NothingDoMe:
Ask police in Nigeria? My brother that it worked for you doesn't mean it will work for others.

Police at checkpoints and Traffic wardens willingly help. From experience.

HoodBillionaire:
guy fuc off
if u bug nr again.
id trace u n kill u

Hahaha, Alright then
Kill Me? funny Man
All I wanted was to ask Questions not direct help
Peace

Take a drop inside a motor park or take an Okada from their garrage.

post=70286133:
Google maps does it for us these days!

It won't tell you how bad the road is, or you show there's a diversion somewhere. Ask policemen they are nice when it comes to offering help.

post=70286133:
Google maps does it for us these days!

it is safer and more reliable with Google maps.

Being our brother's keepers is a virtue and commendable. However, our society has been compromised that you cannot trust even a friend anymore.
Thank God for technology, however, if you are using a smart device and you know just the address of your destination, you may use the assistant of Google Map for direction to your destination. I have used it several times!
Type the address on browser and click on direction and leave it on until it you arrive at your destination. It will give you step by step instructions to your intended destination. But you need to have active data subscription and turn on location icon on your device.
See the screen shot pictures down.

AutoJoshNG:
[img]https:///a/img921/6108/ZjjmtB.jpg[/img]

While I was growing up to officially “become a man”, finding my way around Lagos was a bit difficult. Even as an adult, there are still many people who find it difficult finding their way around, and this is not restricted to Lagos only, just about anywhere !.
I have heard about stories of people who embarked on journeys trying to locate a place and they never came back. Why ?, they most likely asked the wrong people, or didn’t take the safe approach.
Today, I would be sharing safe ways by which you can find directions to any location in the world .

Start From Home
The best and safest places to find and know directions to a place is to ask people you are already familiar with. Your family is a great start, your neighbours are also an excellent option. Just make sure that whoever is giving you direction is sure of what he/she is saying .If they don’t sound sure, ask two or more people(at home) and make sure all their directions are similar(some locations have multiple possible routes).


Ask In Forums
Online forums are very good places to ask for directions, you can’t be misled .If someone attempts to give you a wrong direction, most likely someone else would make a correction to the wrong information. This is one of the easiest and safest on the list.

Ask Police / Military / Traffic Men
Only ask pedestrians for directions, if there is no other choice. The best people to ask for directions on the road are police/military/traffic control men, they would be more than willing to help. I am speaking from experience, and yes , This is Nigeria .

Go To Motor Parks
We can’t deny the fact that Danfo drivers have Google Maps installed in their brains. They know just about anywhere. The precaution here is never ask by the road side, especially at night and early in the morning, some people have been kidnapped in this process. Go into the park and ask for directions !.

Stay safe, and be very careful who you ask for directions.

By Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/safe-ways-to-find-directions-to-any-location/

Motor parks, agberos, your best Google map in Lagos if you're using Transportation.

Mynd44:

False.

I have been doing this for the last 10 years. The trick is to be polite as it tends to knock them out.

Greet them, don't touch them or tap then to get attention, let your voice do that and don't grumble, use "please sir, I am going to xyz and I seem to have lost my way"

A lot of Nigerians are rude; very rude, you want to ask for directions yet will be botherline aggressive or maybe we just don't know how to be polite again.

You're rude too, when you ban people...unnecessarily

I don't ask anybody but always use my Google Maps. Somebody in that location can use his /her whatsap to send you Longitude and latitude of the place and you are good to go. The world has evolved beyond asking some criminals to misguide you.

Or simply ask google

Ask broda shaggy

You can also get directions filling station and find pizza delivery place. They also most times know their way around town!

AutoJoshNG:
[img]https:///a/img921/6108/ZjjmtB.jpg[/img]

While I was growing up to officially “become a man”, finding my way around Lagos was a bit difficult. Even as an adult, there are still many people who find it difficult finding their way around, and this is not restricted to Lagos only, just about anywhere !.
I have heard about stories of people who embarked on journeys trying to locate a place and they never came back. Why ?, they most likely asked the wrong people, or didn’t take the safe approach.
Today, I would be sharing safe ways by which you can find directions to any location in the world .

