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Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Chevrolet076(m): 4:00am On Dec 31, 2023
After more than 15 years since I visited a beach (Eleko beach), I anticipated seeing and having the usual beach feel of
strong roaring foamy waves,
very cold winds that can sweep you off your feet,
the wide expanse of water so wide and so blue that connects to the sky as far back as your eyes can see,
hundreds of sea creatures especially crabs running back into the sea as it recedes,
the freedom of trekking kilometers down both sides of the sea,
the non-existence of any foreign thing like tractors, restaurant etc close to the sea... Just the traditional dishes and feel.

Everything is so bad that I just felt I wasted money on overrated stuffs.

No roaring waves,
no cold winds,
swimming pool-like water waves and forced waves from the jet skis and boat l cruise.
Green colored sea filled with sea weed
Cans, bottle, food pack littering everywhere
Guys with intimidating looks smoking up and down
Loudspeakers playing useless music and disturbing the peace of the sea,
Almost non-existent sea shells. Except for few tiny ones
Tractors everywhere with security guard threatening you if you dare to cross over to landmark side
Sand heaped on all four sides of the sea making it look like a swimming pool. Imagine a whole beach o


Everything has been monitized and the beach is so small that it's choking.

You can only have fun by buying overpriced things. Boat cruise at 3k, horse riding for just a short distance at 2k per person, one tiny suya at 2k, entry fẹẹ increased to 2k as well.

If not for the other families that came with football which we started playing, what would my holiday look like?

It is well. I just think not everything should be monitized and milked so it loses its natural feel.

Felt so bad for nature. The beach's sadness penetrated through my bones cry cry cry cry cry cry

Has anyone experienced this? Any idea of a good beach that is still an actual beach?

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by cornelin(m): 5:51am On Dec 31, 2023
It so shameful seriously. I went to Oniru beach too recently and what I saw was nothing less of an eye sore. The beach looked so distant from it's former self.
It is as if LAWMA found a new dump site for all kind of wastes and aquatic life are inexistent.
People even urinate close to the bamboo wall and everywhere reeks of an abandoned dumpster.
The only serene beach with little closeness to still maintaining it's natural feel are the private beaches as I was in Lekki Leisure Lake a week earlier.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Obainoman6: 5:58am On Dec 31, 2023
The average Nigerian man is very dumb and only cares about how to monitize everything and make his money at all cost.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Turquoiseee: 6:52am On Dec 31, 2023
I’ve never been to a beach before. Who will take me? I’ll get to wear that beautiful bikini I bought and have not had the chance to use.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by AyoII(m): 7:10am On Dec 31, 2023
Oniru beach is not so dope. Its like the ghetto beach of the area. You should have tried the good beach or others around. And true, you cant cross to landmark from there, thats another territory.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by illicit(m): 8:02am On Dec 31, 2023
Turquoiseee:
I’ve never been to a beach before. Who will take me? I’ll get to wear that beautiful bikini I bought and have not had the chance to use.

U no get leg ni?

🦩

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by ikeno(m): 8:06am On Dec 31, 2023
Topic should have been "Lagos beach have lost its glory😃

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by brain54(m): 8:08am On Dec 31, 2023
Turquoiseee:
I’ve never been to a beach before. Who will take me? I’ll get to wear that beautiful bikini I bought and have not had the chance to use.
If you take yourself is it bad...

You be handicap... Or will the water boil?

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Olawade24: 8:29am On Dec 31, 2023
brain54:

If you take yourself is it bad...

You be handicap... Or will the water boil?
Abeg stop to da talk to the girl in that tune a simp like me we take her out.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Ceeman2o: 8:31am On Dec 31, 2023
Edit your heading chief . It's Oniru beach has lost its glory. Palace area Boys and touts had finished oniru beach. Only unsuspecting individuals still goes there and they normally comes out with regrets. The traffic on landmark and good beach is only indicator that Nigerians had moved on from that beach.

A dirty nd filthy beach you can't access with your car without been taxed for individual head nd car park. Nd your cab can't even drive in to pick or drop you. Whereas other beaches got free car park nd sorts.


Look at the festivities going on. Oniru beach couldn't even attract ordinary friends get together. While other beaches are shutting down with celebs every day.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by DrAkpamudehe: 9:18am On Dec 31, 2023
It's only in Nigeria, people pay to access beaches.... Very abnormal country . Come to Gold coast(Surfers paradise), Miami of Australia and see heaven on earth beaches

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by ednut1(m): 10:23am On Dec 31, 2023
The Eko Atlantic wall barrier has reduced that beach to stagnant water. People who swim there need their head examined .

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by LooneyLester: 12:04pm On Dec 31, 2023
Forking boomer



Who goes to a beach in 2024??

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by MindOnMatters00(m): 2:34pm On Dec 31, 2023
I can't remember the last time i went to any Nigerian beach.

Those their rivers they call Beach.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Ceeman2o: 4:51pm On Dec 31, 2023
ednut1:
The Eko Atlantic wall barrier has reduced that beach to stagnant water. People who swim there need their head examined


You have a point. That wall has messed the beach up. A full pond water

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by bdon123(m): 5:47pm On Dec 31, 2023
Chevrolet076:
After more than 15 years since I visited a beach (Eleko beach), I anticipated seeing and having the usual beach feel of
strong roaring foamy waves,
very cold winds that can sweep you off your feet,
the wide expanse of water so wide and so blue that connects to the sky as far back as your eyes can see,
hundreds of sea creatures especially crabs running back into the sea as it recedes,
the freedom of trekking kilometers down both sides of the sea,
the non-existence of any foreign thing like tractors, restaurant etc close to the sea... Just the traditional dishes and feel.

Everything is so bad that I just felt I wasted money on overrated stuffs.

