Every once in a while someone will post photos of these upper middle class expensive homes in up scale neighborhoods and say this is what they don't show you about Nigeria. They get mad when I point out that's its less than .05 % that can afford to live like that.
All those plastic bags on the tracks. In some countries if you collect trash you are rewarded. Now is the time to introduce this idea to Nigeria. Great footage.
Another good thing the governor of Lagos could do is to round them up, give them a job to clean the area and give them some training to be able to contribute to the society. This will create employment for these youths and less crime instead of just throwing them out. This will be a win win situation for everyone. Evicting them from the dangerous train tracks is good, but they are not going to just disappear. They will move to another place maybe a residential area and that will be a disaster. These kids are still young and some of them could still be saved.
Please stop this PR lies. No one cares for them. The raid them at times, label them criminals and lock them in prisons without trial. Ones who can afford to bribe, pay and get released.
Singaporean laws needed worldwide. You are so correct . Biden cannot give me $100 to take that death jab, or take the up your nose death test. Karen just put some green liquid all over my front door, blowing in poisons, and we are being watched 24/7. It is all lies folks to kill us, and to use those, who look like us to kill us, and those who do not look like us, are wearing theatrical masks to do drive byes etc. They are knocking on doors pretending to be the police and wellness check This is a world-wide genocide to kill all of the 99%, but God has warned us, and God is dealing with them big time. I am in my 79th year, and have donated my body, but people better wake up. Check out the fake US Marshal phone scams. Give the people $2K per month retro from Jan. 2020! Teach them to work online from home, so they can earn an income. Decent people want to work, and not have everything going up, when we have nothing.
thanks a lot for this warm comment ! yes they better try to coexist peacefully to make it together...they have a very bad reputations, the area as a very bad reputation, but in fact when you get there you can see that these humans being are your brothers and sisters, just trying to "make it...".
please share that video on your social network to help it to travel around the globe... Sharing on facebook, what's app, reddit, to your friends, family, colleagues... thanks so much for being here to read that comment ! hope you "enjoyed" that immersion inside the life of Lagos, under the oshodi bridge. I hope to meet you in the comment section TAKE CARE
It was certainly unique experience. Terminal and bridge as a signs of development but sadly thousands of people does not benefit from it. Thank you for making these videos and showing different aspects of Lagos.
Beautiful, world-class, 'silent' reportage. I hope some academics stumble upon your footage and attribute it as a serious valuable sociological record of Lagos - it's impeccable. The resourcefulness of the guys playing chequers at 27:28 with soda-bottle caps is mind-blowing. Lots more, please!
@@shinwuka9178 it is not about population control. There is a lot to do in Africa and a lot of lands waiting but the outside povers do not want africans to be independent. Read history, what colonal powers did to hold people without knowledge and in powerty. But nobody want to leave minerals and gold and oil and the cheapest labour that is in Africa. Because of that the foreign powers cause conflicts on the continent. Africa can never gå forvard in a cains of loans that go to corrupted leaders pockets.
I am truly impressed by the impeccable expression on this channel for harnessing the seriousness of this plight our people are going through on a daily basis. Good media coverage on real social issues in Lagos state.
@@Flower-ck2bs I’m 🇺🇸of Nigerian descent it is partly about a serious lack of population policy and urban planning as it is about successively corrupt, looting empty brains in power. Some men have 4 wives with each wife hoping for the max number of kids regardless of their economic conditions! That is crazy!Yes the colonial history is why it was easy to have the empty brained ones installed to favor the plundering of the resources but a 62 year old cannot continue to blame all the ills in their lives to bad circumstances of birth not when $trillions of oil revenue lie in private bank accounts. Until people tell themselves the truth about themselves they won’t get it right. Look at the top 3 candidates up for election, all including the one most preferred are very corrupt. Yes colonialism enabled & still allows the west not to seize the loot of the irredeemably selfish & corrupt band of looters pretending to be leaders in Nigeria. Then they blame the masses for migrating to the west, help us seize their assets & return the loot to an accountable group and see if the people will not manage their resources better. The only things I blame the west for at this point is accommodating stolen $ meant to develop this country. Jefferson is in jail, Atiku is co testing to be Nigeria’s president and they were both implicated in the same crime. Go figure the complicity of the current western governments, not the people who are also struggling with selfish politicians. Why can 10 to 30 million in a country of 200million not rise up in mass protests against the looting class? How many soldiers & cops do they have? How elastic is their suffering? It’s true those nice places are less than 0.08% of the people abd they have poor maids, drivers, servants etc. why can’t they rise up against their oppressors? We tried it after the annulment of June 12 1993 elections but the US & the west feigned interest but installed Chief Shonekan, a known British stooge from UAC/Unilever days. Not supporting the people with the right motive to get in leadership & not helping repatriate all that loot to build infrastructure are the only thing I blame current western governments for.
Real immersion in the culture and reality of street life. I could feel the influence of the policeman and was glad you complied and gave him his respect. By virtue of women not being afraid of the young men I can assume they are respectful, which is a good sign. I only wish our youth could be gainfully employed in a positive enterprise. Thanks for sharing this a piece of Nigeria.
thanks a lot for your comment Sir. yes this is a piece of Nigeria. Yes you are right about the girls. In fact the life under the bridge is kind of organized and peaceful. there could me more fight and disrespect, but they have to stay together, and the older boys understood that it is better in a brotherly atmposhere. for instance, when you saw the fight on the video , it was not technically a fight. the two boys receiving this " lesson" started fighting each other... then this is the way boys end up a fight here, they give both the fighter a good reason to stop and don 't start again.... i don t want to judge, this is just the way it is.... and it works, i mean, you better behave yourself, and don t do any wahala... it is not allowed here. Yes I also wish these boys could have better horizon, and opportunities..; this is what brought me here in fact.....on different projects with some guys from jelosimi art center, or Sobayo abolore art foundation.... thanks for your appreciation and for your understanding of what i try to create here.
