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sirusX:
I guess Wole Soyinka can never be a guest speaker or lecturer

Or maybe the ladies would go on low cut and skin like secondary school students

Really though, the hair doesn't define the individual

I'm sure they would have be told the rules before hand. And let them graduate first, then they can do whatever they like and be Wole Soyinka. But graduate first, with characters (4-5 years only).

ShadowFighter:
Wow...

This is so beautiful, buh her gown is too short. You dare not wear such near my dad, he will beat the daylight out of you.

They don't look like they are in Naija. It's only you people that know if a gown is short or long.

KOPT33:
I am the first son of my father who is now late.

When my father died some 11 years ago, I relocated to Lagos to finish my schooling. I lived with my aunt then but I had to leave their home because I was being abused. Upon leaving my aunt's house, things became so difficult for me but I persevered with my education till I finished my bachelors.

During my lean years, I fell out with most of my family members. My mom refused to speak to me for three years, I was essentially the outcast of the family. During this period, my mom and some elders in our family gave out my sisters hand in marriage.

The couple had a trad/white wedding. Bride price was paid, all the customs of our people were followed save for one: the consent or knowledge of the first son. I wouldn't get to hear about this marriage until six months later. That night, I cried because their action proved that I was nobody, a nothing to my mom and siblings.

Anyways, I kept on working hard and soon became comfortable. I mended fences with everyone in my family, but even at that, no one offered an explanation why things unfolded the way it did or an apology. I didn't make any noise, I just picked up myself and moved on after committing the lessons learned to mind.

Six years and two children later, my sisters marriage has hit the rocks.

Now they're asking me as the first born to mediate and talk to the man.

I REFUSED.

The man (sister's husband) won't speak to my mom or the other elders he had been dealing with regarding a possible reconciliation. My family know me to be a good mediator and peace maker and they are not wrong.

I refused because there is no point mediating in a marriage that was done over my head.

As it stands now, I have no interest in playing head of house or anything of such nature. I send money, I help make connections, I foot bills for everyone in the family but I leave their decision making to them since they discounted me right from the very beginning. I have no interest whatsoever in becoming a leader in that family.

What would you do if you were in my shoes?

Please stick to this decision and dine with them with a long spoon. Please don't over-familiarised with them now that you have reconciled with them. Keep a lot of personal info away. Show that you have no stake or interest in their property especially and other family wahala.

My 10kobo from personal experience.

Both the model, photographer are olodo rabata.
Make-up inside swimming pool hahahha. Naija sha

YhungPablo:
its normal for Muslim to gather and do ablution at anyl house whether its face me or duplex. Next....

Ki la gbe, ki lẹ ju?

Find someone to interpret that for you and don't mention me again unless you want thunder to fire your nyansh.

sinaj:
The Bishop did nt make any sense at all.

The President isnt a christian so he shouldnt be bothered abt d holiday.


Many people including Christians, prayed nd went about their normal business, some in other sectors wnt to work too.

I see nothing wrong with what he did if that time was convinient for him,
The annoying thing he did was to restrict movement.


So assuming it was a 2wks celebration, the whole country should av been on hold huh?

y'all should rest abeg! . Even those that dont even open their bible year to year suddenly have smtin to say just to stir trouble mitcheew!

u take religion too serious, including the muslims.

The president is the president of all and must be sensitive to things like this. Moreover, a public holiday was declared by his office.
To add salt to injury, movement was restricted and diverted. Why add sorrow to people's holidays?

Topccy007:
She doesn't deserve the 45millon. The embarrassment she has caused her parents and church in the name of chasing fame is too much. I don't pray to have a daughter that will drag the family name in the mud by having sex in a house filled with cameras that she's aware of. It's a shame!

Abi o. What's the difference between her and a p0rn star?

Can one compare her with the Dapchi girl, Leah? Directly opposite.

The best option for her is to really turn badass and make it, like Kim K did to her sextape scandal. If this girl thinks she can continue to be church girl or good girl, she would be miserable except she travels out. There would always be a reference to what she did on camera. So best she cash in on that.

Why are you people bad-mouthing yourselves. I don't understand.

As a matter of fact, that is exactly what will make me visit Owerri at least to see both sides of the narratives.

YhungPablo:
so what will happen next!?

What will happen next? Or what you can relate to?

chukslawrence:
And the whispering palms?

