₦airaland Forum

stanley000:
that's a big lie. No billionaire live in the mainland and I am confident of that. No silly billionaire will even branch a carwash in mainland. Best thing about island is safety.Go through all the kidnapping cases on Nairaland and tell me where they all happened

Ikeja(gra) Maryland(mende) I can go on if you want

sonature1:
U don't understand English...u only think u did
Read what I typed again...this time, slowly

I don't trad crap twice.

First one is to determine if you are saying something logical.

Next thing is to trash your crap.

[quote author=freemanbubble post=75839601]The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



if u believed Lagos is overrated, so be it!

NEXT!!!

Island stinks... Especially areas by the lagoon, lekki, parts of ikoyi and banana island.

freemanbubble:
The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



Abuja is too good to be compared with that shiiit hole called lagos

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wait! who ask u this nonsense u are spewing. Lagos is ahead of anywhere u can ever come from in Nigeria, so shut that gutter u called mouth.

stanley000:
that's a big lie. No billionaire live in the mainland and I am confident of that. No silly billionaire will even branch a carwash in mainland. Best thing about island is safety.Go through all the kidnapping cases on Nairaland and tell me where they all happened

Bros!
Shey u just come Lagos ni?
Why you go type that kain thing “No billionaire lives on the mainland “

How many of the Billionaires wey Dey Lagos you know?. no Dey talk that kain thing abeg!!

LarryHooper:
I was at berger the other day looking for a bus to iyana ipaja then I asked one woman where the bus was heading to then she said "Lagos". I was like wtf. Which part of Lagos na abi no be Lagos we dey again ni then she specified Lagos island. So na only people wey dey live for island dey Lagos. Funny enough she isn't the first person I'm hearing that kind of stuff from.

She just translated a place called EKO idumota to only Lagos for you ni o

daftpikin:
Hope you’re not counting all those Ajah side as island sha

If you include VI as Island, You have to include AJAH as part of it!
NOTE: Island doesn't mean a place where rich people live! It's a piece of land surrounded by water!

justbusy:
If you include VI as Island, You have to include AJAH as part of it!
NOTE: Island doesn't mean a place where rich people live! It's a piece of land surrounded by water!

Ajah ko, Ologbo ni.

Iyana Oworo too should be regarded as island cos it's surrounded by water na.

Joybringer:
Don't be deceived, those staying in Ajah/sango tedo / Eleko / Bogije /Awoyaya , etc are in Otherland not in island.

you funny die!

stanley000:
that's a big lie. No billionaire live in the mainland and I am confident of that. No silly billionaire will even branch a carwash in mainland. Best thing about island is safety.Go through all the kidnapping cases on Nairaland and tell me where they all happened

No dey talk nonsense.

Go Ikeja GRA and see for yourself. Those retired Generals, Old money and Multi Billionaires with factories in the Ikeja industrial areas live there.

No dey talk wetin you no know.

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meobizy:
The countryside of England has the freshest air I’ve ever consumed in my life.

That feeling when I will never know this feeling

freemanbubble:
The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



Abuja is too good to be compared with that shiiit hole called lagos

Lagos is actually the smallest state in Nigeria....by land mass.

Obalende sef be Island joor...

Valerie47:
You people living in Lagos are really trying coping with the stress and sh.it, may God give me job in a place apart from Lagos so I will have no reason to come to Lagos at all, that place is fuc.ked.

Yet, your okoro pple wan die on top Lagos...

Hotfreeze:
Ajah ko, Ologbo ni.

Iyana Oworo too should be regarded as island cos it's surrounded by water na.

That guy is actually correct .Lagos is a water area and it has multiple highland. Those develop ones people call them eti osa while the underdeveloped island are eyin osá

freemanbubble:
The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



Abuja is too good to be compared with that shiiit hole called lagos

bollocks

Admin401:
That feeling when I will never know this feeling

1. Get a job.
2. Save money.
3. Travel there. A two week stay is always better than nothing.

Opinionated:
If you are not living on the Island side of Lagos, especially VI-Ikoyi-Lekki-Ajah axis, you may be missing the following:

1.Fresher air and sands: Truth be told, there is this special air you feel on entering Island, starting from Bonny cantonment, or, especially, entering through Ikoyi. Island generally has fresher air. Mainland air can be thicker and more polluted. Even the sands on the Island are fresher - the white, beach-type sands everywhere compared to the dirty brown sands of Mainland. There is even less noise on the Island. Less indiscriminate honking of vehicle horns by hardened drivers that are the kings of the roads on the Mainland, more neighbourhoods using soundproof generators, etc.

2. Less aggressive LASTMA: LASTMA, the Lagos traffic police, are generally more gentle and less aggressive than on Mainland. In fact, apart from a few spots on the Lekki-Ajah expressway, you hardly see LASTMA guys on Island. You hardly see LASTMA arguing with people. You hardly also come across VIO and other traffic law enforcement agents. Perhaps because Island drivers are more law abiding? Perhaps because of potential of the driver of that private car being a big man?

3. More exotic autos: Driving on VI-Lekki-Ikoyi axis on a Sunday evening can be therapeutic. You see fine cars being driven by young and upwardly mobile folks. You don't get much of that on the Mainland except in a couple of places.

4. Less heavy trucks: Until very recently due to Dangote refinery construction, you hardly see heavy duty vehicles on the Island. Although you now see a couple of them, usually late in the night, on Lekki-Epe expressway, the situation is still far better than in many parts of the Mainland.



5. Better security at night: You can drive around  late in night on the Island with little worry about security. You see heavily armed security men at almost every turning late into the night. If you are a night crawler, you have little worry on the Island as you are almost always covered.

6. No yellow buses: Let's face it, those yellow buses are an eyesore. No wonder the state government banned them from entering Island.

