₦airaland Forum

Hotfreeze:
Ajah ko, Ologbo ni.

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

Earthbound:
If you don't have savings upwards of N5 million and a good paying job with a good salary, don't bother.


As you go, na him you go come.

TheManOfTheYear:
[s]Define the word capital city?

Someone who grew up in Lagos is telling you something but of course your low IQ and high pride won't allow you receive enlightenment and correction.

It's alright, I won't stress my fingers on an illiterate fowl like you[/s].

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

TheManOfTheYear:
[s] 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[/s]

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

AONE555:
Trust me if the houses there were cheap ..
By now no single space for remain...

yemi15:
Nah, our people just love suffering. Difference between Island and Mainland rent especially for self-contained and mini-flat is at most 100k.

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/

femi4:
liar...they pay a much as N459-500k for a small hut.
My kitchen is bigger than some of their sitting rooms on the Island

That's more than N100k difference

yemi15:
You are lying there, you just hate Lagos bro. Get a good accredited real estate agent and do your research again.

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

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

femi4:
lying? Born and bred in Lagos. These are the facts. They do collect loans to pay rent while mainlanders can pay his house rent conviniently from his salary

yemi15:
Do your research again bro. I stayed in Lagos for 5+ years while studying in Unilag. So I know what I am saying.

femi4:
liar...they pay a much as N459-500k for a small hut.
My kitchen is bigger than some of their sitting rooms on the Island

That's more than N100k difference

hardbody:
Depends. I was trying to buy recently and all the properties I saw all the way down to Chevron had tiny rooms compared to the mainland. Parking spaces were not more than three per wing of a detached duplex. However, further down, I saw properties that made me ask myself whether I really needed stuff that huge, for purposes of later maintenance. In all, I assessed distance, LBS to my office is about 30kilometrs and I did an average of 1 HR. My house in the mainland to my office is about 35 kilometres to my office, I spend a minimum of 3 hours, whether peak or non peak period. I never thought I will leave my personal house in the mainland and move to the island, but I am paying this week. I am too young to die.

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/

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.

sonature1:
After all your rants, u didn't make any sense!

I stay on the mainland, but the island is miles better!

aku626:
This is unbelievable silly,
OP hasn’t been to many places on the island. You want to relocate cause you want to see fine car
Because of lastma that won’t bother you if you’re doing the right thing. Because of fresh air and sand not considering floods and expense?
Not your fault OP, you’re yet to start life

Hotfreeze:
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.

Jarus:
Most Nigerian (naira) billionaires live in Ikoyi (old money) and Lekki (new money).

Adenuga's house is in Banana Island (Ikoyi), Dangote's main house is on Karimu Kotun (VI), Subomi Balogun of FCMB lives in Ikoyi, Samuel Adedoyin lives in VI, Razaq Okoya lives in Ajah, etc.

This is not to say there are no billionaires that live in the mainland but most live on where we call Island.

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.