Sisi Jinx:

How can any city be dirtier than Lagos??!!

I'm sorry but that's just IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

~Sauron~:

A visit will convince you. . . . . . .

I am sure Ibadan will be the dirtiest city in the world.
Everywhere oozes stench.
The hygeine level is sub-zero.
Jeeeeez. . . . . .Lagos to Ibadan is like comparing Singapore to Harlem.

asha 80:

@sauron
Is ibadan dirter than aba or onitsha?

Ibadan is dirtier than anywhere i have been to. . . . .I have been to Aba and Onitsha and em places are crisp.
Aba/Onitsha to Ibadan is like comparing Zurich to Ajegunle.

~Sauron~:

Lagos is not a city. . . . .It is a state. Just because it's small in size people actually think it's a city but it's not.

Sapphic:

Actually, it is both. That is what makes it kinda unique. You may profer the argument that places like Ikorodu, Epe, Badagry etc are not cities but are part of Lagos. However, most of Lagos (local government areas etc) is a city and thus the state doubles as a city.

kokoye:

Sauron.

Abeg take am easy ojare. It may be very dirty but not as bad as you make it seem.

The interior hardcore Ibadan is the dirty part . . . just like isale eko and oke arin, etc.

The outskirts where tokunbo people(non-indegenes) live are not dirty.

Warn urself o.

~Sauron~:

Are u sure?? Are u aware Ikeja is not Lagos city??
Cos then it's like saying Ibadan is Oyo or Akure is Ondo.
Lagos as a state is too small so travelling from place to place is like strolling.
Whereas in other states, anyone moving from Akure to Ondo within the same state is termed TRAVELLING.

Lagos city is the Lagos island and it is too small to be labelled the largest city in Nigeria as Sugabelly stated.

Nor vex, sir!!!!

I know places like Bodija, Ring road etc are posh but the % of the dirty areas is staggering.

afam4eva:

In the true sense of the word Ikeja is a city, but lagos is also a city.

Sisi Jinx:

Ikeja is not part of Lagos??!!

And I've also heard some arguments over where Ota belongs.

Jeebus! How do you make sense of the whole thing sef!!

~Sauron~:

I agree. . . . .Ikeja is a city, Lagos is also a city but Lagos is NOT the largest city in Nigeria cos[b] what i consider Lagos city is the Lagos Island area.[/b]

Sapphic:

Unfortunately, what you personally consider Lagos to be, does not transform the reality of what it actually is. So what of Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Surulere etc? You do not consider those places cities too?

kokoye:

There is Lagos state.

There is also a city with Lagos State called Lagos Island (Eko).

But Lagos state is regarded as a big city because there's no unused land all thru the entire state. So you really would not feel like your travelling even though ur going from Ikoyi to Agege.

People driving from Ibadan to Ife in Oyo state know theyre travelling because they see a vast area of unused land.

Hope that clears the air a li'l bit.

~Sauron~:

Ife is in Oyo State??
When was the last time u went to Naija??

~Sauron~:

Surulere is a town. . . . .Victoria Island is a city but Lagos City = Lagos Island(Marina area)
That is the historical and the commercial nerve centre. The broad street, Tinubu square, Tafawa Balewa square etc is Lagos City.
VI, Ikoyi and em other places are not Lagos City.

I listed like a million things I started doing in Lagos (most of which I obviously got over). How come you chose to only negatively dwell on those two?

KarmaMod:

Perhaps cos those 2 are the things that bother me the most. Doesnt help that you consider such as "making you stronger"

o sa pa mi lori

Sapphic:

I do not know what you have decided to label with the appellation "Lagos City". Lagos Island is exactly what it is i.e. "Lagos Island" or "Isale Eko". It is distinct from for example Victoria Island. What I challenged was your saying that Lagos is a state and not a city. I have argued that it is both. Now, i have not been to Nigeria in several years, so I do not know if the term "Lagos city" is now used interchangeably with "Lagos Island", this however does not remove the fact that vast parts of the state is a city. Lagos State is predominantly like London. In as much as there are no states here, London is the equivalent of a state, with the local boroughs being the equivalent of local government areas. Nobody will argue that due to the history and commercial clout of "The City of London" (or to spread it further, the whole of Central London), that that part of London is the only city, while places like Chelsea, Tottenham, Camden etc are not. The fact that there is a "City of London" has not and does not remove the fact that in general London is in fact a city (despite having suburbs like Richmond etc).

fs:

I agree with Sapphic. Yes, Lagos is a state, nobody was arguing that, but it's also basically a city. It's basically a huge metropolitan area (for those that live in the US). Yes, there are towns ofcourse, but in general the vast majority of the state is pretty much a city. Surulere cannot be a town, is it? I grew up there and it did NOT feel like a town.

sugabelly:

I never said Lagos City was Nigeria's Largest city.

I said LAGOS meaning ALL OF IT.

AND yes, MOST of Lagos is now city. It doesn't have to be shining and clean to be a city. It just is.

Again, LAGOS is the largest and best known city in Africa.

~Sauron~:

Lagos State. . . . .386 square miles.
Ibadan. . . . . . . . .1,189 square miles.

Ibadan is THRICE as big as the whole Lagos. . . .Ibadan is the largest city in the whole of West Africa.
Though, Lagos is more populous.