I had no idea how bad life is in these cities until I watched your videos I am shocked and feel very bad that people have to live this way 😔 thank you for showing them 👏👍💜🇦🇺
These are merely homeless people. They're just a tiny percentage of the population Even America has homelessness problems. Stop sounding this is depravity like you've never seen.
@O.G Autistler ok how about $5 ?? Who is saying I have money ? Do you happen to know everything I have do done to help others ? And what about you then ?
Im still amazed at all the traffic on the streets between cars, buses, motorcycles and people walking. I could never drive a car there let alone the motorcycle. Also, keep uploading more videos! It is so wonderful to see Lagos as I would have never know what it looks or sounds like.
@@Ludo_Liu but but but NIGERIA is OIL EXPORTER. shame them to DONATE TO TIDY UP LAGOS. NO USE PICKING ON COLONIALISTS WE WERE FIGHTING WW1 and WW2. Otherwise GERMANY would CONTROL NIGERIA.
It's never 'wonderful' to witness abject poverty and human suffering. If all you got out of this video is a 'wonderful' view of Lagos, I feel very sorry for you.
Thank you for this great video LUSO LIU 2 - its really so sad to see so many unfortunate people who are so poor they don't even have a roof for themselves. God bless all these people ...
@@Ludo_Liu Really pity all these people but why all the men are so thin but most of the women are so fat - if they are so poor, maybe not much food to eat but yet they are so fat. Wish the government will help them clean up the place - YES its a slum but all over too much litre ... pity them to live in such bad conditions. God please bless them and especially the children ...
thanks so much, i wish i had my cameras while I travelled all the way down from sumatra, java and bali by land... your country is amazing brother, i love it !
Love your video. I felt like i was there. Riding with u thru the streets was scary . It was so packed and you had to move through such tight spaces. This humbles me. Thank you for your video. I am learning also
meu Amigo Ludo, o respeito nas relaçoes deve sempre se fazer presente; seus vídeos sao fortes, impactantes, reflexivos; e o que mais doi na alma é perceber os olhares sem esperança deste povo
My honest feeling under the bridge? Scary and sad to see my people suffering in such a rich oil country. Tells us a lot about why we should not follow woke identity and victim roles. We need to become aware that something is wrong with our mentality and community for treating our own brothers and sisters like that.
thank you very much for watching and sharing your feelings ! please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
thank you so much for your so warm comment, it is a big pleasure to read it ! please help them to become viral and share them on your social network :)
I see a lot of poverty and sadness but not one person is pissed off or upset at literally living in garbage. Every single person just jumps over it or walks around. Change your environment and change your life.
Am Kenyan and such videos should make us clamour for CHANGE! We cannot let our people continue wallowing in despair because some few greedy clueless guys at the top have no clearcut road map to make a nation where everyone prospers
Thank you very much for showing us these videos of all the many homeless youths/people!!!! So many of them must have dreams that they want to fulfill one day.... My prayers are with these people. ✨🙏✨
Excuse me!! Besides EDUCATION, you need PRAYERS also to open doors to get ahead.. It is due to up bringing, how they were raised by their parents, or without, broken homes, became homeless, raised out on the streets.... I'm a 💯% PLUS sure they do have dreams, big dreams to live and have a better life, better than you and I!!!!✨🙏✨
Not here to argue the point of what you are relating to no need for name calling, be respectful ""Karfo Machet."" It's an opinion that I'm sharing!! Whether or not they are scammers or losers, I just see what these kids can become and have a better LIFE!! I myself don't like what the next person does, but we just hope for a better life for them so they don't what they do.... ✨🙏✨
@@yvonneedayan-alejandro4607 so I see u have a bad view on human sexuality as to say the term masturbation is name calling , its just an act that all normal human beings do . once again the vile anti human nature of certain religions is exposed . delete all u can girl but u is only foolin your self
Hi Ludo, this was an excellent video. A silent documentary giving well-needed attention to the forgotten youth forced to find refuge in the heart of Africa's most vibrant economy. The frustration of the policeman was less about your helmet and more about his futile daily attempts to enforce law and order among his people who travel optimistically despite the dismal prospect of a better future. Good work bro!
thanks so much for being here again and taking time to comment. yeah I think you are right for this policeman. the task he can do is a small drop of water in the ocean of things that as to be done. Must be very frustrating. I wish you a great weekend ! hope to see you later today for the new upload !
The impart of the environment bustling with people seem to have lessened the past frustration of uncooperative attitudes...but some people will lose temper by offending each other in road rage instead of acknowledging giveway by mutual respect. All is well the police officer is geared up in innovative uniform.