Whispering palms is not a beach and has no beach, just embarkment. It is rather a resort. It is also not exactly in Badagry but somewhere after Agbara (before Badagry). I'm not sure if you can enjoy and mix freely with strangers on a low budget there unless you go in a group.

Bookmarked.
Reading this first thing when i wake up. Now 00:24.good night

Izuogu1:
Nice and interesting.. Pls try and add pix

I will, before I sleep

Visit the beach tomorrow Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. It would be more fun.

More people will be there. Especially Easter Monday.

Badagry is intriguing too. Serene and fascinating.

Enjou your Easter holiday.

Okay, let me continue my story

When I left the beach, i got to Roundabout by the expressway and branched by a bar beside the filling station. You cant miss it. It's open-aired bar with car wash and many large TV screens.

I watched Everton vs Manchester City 2nd half which ended 1-1. Had a few drinks. I held my palm wine bottle tightly. That's meant for tomorrow.

I bought a N300 indomie and eggs in takeaway pack with water and headed to my hotel. Bike man took N50.

I ate and then freshen up.

I started writing this as I watched Big Brother Naija at the hotel restaurant with the hotel staff. As I round off now, BamBam was evicted.

Now, i plan to play football a bit on my tab and then sleep late. I plan to wake up late too, maybe around 10am. I will then check out from the hotel and head back to Lagos. Check out at most hotels is usually 11am or 12noon.

I plan to drop by at Alaba Rago to buy N500 dates.

Things you can do at the beach:

Buy Hausa beads, baskets, hats, and other hand-woven crafts.

Buy food and drinks, include beer and other liquors.

Buy suya meat or suya chicken.

Rent a hut. The hut are semi-private.

Ride a horse.

Take a professional photograph and pay for the printed copies.

Buy palm wine.

Buy coconut, drink the water and if you choose, eat the meaty flesh.

Join a party. Well, gate-crash a dancing party

Bring your mat, or buy one there.

Bring your stereo and start a party.

There are professional musicians going about to dumbfound with exotic music, either with talking drum or hausa gote (like guitar).

There are professional beggars too. Beware some get drunk and could insult if you give too little. I witnessed one. The guy was a crippled guy and the benevolent guy wanted his money back

Bring your ball and enjoy beach soccer. If you are a guy, you would make friends faster.

There are many things you can do at the beach. But before i list them, i will tell you what i did.

After eating, i headed to the water waves. I sighted people playing football and i joined in. It was fun considering the difficulty the beach sand posed. I now appreciate more the beach soccer tournament. It wasn't easy.

I then proceeded to swim and play in the water with many other people there. People there were chicks, guys, married folks, children and foreigners especially Asians. I took some pictures and then proceeded to sit on the sand watching the ocean waves. Then a coconut hawker passed. I bought a coconut with straw and drank the water. Afterwards, the little boy split the coconut to two and i ate the coconut. It was a baby coconut. That's why the water in it was plenty. The coconut flesh was soft and gel-like yet solidified. The coconut was N200, but trust nah, i bargaines to N100.

Then I joined some guys dancing as if there was no tomorrow. I had fun here. They didn't screen anybody, people just joined in and danced. Chicks were liberal too. It was crazy yet decent.

Then a teenage girl passed by hawking palm wine. I bought N100 which was in a 75cl soft drink bottles. I quickly headed to buy N300 suya. I had to share the suya with the bae i was dancing with. I bought another of palm wine for her too.

Before I left there, i drank 4 bottles of palm wine and bought a bottle to take along.

The palm wine was fresh and not intoxicating. It's old palm wine that intoxicate as they get fermented.

I left the beach 6:45pm. At that time many people were leaving. Some were leaving for Lagos either in their cars or by PT. Don't forget to leave earlier if you are going back that night. If you are going by PT, first you would need to take a cab to drop at Badagry Roundabout and from there take Agbara/okokomaiko or Iyana Iba or Mile 2.Or if you are lucky, the cab, if private, might take you beyond Badagry further into Lagos.

At the hotel, i freshened up and changed to a more beach-friendlier cloth. I still hadnt eaten. The food there was N1,100. So, I decided to eat at the beach.

I took a bike back to the expressway and took a cab to Suntan Beach. The cab was heading to Seme, but Suntan beach is on the way. I had to reiterate to the driver that i was to alight at Suntan as he was at the highest speed.

