uboma:




12k per night is cheap to me.


I won't even sleep in such hotels/motels.


I always stay at Kwara hotel whenever I am in Ilorin. Food is cheap and good. And there are a lot of persons from other states doing business opposite and the around the hotel.

By the way, where in Uyo do you reside?

Godzlove8:
i won't emphasize on the issue much.. but i just gotta say i wasted my time and money to visit a place like illorin.

i was so happy to finally think that I'm gonna step my feet in one of the most popular city in Nigeria. from what I've been seeing in pictures and reading what people write about the city of illorin.. in my mind i thought i was gonna have a happy stay there.

So i left my beautiful paradise Uyo, Akwa ibom (Just came to know that uyo is a paradise after i visited illorin)


I left itam park in uyo to illorin around 8:30am . arrived at ile ife.. from there the driver stopped us at osogbo.. then i took another bus there to illorin.

to be truthful with you guys.. i just came to realise that no state or city in Nigeria can match the beauty in uyo.

asin, i passed few cities on my way to illorin and i shook my head in disappointment.

it looked to me like i was in another country entirely..

from aba to onitsha to owerri to sapele to asaba to benin to ondo to illorin. . swear non of this cities pleased my eyes.

especially in onitsha.. i mean, how do people survive there?

just when i thought I've seen it all.. i now arrived at illorin.. chai

immediately i came down from the bus, i swear to God i vomitted.. people were just looking at me.. and in illorin, you can easily differentiate between a visitor and the occupants there.. because those from illorin look unkept and poor..

ma no lie.. illorin is a village.. and a very nice village sha with dust everywhere


before i forget.. they are so used to their language that most of them don't understand english again

i had to call an interpreter severally when i want to make a request or ask questions.

their food? hmm

throughout my 1 day stay.. i didnt have any appetite to eat.. went to a hotel and bought a plate of rice.. then slept off..

but what i ate this morning .. only God knows what i passed through to swallow that sh*t they call eba..

i forced myself to take 2 balls then stood up.

about the girls? hmm.. the ones i saw looked stressed out

no beautiful girl sha.. they are just there..

and you guys shouldn't think i stayed at a particular place in illorin.. cos i actually went round illorin

city is messed up

i wanted to stay for a week.. but right now, I'm on my way to uyo..

can't wait to visit my paradise

it is now that I've come to appreciate and love my city

i once thought that uyo wasn't that beautiful as people claim it is.. but what i saw in other states I've made me realise that uyo is a paradise..

ok bye!

to those that stays at illorin.. abeg make una enjoy una state.. una no go everly see me again

lagos is next

bloodmoneyspita:


shopping mall and hotel does not make a city beautiful, what makes a city beautiful is good roads, beautiful houses and clean environment.

SamReinvented:
This writer is bullshitting. I've been to both Uyo and Ilorin. .....and they are not even comparable.

To start with, Uyo is a very small city..both in size and population. ....there's really nothing going on there. When you get passed the fancy main roads that was built by the recent administrations, the inner roads are horrible and almost nonexistent. You'll rarely find fancy buildings too. The largely residential buildings are just bleh.

Ilorin is always my next city to pick (I think calabar would be good too, but I'm yet to visit), after abuja, when it comes to road infrastructure. The networks are amazing; they are also well maintained and cleaned (like crispy clean - I once plied the roads very early in the morning and I saw the uniformed women who clean them daily). As several people here have mentioned already, the roads constantly undergo renovations and overhauling. The only other city where this actually happens is abuja.

The airport is also very functional and well maintained... compared to some of the horrible airports I've been in this Nigeria. Plus, there are a couple of very standard and modern bars and clubs in Ilorin. I couldn't find any in Uyo. The ones I found on Google and the ones suggested by local hotel guys are very far from the word standard/modern.

If I should pick which city looks more like a village (in terms of both infrastructure and activities going on), I'll pick Uyo, not Ilorin. I don't know what this poster is on about.

bloodmoneyspita:


shopping mall and hotel does not make a city beautiful, what makes a city beautiful is good roads, beautiful houses and clean environment.

