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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Leniroyal: 10:23pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days
The man makes a living by selling ogun ( metal). Tell me how ogun go fit kill am? He pimpin ogun for living
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Chetas81(m): 10:31pm On Aug 17
YOU HAVE TO GENERATE TRAFFIC BY FORCE BY FIRE 🔥🔥
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by NewDea4: 10:33pm On Aug 17
dumahi:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2elw7n31do

This man's problem is not government, he's living under a powerfiul generational curse shocked

He's just like Reno Omokri

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by SocialJustice: 10:34pm On Aug 17
Energist:
For someone to stay in such a place for thirty years flips to bare his scarcity mindset. The man need to be pursued from that place.. If it were a recent immigrant hustler who sleeps under the bridge, it's understandable in a place like Lagos. But not for a man who earns at least 150k a month!
He has family.
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by NewDea4: 10:38pm On Aug 17
virginboy1:
Seeing the headline my mind pictured obalende and I wasnt disappointed after reading the details. In fact it is not only under the bridge people sleep, some men even sleep on top of the bridge as under is already saturated with people. cry.. Chai poverty na bastard ooo..."men hustle ooo as government now no send una papa".....

Obalende is another realm in Lagos on its own...12am 1am 2am people still dey outside dey flex life as na that time day dey break for dem grin...it is that time some mama put,beer palour and POS venders starts making their money.

What of oloshoism...that area is like the hub of olossho levels in lagos....as women from 18 years and above just choke for street dey hustle..

Hard drugs nko..that one has turn many young boys and girls on colos to walking zombiee embarassed..Obalende matter ehnnnn sighsss

Na all those army and police barracks spoil Obalende...Dodan, Giwa and quite a few others there

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Zealoy(m): 10:38pm On Aug 17
That is the issue with every average hausa man u see u in the street of Lagos, he can never rent a house or pay money for house rent he will prefer to live in shanties and slums, honestly their life style dey tire me at times,

Sometimes i wonder wat they do with all the money they are making here in Lagos state, you can never see them eating nice food or buy nice cloth, but they are making Thausand of naira every week from okada business or pushing trucks.

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by ceejayluv(m): 10:38pm On Aug 17
Verbalsets:
Hope they helped him find a house after using his story
That guy will not be comfortable in a normal apartment any more.
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by dumahi(m): 10:50pm On Aug 17
ceejayluv:

That guy will not be comfortable in a normal apartment any more.
This sounds like you're cracking a joke, but you have just said the truth.
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by 1Sharon(f): 10:50pm On Aug 17
30 years? He loves it

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Reality3080: 10:51pm On Aug 17
dumahi:
Na so e de take start. They are there breaking iron. Soon they start manufacturing bomb.

Nlfpmod
they ain't igbos
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by CoronaVirusPro: 10:52pm On Aug 17
dumahi:
Na so e de take start. They are there breaking iron. Soon they start manufacturing bomb.

Nlfpmod

Don’t have a general perception of people you ahead of in life. Circumstances got them there, and it’s not permanent.

I have seen a pauper become rich in my lifetime. Ask people who know Senator Yayi

There is a manager in T-mobile USA Today, I will won’t mention his name for privacy sake. He spent more than 10 years under the bridge with the lowest quality of education. Just a visa lottery redefined his life.

Those people never choose to be there! They will swap places with you if you accept.

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Reality3080: 10:57pm On Aug 17
Treasure17:

Calm down. He's human being like you. And besides you really think he's comfortable with such life? Be grateful for your situation.
the Malam is a bastard


I trust an Igbo or Yoruba man,he would have start a business gradually n even expand it n built house

Imagine what he would have done in Lagos since 34 years ago

It's just about d aboki mindset jare

Many people in Lagos no dey even see 150k per month in Lagos n them get house wen dem rent

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by CoronaVirusPro: 10:59pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days

You don’t Ogun!

Let me give you a little assignment. Just catch a cricket and throw it inside any Ogun shrine you see. I mean anyone!

Comeback here to tell us on these forum what happened afterwards.Hello! Ogun will do you bad!

Your pastor won’t do it, he knows Ogun more than you!
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Reality3080: 10:59pm On Aug 17
Eagleways:
go and sit down. Go back to Oyo, your state. Defender of Lagos. As if you own a single brick in lagos
y is it that only Igbos are triggered at d mention of Lagos?

