barcanista: yu started this whole episode, no you are whinning and crying. Cry cry baby.... Cry me a lagoon

customized13: cry? From the way you reason, I might probably be older than you are, but its understandable the kind of home you come from when you reign insults on me, but insulting my father whom you don't know (he might even be older than your father) reflects the way you talk to your father @ home. I was able to deduce this conclusion "you are still a kid under your parent who don't really know the value of life" you don't know the cost of running the affairs of a family, that's why its really hard for you to understand what makes a city expensive. Check my profile very well, I know why I chose not to really reply you in a cruel manner, there's nothing you will tell a kid that has chose to disrespect his father rather than beating him up, this I might have done if this discussion had been vis-a-vis.

sublimes: @Op, Yenagoa should come first on that list. Everything is damn expensive in that town.

barcanista: Lamentation of Mr. Customized13

customized13: if I were you, I will learn something from that statement. That's how you know a wise child.

barcanista: nwa Teacher

McWhillion: I think most Eastern and South Eastern cities are quite expensive to live in. No South Western city should be up there including Lagos. Things are way more expensive in a typical Eastern village than in Lagos.

ojimbo: imagine in Lagos, you can buy plate of food that contains both rice, bean, plantain, spaghetti with two meat, all with just 100 naira

customized13: the small paper popcorn is sold for N500 and you aren't happy? Then you must visit silverbird cinema in lagos. Food price hike is a general problem in southeast and southsouth, you can only know how expensive a place is if you have kids you pay school fees for and a comfortable accommodation. Transportation around uyo won't require much litres of fuel, the roads are free and kinda deserted, unlike ph and lagos, I still stand on my previous assertion, uyo is relatively inexpensive.

McWhillion:
Then you've missed the point here, if an Eastern village is more expensive to live in than Lagos, do one need to tell you that it would be much more expensive to live in their cities.

sublimes: @Op, Yenagoa should come first on that list. Everything is damn expensive in that town.

Mrkuvuki: Port harcourt is very expensive, the only reason abuja should be 1st on that list is high cost of real estate and rent.
nice review op

barcanista: dude what is expensive in eastern villages? Is it the cost of getting a wife or accoMmodation?

sluvy4tune: Akwa ibom ladies truly know how to keep a man. Food and other wise.

ojimbo: imagine in Lagos, you can buy plate of food that contains both rice, bean, plantain, spaghetti with two meat, all with just 100 naira

ojimbo: imagine in Lagos, you can buy plate of food that contains both rice, bean, plantain, spaghetti with two meat, all with just 100 naira

eaglechild: Abuja

This comes as no surprise, Abuja is an expensive city even by world standards.
Politicians who have made Abuja their abode have an unending stash that drive up prices.
With record breaking real estate costs. A detached 6 bedroom duplex in Maitama or Asokoro goes for anything from 500 million to 1 billion naira!! (Google is your friend). Food is more affordable, so far it is not processed.
Of course there are less expensive suburbs but you have to endure longer commutes to the city centre.


Port Harcourt

Being Nigeria's oil capital has it's downsides.
PH is expensive, infact it is arguably on average more expensive than Abuja.
It has a significant number of upper middle class from the oil sector and other walks of life.
Food is particularly overpriced in PH and so is decent accommodation.
What of private schools in PH, they will certainly make you consider the number of children you want to have.


Lagos

The nation's economic capital is what you want it to be for you in terms of cost.
However, if you want comfort and security in the form of accommodation, you will have to pay very dearly.
Especially if you work on the island. A room, parlour and Kitchen in Ikoyi, VI or Lekki can range from 400 to 600k per annum. Of course most people are left no choice than to endure the long commute to work and back.
Those working on the mainland have cheaper options to explore.
Lagos however, has the advantage of availability of cheaper consumer goods from clothing, household components to cars.
But the stress does come at a price.


Owerri

This may come as a surprise but Owerri's unique location in the SE heartland has made it a popular destination. This has driven up the cost of living.
A 3 bedroom flat goes for an average of 30k a month.
Food is more expensive relative to other SE cities. Even with the rate of new hotels being built, hotel rooms are still expensive. And the cost of labour in this town is high.



Uyo

This blossoming city, has grown tremendously in a short time and so has the cost of living.
Real estate prices have shot up, and cost of transport has also gone up.
If you are young and looking to save money in Uyo, you just have to cook your food.
The good side is that you actually get a higher quality of life at a relatively OK cost.


Calabar

This former capital of Nigeria continues to attract people with its serene environment and friendly residents.
But this does not come cheap. Calabar's conformity drives up cost.
In December Calabar goes up higher on the list as thousands flood in for the famous carnival.


Warri

This city is quite similar to PH
The presence of the refinery/oil sector has made the cost of living here well above other Nigerian cities.


Enugu

This city is experiencing a real estate boom and what many residents took for granted in terms of rent, is beginning to bite. Enugu's improved road network, security and international airport together with its regional status, continues to attract wealthy retirees and returnees. This has slowly started driving up prices.
Labour and food are still relatively affordable.

customized13: I don't agree with you, lagos should be on that list, most people don't know what it takes to train children in a comfortable housing in lagos. The cheapest areas in lagos will be probably ikotun, egbe, igando and environs are relatively more expensive than most cities in nigeria. The only thing cheap in lagos is food and maybe clothings.

customized13: I don't agree with you, lagos should be on that list, most people don't know what it takes to train children in a comfortable housing in lagos. The cheapest areas in lagos will be probably ikotun, egbe, igando and environs are relatively more expensive than most cities in nigeria. The only thing cheap in lagos is food and maybe clothings.

Leetunechi: Barcanista don dey fall my hand .the same way mondisweets did


ewww

desdichando: seems like the last time u was in lagos was 1990...visit again

hensben: benin city is very cheap to live in, someone that has 4million in benin city behave like the one that has 50million in ph, lagos, abuja, thats to tell you how cost of living and accomodation are very low in benin city.

barcanista: Wetin I do na?

customized13: haaa, bros how far na, every canteen in lagos sells one meat for atleast N50, so how come with your own data.

customized13: haaa, bros how far na, every canteen in lagos sells one meat for atleast N50, so how come with your own data.

barcanista: Such cities is what we pray for in Lagos and PHC.

martineverest:

u dont know what u enjoy in lagos....am a lagosian,schooled in warri,benin and ph.......lagos is damn cheap.there are som places in niger delta where pure water is 20 naira