7. More orderly traffic: While there is traffic on the Island as it is on Mainland, there is hardly complete lock-down on the Island. No matter how bad, the traffic will still be moving. Island traffic is more orderly. Probably because there are more corporate gentlemen as road users. A major source of traffic on the Mainland is breakdown of one long articulated truck, you hardly see that on the Island. Add the fact that there are less trucks and carelessly driven yellow buses, and you will understand why Island traffic "schooled abroad" while that of Mainland "schooled" in you-know-where.

8. Less one-chance: Cases of one-chance, robbery using public transportation system, while they exist, are far less heard of on the Island.

9. Less traffic robbery:  Cases of brazen robbery inside traffic are very few and far between on the Island, although they exist.

10. Natural swimming pool: Okay, you may not miss this: your street (or even bedroom) turning into swimming pool at the slightest downpour!



Any other thing we have missed?

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/living-on-the-island-10-things-lagos-mainlanders-are-missing/

What's all this hype about Lagos sef. The city might be dope but never can I reside there, city is damn saturated by bunch of vices and it's way too lousy, randy and congested. A lot of negative factors to contend with on the daily, wonder how its residents cope day in day out. Island or no island, Lagos na lagos...

LarryHooper:
I was at berger the other day looking for a bus to iyana ipaja then I asked one woman where the bus was heading to then she said "Lagos". I was like wtf. Which part of Lagos na abi no be Lagos we dey again ni then she specified Lagos island. So na only people wey dey live for island dey Lagos. Funny enough she isn't the first person I'm hearing that kind of stuff from.

Island is the real Lagos u ve always read about in ur history books and depicted on the map of Nigeria. Mainland has large portions that was formerly part of Ogun territory.

So many hungry people in mainland.

When dangote refinery & port go ready, you go see if trailers no go relocate

The dirtiest city in the world. Instead of living in Lagos, stay in your village!! Trust me, you'd live long. Only the stinking air that moves around Lagos is enough to kill someone! The so-called Island is worse!
Lekki (the so-called place better than Jumeirah) turns shithole during rainy season..

TheManOfTheYear:
It's obvious you're a non-lagosian

Ikeja is not the capital of Lagos.
Lagos is the capital of Lagos.

I understand you use to be taught all those state and capital shits but it is wrong.

Ikeja ain't a city, Lagos is the city. Ikeja is under Lagos.

Ignorance kills faster than cyanide gas

You are not totally correct. Lagos was the capital of Lagos state from 1967 - 1976. The capital was moved to Ikeja in 1976.

Ikeja is a separate town with its own king.

Lagos state comprises Ikorodu, Badagry, Ikeja, Lagos and Epe divisions from which the acronym ‘IBILE’ was formed hence you have Ibile Holdings.

Until 1967 when Gowon created Lagos state, Badagry, Ikeja, Ikorodu and Epe were all parts of Western Region. Only Lagos division (Lagos island, Victoria island, apapa, parts of ikoyi and obalende) of all the 5 divisions was a federal territory called federal Lagos or Eko federal.

All those industrial estates in Ilupeju, Ikeja, agbara, etc were creations of Western Region government not federal.

It is the megacity nature that joined all these towns together now that blurred the boundaries. It is this blurring that is causing the argument of who owns Lagos between Benin and Yoruba. When Oba of Lagos talked of Benin owning Lagos, he was referring to Eko which is his domain and he might be right. He wasn’t speaking for other towns outside his domain like Epe, Ikorodu, Ikeja, Badagry etc that have their own origins and autonomous kings. His title is Eleko of Eko. Eko is Lagos, but Lagos is not Lagos State.

LarryHooper:
I was at berger the other day looking for a bus to iyana ipaja then I asked one woman where the bus was heading to then she said "Lagos". I was like wtf. Which part of Lagos na abi no be Lagos we dey again ni then she specified Lagos island. So na only people wey dey live for island dey Lagos. Funny enough she isn't the first person I'm hearing that kind of stuff from.

The woman was right. As explained above, up to late 60s, there was clear distinction between Lagos (all the islands and ikoyi) [called Eko federal] which was a federal territory and other towns like Epe, Badagry, Ikorodu, Ikeja which were all part of western region.
Only top federal civil servants and big guys lived in ‘Lagos’ while majority lived in other parts under the jurisdiction of western region government and commute to federal Lagos daily to work.

Even till today, in many parts of the Lagos state (like from Oshodi to link 3rd mainland), you see road signs directing you to ‘Lagos’.

Wizklynd23:

Why should I stay in island
When mainland sweet pass
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freemanbubble:
The whole of Lagos have always been a shiiit hole. Whether main land or island

Went there as a Bini boy last year. In fact it was the day that tanker explosion happened
And i must tell you Lagos is overrated. Too dirty and noisy.

When i entered Abuja same last year November because i wanted an instant passport because there was no booklet in Edo state that was when i knew the difference between Abuja and Lagos

It was even more obvious to me that Edo was actually bigger than Lagos. It took like forever to leave Edo land when you are going to Abuja. All those Edo north was like forever. So Lagos is just one small shiiit hole place that is overcrowded.



Abuja is too good to be compared with that shiiit hole called lagos

I swear edo north is long. It was like it was never going to finish.

Yea op is right but he failed to add "Freesher flood" during rainy season, "Fresher fake life most people live there, Fresher house rent and fresher higher cost of living and freshest running back to the mainland during that time of the year.

Overated slum

justbusy:
If you include VI as Island, You have to include AJAH as part of it!
NOTE: Island doesn't mean a place where rich people live! It's a piece of land surrounded by water!

I just knew someone who wouldn’t get the joke will come along to prove smart.

Island wey water go soon collect.