Raw footage of Lagos. How you dey? Hope well well. No Rona Virus in Naija? I don't see one person wearing mask. I have been self quarantined 95% of my time so I'm loving these types of videos on CZcams and glad I stumbled upon your channel, you've gained a new follower with me. I have many African friends, most are Nigerian here in America and there in Nigeria but they don't share what you have, at all. Thank you for that. It feels like I am there. God bless and much love from Phoenix Arizona 🇺🇸
thanks so much, i am really glad you came across that video. I hope you will like the other you'll discover on the channel. i am very glad the immersive experience worked on you
Your street life coverage was done in a spectacular manner. It was immersive and felt as though I was actually walking with you. It seems like the oil wealth is not getting close enough to the street boys. Am I wrong to make such an assumption? I welcome corrections from any Nigerian reading this.
thanks a lot for watching, I m glad you took time to give a feedback. I think you can say this, yes... unfortunately. I wish you a great evening or day... cheers from lagos
Bonjour!!! I really enjoyed to watch CZcams video today. It was so blessing to you to show us about people under the bridge. We all hope to support people like this from around the world 🌍 See ya soon, Ludo Liu!!!! Adieu!!!
Wonderful to see you here once more ! Yeah we have to all take care of our brothers and sister and spread more humanity in the globe. thanks so much for being here !
Great video my friend...In chaos there is order, I like the fact that both parties got a few slaps, just as a reminder that fighting won't be tolerated.
thanks so much for coming round once more. yeah that s seems to be really harsh, but in fact these reaction maybe participate to the fact that the boys are mostly staying all together in peace. Don ' t fight, or you will for sure get punished...
I really don't know why a lot of people like flocking to Lagos, it's too crowded and dangerous! Go to other states, check our Ondo, Port Harcourt, Enugu,Oyo those states are far better to live in than Lagos, I don't ever wish to go to Lagos.
The only reason people are flocking to Lagos is pure and simple, Economy. Jobs, Jobs and jobs and diversity. Those other states you mentioned doesn't have anything close to that. Just like NYC,it's crowded but the whole wide world wants to come and live in it. Jobs, jobs and jobs. You have a chance to survive and make it in NYC than say a place like Kansas. Please no offense Kansas. That's just the way it is. You need job to survive no matter where you live or unless you want to be a government charge. Hope this helps.
no, African needs to get it's population increase under control but I can see it is already too late... I think Nigeria 33% unemployed ? and demographics that tell there will be lots more job seekers soon... this will be considered the "good time" in years to come... Africa = disaster
@@milesinnz They always blame the government for all their problems. Is it the government that tell you to have many wives and children? NO. I understand that the federal and state governments are very corrupt, but at the same time, you have to take responsibility for voting for them. When you sell your votes to politicians, this is what you get. I'm praying that the oil dries up fast because it's only the corrupt politicians that are benefiting from it. Nigeria is doomed.
@@milesinnz Since I was born Lagos has always been like that. I know that we have population issue but not as you are making it to look. We also have a mortality issue as well. Nigerian population is way below that 200 million wrong statistic that is being peddled online. That counter for population of Nigeria is completely wrong. Outside of Lagos and few cities you would be surprised to see low population. The problem with Nigeria is leadership and corruption. Despite that the tradition of having many children is also a contributory factor. Not everybody has many children or willing to have many children as you might want to believe. I hope that makes sense.
@@youme1414 I hope you are right and things might change for good soon. I think there is always hope. Nigeria is such an interesting place with many cultures, it deserves so much better.
Glad you enjoyed it! thank you very much for your warm comment regarding the video! please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
Kenya faced the same challenges a couple of years ago and the authorities opted to demolish illegal structures along the railway fenced off the whole railway line from encroachment and unwarranted crossings
I like the way you are close up and then zoom out. This film is very good. I felt depressed. The Oshodi Interchange is a relatively new piece of infrastructure, yet within one year. The dysfunction that characterises Nigeria has spread over it like mould. People setting up their stalls on or close to the railtracks, creating an unnecessary element of danger and delaying the train. Don't people appreciate order, hygiene and efficiency? It makes me think we can build all the elaborate infrastructure structure we want. It will be misused and abused and will become a haven of criminality. All those people sitting or lying down on the tracks and the piles of rubbish left me with the impression that development in Nigeria is superficial. The people either don't know or don't want to know how to run and operate in an orderly, hygienic, efficient manner.
Mr. Liu: 1 personally applaud your efforts & courage to upload this video. Usually, people get killed in any attempt to photograph not to talk about recording in such inhospitable & hostile environment. Did you have to settle the big boys for the opportunity to get so close & personal. I'm also sure you have developed your modus operandi dealing with the ever-hungry local policemen on our highway. Evidently, this video has become one of my top favorites. Finally, I didn't forget to smash the Like button 😁 Take care & continue to stay safe bro 🙏
Peut-être que je suis trop blanc et trop européen pour comprendre de tels enregistrements !Ça fait mal de voir qu'après 60 ans d'indépendance supposée, il n'y a eu aucun développement général. La haute technologie chinoise rencontre une incompréhension totale et une élite corrompue incompétente. Combien de générations faut-il pour qu'un changement dans l'intérêt de tous les Africains se produise... un gouffre sans fond. développement
Street vehicle chaos is alive and well in isolated parts of the USA. I'm in Hannibal, Missouri by the Mississippi River. The houses were built high up in steep hills. I'm in a neighborhood of small one and two bedroom houses that were built in the 1920's. Only four on my street had lots capable of having a driveway. It's not possible to have any sidewalks. This means acutely steep narrow streets, with cars and motorcycles on both sides, and pedestrians walking on the streets. During the shut down, when everyone was at home, it was almost impossible to navigate. Downtown Hannibal is another area that can be difficult to navigate. In Hannibal, residential is to avoid the river floods, by being in the hills. I assume there is a reason for the chaos in areas of Nigeria. It just can't be changed and had to be. Nigerians are in St. Louis, Missouri. They're people of the river now too.
thanks a lot for sharing your experience and your thought ! i really appreciate ! please feel free to share this video in Missouri, that would help a lot !
thanks a lot for being here Lawrence ! It was a real struggle to put that video online. the edition encoding crashed twice after more than 10 hours encoding both time... then CZcams took hours to start processing this video, i had to upload it twice. Hopefully it will be a nice video.
