Diary of a lagos commuter

It was another hectic traffic situation in Lagos this morning. It was not the time to be selective about the cars to board. When one of those almost-falling-apart looking type of cars came and people weren’t willing...

It was time to go home. Usually it will take an average time of 15 minutes for one to get a shuttle out of GRA in Ogudu. My colleague and I had barely spent five minutes...

Drivers and their mentality! When they are in desperate situation (in this case, in need of passengers), they don’t mind you boarding their vehicles with the highest denomination of the naira. Wait until they are satisfied,...

The other day, the driver of the vehicle I boarded stretched out a deformed, dejected and defaced 50naira note towards me. I refused to collect it. Then he said, “You no fit reject am o because na...

So it was about show of affection this morning. A lady and her man displayed it all in the bus today. Even the driver got tired of repeating “collect your change”! I couldn’t blame...

I didn’t know some danfo drivers have some sense of sanity or maybe I know but never expected it displayed so openly. When I say danfo drivers, I mean those rugged and alcohol friendly types. I...

What do we say to these things? When the bus driver plays music that you enjoy and relate with, you don’t mind- even if the volume is blaring like that of awuja speakers. But when its the...

Have you experienced a time when co-passengers try to co-opt you into sitting in an uncomfortable space in a vehicle (Be it danfo or Cab)? Their beckon and call become desperate when they see that you are slim.The surprising...

Lagos on a lockdown! No thoroughfare! Everybody don become traffic warden (drivers, passengers, trekkers). “Oya go na”… “abeg stop let the road dey free”… My driver is now looking confused e! Even person wey no sabi...

I was in a bus on my way to Ogba . There was heavy traffic as usual– all of a sudden we heard an exclamation… A man’s carry-on bag containing raw food had dropped...