“Tuoyo Omagba”

Waiting game

Lagos -  Frustrated travelers standing in wait for their vehicles to get to where they are due to severe hold up along the major link route (at Ore , Lagos-Benin route) connecting the…
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Trading time and place.

Lagos -  A sea of street hawkers and vehicles, every hawker trying to sell their goods ranging from books to toys etc. Sometimes people leave their homes with money in anticipation of…
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The notice board.

Lagos -  The notice has been placed on a power pole. In the advert a person is looking for a cleaner, a salesgirl. The first test is it to read the notice…
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NTA

Lagos -  NTA – Nigeria Television Authority is one of the largest TV networks in Africa, also known as Nigeria Trekkers Association. The image shows school children walking home from school either…
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Mobile shops

Lagos -  Street Hawkers (Mobile shops) emerge to do their trade while the hold up continues, left with them the traffic should go on as it makes them do their trade. Different…
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Maikakari on the street (Hausa for manicurist)

Lagos -  Mai kakari (Hausa for manicurist). One can easily contract anyform of infection from his tools that are not well sterilised, they usually just apply Soapy fluids to soften the nails…
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GSM mania

Lagos -  Since the introduction of GSM in Nigeria almost everyone has several mobile phones, one for each of their four or five businesses. As they cannot be physically present at all…
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Children Trekking

Lagos -  Children trekking home from school because their school bus couldn’t get through the traffic. Tuoyo Omagba…
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PHCN

Lagos -  PHCN– Power Holding Company of Nigeria, also known as ‘Please Hold Candle at Night’. The image shows people around a transformer whose cables have been stolen. Power operatives are investigating…
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Notice on the wall

Lagos -  The notice on the wall asks people not to urinate on the fence. Though the spelling is wrong, if you make an attempt when pressed, you will be amazed where…
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Mobile groundnuts

Lagos -  The mobile shopkeepers and craftsmen look so well dressed and clean. How do they do that? ‘This is a girl who is supposed to be in school but is out…
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How ready is ready?

Lagos -  Almost everywhere you go in Nigeria you are likely to find signs like this (FOOD IS READY) it’s about the most enterprising business for small scale people mostly women and…
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GSM

Lagos -  GSM – Global System for Mobile communications also known as ‘General Street Madness’ in Nigeria. The image shows some people engrossed in their mobiles.…
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OYO 002

Lagos -  Aftermath @ the beach. A lot of things happen on the beach. At night if you go down to have a drink, most times after a while, say like thirty…
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NFA

Lagos -  NFA – Nigerian Football Association or ‘No Future Ambition’. The way this man sleeps and is dressed indicates that he does not have many plans for the future.…
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Mobile cobbler

Lagos -  This is a cobbler, He does his trade on the streets looking for clients while walking.…
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Halleluyah.

Lagos -  Praise the lord is what you need in this mad traffic. Lino told us cars in Holland can have a sign of a fish on the back, meaning these people…
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FRAN

Lagos -  FRAN – Free Readers Association of Nigeria The image shows people who read the dailies but do not buy the papers.…
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OYO

Lagos -  OYO: (you are) On Your Own is a common expression here. Some OYOs:
1. Car park OYO: see picture
2. Area boys area OYO: if you go in their area alone
3…
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N.F.A. 001

Lagos -  N.F.A. Nigerian Football Association. NO FUTURE AMBITIONS as well. These are children who should be at school. They are roaming, begging and playing on the streets. If the…
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Mobile cobbler

Lagos -  This is a cobbler, He does his trade on the streets looking for clients while walking.…
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GSM mania 001

Lagos -  Since the introduction of GSM in Nigeria almost everyone has a phone and you would find people making calls almost every where and almost all the time. Some at work…
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Food and drinks

Lagos -  A vivid street economy in the traffic jam…
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