I have walked this path several times. I have made contacts with few on few occasions. The last guy I spoke with, I randomly told him that I've been walking this place for a while that this is my first time seeing him. I spoke as if I know literally everyone of them. But his answers baffled me. "I just moved in, he said." Of course he reached to me for money which I gave him with the intention to see him again and talk with him. Their face ain't that bright but I bet their heart may be for some of them. I came here because of a personal project I'm undertaking. I hope to find something that will help me.
i am still going their, it has change a lot, many of the boys here have been replaced by other, but the problem remains the same. hope you undertook your project with success. thank for watching
It’s incredibly sad.so much potential. They just waste away with nothing to do, no where to go and you know there are smart, creative talented young men , women and youth there. Hundreds of them.
The part of this journey that I thoroughly enjoyed was the ride through the local community and open air markets. Although I don't understand why you were detained. The panoramic aerial views gave me a sense of the enormous scope of activity happening above and below the bridge. The constant traffic flow of cars and trucks, movement of people, the boys clearing the train tracks for oncoming trains and then returning to the train tracks, playing card games and checkers, and railway vendors was fascinating. It was painful and disturbing for me to see boys sleeping on the train tracks, attacking each other and smoking. Questions ran through my mind? How can this be? Where are their parents? What are the citizens of Lagos that have the resources: political, social, economical and financial doing to help these homeless children, young adults and families? It amazed me that most of the people seemed like they didn't notice you were there and didn't mind you filming them. Ludo, you show me the good, the bad and the ugly. You go where most CZcams vloggers dare to tread. That is why you are my favorite CZcams travel vlogger! Last February you premiered "Share Love through Art: A valentine's day with the street kids of Oshodi - Lagos NIGERIA". In a caption you stated that the full documentary would premiere in March. I was looking forward to watching it, but I did not receive notification. Is it still available?
Hi bro ! there are so many things to answer here, I'll try not to forget anything. first as usual thanks a lot for that comment. About the boys, yeah I said there will be a doc in march, when i premiered that short video that almost nobody checked. I still want to do it, i finally postponed it... for the good i hope. Yeah, the boys all know i am filming them, they don ' t mind cause we spend many hours together under the bridge, sharing trying to develop some things, some skills,... eventually a better future.... we share some time with some other occasion to shoot, some activities ... then all these moments you just saw are just some off moments in between some activities, before eating.... etc.... that s why it is kind of natural, i am just here like any other dude on the train tracks since few hours... since several days....sharing time and eventually trying to help with my good friend and big Oga Sobayo Abolore. Many of the young boys here are from Lagos states, Ogun states Ibadan, Abeokuta, Oshogbo....and sometimes more far, they have so many different background, some have no family remaining, some have families that cannot feed them, so they had to try their chance and ended up here, some had to escape from difficult family situations...the backgrounds are very different but they all lead to the same conclusion, the struggle here under the bridge. I also love Oshodi, markets colourful, busy, alive and as you mentioned in some cases, very harsh and disturbing...Sobayo was born here, grown here, and we spent a lot of time there together since many years... That s one of my favourite place in lagos . The policeman stopped me, cause i was with a friend of mine a volunteers from jelosimi art center... we were both going under the bridge, then i gave him a lift of few hundred meters but he did not have a helmet. Just before to stop me the policeman was followed buy to guys, trying to beg him for another purpose (you can see it on the video) , then when he saw me and my friend, he just turned up, and start running after the bike asking me to stop ... Thanks once more for your support ! I wish you a great evening !
@@Ludo_Liu Thank you for your detailed explanation. I appreciate your reply because it expands my understanding of how so many Lagos children are homeless. I also appreciate you for working in partnership to mentor some of the boys. May God bless you with a wonderful weekend.
@@Ludo_Liu In San Antonio we have mentoring programs where we meet our preselected mentees at a predetermined location in a predefined environment which is somewhat effective. But what you are doing is more effective by taking mentoring to the streets so that it is not limited to just a chosen few.
Everybody wants to live in Lagos, Abuja and other big cities. Most of these people have houses in their villages. Yet they prefer to be here simply because it is Lagos.
life in the village was not easy, or even very dangerous for many of these kids. that s why the came to Lagos, dreaming about a better future...that s true that finally they found a bigger struggle here
6:00 !!!! What is a Dutch company doing in Lagos?! That driver must be so lost. Drove all the way to Lagos instead of Urk, I guess it is just easier to find.
A Dutch West India company brought the 1st African slaves through the Americas in 1619 before slavery was adopted as an economical advantage by europeans. What do mean what is a Dutch Co doing in Lagos!
This is very interesting and exciting! How were you able to get this close to this guys? I was so scared for you just watching it. Thanks for the information. Do you have any video of Egbeda?
I kind of visit them often, that s why i could stay and shoot . yeah i have some footage of egbeda, inside a long ride i did from Oshodi to badagry. you can find this 2 hours drive inside the channel
What I noticed that They aren't Violent like here in America everyone gets along and you don't see Road Rage and just street fights I know it's crime there but that's mostly to survive
What is it exactly you want the world to see? And after the world has seen it, what do you expect the world think? And whatever or however you expect the world to do or think, how would this make you feel?