I dropped and crosses to the other side and paid N500 as entrance fee to the beach.

At the beach, my first mission was to eat. There were too many things I saw that were edible. But i wasn't too confused. I headed to a built-up restaurant/bar and had rice and turkey with water. They told me it was N600 but I negotiated N300 which had only 1 turkey piece and reduced portion. I also ordered water N100.

There were many things to do at the beach. I easily flowed with the guys playing ball.

From the market, i took a bike to the other end of Marina Road. The okada had to pass another route instead of going directly through the Marina Road as there was a Prison there and a Nigerian Navy blockade.

I dropped at the Seriki Abbass Slave Museum. I paid N200 only. The price gave me access to a tour guide who narrated the history of slave trade in Badagry and then showed me the relics in the museum. It was heart-breaking hearing all those gory tales.

I then went to the nearby museum, the Chief Mobee Slave museum. There, i paid N200 too and like the Abass Museum, there was a guide to explain stuff.

I then strolled to the first storey building in Nigeria. I didnt enter as I had been there before some many years ago. I took some pictures anyways.

I then walked to the point where you take a ferry to Gberefu Island, where the point of no return is situated. I bargained up to N2000 for the ferry fare. They accepted but later I later declined so as to stay on budget. Next time I go to Badagry, that's where I'll go.

I then took a N100 bike back to Roundabout. Do you still remember Roundabout?
That's the last bus-stop (on the expressway) when coming from Lagos.

I crossed to the other side and took a bike to Ajisi Hotel where I paid N4000 for the night. I had earlier googled the hotels around there.

At Badagry roundabout, i crossed to the other side and took an okada to Badagry main market, aka Agbalata market. (you can google it). The okada man, an aboki took N100.

I walked round the market and really enjoyed window-shopping. I was looking for where snakes were sold as I heard about that, but didn't find. I found many things fascinating. I bought a litre of coconut oil. It was way cheaper than all the ones I'd been buying in supermarkets in Lagos. They are fresh and original too, no chemicals, not diluted, although oil-milled. Some claimed theirs were cold-pressed. But they were quality products.

The market ends at Marina Road. I was able to see the Owode bridge from the Marina end of the market.

The Owode Apa bridge is where the custom, the police, the immigration and NDLEA stop vehicles coming from Seme to check them.

Seme is the border town shared by Nigeria and Benin Republic.

The total cost of transport to Suntan Beach in Badagry, aka as Coconut Beach, was N800 from my house (only ladies should pm me for address )

I will start my story from Iyana Iba. The time was around 12noon.
At IyanaIba, i walked a little bit down pass LASU to Alaba Rago to buy dates. I love dates and I get it cheaper there. I bought N200 worth there.
(Alaba Rago is another "state" on its own. A story for another day.

Then, i crossed to the other side to enter a Badagry bus. I didn't know the Roundabout the conductors were shouting was Badagry until I'd missed a few buses. Not until I told a conductor I was going to Badagry, that i was told Roundabout means Badagry Roundabout. I paid N200 for the fare. It was a J5 danfo.

We got to Okokomaiko, then Ijanikin, Otto-Awori, Agbara then on an endless journey to Badagry. Mheeen, Badagry far dieee.

The bus had about 4 people left at a point and the driver and the conductor decided to put us in another bus.

We eventually got to Badagry roundabout.

Hi,

Badagry is under-utilised for tourism and it's a shame really. I implore the Lagos State Government to do more to make Badagry more attractive.

Unlike Lekki beaches, you find normal every day people in Badagry beaches. Hard to distinguish between the rich and the poor. I like the originality.

If you have a car, you can still follow this thread as a guideline. However, I went by public transport.

I will try to be detailed as much as possible.
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Easter Saturday, 31st March, 2018.

neworbit:
I am very much interested in yout 12.5kg cooking gas cylinder with control and hose.

WhatsApp 08120233794 more pictures

Okay. I'm out of town for easter. Will contact after Easter. Thanks.

ladycomfort:
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The new gas cylinder sells for 12 to 13k... And you want to sell this one for 12k as well

With control and hose, please

You forgot to add the muslim family with daughters on hijab washing their body parts in preparation for prayers

tracyfemmmm:
As a wife I also like to have one or two outside so my lenemies will not know who my husband is

Na so. Carry go.

