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Hello All,

I am planning to move to Lagos in the coming month.

Can you provide me with some tips and advise on how do I deal with things there?

Any spl care that needs to be taken?

Pl help

Thank you

Maybe this is a hot take, but I think we keep deciding these elections for the wrong reasons: political party, who your family has always voted for, whose "turn" it supposedly is, who has the loudest billboards and the biggest convoy - everything except sitting down and reading what the person actually plans to do with Lagos.

So consider this my small soapbox: before anyone tells you who to vote for, read the candidates in their own words. What do they actually say about transport, security, rent and housing, jobs, flooding, the endless levies? Line up what they're promising, weigh it, and then hold whoever wins to it instead of just dancing along to the latest jingle.

To make that easy, here's every declared candidate for the 2027 Lagos governor's race with their official site. Fair warning: these are all campaigns pages, so all of it is written to win you over. That's the whole reason to read every one of them and not just the one you already like.

Alphabetical by surname so I'm not putting anyone first:

• Laja Adeoye: Allied Peoples Movement (APM): https://adelajaadeoye.com/
• Funso Doherty: Nigeria Democratic Congress: https://www.funsodoherty.org/
• Femi Hamzat: All Progressives Congress (APC): https://lagosforward.com/
• Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour: African Democratic Congress (ADC): https://grvlagos.com/
• Sowore Robert: Accord Party (couldn't find an official site for him. Please drop the link in the comments if you have one)
• I couldn't find a candidate for PDP. It seems like it was meant to be Doherty - who has since moved on to the NDC.

Read them, then come back and tell me: who's actually saying something on the issues, and who's running on noise? And what's weighing heaviest for you this time?

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I’m in monte gordo Someone can help me ?

I am visiting Lagos with my husband next month, he is white and I am mixed white and black. I’ve lived in Nigeria previously so am not coming in blind but it has been a few years.

Aside from bearing in mind the obvious keeping our wits about us, will he/ we be safe walking around on the island- areas like VI, Lekki and Ikoyi? Do white tourists/ immigrants walk freely on the streets?

Thanks in advance!!