Nigeria is a confused country...the Nigerian government revenue comes from oil and gas but, Oil represents little overall in the national gdp ....that tells u the Oil money is looted by government officials,their families and other thieves ...oil is being a cursed cancer ♋️ for Nigeria 🇳🇬
Largest city in the world. Where are you getting that speculative evidence from? Lagos is not even larger than Cairo in Egypt not to talk of megacities in Asia despite all the overexaggerated constructions .
@@youme1414 Nigeria’s population will surpass the US and legos will be a mega city(it’s already or of the biggest city in Africa) ...things will get worse not only for Nigeria but,many African countries including my own country ....they’re not balancing development & population growth.....
Ty for showing us, is very interresting to see how other countries lives. Is crazy how many people walking in trafic, you must have a lot of accindent. Is sad to see so much homeless young people, sleeping on the trainstation on the tracks, that is sick.
thank you very much for your warm comment regarding the video! please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
I am a subscriber. Your videos are excellent. I have a question. In your videos, you see so many pedestrians, as well as others traveling by bus, cab, or personal motorized vehicle. Generally speaking, where are all of these people traveling to and from? These can't all be people out "shopping", can they?
I grew up in Lagos...but now I am a bit puzzled..do these men live there(under the bridge) and if so where do they get there food and money from..they don't seem to be doing much of anything.
30 percent of all the riches in Nigeria is at lagos the city is overpopulated over 24 million people living on an area of 3,500 square kilometers.i love lagos all the rich nigborhood are indigenous nigerians
I come back to watch this video again. I am sorry for the arguments and heated discussion I have with some people in the comment section. Thank you very much, sir.
He stops him for not having extra helmet for his passenger at the back of the seat. The law enforcer seems to be a bit of a grouch - that is because of the tough nature of the city. It makes people to be tough and rude.
I now understand why the city and country is the way it is. When you have a president who bans Twitter in the whole country because they deleted one tweet of his, this situation makes sense.
Honestly Mr ludo, you must have a very fat insurance cover to do this.. Is very educational and informative I must say, Sad however, to see young able Nigerians wasting away like this in a country where common snakes can easily feed on billion of tender legal currency. Mr Ludo, its also gose to say what u're doing is equally very dangerous and psychologically draining seeing innocent kids living like this must be heart broken. Many thanks for the awareness and hope you are taking every possible care in what you are doing 👍 Weldone and carry on the good job.
thank you very much for that comment. I did not end up here without knowing the place. I wouldn' t have been able to shoot, or i would end up in a difficult situation. I have the trust and friendship of these boys and young adults whom i spend a lot of time with. Yes it is indeed very sad to see some life wasted from a so early age. Just hopping to see as more as possible of this kids outside of here as soon as possible
Excellent content. I have shared it with many people. I will like you to do me a favor, can you send this video to the Lagos State Governor's office? You did a great job and thanks for caring.
Why would he send it to Lagos state government? That is not his duty. They don't even care about that place in the first place. All they care about is the money coming out of that place.
Thousands and thousands of people doing nothing. They could start by cleaning up. I think that would be the first step into a good life. Maybe give them some purpose.
That is true, most especially, in Lagos. People keep streaming into the city for greener pasture without getting the greener pasture and end up in squalor conditions.
I'm wondering if your granddad remembers, from old Colonial times, the clean smooth paved roads, with traffic lights and signs, pavements and pedestrian crossings?
What about the grandad (maybe yours maybe mine ) who rapped, enslaved... and what about the actual grand son who is still enslaving in his neocolonial way ? this kind of comment make me loose faith into humanity....
![[4k] OSHODI MARKETS: Walking Through One of Lagos Largest and Most Vibrant Markets](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uw5JdMFuf8g/mqdefault.jpg)
Every once in a while someone will post photos of these upper middle class expensive homes in up scale neighborhoods and say this is what they don't show you about Nigeria. They get mad when I point out that's its less than .05 % that can afford to live like that.
that s true that the web and youtube are full of these mansion, and millions dollars houses... but these are for 0.2 percent of the population...
People are delusional.
It is amazing modern infrastructure in the beginning. But It was crowded and unsafe.
Thank you, I always says the same and I always get shit for it. But guess what we will keep on saying the truths.
Because of pride.
These pricks travel to other countries to scam and to promote how great Nigeria is, but get offended when others tell the truth.
All those plastic bags on the tracks. In some countries if you collect trash you are rewarded. Now is the time to introduce this idea to Nigeria. Great footage.
thanks so much, I also think some investment and action could be done in the recycle field
Where are you going to recycle them? 80 to 90% of those plastics cannot be recycled in Nigeria.
Another good thing the governor of Lagos could do is to round them up, give them a job to clean the area and give them some training to be able to contribute to the society. This will create employment for these youths and less crime instead of just throwing them out. This will be a win win situation for everyone. Evicting them from the dangerous train tracks is good, but they are not going to just disappear. They will move to another place maybe a residential area and that will be a disaster. These kids are still young and some of them could still be saved.
i agree on everything written here. Thanks for the wise comment !
Please stop this PR lies. No one cares for them. The raid them at times, label them criminals and lock them in prisons without trial. Ones who can afford to bribe, pay and get released.
Singaporean laws needed worldwide.
