If you get aboard a Lagos bus and after a while you hear the conductor call out “under!”, “Killer!”, ” Masha!” don’t panic, it is not the beginning of madness, he is just calling out bus-stops; so where is your stop? There are so many humorous things that take place while traveling on a Lagos commercial bus, certain things that happen or that are said, are just enough to keep you laughing if you take a second thought at them. For me the bus-stops in Lagos and the way these conductors call them out, gets me laughing always. So you have bus-stop like “Westminster” pronounced as “West Minister” and you can’t but laugh to tears. There many more bus-stops which i find funny, either in their pronunciation or in the meaning of their names as it were. Perhaps I should give you some heads-up, every major landmark in Lagos eventually is used as a bus- stop, and in the case of no major building/edifice; then the nearest Iroko tree becomes the bus-stop for the area. This theory holds majorly for residents in the mainland, as the Lagos-Island tends to have a good number bus-stops with straight names. Without spoiling the fun, here are some of the craziest and funniest names i have found of the lot that exist around the Lagos megalopolis. Come “along”, yes, ‘along’ is yet another bus-stop’s name. READ ALSO: Top 10 Worst Things About Living In Lagos Cemetery bus stop There are so many cemetery bus- stops across Lagos. The simple rationale for the bus-stop name, being that the cemetary located around the corner is about the most popular place to reckon with within the area. Seriously, I mean, how can you say you live at “Cemetery bus stop”? Moshalashi Moshalashi means mosque, and there are major mosques in virtually every part of Lagos. You can rarely go to on any Local government are which doesn’t have a Moshalashi- bus stop. Mechanic bus stop There is one just after Okokomiko and like the other bus-stops, just for the mere fact that a group of automobile mechanics make one spot their workshop, it automatically becomes a bus-stop. Tell me, what can be easier to describe than a group of men with shirts soiled with so much grease. Abattoir I asked someone recently, where do you live and he said “abattoir” and I could not hold back my laughter, apparently he was referring to the popular bus-stop around the Abule Egba area of Lagos, where the Lagos abattoir is located. Church bus stop- Along Mile 2 The name says it all, you can already guess what inspired this bus-stop located along Agboju Mile 2 (Badagry expressway). [b]Coconut bus stop- Along Mile 2[ The presence of a long row of coconut trees gave rise to the name of this bus-stop located on your way to Mile 2. Infact, you will hear the conductors call out “Mile-2 Coconut!”, on their trips from Oshodi through iyana-isolo and down past Cele-bus stop. Cele bus stop- Along Mile 2 Lagosians have an abbreviation for the Celestial churches, and that is “Cele” and that is the concept behind naming this bus-stop after some celestial church within. Takuti Jesu- Ajah It remains somewhat unclear to me why this bus-stop was named “Taku ti Jesu”, a name which basically means never letting go of Jesus. Perhaps some new form of admonition, so don’t let go till you get what you want. Somebody, must have read Jacob’s story. Mongoro- Along Oshodi- Egbeda road Now this is one very funny one. Just like coconut, this is supposed to be Mango bus-stop, but the conductors never fail to call it “mongoro”, I can’t forget how much i laughed the first time I deciphered it. Ile-epo- Along Ejigbo-Ikotun road Just along the Ejigbo-Ikotun road, is this bus-stop whose name is derived from the mere fact that a “filling-station” ( fuel station) is sited there. Ile-epo literally mean, house-of-oil (a gas station). 7/8- Along Airport Road For as long as I have known this bus-stop, it has fascinated me, as I have tried tirelessly to solve the maths behind its name. Please if you have a clue, then let us know. Same goes for the bus-stop named 23-24. Onigbongbo- Maryland In all honesty, I can tell you for real what the name entail. However, I am more concerned with the way it sounds when pronounced. Go on, try it, O-ni-gbon-gbo. Don’t bite your tongue. Onipanu- Along Yaba-Ikorodu road Unlike Onigbongo, I think Onipanu means some one who trades in aluminum and building materials. So you can be sure that there is/ was a popular “onipanu” to earn it a place as a popular bus-stop in Lagos. Alakara bus stop If you understand yoruba well enough, then you will understand that this bus-stop was named after someone, who most likely is a woman that sells “bean-cakes” locally called “akara”. Ogolonto- Ikorodu area Like O-ni-gbon-gbo, I know little of O-go-lon-to, I can only say that it is located along the famous Ikorodu road. Ogolonto just has a peculiar way it

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DUSTBIN bus-stop at Awodiora, oregie, Ajegunle-Apapa, Lagos. I know the origin of the name. There used to be a huge dustbin there where waste from Awodiora market was dumped and it usually over spill, covering much of the road. That was long ago, not anymore. Along the same oregie boundary road, three bus-stops from Dustin bus-stop is BANANA bustop. There is not a single banana plant there, not even a banana seller. The origin of the name, I don't know.
still along the same road, three bus-stops from Banana is a bus-stop called (guess-what) BUS-STOP. the name of the bus-stop is actually called Bus-stop
As kids growing up in Ajegunle, we used to fetch free water from the government tap situated there. Why that bus-stop is named BUS-STOP, I don't know and I haven't seen anyone that know.

The first time I hear 'Rosho Rosho' wole pelu 50n change e oo,, I was like wtf? Lol,, not until I asked a passerby.. They were actually saying "Oshodi Oshodi" funny conductors

Lolaabokoku:
The first time I hear 'Rosho Rosho' wole pelu 50n change e oo,, I was like wtf? Lol,, not until I asked a passerby.. They were actually saying "Oshodi Oshodi" funny conductors

Hahahahahaha! you no hear 'Rosho Rosho salijesha' ?

Ogogoro bustop
Pako bustop
Cement bustop
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There's OLOJOJO bus stop @ Oworo.
AGRIC bus stop @ Ikorodu
ALAKUKO @ ketu
POST OFFICE @ Oyingbo etc

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Lolaabokoku:
The first time I hear 'Rosho Rosho' wole pelu 50n change e oo,, I was like wtf? Lol,, not until I asked a passerby.. They were actually saying "Oshodi Oshodi" funny conductors

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