Godzlove8:
i won't emphasize on the issue much.. but i just gotta say i wasted my time and money to visit a place like illorin.

i was so happy to finally think that I'm gonna step my feet in one of the most popular city in Nigeria. from what I've been seeing in pictures and reading what people write about the city of illorin.. in my mind i thought i was gonna have a happy stay there.

So i left my beautiful paradise Uyo, Akwa ibom (Just came to know that uyo is a paradise after i visited illorin)


I left itam park in uyo to illorin around 8:30am . arrived at ile ife.. from there the driver stopped us at osogbo.. then i took another bus there to illorin.

to be truthful with you guys.. i just came to realise that no state or city in Nigeria can match the beauty in uyo.

asin, i passed few cities on my way to illorin and i shook my head in disappointment.

it looked to me like i was in another country entirely..

from aba to onitsha to owerri to sapele to asaba to benin to ondo to illorin. . swear non of this cities pleased my eyes.

especially in onitsha.. i mean, how do people survive there?

just when i thought I've seen it all.. i now arrived at illorin.. chai

immediately i came down from the bus, i swear to God i vomitted.. people were just looking at me.. and in illorin, you can easily differentiate between a visitor and the occupants there.. because those from illorin look unkept and poor..

ma no lie.. illorin is a village.. and a very nice village sha with dust everywhere


before i forget.. they are so used to their language that most of them don't understand english again

i had to call an interpreter severally when i want to make a request or ask questions.

their food? hmm

throughout my 1 day stay.. i didnt have any appetite to eat.. went to a hotel and bought a plate of rice.. then slept off..

but what i ate this morning .. only God knows what i passed through to swallow that sh*t they call eba..

i forced myself to take 2 balls then stood up.

about the girls? hmm.. the ones i saw looked stressed out

no beautiful girl sha.. they are just there..

and you guys shouldn't think i stayed at a particular place in illorin.. cos i actually went round illorin

city is messed up

i wanted to stay for a week.. but right now, I'm on my way to uyo..

can't wait to visit my paradise

it is now that I've come to appreciate and love my city

i once thought that uyo wasn't that beautiful as people claim it is.. but what i saw in other states I've made me realise that uyo is a paradise..

ok bye!

to those that stays at illorin.. abeg make una enjoy una state.. una no go everly see me again

lagos is next

Puvor:
OP is definitely biased. This is the same Ilorin he spoke of.

Puvor:
OP is definitely biased. This is the same Ilorin he spoke of.

Puvor:
OP is definitely biased. This is the same Ilorin he spoke of.

femijck:
U cannot know much about any city u ve only stayed in for less than a week...ilorin Is not a paradise and it's far from perfect....but it's not as bad as u portray it to be...
The mistake u made was that u didn't ask or make proper enquiry about where to stay or visit in Ilorin. And instead of staying or visiting the newly developed or students area, u av probably stayed among the indigenes.

Almost 1/2 of the population of people in Ilorin are students and business guys from allover Nigeria and there is so much diversity.....so u did not make proper enquiry before u travel...even if u visit USA and u don't do ur assignment properly, u will say the same thing.....next time don't make that mistake and if u by chance visit Ilorin again don't go when the institutions are on break....
There are more than 5 institutions in Ilorin alone...make friends with them and let them show u around. I schooled and lived in Ilorin for about 5 years.

To say Ilorin is dirty is a big lie and to say No fine babes in Ilorin is another big lie. I lived there for a year and I had mad fun, I like the road network in the city, except where there is market or renovation going on, if you don't have money to flex in Ilorin, Ilorin will be super bored to you. Lautech students always come to ilorin on weekends to have fun. If you say Ilorin is the Headquarter of 419ers, I will agree. If you say most Ilorin men don't take care of their wives, I agree, if you say a husband may know who is phucking his wife and they will even be greeting each other, adultery they commit in Ilorin ehn, Lagos dey learn, agreed. Someone already mentioned hypocrisy...forget the Muslim tag in Ilorin, Ilorin is as bad as Lag and Ibadan. Only in Ilorin they will get drunk and still pray the 7pm and 8pm prayer. But to say Ilorin is dirty is wrong info