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I am on the fourth date in one month and dating in Lagos is expensive! A glance at the menu lets me know I will go above my projected spend for the date. A round trip on Uber is anywhere from 3 thousand Naira depending on how far from Surulere I end up. Most of my dates are on the island but sometimes I switch it up and go somewhere in Ikeja. There are also some gems in Ilupeju, but why take the risk of asking a first date to Ilupeju? Don’t want her to think I am not taking this seriously — like when Lekan asked to take that Access bank girl...
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The first time I heard of it, I was watching Newsline on NTA, Dad was still principal at that school where they let teachers speak in vernacular to the students since that was the only way they could effectively communicate with the students. It was Frank Olize who was on the Panasonic TV that made our neighbours green with envy for years until they left us behind and bought plasma TVs. Frank Olize was talking about a Nigerian who had travelled to Europe by road, his name was Newton Jibunoh. Before then I had no idea you could go to Europe b...
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