₦airaland Forum

Ibime:
Detty December is one of the most ingenious tourism initiatives, dragging in economic activity from the diaspora, even 2nd and 3rd generation diaspora who will otherwise be spending their money elsewhere.

And I know it grew wings naturally not through any concerted effort of Government. The person who coined the phrase Detty December has done more for Nigerian tourism income than all Ministers of tourism since OBJ put together.

LordAdam16:
happened in bangladesh

indian hindus no dey joke
if that had happened in india
the reprisals will be instant

-Lord

bolu96:
https://www.nairaland.com/8585794/lagos-governor-sanwo-olu-swears-speaker

BlueRayDick, have you seen this?
It has happened, finally.

Privacy is gone. pic.twitter.com/xkSqEKI9JR

— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) December 22, 2025

bolu96:
https://www.nairaland.com/8585794/lagos-governor-sanwo-olu-swears-speaker

BlueRayDick, have you seen this?
It has happened, finally.

BlueRayDick:
I can't but find this "car spotting" nonsense disturbing and breach of people's privacy .🤦‍♂️

Privacy is gone. pic.twitter.com/xkSqEKI9JR

— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) December 22, 2025

You will be driving peacefully at a roundabout or at the entrance gate of a public building like club, event center or hotel and boom! Camera gets flashed on Ur face with a handful of guys shouting Ur name on top of their voice hailing you so they can make content to post on their social media pages without Ur consent.

izzou:
So, a family has a property at Ojuelegba. LASG wanted to use there as a bus terminal, so they demolished it.

Guess how much they are offering as compensation? #23 million

I know the government is always right sha.

https://guardian.ng/news/falana-imoudu-family-reject-lagos-govts-n23m-compensation-for-land-valued-n250m/

GloriousGbola:
Well it is the price of being a celebrity

Nigerian paparazzi in the social media age.

And with the way our celebrities pursue social media clout I am sure they have no issue with this

BlueRayDick:
So because some celebrities like clout, me wey no like clout must bear the brunt by allowing some random person to film me in my private moment and post me on his page without my consent?

I can understand if I go for an event and I see photographers and paparazzi falling over themselves to take pictures and create content. But u driving at a roundabout and having to deal with camera poking into Ur car to see what U have going on at that moment just seem a bit upsetting for me Sha

semid4lyfe:
IJGBs too overdo. In Lagos, dem don make products and services unaffordable for the home-based.

Every time, dem go set camera. GRWM as I go to the salon to get my braids done for $50. Come with me to get my nails done for $30 GRWM as I visit my fashion stylist for my asoebi outfit. The result:

Lip Gloss - 70k
Braiding of hair - 200k.
Fixing of nails - 277k
Doing make up - 500k
Medium-grade ankara boubou - 200k
Shortlet apartment for 11 nights - £9000 (N17.5m)

etc etc

Truly, many Nigerians vendors/service providers dey greedy and exploitative but IJGB too contributed to this price hike madness by turning their visit into flex olympics and trying to impress online strangers.

Many salons. hotels, malls and shops dey for area wey IJGB fit waka into and pay reasonable prices but dem no go go those places. Dem dey find the ones with marble floors, gigantic mirrors, screeded walls that are aesthetically pleasing to shoot content in.

Me, I cannot relate sha. I left Lagos years ago. My barber dey barb my hair for 1k. My daughter and wife made their hairs on Sunday. Wifey fixed her nails too. It was home-service and they spent about 10k.

At this rate. make everybody just forget about Detty December and go their villages go dey chase fowl.

GloriousGbola:
paparazzi killed princess di in a car chase
that was in a so called sane society
now imagine what you will get in a jungle like naija

not justifying - just saying it is almost inevitable

BlueRayDick:
I don't blame the vendors at all. It's all about demand and supply na ; and then the social media angle u mentioned.

The GRWM videos flying everywhere has a very strong connection to how vendors now price their services so high this period but the fact that we have people willing to pay those prices will leave the vendors smiling to the bank and some home based Nigerians fuming.

My spouse wanted us to do family Christmas pyjamas shoot. She made inquiry from the guy who did our wedding shoot and I was seeing the price ranging from ₦120k, ₦180k, ₦250k and ₦300k depending on the package u choose 😂

I just told her to fall back to the guy who did our maternity shoot because that one's price was still reasonable compared to all these ones wey Wan collect my 4 years tuition fees through university in one sitting just to snap and edit our pishures

I'm sure when the season ends vendors will fall back to default settings, some of them will even use promotional offers and discounts to nearly wound-jure their home based customers when patronage drops.

GloriousGbola:
behold another pu**y whipped nucca

see as his madam has finessed him into photoshoot

xmas pyjamas photshoot
maternity photoshoot
gender reveal photoshoot

ayam just trolling ooo
make your marriage dey long and your bed shake

BlueRayDick:
I don't blame the vendors at all. It's all about demand and supply na ; and then the social media angle u mentioned.

The GRWM videos flying everywhere has a very strong connection to how vendors now price their services so high this period but the fact that we have people willing to pay those prices will leave the vendors smiling to the bank and some home based Nigerians fuming.