No roaring waves,
no cold winds,
swimming pool-like water waves and forced waves from the jet skis and boat l cruise.
Green colored sea filled with sea weed
Cans, bottle, food pack littering everywhere
Guys with intimidating looks smoking up and down
Loudspeakers playing useless music and disturbing the peace of the sea,
Almost non-existent sea shells. Except for few tiny ones
Tractors everywhere with security guard threatening you if you dare to cross over to landmark side
Sand heaped on all four sides of the sea making it look like a swimming pool. Imagine a whole beach o


Everything has been monitized and the beach is so small that it's choking.

You can only have fun by buying overpriced things. Boat cruise at 3k, horse riding for just a short distance at 2k per person, one tiny suya at 2k, entry fẹẹ increased to 2k as well.

If not for the other families that came with football which we started playing, what would my holiday look like?

It is well. I just think not everything should be monitized and milked so it loses its natural feel.

Felt so bad for nature. The beach's sadness penetrated through my bones cry cry cry cry cry cry
Try good beach or landmark beach n tank me later.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Incredible128: 8:24pm On Dec 31, 2023
Exactly what I wanted to say 😂😂😂😂😂😂
illicit:


U no get leg ni?

🦩

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by NFBI: 11:44pm On Dec 31, 2023
Op you're lucky i thought you mean bitch

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by 1Sharon(f): 1:35am On Jan 01
I love your description op. Seems you're a naturist

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by AfahaAbia(m): 1:02am On Jan 02
Turquoiseee:
I’ve never been to a beach before. Who will take me? I’ll get to wear that beautiful bikini I bought and have not had the chance to use.

Are u in Lagos? Let me take you to Landmark beach instead
Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Uchemuch: 3:07am On Jan 02
Landmark is overrated. It is no more as it used to be in the past..... More like a past glory thing... No waves at all, and you will pay for everything at high price and not taking in even water......
I am very sure that most beach around VI don't have that natural waves anymore......it's like a swimming pool, just stagnant.... The joy of a beach is to see that waves..... Instead go for any other beach in Lekki......

Are u in Lagos? Let me take you to Landmark beach instead [/quote]

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Fescoblack(m): 7:47am On Jan 02
I am surprised too when I went on a trip with my school students on the 16th of Dec 2023. Like I was dumbfounded by the lowlife settings in the beach. These guys just want money and money at the gate. The beach na scam but it comes with it fun though if you open you mind and bring in your own stuff.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by AfahaAbia(m): 8:21am On Jan 02
I feel really sad about the present status of Oniru beach and others. I still have fond memories about Bar beach in the early 80s and 90s

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by AfahaAbia(m): 8:23am On Jan 02
Uchemuch:
Landmark is overrated. It is no more as it used to be in the past..... More like a past glory thing... No waves at all, and you will pay for everything at high price and not taking in even water......
I am very sure that most beach around VI don't have that natural waves
anymore......it's like a swimming pool, just stagnant.... The joy of a beach is to see that waves..... Instead go for any other beach in Lekki

Yes I totally agree
Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Juoflife1(f): 8:34am On Jan 02
Go to Artican or Santa Cruz

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by stunnert(m): 7:23am On Jan 03
Nigeria is in a mess

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by money121(m): 1:14pm On Jan 03
Ok
Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Jewessgratitud3: 1:14pm On Jan 03
See the beach name wey you go and you dey expect to see glory...

You didn't go to Alpha beach, Kuramo Beach
Takwabe beach or Laguna beach make you see glory.

Oniru kwa?

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by Enddy50ty(m): 1:14pm On Jan 03
If you are in Lagos and you want to enjoy the beach and it’s natural waves and vibes that comes with going to beaches, I’ll advise you don’t go to any of the beaches on Victoria Island.
Everything there is overpriced.
Just proceed to any of the beaches at Ajah and it’s environs.

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Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by free2ryhme: 1:14pm On Jan 03
Chevrolet076:
After more than 15 years since I visited a beach (Eleko beach), I anticipated seeing and having the usual beach feel of
strong roaring foamy waves,
very cold winds that can sweep you off your feet,
the wide expanse of water so wide and so blue that connects to the sky as far back as your eyes can see,
hundreds of sea creatures especially crabs running back into the sea as it recedes,
the freedom of trekking kilometers down both sides of the sea,
the non-existence of any foreign thing like tractors, restaurant etc close to the sea... Just the traditional dishes and feel.

Everything is so bad that I just felt I wasted money on overrated stuffs.

No roaring waves,
no cold winds,
swimming pool-like water waves and forced waves from the jet skis and boat l cruise.
Green colored sea filled with sea weed
Cans, bottle, food pack littering everywhere
Guys with intimidating looks smoking up and down
Loudspeakers playing useless music and disturbing the peace of the sea,
Almost non-existent sea shells. Except for few tiny ones
Tractors everywhere with security guard threatening you if you dare to cross over to landmark side
Sand heaped on all four sides of the sea making it look like a swimming pool. Imagine a whole beach o


Everything has been monitized and the beach is so small that it's choking.

You can only have fun by buying overpriced things. Boat cruise at 3k, horse riding for just a short distance at 2k per person, one tiny suya at 2k, entry fẹẹ increased to 2k as well.

If not for the other families that came with football which we started playing, what would my holiday look like?

It is well. I just think not everything should be monitized and milked so it loses its natural feel.

Felt so bad for nature. The beach's sadness penetrated through my bones cry cry cry cry cry cry

Has anyone experienced this? Any idea of a good beach that is still an actual beach?
Re: Nigerian Beaches Have Lost Its Glory. My Journey To Oniru Beach by eepeepook: 1:15pm On Jan 03
Our people never had a maintenance culture. What is the shock here?

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