These statistics are absolutely wrong and they are not based on facts.

even fashola hinder can not come & tell me he has a profound solution 2 naija's compounded & inherited but simple problems. it is a shame on an elected governor to be feeding on Tax payers money & still be boasting to the Tax payers & electorates in whose interest he's ofice to serve & make life more cheaper & easier for dem in their respective locations in the state, but pretended & decide to impose whatever law he like on dem anytime, anyday he feels like doing it. I am not impressed by blindfolded fans of an authoritarian democratically elected supposed leader, who feeds dem with an awful load of cow shit everytime he comes out in public, esp against opposition gov(eg. Pdp) I will personnally write a petition against him on why he's running a state like a biz centre...what if he got to that post as a militry officer? what would hav been u & I fate today? contemptlate on all these aforementioned & stop being fooled my fellow comrades. hav a gud sleep.

Activcupid:
If a tin of milk is 50naira in 9ja @ Accra its 100naira. With their current currency. U know 1 dollar is 2ghana cedis, and 1 dollar is 160 naira. Check it out na

Na back of school you dey sidon when you dey secondary school.

You obviously have zero things upstairs. Seriously how can you not shut up if you don't have good stuffs to say?

ninja4life: Interesting no wonder why governor of lagos state tells people to go to deir village.lagos is an expensive place and not 4 evry1 hmm 2nd 2 comment slowly walks outta thread

Am a regular reader of the economist since '05, I hardly miss any issue. I can tell you they hardly gets data right when it comes to africa and they can easily be bribed to manipulate or maneuver some "matter arising".

Obviously, if you ever been to Accra, you will know Lagos is F/u/c/ing cheap to live in. Jo'burg is 4 times more expensive than Lagos, and my 3 years old cousin knows Luanda is the most expensive city in Africa.

in essence, I believe Lagos is overrated. Abuja of course is expensive and its still not as expensive as Accra.

It seems dis pple neva enta PH. Place is bleeping expensive.

I will say tripoli and dakar are too expensive

Okontami: I feel this is a rubbish report that lack all the full facts. I can confirm perfectly that Accra is much more expensive than Lagos.

People like you are worst for who you are, just because you don't like your country, then you try to criticize it in every area you can, that's too bad for you, you need to change

Activcupid:
If a tin of milk is 50naira in 9ja @ Accra its 100naira. With their current currency. U know 1 dollar is 2ghana cedis, and 1 dollar is 160 naira. Check it out na

You don't know what you are talking about, i wonder if you have ever step out of Nigeria to ever change currency, because what you are saying is not relevant to the general discussion.

Gaddemit!

Lagos and Abuja ARE the most expensive cities in Africa.

Our oga at the top 'Fashola' must see this report esp. The aspect of pothole cum bad roads....after all his noise and tour of commissioning of renovated roads.

fredopayee: That was stupid reasearch.. Accra cost more dan lagos. And even capital of ivory cosat cost more dan lagos too.

I wonder where you got the fact that capital of ivory coast cost more than Lagos. That place is really cheap, if you even know the name of that country's capital

Rubbish, PH is more expensive than Lagos

Am 100% sure that the used the price of garri to calculate cost of living im lagos and abuja!

If Lagos is one of the most expensive cities in Africa then PortHarcourt would be one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Most Lagosians that relocate to PH find the cost of living to be considerably higher than what they were used to in Lag. Abuja peeps also notice the same but console themselves with the fact that they pay less for accomodation.
Yenagoa i think is even more expensive than PH.
Thus this 'research' doesnt really make sense to me.

blink182: Muslims when de put beer and gin inside kettle.

Just saying

LMAO.

Is not as u tink, wot about ph

Which city is cheap now for honeymood and rest.

sheyie2007:
If asaba is very costly, it means you're poor... ultra poor

its ur Father nd ur fore Fathers are POOR. FOOL

sheyie2007:
If asaba is very costly, it means you're poor... ultra poor

. Am not poor nd wl never be but its ur Father nd ur fore Fathers are POOR. FOOL

Looks as if some from Ghana equate most expensive city with most sophisticated city or best city boy, nairaland is full of bush people.

Malabo is number one, Namibia, South africa and others. Nigeria is not that expensive my good people.

vandarsar: Am a regular reader of the economist since '05, I hardly miss any issue. I can tell you they hardly gets data right when it comes to africa and they can easily be bribed to manipulate or maneuver some "matter arising".

Obviously, if you ever been to Accra, you will know Lagos is F/u/c/ing cheap to live in. Jo'burg is 4 times more expensive than Lagos, and my 3 years old cousin knows Luanda is the most expensive city in Africa.

in essence, I believe Lagos is overrated. Abuja of course is expensive and its still not as expensive as Accra.

The mistake you guys keep making is the Lagos been referred to is actually the Island where foreigners reside. This article is actually published for use by expatriates and investors seeking to do business in Africa. If you think places like ajegunle and alimosho are included when assessing lagos, then think again.

The cheapest hotels on the Island cost upwards of 35,000 Naira per night. And they are usually basic duplexes with no recreational facilities. The more elaborate ones cost upwards of 60,000 naira per night. And this is absolutely ridiculous when you consider the price for a 5 star hotel in dubai can actually coist less than half of that price. Johannesburg is extremely cheap. Accra on the other hand is expensive but not anywhere near Lagos.

in durban southafrica u pay a selfcontain room for a 1000 southafrica rand, about #17000 a month stupid statistics.

CARLISTO77:

Nope. I stayed there for 9 years, so stop misleading people.

recent worldwide survey ranks Douala, Cameroon, as the most expensive city in Africa. Douala is the seat of most of the country’s trade and industry but suffers from poor infrastructure, chaotic growth and a soaring population, estimated at three million inhabitants. It contributes more than 80 percent to Cameroon’s national earnings.

Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Ntaryike Divine in Douala, says many might be surprised to see Douala ranked as Africa’s most expensive city, rather than Lagos or Johannesburg. But the Canadian group, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, named Douala in its 2007 worldwide cost of living survey.

It’s not the most expensive worldwide. That would be Moscow, named for the second year
http://m.voanews.com/347314.html

http://m.irinnews.org/Report/79784/CAMEROON-Life-in-Douala-one-of-the-world-s-most-expensive-cities
Get educated bro no pun intended.thanks

Austinio: . Am not poor nd wl never be but its ur Father nd ur fore Fathers are POOR. FOOL

Lol are you crying? I can help you and your family with 100bucks.."ultra" poor fellow .. just private mail me like you always do...

f diva: I wonder where you got the fact that capital of ivory coast cost more than Lagos. That place is really cheap, if you even know the name of that country's capital

LWKMD....U jst make my day....The same ivory coast I knw is expensive?Dakar is 100% more expensive than ivory coast...Water,electricity and tax for here na die