "best cities in the world". The topic says 'growing beauty of Lagos', Guy, i hail you! Kwenu!! One man wolf pack...born hater.

Brother me sef tire.

Haters 'Gon' hating Again !

Why must every good thing be negatively criticized ?

Must you always lay irrevalant comments ?

Can't yòu ôpen a dictionary,if you can't simply understand what grówing is.

And I am very sure a lót already had degrees,but can't understand the word growing and developments.

OP thanks for the documentary Pictures.

SOme peóple's living roòms are as dirty as a refuse dump,yet they keep laying criticisms.

Are you not the ones messing up those areas they are yet to take pictures of.

Can you even take a day Out to take pictures as these ?

Nice one OP !

Lagos is still the best haven on earth !

EkO ele baaje ra ra !

Beautiful pictures, keep them coming.

To some, saying these are pictures of selected good areas...yes we know them; most people around the world when displaying the glory of their countries sees the cup half-full. I have seen many pictures of New York on the internet, very few of them shows the beggers, homeless vets on the streets, they are many run-down neighbors with falling buildings and cardboard-up houses in New York, we do not see those on the internet.

There are many neighborhoods so dangerous that, Police themselves are afraid of going into those neighborhoods, except they go in grounds and for very short-time. We do not see those pictures on the internet.

Regarding comments of these pictures not been public places....again, Government acts as a catalyst for development and growth. Apart from maybe public library, some parks...there are really no government buildings in NYC. Empire State Building, despite the name is owned and managed by private owners....many parks are co-owned by government and private initiatives.

@OP, ACN propaganda at play here.
All the pitures only showed a fraction of Lagos that is owned by the rich. God will forgive you for misleading us. We in Badagry know we have been neglected since 1993 and time will tell. Fool

Ogunlana Drive and Adelabu Street, Surulere.