Mr Oxfam,
Have you heard how one of their directors have been raping minors and patronising ashawo everywhere he was posted to?

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Godson201333:
I just need to add one or two flavour to this Post.I notice that many Nigerians with foreign partner would always want to go home and flaunt their Partners.You guys need to know that its part of African culture/Mentality.When you see someone that is so foreign,You try taking advantage of them (Tourists) this can be done in different way Eg,Inflating the cost of goods and services,False exchange rate etc A traveller tend to experience this kinda situation where he is not well known or a Novice.You do not need to condemn Nigeria simply because they extorted you and your husband.Thats a normal thing with our law enforcement in Nigeria,It is only meant for you to be wise and smart.

Next time,Draw a nice budget, make necessary plans and Have a nice trip.There are people of white color living in Nigeria and having a normal life.

Typical.

Of course, everything is normal to us. Continue. Smh

I was in Ghana, white people walk about and mix freely. Who will do that in this god-forsaken country meant for only people like you.

Enjoy your normal shithole country

kemmylove101:
I never wanted to go back to nigeria but my white husband keep pestering me that he want to visit africa and see the adventure in it.

I left nigeria 10yrs ago to study abroad but the nigeria i met is not the one as bad as i leave it then.Things has really gone bad, Even the post office close to my area is not the same anymore. only one person was there when i went there. i am so happy to leave this nightmare of a country called nigeria.

our everyday journey within the country was a nightmare. young men n women coming up to us everyday to beg for money. some will say oyinbo take us abroad. there is poverty n hunger on people faces.

During our trip to idanre and ilesha tourist site, the police keep stopping our car , saying anything for the boys, they are not even ashamed that there is a foreigner in the car. asking for bribe openly.

My worst experience is at badagry and the murtala mohammed international airport. what a shame to be a nigerian. My husband told me no tourist will come here with this kind of behaviour. How can you harrase people that came to your country for tourism. now i know why foreigner go to places like kenya, south africa and others for holiday.

On our way to badagry. I hear the custom officer telling his boss, oga oyinbo dey the car oo, they stop us asking him of his passport. i was like we are in nigeria not into benin republic.Asking me question like what am i doing for living, how did we meet. i was like really. I asked why asking his passport. they said they want to know if he enter legally. i was like really. so after delaying us for hours. The officer said i should go back home in yaba to get his passport and i told him thats is not possible. all you need to know if he is legal, is just his name and date of birth. they said this is not europe. after a while one of them come to me and said madam. give us something make we allow you to go. So i brought out 500 naira, he said what is this for? he said our money is 40,000k. At that point i called a family who is a military officer and he spoke with them and they later said if i can ask someone to snap his passport copy to me and show them. after doing that they then allow us to go . I still dont understand why custom are within the country , i thought they are suppose to be at the border of one country from another.

The second one is the airport, that place is a disgrace to the country especially for tourist coming for the first time.when we first arrived. an officer ask him to pay for arrival even after he see his nigeria visa which is 3month visa. It was later he told me he gave the man 50euro because on arrival foreigner are seperated from nigerian..

As we are departing yesterday, let me say this no where in the world will airport officer be demanding money from travellers like the lagos airport. They started finding fault with our luggage. i cant take this, i can take that. i end up giving them 5k at the airport just not to miss our flight. on getting to the airport in europe , i wasnt harrased or feel like a stranger like i was in my country. I think the best option for nigeria is military rule because this democracy thing is not working at all for us. I dont think this happens during the military era.

Another thing i notice is that the indian and chinese are mini-god in naija. the way people worship them in nigeria calling them white. me and my husband can't stop laughing when we see people saluting and calling indian or chinese boss. I even saw one indian so dark like charcoal and you see people prasing him. its a shame.

I felt like weeping for that country. things has really changed for the worst. Prostitution and refuse dump everywhere, . If you are planning to visit nigeria with anybody white. just take note you will be spending more than you budgeted. Now i dont blame anyone that want to leave that place at all cost.


I can finally say this will be the last time i will ever visit that place. it is really a jungle on earth.
When we arrived europe. my husband told  me i dont think i will ever want to visit your country again. I said no problem me neither.

It's a shithole country. I felt same when I came back but i dont have a choice, im stranded. Everything is wrong. Ive tried, about 80% to blend because been here for more than a decade now.