68816419:

and i keep telling to you that , if Nigeria had or have few industries like Kenya, we would be generating so much power and even sell some to Kenya ....

mkenya254:


Agege, Ajegunle, Amukoko, Badia, Bariga, Ijeshatedo/Itire, Ilaje, Iwaya and Makoko

arinzeejikonye:


Im so bemused bro,



Mainland,the last pic 3RDMB saw millers/wood hewers,lagos nigeria.

nice one bro, but the sad thing is that, Lagos have population of over 18 millions Nairobi have population of less than 5 million people but still have the highest numbers of slums in Africa if not in the world, how can these be, some one should explain it to me please, i am not understating at all?

forgiveness:



Those places are part of Lagos State. They are not the main Lagos though Lagos has metaphors to become a metropolitan city.

68816419:

nice one bro, but the sad thing is that, Lagos have population of over 18 millions Nairobi have population of less than 5 million people but still have the highest numbers of slums in Africa if not in the world, how can these be, some one should explain it to me please, i am not understating at all?

68816419:

the funny thing is she scripted the write-up properly as if she had been to Lagos, how can some one that claimed to have been to Lagos call those places slums?,

68816419:


how can Nigerians immigrate illegally to Kenya wen the visa is virtually free and can be obtained from point of entries for only 50Dollers , are your guys sick or what ?

Visa On Arrrival At Nigerian Port Of Entry-Kenya immigration

NairobiWalker:

What's the point of having industries if they can't improve your living standards? I would rather stay in a country with very few industries yet very high living standards like Botswana. Industries are meant to upgrade your living standards, in Nigeria they're apparently doing the opposite if I have to go with what you're saying here so what's the point of having them? Countries get better supply of electricity when they get industrialized, according to you, Nigeria has poor electricity supply because it's industrialized. lol.......you guys are hilarious.

NairobiWalker:


So according to you any Nigerian can get into Kenya the way he likes? No wonder many of you are caught and harassed by government officials. Ignorance and bad attitude.

ArchieTaylor:

You claim to have been to Kenya, but you lie all the time to make Kenya look bad mamen, which shows the level of your desperation. Someone posted the owners of the 10 tallest structures after you made some very shitty remarks. You have been to Thika but never have I see you mention it here, you do not mention places like Kahawa Sukari, Ruiru, etc which are on your way to thika which have thousands of built units where people stay. All you talk about is slum slum slum

68816419:


obviously, if i have few facilities that consumes less energy i will be able to generate constant electricity don't you think so? ,man, every part of Nigeria have large industries from Kaduna,Kano,IMO.Anambara,Lagos Ogun to Oyo ...unlike Kenya where the few industries are located in Nairobi.

NairobiWalker:


Dude.... countries with more industries have a better supply of electricity. See, more industry means more revenue to the government hence more capacity to generate more electricity and create a better supply system. It also means more jobs to citizens hence more people who can afford electricity. It is interesting how you guys blame your low living standards on your industries - lol. So what's the point of having industries if they bring you misery instead of improved living standards?

ArchieTaylor:
Someone can tell me show me your city and I can do isht like this. Coz it real.

ArchieTaylor:
http://www.informationng.com/2015/03/lagos-mega-city-or-mega-slum-photos.html
One area that Lagosians have continued to struggle with is housing. The issue of housing is a major challenge in the mega city as residents who cannot afford decent homes, stay in houses that has structural defects, sewage challenges, congestion, lack of ventilation e.t.c

For bleeps sake you got dirt tooo, one nice building surrounded by shaties

68816419:


Great!, (Britam Tower is a 31 storey building under construction in Upper Hill) while eko towers is 34,33,32,28..), Nairobifirstly British American Investment Company (Mauritius) owned Britam Holdings Limited, previously known by as British-American Investments Company Kenyans only have shares of the building at the stock markets
"t[b]he group's operations commenced in Kenya in 1965 with the opening of the first office in Nairobi as a foreign branch of British-American Insurance Company Limited, headquartered in the Bahamas[/b]. A local company was incorporated on 14 November 1979 as British-American Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited under the Companies Act as a private limited liability company following a government directive that all branches of foreign owned insurance companies must be incorporated locally. By this time, the Company had established nine branches across Kenya. This local incorporation represented the first step in the localisation of the Company. In 1984, local Kenyan investors acquired 33.33 percent of the shareholding in line with government directives