You are so correct
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Biden cannot give me $100 to take that death jab, or take the up your nose death test. Karen just put some green liquid all over my front door, blowing in poisons, and we are being watched 24/7. It is all lies folks to kill us, and to use those, who look like us to kill us, and those who do not look like us, are wearing theatrical masks to do drive byes etc. They are knocking on doors pretending to be the police and wellness check This is a world-wide genocide to kill all of the 99%, but God has warned us, and God is dealing with them big time. I am in my 79th year, and have donated my body, but people better wake up.
Check out the fake US Marshal phone scams.
Give the people $2K per month retro from Jan. 2020! Teach them to work online from home, so they can earn an income. Decent people want to work, and not have everything going up, when we have nothing.
@@ekeneo1252 shut up
Why are people & food on train tracks?!
It's really amazing to see how peaceful the youth co-exist under the bridge considering the hardship. May God see them through in life...
thanks a lot for this warm comment !
yes they better try to coexist peacefully to make it together...they have a very bad reputations, the area as a very bad reputation, but in fact when you get there you can see that these humans being are your brothers and sisters, just trying to "make it...".
please share that video on your social network to help it to travel around the globe... Sharing on facebook, what's app, reddit, to your friends, family, colleagues...
thanks so much for being here to read that comment ! hope you "enjoyed" that immersion inside the life of Lagos, under the oshodi bridge.
I hope to meet you in the comment section
TAKE CARE
your work is very good 👏👏👏👏🙏🙏
@@lillianeandreade5642 thanks a lot
I wait for the premieres Because l know it is good Greetings from South America and stay safe
It was certainly unique experience. Terminal and bridge as a signs of development but sadly thousands of people does not benefit from it. Thank you for making these videos and showing different aspects of Lagos.
thanks so much for your appreciation of these ! without an audience, these videos are meaningless !
please feel free to share !
Beautiful, world-class, 'silent' reportage. I hope some academics stumble upon your footage and attribute it as a serious valuable sociological record of Lagos - it's impeccable. The resourcefulness of the guys playing chequers at 27:28 with soda-bottle caps is mind-blowing. Lots more, please!
thanks so much, i am speechless. I really appreciate such a warm comment !
yeah hopefully one day when they will study the past when there were zero population control
@@shinwuka9178 it is not about population control. There is a lot to do in Africa and a lot of lands waiting but the outside povers do not want africans to be independent. Read history, what colonal powers did to hold people without knowledge and in powerty. But nobody want to leave minerals and gold and oil and the cheapest labour that is in Africa. Because of that the foreign powers cause conflicts on the continent. Africa can never gå forvard in a cains of loans that go to corrupted leaders pockets.
I am truly impressed by the impeccable expression on this channel for harnessing the seriousness of this plight our people are going through on a daily basis. Good media coverage on real social issues in Lagos state.
@@Flower-ck2bs I’m 🇺🇸of Nigerian descent it is partly about a serious lack of population policy and urban planning as it is about successively corrupt, looting empty brains in power. Some men have 4 wives with each wife hoping for the max number of kids regardless of their economic conditions! That is crazy!Yes the colonial history is why it was easy to have the empty brained ones installed to favor the plundering of the resources but a 62 year old cannot continue to blame all the ills in their lives to bad circumstances of birth not when $trillions of oil revenue lie in private bank accounts. Until people tell themselves the truth about themselves they won’t get it right. Look at the top 3 candidates up for election, all including the one most preferred are very corrupt. Yes colonialism enabled & still allows the west not to seize the loot of the irredeemably selfish & corrupt band of looters pretending to be leaders in Nigeria. Then they blame the masses for migrating to the west, help us seize their assets & return the loot to an accountable group and see if the people will not manage their resources better. The only things I blame the west for at this point is accommodating stolen $ meant to develop this country. Jefferson is in jail, Atiku is co testing to be Nigeria’s president and they were both implicated in the same crime. Go figure the complicity of the current western governments, not the people who are also struggling with selfish politicians.
Why can 10 to 30 million in a country of 200million not rise up in mass protests against the looting class? How many soldiers & cops do they have? How elastic is their suffering? It’s true those nice places are less than 0.08% of the people abd they have poor maids, drivers, servants etc. why can’t they rise up against their oppressors? We tried it after the annulment of June 12 1993 elections but the US & the west feigned interest but installed Chief Shonekan, a known British stooge from UAC/Unilever days. Not supporting the people with the right motive to get in leadership & not helping repatriate all that loot to build infrastructure are the only thing I blame current western governments for.
Real immersion in the culture and reality of street life. I could feel the influence of the policeman and was glad you complied and gave him his respect.
By virtue of women not being afraid of the young men I can assume they are respectful, which is a good sign.
I only wish our youth could be gainfully employed in a positive enterprise. Thanks for sharing this a piece of Nigeria.
thanks a lot for your comment Sir. yes this is a piece of Nigeria.
Yes you are right about the girls. In fact the life under the bridge is kind of organized and peaceful. there could me more fight and disrespect, but they have to stay together, and the older boys understood that it is better in a brotherly atmposhere.
for instance, when you saw the fight on the video , it was not technically a fight. the two boys receiving this " lesson" started fighting each other... then this is the way boys end up a fight here, they give both the fighter a good reason to stop and don 't start again.... i don t want to judge, this is just the way it is.... and it works, i mean, you better behave yourself, and don t do any wahala... it is not allowed here.
Yes I also wish these boys could have better horizon, and opportunities..; this is what brought me here in fact.....on different projects with some guys from jelosimi art center, or Sobayo abolore art foundation....
thanks for your appreciation and for your understanding of what i try to create here.