I don't see other tribes do this

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by givedemwotowoto: 11:01pm On Aug 17
He might even be on nairaland posting “Toh” on every thread
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by BeigJawnson(m): 11:02pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days

Even the ogun, when he was human like you, wetin kill am? Was Ogun not a black smith?
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Vision101(m): 11:12pm On Aug 17
chiagozien:
In Biafra no one will live under bridge.



Every citizen will be cared for.
Every citizen will be given free accommodation? grin
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Hotspurs: 11:15pm On Aug 17
dumahi:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2elw7n31do
GboyegaD Kobojunkieee Daddycoool hope you can see for your self in this article that what I said was right considering homelessness in Nigeria where I stated that no one is truly homeless in Nigeria,but kobojunkieee said he's papa is blind....these man in this article has family in zamfara but choose to sleep under lagos bridge and send money home,na by force make everyone live for lagos..hope you can see the picture I'm tryna present
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by donmik: 11:26pm On Aug 17
Man, you are richer than many Nigerians, including me as it stands.

I think they already made up their mind to live there whether for better for worse sha

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Ebenny12(m): 11:27pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days
what do you know that will kill u tomorrow or are they happy sleeping under the bridge. This are part of what our government are to address
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by lebete3000: 11:28pm On Aug 17
dumahi:


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2elw7n31do

Na that one wey dey inside hijab I go like make she bend her yansh make I fvck am...

Hausa girls dey sweet to fvck walahi, pass fura denono sef grin
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by DaddyCoool: 11:39pm On Aug 17
Hotspurs:
GboyegaD Kobojunkieee Daddycoool hope you can see for your self in this article that what I said was right considering homelessness in Nigeria where I stated that no one is truly homeless in Nigeria,but kobojunkieee said he's papa is blind....these man in this article has family in zamfara but choose to sleep under lagos bridge and send money home,na by force make everyone live for lagos..hope you can see the picture I'm tryna present

So in your small mind those homeless in other countries don't have family somewhere
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by SweetDipBenny(m): 11:42pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days
WTF bro grin
Why bro?
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Kudunku: 11:52pm On Aug 17
naija4life247:
Na Ogun go kee him Mama under that bridge before 7 market days

Wow
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Ofodirinwa: 12:17am On Aug 18
20 million people in LAgos state and this is who BBC wants to interview
In their own country there's enough homeless people to make an entirely new state in Nigeria, but this is what they used flight money to come report.

and Nigerians will be listening to BBC thinking they're enjoying journalism
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Litmus: 12:30am On Aug 18
chiagozien:
In Biafra no one will live under bridge.



Every citizen will be cared for.

So, you're advertising Biafra to the tired, poor and destitute masses of Lagos ? undecided

That's generous.

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Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by 43Ronin: 12:48am On Aug 18
FreeStuffsNG:
During his three decades in Lagos, Mr Sa’adu has progressed from being a shoe-shiner to being a scrap-metal seller - picking up metal from the streets and workshops for a business that sells it on for recycling.

It earns him an average of 5,000 naira ($3; ÂŁ2) a day, above the extreme poverty threshold of $1.90 a day but barely enough for him to survive.

"Don't forget I have to also send money to my family back in Zamfara every week, so it is a continuous struggle,” Mr Sa’adu says.

That man earns N5K per day and that's N150K per month. He can conveniently afford to rent an accommodation even in same Obalende. He just wants to ensure that he lives a frugal and nomadic life in Lagos.

I am sure he must have built houses in his village in Zamfara he has been sending his money to while avoiding paying Lagos Landlords house rents.

This is part of the reason LASG can not be faulted when LASG forcefully chase people like him from under the bridge for constituting environmental nuisance in Lagos. People like him travel several hundreds of kilometres to make money in Lagos and after making the money still wants to flout and keep flouting with reckless abandon the environmental laws in Lagos while their own states remain unaffected. They want to eat their cakes and eat it. That's not fair to Lagos.

May God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!
I thought all yoruba people are from ile-ife hoe came y'all are claiming lagos like other states don't exist. Why can't you guys be proud of your state? Pathetic
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by Crafteck1: 12:58am On Aug 18
chiagozien:
In Biafra no one will live under bridge.



Every citizen will be cared for.

Do you believe the shit u just spit? Did you ask how yhe people of proposed biafra treated people that in their veiw were not fully igbo...
Re: Man Who Has Lived Under A Lagos Bridge For 30 Years Speaks With BBC Reporter by spartachico(m): 1:03am On Aug 18
Yeah, this is the part of African they want their white folks and white children to see and I wonder why they keep granting BBC and CNN the chances to keep doing these documents in rural parts of Africa

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