68816419:


ok ,my question ,why would Nigerians want to stay in Kenya of all places illegally.like seriously, if at all Nigerians stays illegally is Kenya, its only because the immigration wont grant them their renewals on time even haven applied for long is not that they cant afford to pay it and whose fault is that?,

68816419:


what is the distance between thika and Nairobi, many people usually call thika extension of Nairobi plus how comes their very few industries outside Nairobi or may be thika, so you think Nigeria don't refine it oil, u must be crazy,plus, the world largest refinery is under construction and will be commission in the year 2019 by dongete ?
Dangote to Increase Refinery Capacity to 650,000bpd | Sustainable .. http://www.tsbreview.com/dangote-to-increase-refinery-capacity-to-650000bpd/

mkenya254:


I lived stayed in VI for 2wks at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Ikoyi at the Southern Sun for a week. During the time I visited some clients in Lekki, Yaba and also some famous clubs in Sululeri e. G. Lighthouse.


Lekki seems to be more of a nice apartment complex area with VI and Ikoyi having more stand alone houses. I think they have wealthier people saying there. There are more modern architecture like buildings in Nairobi while Lagos buildings have more of a traditional feel despite being huge as well

VI is very poorly planned and I hated the way the ocean looks so polluted especially on the long bridge going to visit from the mainland. There is also a very large floating slum there.

I would prefer the affluent kenyan neighborhoods of Nairobi compared to Lagos. This is because in Nairobi has a lot of forests in the town actually. So you have very beautiful greenery views though it is quite colder (13-24) degrees annually. But maybe because I am not used to the heat of Lagos being at sea level and Nairobi being at 5800 ft above sea level. There is also generally more to see in Nairobi since you can do safari drive inside Nairobi, there are quite a number of zoos. The Las Vegas of Kenya(Naivasha and Nakuru) are also short drives away from Nairobi

I also saw the king of yoruba who came to dine at Southern Sun quite a number of times. I was so shocked that a bunch of old people followed him ringing bells etc and that even very educated looking people bowed to him. I thought the Kings were just elements of Nollywood.

Yaba and Sululeri seem not so safe areas especially after dark for the foreigner. Also Ikeja. I also hated the fact that when you are a foreigner everybody keeps asking you for money even some people I asked for directions to the washroom at the airport !!, club bouncers etc.

Taxis are very old and run down but Ubers are very clean and new. But taxis are way cheaper than Nairobi with a taxi in Nairobi charging double the Uber rate at any time.

Something else I did not understand is why buying a Sim card takes almost 30mins with fingerprints etc. I also noticed data is way more expensive there compared to Kenya. For example, I have 30Mbps cable Internet and TV at my house than I only play 56 dollars for monthly. Mobile data costs me 10USD for 3Gb data from the most expensive telco locally.

Most people from your country love sweet liquor, Orijin and Andre champagne in the clubs. Kenyans like bitter alcohol so I felt as if I was taking fruit juice drinking Orijin And alcohol is quite cheap compared to Kenya. That I like with a 750ml heineken or orijin bottle going for around 2-3Usd while in Kenya 300ml of Heineken costs you 3-5Usd depending on the location. Locally brewed beers are 2-3USD but sold as 500ml.

