Many people in Nigeria and the rest of the world don't know that Lagos city, the largest megacity in Africa with a population of more than 20 million people is actually safer than New York city of the United States of America with a lesser population of only 8, 550, 405 by 2015 census data.
This is for obvious reasons, because of the fact that any American citizen above 18 can acquire a firearm across the counter and gun control is a big problem for law enforcement agencies in the US.But you cannot do that in Lagos. And we don't pray that firearms should be sold to Nigerians as they are sold to Americans, because it would be disastrous for Nigeria where the police cannot be as equipped and efficient as the police in America.

The cause of majority of crimes in Lagos is often poverty contrary to the cause of majority of crimes in New York which is not poverty, but drugs and mafia wars.

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The cause of majority of crimes in Lagos is often poverty contrary to the cause of majority of crimes in New York which is not poverty, but drugs and mafia wars.

but we have weeds and cultists and area boys... OP your reason is reasonable for me

yu can say that again bruhh...
Even Nigeria as a whole is safer than USA combine...
there is surely no place like home.....Trust me ...

LAGOS STATE CRIME RATE HAS DROPPED BY 65% – GOVERNOR AMBODE – Papertalk Nigeria

http://papertalk.ng/lagos-state-crime-rate-has-dropped-by-65-governor-ambode/

Crime Rate In Nigeria Vs Crime Rate In America And The Western World - Crime - Nigeria

https://www.nairaland.com/126849/crime-rate-nigeria-vs-crime

Safer yes. Richer never. Just don't compare the two because what new york can do. *O this small boy leave me nau*

hummerwise:
yu can say that again bruhh...
Even Nigeria as a whole is safer than USA combine...
there is surely no place like home.....Trust me ...

Is Maiduguri safe?

asuustrike2009:

Is Maiduguri safe?

if maiduguri is not safe try iraq nahh....

hummerwise:

if maiduguri is not safe try iraq nahh....

Or Aleppo, Syria.

Questingforlove:
Or Aleppo, Syria.

Really?
According to whom?
Nigeria is one big crime scene.

iamsparrow:

The cause of majority of crimes in Lagos is often poverty contrary to the cause of majority of crimes in New York which is not poverty, but drugs and mafia wars.

but we have weeds and cultists and area boys... OP your reason is reasonable for me

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Drug trafficking in New York is mafia business.
The supply chain is the cause of many crimes.