@@Ludo_Liu We give thanks to the Almighty God, the author of life. May he bless you in your work.
I had no idea how bad life is in these cities until I watched your videos I am shocked and feel very bad that people have to live this way 😔 thank you for showing them 👏👍💜🇦🇺
thanksa lot for taking time to watch these !
I wish you a great day !
Thanks for your support Jan
@@Ludo_Liu Hope you xmas was a happy one 🎄💜
These are merely homeless people.
They're just a tiny percentage of the population
Even America has homelessness problems.
Stop sounding this is depravity like you've never seen.
@O.G Autistler ok how about $5 ?? Who is saying I have money ? Do you happen to know everything I have do done to help others ? And what about you then ?
@@preciouschinelotamnwaiwu7016 you are simple minded to make that comment !!
Buhari must be proud of his 8 years of administration. Next level fully implemented.
thanks a lot for watching this video and sharing your feelings here
I really appreciate
This video content is amazing, hitting the right angles…. It deserves an award 🥇 subscribed 💯💪🏾
Awesome! Thank you for coming around my dear !
i really appreciate !I wish you a great day ahead !
Wow cómo pueden vivir asi
luv it....visited 2000, would enjoy to come back...ur ancestor....naitive born Georgian...atl
thank you so much for your support !
Im still amazed at all the traffic on the streets between cars, buses, motorcycles and people walking. I could never drive a car there let alone the motorcycle. Also, keep uploading more videos! It is so wonderful to see Lagos as I would have never know what it looks or sounds like.
thank you so much for your comment, i will try to keep the videos coming regularly
@@Ludo_Liu but but but NIGERIA is OIL EXPORTER.
shame them to DONATE TO TIDY UP LAGOS.
NO USE PICKING ON COLONIALISTS WE WERE FIGHTING WW1 and WW2.
Otherwise GERMANY would CONTROL NIGERIA.
It's never 'wonderful' to witness abject poverty and human suffering. If all you got out of this video is a 'wonderful' view of Lagos, I feel very sorry for you.
Keep showing how beautiful naija is🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬😁😁🤩🤩
@@Ludo_Liu Yeah it was😁and I already shared it with my friends.
@@uyilol4557 thanks so much !!!
hahahahaha...Beautiful? Are you crazy?
No I am not🤩🇳🇬👌🏿
@@uyilol4557 ...If you think that place is beautiful then yeah you are.
Nigerians will soon get use to this type of infrastructure
This is not the whole of Nigeria, this is Lagos. There are 36 states in Nigeria Mr Man. Other states are not like this
Thank you for this great video LUSO LIU 2 - its really so sad to see so many unfortunate people who are so poor they don't even have a roof for themselves. God bless all these people ...
So sad indeed...
thanks a lot for watching !
@@Ludo_Liu Really pity all these people but why all the men are so thin but most of the women are so fat - if they are so poor, maybe not much food to eat but yet they are so fat. Wish the government will help them clean up the place - YES its a slum but all over too much litre ... pity them to live in such bad conditions. God please bless them and especially the children ...
I love your motovlog tour, thanks for sharing, really interesting..regard from 🇮🇩
thanks so much, i wish i had my cameras while I travelled all the way down from sumatra, java and bali by land...
your country is amazing brother, i love it !
Love your video. I felt like i was there. Riding with u thru the streets was scary . It was so packed and you had to move through such tight spaces. This humbles me. Thank you for your video. I am learning also
Glad you enjoyed the video !!
i wish you a great day
Very good to show the little ones, and the poorers life ...
meu Amigo Ludo, o respeito nas relaçoes deve sempre se fazer presente; seus vídeos sao fortes, impactantes, reflexivos; e o que mais doi na alma é perceber os olhares sem esperança deste povo
muito obrigado pelo seu comentário caloroso sobre esses vídeos!
Rich Naijas PSE help these people give them jobs at farms, cleaning the streets. God Bless All the suffering ND destitute people children worldwide
My honest feeling under the bridge? Scary and sad to see my people suffering in such a rich oil country. Tells us a lot about why we should not follow woke identity and victim roles. We need to become aware that something is wrong with our mentality and community for treating our own brothers and sisters like that.
thank you very much for watching and sharing your feelings !
please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
Wow thanks for showcasing naija 🔥🔥🙌🏾your video are contagious 👌🏽 all way from SA🇿🇦
thank you so much for your so warm comment, it is a big pleasure to read it !
please help them to become viral and share them on your social network :)
a picture worth thousand words
a silent video worth a billion words
great
thanks a lot my dear for this warm comment ! i really do appreciate a lot
Fantastic video. I wish it was more than 30 minutes
Glad you enjoyed it! it was 40 minutes i think... however, i will for sure bring you again there, cause i spend a lot of time here with the boyz
This video is awesome. The graphics too is super
Glad you think so! thanks a lot simon
I see a lot of poverty and sadness but not one person is pissed off or upset at literally living in garbage. Every single person just jumps over it or walks around. Change your environment and change your life.
thanks a lot for watching and sharing your feelings
Thanks for showing us home it makes me appreciate the comfort I have here in the UK 🇬🇧
thank you very much for watching, without you these videos would be meanigless
Am Kenyan and such videos should make us clamour for CHANGE! We cannot let our people continue wallowing in despair because some few greedy clueless guys at the top have no clearcut road map to make a nation where everyone prospers
@@jessenopiyoadory8031 Sowore came with some ideals on how to change things for better but even the citizen did not even give him a chance
@@jessenopiyoadory8031 Those corrupt Nigerian politicians have destroyed Nigeria.