Start From Home
The best and safest places to find and know directions to a place is to ask people you are already familiar with. Your family is a great start, your neighbours are also an excellent option. Just make sure that whoever is giving you direction is sure of what he/she is saying .If they don’t sound sure, ask two or more people(at home) and make sure all their directions are similar(some locations have multiple possible routes).


Ask In Forums
Online forums are very good places to ask for directions, you can’t be misled .If someone attempts to give you a wrong direction, most likely someone else would make a correction to the wrong information. This is one of the easiest and safest on the list.

Ask Police / Military / Traffic Men
Only ask pedestrians for directions, if there is no other choice. The best people to ask for directions on the road are police/military/traffic control men, they would be more than willing to help. I am speaking from experience, and yes , This is Nigeria .

Go To Motor Parks
We can’t deny the fact that Danfo drivers have Google Maps installed in their brains. They know just about anywhere. The precaution here is never ask by the road side, especially at night and early in the morning, some people have been kidnapped in this process. Go into the park and ask for directions !.

Stay safe, and be very careful who you ask for directions.

By Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/safe-ways-to-find-directions-to-any-location/

You forget to mention to ask a stammerer for direction...

If you are new or not too familiar with a particular location in the west and the place becomes strange to you, do not ask questions even to that person who looks so innocent. And by the way don't trust them that hunt for skulls to use for ritual. Else you'd be directed to where you'll be butchered. Trust no one in the waste, sorry i mean west.
Use your Google map.

post=70286133:
Google maps does it for us these days!

Honestly cant do without google map on a daily...Fantastic app

Before you leave home consult amadioha. He will tell you

pocohantas:


Let's not be quick to demonise our MIB. They're not all as bad, as we paint them, especially on matters like this. Most Nigerians see police officers and get angry immediately . They know this, they're humans too na. Approach them courteously, take a quick glance at his name and call him by his name, politely ask your question[s]. They'll give you a step by step direction, na you go weak sef. They are usually happy that one Nigerian likes them .

OP, using landmarks helps too. Is there a church close by, a hospital, university, a house that stands out...?etc.

Police will like you because you be woman. I'd rather ask Google Map. It has never failed me

Gkemz:
If you are new or not too familiar with a particular location in the west and the place becomes strange to you, do not ask questions even to that person who looks so innocent. And by the way don't trust them that hunt for skulls to use for ritual. Else you'd be directed to where you'll be butchered. Trust no one in the waste, sorry i mean west.
Use your Google map.

What if you find yourself in owerri, the headquarters of ritualised?

hmm

Mynd44:

False.

I have been doing this for the last 10 years. The trick is to be polite as it tends to knock them out.

Greet them, don't touch them or tap then to get attention, let your voice do that and don't grumble, use "please sir, I am going to xyz and I seem to have lost my way"

A lot of Nigerians are rude; very rude, you want to ask for directions yet will be botherline aggressive or maybe we just don't know how to be polite again.

So you're here?

Forget all this grammar ,the best way to locate any location is to use Okada man or go to garage and ask those agberos,they will direct you.

google map is there for you

Yinxies:
I ask for direction from friends who might know the place even before I leave my house.

In Lagos, people may think you are a fraudster or kidnapper...

My dear, no one leaves the house to a place he isn't familiar with, without due diligence.
Nigerians are just generally poor in spatial recognition just as spiritedtete has explained.
To the average Nigerian, the key is : Ask before leaving home, when you eventually get to the confusing part of the description, ask again from a good citizen. Our poor town planning doesn't help matters either.

Mynd44:

False.

I have been doing this for the last 10 years. The trick is to be polite as it tends to knock them out.

Greet them, don't touch them or tap then to get attention, let your voice do that and don't grumble, use "please sir, I am going to xyz and I seem to have lost my way"

A lot of Nigerians are rude; very rude, you want to ask for directions yet will be botherline aggressive or maybe we just don't know how to be polite again.

I don't think Nigerians are rude. I find Lagosians rude. Have been observing them and guess it's linked to to aggression they live with daily.

i AGREE WITH YOU OP. MATT 7:7