Cost of living is just slightly cheaper than Kenya as well. I loved the Nigerian cuisine though like most Kenyans who travel to Nigeria I couldn't handle the extreme Chilli in all your dishes

People are generally friendly(African culture) but there are also a lot of people looking to cheat you on the streets as with any African country I assume. I couldn't understand why the airport authority in Nigeria let's a bunch of people in the airport who are not Travellers hence I had to bribe to even get to the airline desk. About 3000naira. Kenya is very corrupt but that is only in the police force and politicians. In Nigeria to even get directions you pay

Nigerian women are pretty but I don't understand why there is so much bleaching and wigs though. I thought Kenyan women put on a lot of make up until I saw Nigerian ladies. That was a disappointment. This frenzy is sadly becoming introduced in Kenya by Nigerians as you see with socialites such as Vera. This is such a shame as Africans should appreciate dark skin. But as much as Nigerian women are beautiful I noticed Kenyan women have more booty in case that tickles your fancy

Affluent Nigerians like the Mercedes G class while Affluent Kenyans like the Range Rover. The Honda is very popular in Nigeria while in Kenya it has less than 3% market share with Toyota being the primary car for the ordinary Kenyan.

Shopping for clothes in Nigeria is a better experience(more designer brands) than Kenya though for restaurants I think Kenya leads since any mall easily has 5-10 different restaurant chains even the smaller malls like Diamond Plaza.

Music in Nigeria is ahead of Kenya since all clubs play only Nigerian music with a few Jazz at hotel bars. Kenyans primarily listen to Jamaican riddim/raga, hip hop, Kenyan and Nigerian music, bongo then SA Kwaito in that order. Jazz and country is also common in better restaurants.

In terms of traffic, both Nairobi and Lagos are similar. Traffic at the Lekki toll station is as much as traffic on Mombasa road in Nairobi.

For public vehicles, Nairobi has loud and very pimped matatus so that may not be comfortable while Lagos has very old ones.. Can't recall their name. Both are however prone to pick pocketing. I never boarded the Lagos ones but I was told that I should avoid them and only use taxis or the company car.

Nairobi is undergoing more road expansions though but the proposed introduction of toll gates may result to a Lekki traffic situation. Time will tell.

Large businesses in Nigeria seem to be predominantly international companies e.g. Shoprite while Kenya has more local successes even though some are owned by indigenous Indians e.g. Nakumatt and Bidco

68816419:


obviously the developed part of NAIROBI is small, but how far is thika to kasarani, i am not talking about distance to CBD ?

68816419:


WE Talking about real height(floors) not useless extension, how many floors is Britam?

mkenya254:


Where is the proof that 70% of residents live in slums.i have proof that 66% of people living in Lagos live in slums http://borgenproject.org/poverty-lagos-nigeria/

ArchieTaylor:

In Westlands they are building six highrise buildings a once btw 176m/141m/93m/86m/83m/81m | 43/35/28/25/24/24 fl U/C
Using maths then the highest tower in Eko can be is around 135m. 176m 43 floors still shorter that Britam btw

68816419:

"Britam Tower | Upper Hill | is just 200m | 31 fl | " meaning the rest of the building is just an extended steels .. Eko pearl(Lagos) can also decides to add same extended steel to its build and tag it "Tallest building in Africa"..so what?

68816419:


u mean all those rusted trains hahahahahah ?

Boyedex:

Yes we do have problems with our refineries. Bad governance of many years made them moribund. Yes it's bad for a gigantic country like Nigeria, so you can laugh over it all you can, but trust me your jests are gonna be short-lived.
One of the biggest refineries in the world is already underway. With a production capacity that will see Nigeria exporting it's excess by 2018/2019, just two years from now.
The construction has numerous effects including the generation of 12000MW electricity as well as fertilizers and many other derivatives for export.
This time it's not a government venture, it's private and the antecedents of the owner have always proved successful and timely.

NairobiWalker:


Lol......even when you're given evidence you try pathetically to disparage it. But Kongobi got you this time - you only managed to touch a single building there. Typical Nigerian attitude. Meanwhile the Eko Atlantic you're bragging of is being done by the Lebanese - how a big country like Nigeria becomes slave to a tiny country like Lebanon is beyond logic.

NairobiWalker:


You forgot to mention the tallest building in Africa (and also the most magnificent), The Hass/Jabavu Tower is under construction in Nairobi at 66 and 45 floors and 300m and 201m

NairobiWalker:


Meanwhile The whole of Lagos mainland is a dump - a slum by Kenyan standards. hosting over 10M people.