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This information came from Uber’s analysis of over 1 million rides taken since they launched in Lagos, and as their data sample obviously does not account for where people who ride the BRTs and Danfos go, this list is probably incomplete.
1. The Palms Shopping Mall
If you have money to shop here, you can ride in Ubers. Kontinu.
2. Ikeja City Mall
A lot like The Palms, but for mainland people.
3. Adrenaline Sports Bar at The Four Points Sheraton
And we’re right back to the Island…
4. The Soul Lounge Lagos
Island vs Mainland: 2-1.
5. Eko Hotel And Suites
Basically where all the Lagos bigz men and bigz women hang out, for business and pleasure.
6. Radisson Blu Anchorage
Lagosians who know what’s up know this is really here because of Hans and Rene gelato, but it’s okay.
7. Lagos Oriental Hotel
Another conference den.
8. The Place Nightclub
Isn’t this the place where one human was pouring alcohol over another human’s head? Seen.
9. Lafayette Mall
For those who weren’t keeping score, it’s now – Island vs Mainland: 7-2. Hian.
10. Dream Plaza
Another one for the Island? We demand a rematch. Or at least an explanation about why the Muritala Mohammed Airport is not on this list.
This is Ambo
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIKo2WhB5B_/
And these are Roi and Ndotto
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH5zCzmBUhE
Ah, you must also meet this fella who’s in a awful hurry
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHDi36Gh1CJ/
These guys are Mbegu, Kauro and Kamok
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIWX3_ShkoC/
They, with all the other baby elephants, live at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, in Nairobi, Kenya
Such adorable creatures
https://www.instagram.com/p/BG4d6xfAUN3/
We have a special thing, you and me
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHud4NQB3XY/
Just look at that
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHImhb3hvvr/
These are the cutest baby elephants you have ever seen
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFc-F9pgUIQ/
But they have a really important story that more people should hear about
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGYLA8kgUFN/
Tens of thousands of elephants are killed each year by poachers, who hunt them for ivory. According to research, up to 100,000 African elephants were killed between 2011 and 2014 alone
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHPpBBkBqzW/
Elephant tusks do not grow out properly until they get older, so poachers generally ignore the calves. But once their tusks (which are really modified inscisors in the upper jaw) become noticeable, they become targets for poachers
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIjJK_EBsZo/
It’s really grotesque, what these poachers do
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGyIxgAAUNu/
As if killing mature elephants for ivory wasn’t bad enough, their deaths mean that the young elephants are left to fend for themselves. Baby elephants need their mother’s milk exclusively for two years, and partially till they are four. If they aren’t rescued, they almost certainly die
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFkhN2XgULL/
Conservation organisations like the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rescue these orphan elephants and raise them till they are old enough to live independently
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHGUOvmhpFw/
Many of them have been re-released into the wild
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHLQ7V7BzSh/
And re-united with their families
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGj4zaZAUBy/
And these guys, the anti-poaching rangers, do everything they can to make sure that poachers don’t get to them
It’s very good but very hard work. Elephant conservation organisations like the DSWT need your help. Donations go a long way
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIC9yu4BWrU/
You can also help by educating the people around you about elephant conservation and the dangers of poaching
You travelled for business? Pleasure? It doesn’t quite matter which. All that matters is that you temporarily escaped the mad house of your beloved Nigeria. Temporarily. And now, it is finally time to go back. Long sigh.
We know exactly how you feel. Because every time you’ve had to go back, you are like:
1. Kai, it’s time to go already?
Abroad, I’m gonna miss you.
2. You are already thinking about your next trip.
3. Then you spy all those Nigerians at the boarding gate…
Supporters club of life and destiny.
4. And you’re real happy to hear folk speaking a familiar language.
Doesn’t matter if you are Yoruba and they are speaking Tiv, Naija knows Naija.
5. Until the familiar Nigerian energy starts making you tired inside.
This information came from Uber’s analysis of over 1 million rides taken since they launched in Lagos, and as their data sample obviously does not account for where people who ride the BRTs and Danfos go, this list is probably incomplete.
You travelled for business? Pleasure? It doesn’t quite matter which. All that matters is that you temporarily escaped the mad house of your beloved Nigeria. Temporarily. And now, it is finally time to go back. Long sigh. We know exactly how you feel. Because every time you’ve had to go back, you are like:
For some reason, Jacaranda trees are practically ubiquitous in Nairobi. They are everywhere!
