40 Ways To Know You Are A Real Lagosian......
Victoria Island, Lagos
2. When driving you panic and make a detour when you spot the men in black and white popularly called vehicle inspection officials.
3. You are wary of strangers.
4. You have argued or even fought with a bus conductor when joined in ‘marriage’ of looking for change with another passenger.
5. You are always in a hurry even when not late for your appointment.
6. You complain about the stress of living in Lagos but have never thought of moving out to another city.
7. When you travel out of Lagos, you become nostalgic, miss the city badly and always want to come back.
8. You have friends from every part of Nigeria.
9. You look forward to Fridays.
10. You look forward to the weekend.
11. You were once a member of an orthodox church in your village but began attending a Pentecostal church when you arrived in Lagos.
12. You have been to Afropolitan Vibes at Freedom Park and danced to Lagos Jump.
13. You hate commercial buses but don’t have a choice.
14. You desperately dream to own your own car.
15. You don’t really like politics but have sympathy for the All Progressives Congress.
16. You have heard negative stories about Tinubu but wish you met him one day.
17. You fear LASTMA officials.
18. You hate your landlord.
19. You desperately want to buy a land to be rid of Lagos landlords.
20. You dread rainy season.
21. You hate the police and do not want to touch them with a long pole.
22. You hate the sight of a police station.
23. You live in the suburbs but dream to move to Lekki when you make good.
24. You have attended an Owambe party and have taken the Yoruba style Aso Ebi.
25. You have a Yoruba or Igbo friend or other friends from different parts of Nigeria.
26. You work on Lagos Island but live in the outskirt of town.
27. You have had a scary experience on okada.
28. You have long wanted to visit Badagry slave route but never got round to accomplishing the dream.
30. You hate traffic and do everything to avoid being caught in one.
31. You have been to Shoprite or Silverbird Galleria when it first opened to buy things you don’t need just brag about being there.
32. You entered an expensive boutique to prize expensive clothes and promised the sales girl you will be back knowing you won’t be found anywhere near the place again.
33. You have bought ‘’bend-down-select’ second hand used clothes only pass them off as new to friends.
34. You have a family member of friend abroad and have seen him or her off to the airport.
35. You have been to the beach with friends and taken selfies.
36. You have bought Gala and Coke while in traffic.
37. If you are Igbo, you have a Yoruba friend and have been to your friend’s family’s Owambe party.
38. If you are Yoruba, you have a close Igbo friend who is so dear to you that you have become like family.
39. You have lived in Lagos all your life and fantasize traveling to the Northern part of Nigeria.
40. You hate area boys and agberos (street urchins) but powerless to remove them from the streets or clamp them in jail.
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