Grab your trolley and lets go shopping around for…stuff in Lagos, Nigeria. I’ll show you the top choices of the average Lagosian but note that the list is not exhaustive.
Mobile phone network/line:
- MTN
- Zain
- Glo
- Starcomms
- Visafone
Bank account opening:
- GTB
- Zenith
- UBA
- First Bank
- Stanbic IBTC
Eateries:
- Tasty Fried Chicken
- Barcelos
- Nandos
- Big Treat
- Mr. Biggs
Alcohol/Beer:
- Star
- Guinness
- Gulder
- Heineken
- Satzenbrau
Malt drinks:
- Malta Guinness
- Maltina
- Amstel Malta
- Maltex
- Power Malt
Chinese cuisine:
- Jade Garden
- Golden Gate
- Mr. Wang’s
- China Town
- Flamingo
Flat Screen TVs:
- LG
- Samsung
- Sony
- Phillips
- Panasonic
Cable/Satellite Television
- DSTV
- HiTV
- MiTV
Cinemas:
Generators:
- Honda Elemax
- Tiger
- Hyundai
- Mikano
- Suzuki
Domestic airlines:
- Virgin Nigeria (soon to be ‘Eagle Flyer’)
- Aero Contractors
- Arik
- Dana Air
- Chanchangi
Recreational centres:
- Ikoyi Club
- Lagos Country Club
- The Beach (Island)
- Shoprite, Lekki
- Metropark
Bars/Nite Clubs:
- Soul Lounge (News Cafe)
- Club Towers Prive
- Black Pearl
- Bacchus (formerly ‘11.45’)
- 10 (JJ Okocha’s)
Okay, that’s enough shopping for one day. Let’s proceed to the checkout! Show me the monaaay!!!
Na una dey enjoy for Lag these days. When I was growing up (yes I am old) we did not have such amenities.
na wa oooooo;
com oooo make i ask u sef u sure say u de work for bank???????? all these places and stuffs u mentioned dnt com cheap in such places u know,some guys could just get the chinco blackberry phones and pose with it.and some can as well go to a normal joint and get high on cheap beer.bier.berre and pose into those clubs and do a bottle and soda for the whole night,and dance a-way all night.
lmao! We have enough posers in Lagos – some use blackberry phones but are not registered for internet and chat services. We like counting the kobos before we spend. By the way, some ‘other information’ is too confidential to share though 😉