My spouse wanted us to do family Christmas pyjamas shoot. She made inquiry from the guy who did our wedding shoot and I was seeing the price ranging from ₦120k, ₦180k, ₦250k and ₦300k depending on the package u choose 😂

I just told her to fall back to the guy who did our maternity shoot because that one's price was still reasonable compared to all these ones wey Wan collect my 4 years tuition fees through university in one sitting just to snap and edit our pishures

I'm sure when the season ends vendors will fall back to default settings, some of them will even use promotional offers and discounts to nearly wound-jure their home based customers when patronage drops.

iamoyindamola:
B2B L for kwam1

https://www.nairaland.com/8586026/kwam1-loses-bid-block-awujale

iamoyindamola:
Is Bangladesh a country on it own?

KingTom:
Werey wan rule us, imagine that controversial fellow as Awujale?

iamoyindamola:
I saw it yesterday and wanted to tag him, them no really rate Sanwoolu sha and emilokan caused it

BlueRayDick:
I saw it coming from the day I read they imposed an indisposed man as chairman and the son as vice chairman.

Congratulations to their family.

Goodluck to the people who served the father and will continue to serve the son long after the father may have exited the political scene. Hopefully the crumbs from the family's table will be enough for their good governance needs

bolu96:
I'm sure he's (Sanwoolu) doing this just to keep the peace.

izzou:
So, a family has a property at Ojuelegba. LASG wanted to use there as a bus terminal, so they demolished it.

Guess how much they are offering as compensation? #23 million

I know the government is always right sha.

https://guardian.ng/news/falana-imoudu-family-reject-lagos-govts-n23m-compensation-for-land-valued-n250m/

GloriousGbola:
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this is why i could not tell Naz how his building would be costed for land use charge

the figure is largely subjective - and made worse by lagos real estate bubble.

we also experienced same when LASG took over some of our sites. that is when you ill be told you are being paid the value of the land not the assets on it or something like that

also this

i doubt total cost of floodlight pass 400k each and pole max 200k

DissTroy:
In all of the public reports, Apple never claimed it doesn't have a backdoor. It just stated it would NOT give the UK a universal access without Apple gatekeeping.

The issue is, the UK doesn't want to keep going to apply to request access for individual cases - it's wants unrestricted, 24/7 access which Apple is against. Even Meta and X do not give universal access.

Please read all the court proceedings and reports again. Apple never claimed it doesn't have a backdoor.

GloriousGbola:
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this is why i could not tell Naz how his building would be costed for land use charge

the figure is largely subjective - and made worse by lagos real estate bubble.

we also experienced same when LASG took over some of our sites. that is when you ill be told you are being paid the value of the land not the assets on it or something like that

also this

i doubt total cost of floodlight pass 400k each and pole max 200k

BlueRayDick:
Sometimes I get amused when I see people defending government's actions both here and on the internet generally. I see them defend land grabbing by government without paying fair compensation as the law prescribes and some of them will even be quiting laws they don't even understand its practical application.

When u tell people that government can take over a property with all documentations complete, they will Sneer at you and make it seem like u are making a false assumption just to call the government a bad name.

Government takes over a land in a place like Ojuelegba In Lagos, instead of paying a fair compensation they are offering 23 million that will not even buy the same quantity of land in a place like Ipaja, Ayobo, Abule Ẹ̀gbá or Egbeda.

Government will rather spend millions upon millions in court as legal fees than pay the fair compensation for the land which the same government approved all title documents.

Sometimes I think the punishment God gave to Nigerians is wicked Nigerians embedded in government and civil service. Imagine the Lawyers handling the case on behalf of the family had to be appealing to the governor of the state to intervene at an event organized to celebrate the patriarch of the family which the Lagos state government was an active participant......😭

iamoyindamola:
I wish I have your kind of mind
This travel thing almost cause wahala for me, my Oga still they vex
I am not sure I will get Xmas bonus sef 🤣🤣🤣

izzou:
Anyone who knows where AKTC is at Ojuelegba, will know the place. That's close to the bridge...The heart of Ojuelegba itself.

After verifying documents and seeing that truly, they own it. They are offering 23 million naira as compensation.

And like you said, they are willing to spend 100 million on lawyers, rather than be considerate.

It's a lesson for those who would never see anything as absurd. Talk about the government, and thy are willing to defend at all costs.

When e go reach your turn, you go understand!

izzou:
I travel because I need to, so I am used to it.
Also, I like to driving, and enjoy spending those hours on the road

Also, I don't manage my costs to a fault. I ensure I use reputable companies as long as it's available. I dey select the kind vehicle wey I dey enter oh.

In all, na God dey help me!

Bombblacks:
Those are not strong words. He's blatantly insulting Nigeria and Joshua who by the way pays his tax, is a law abiding citizen and has won 4 golds and a silver medal in various competitions for Britain including the Olympics. I am certain Joshua has done more for Britain than his white ass.

We're saying the same thing.

Blud is pained.

GloriousGbola:
this response is all thats required