@@tyy5557 Not only in Nigeria, I see similar situations playing here in my country Kenya and most other Sub Saharan African countries
Thank you very much for showing us these videos of all the many homeless youths/people!!!!
So many of them must have dreams that they want to fulfill one day....
My prayers are with these people. ✨🙏✨
thanks once more time for your very warm comment Yvonne !
i really appreciate a lot
these people need education not prayers so they can move ahead . no to fat cat preachers and the fools that allow them to scam the poor
Excuse me!! Besides EDUCATION, you need PRAYERS also to open doors to get ahead..
It is due to up bringing, how they were raised by their parents, or without, broken homes, became homeless, raised out on the streets.... I'm a 💯% PLUS sure they do have dreams, big dreams to live and have a better life, better than you and I!!!!✨🙏✨
Not here to argue the point of what you are relating to no need for name calling, be respectful ""Karfo Machet.""
It's an opinion that I'm sharing!!
Whether or not they are scammers or losers, I just see what these kids can become and have a better LIFE!!
I myself don't like what the next person does, but we just hope for a better life for them so they don't what they do.... ✨🙏✨
@@yvonneedayan-alejandro4607 so I see u have a bad view on human sexuality as to say the term masturbation is name calling , its just an act that all normal human beings do . once again the vile anti human nature of certain religions is exposed . delete all u can girl but u is only foolin your self
A well done documentary on the daily grind of the majority of people in Nigeria.
I felt home sick and came here. You just saved me a flight ticket. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
where should i send the bill ? :)
Hi Ludo, this was an excellent video. A silent documentary giving well-needed attention to the forgotten youth forced to find refuge in the heart of Africa's most vibrant economy. The frustration of the policeman was less about your helmet and more about his futile daily attempts to enforce law and order among his people who travel optimistically despite the dismal prospect of a better future. Good work bro!
thanks so much for being here again and taking time to comment. yeah I think you are right for this policeman. the task he can do is a small drop of water in the ocean of things that as to be done. Must be very frustrating. I wish you a great weekend ! hope to see you later today for the new upload !
The impart of the environment bustling with people seem to have lessened the past frustration of uncooperative attitudes...but some people will lose temper by offending each other in road rage instead of acknowledging giveway by mutual respect. All is well the police officer is geared up in innovative uniform.
Raw footage of Lagos. How you dey? Hope well well. No Rona Virus in Naija? I don't see one person wearing mask. I have been self quarantined 95% of my time so I'm loving these types of videos on CZcams and glad I stumbled upon your channel, you've gained a new follower with me.
I have many African friends, most are Nigerian here in America and there in Nigeria but they don't share what you have, at all. Thank you for that. It feels like I am there. God bless and much love from Phoenix Arizona 🇺🇸
thanks so much, i am really glad you came across that video.
I hope you will like the other you'll discover on the channel.
i am very glad the immersive experience worked on you
Your street life coverage was done in a spectacular manner.
It was immersive and felt as though I was actually walking with you.
It seems like the oil wealth is not getting close enough to the street boys.
Am I wrong to make such an assumption? I welcome corrections from any Nigerian reading this.
thanks a lot for watching, I m glad you took time to give a feedback.
I think you can say this, yes... unfortunately.
I wish you a great evening or day...
cheers from lagos
Some of them are talented. they can help them explore whatever talents they have.
this is what we are trying to do under the bridge with Sobayo Abolore, and his foundation..giving them a better future
Bonjour!!!
I really enjoyed to watch CZcams video today. It was so blessing to you to show us about people under the bridge.
We all hope to support people like this from around the world 🌍
See ya soon, Ludo Liu!!!! Adieu!!!
Wonderful to see you here once more !
Yeah we have to all take care of our brothers and sister and spread more humanity in the globe.
thanks so much for being here !
Very impressive Mr Ludo. Thank you so much for showing us. God bless you
You are very welcome my dear friend!Once more i am glad to belong to such a nice supportive family !
thanks so much for that
@@Ludo_Liu you're welcome
@@adesuwagold7601 i wish you a great day !!!!
Great video my friend...In chaos there is order, I like the fact that both parties got a few slaps, just as a reminder that fighting won't be tolerated.
thanks so much for coming round once more.
yeah that s seems to be really harsh, but in fact these reaction maybe participate to the fact that the boys are mostly staying all together in peace. Don ' t fight, or you will for sure get punished...
@@Ludo_Liu never left bro I have waited and watched all some I have watched twice
Impressive journalistic work, the truth nothing else. Thank You ludo liu, regards from Germany
Many thanks sir, your comment is so touching, really !
Very immersive and I truly enjoyed it. Thanks Ludo Liu!
I really don't know why a lot of people like flocking to Lagos, it's too crowded and dangerous! Go to other states, check our Ondo, Port Harcourt, Enugu,Oyo those states are far better to live in than Lagos, I don't ever wish to go to Lagos.
that s true that decentralization would be benefiting to the country
The only reason people are flocking to Lagos is pure and simple, Economy. Jobs, Jobs and jobs and diversity. Those other states you mentioned doesn't have anything close to that.
Just like NYC,it's crowded but the whole wide world wants to come and live in it. Jobs, jobs and jobs. You have a chance to survive and make it in NYC than say a place like Kansas. Please no offense Kansas. That's just the way it is. You need job to survive no matter where you live or unless you want to be a government charge. Hope this helps.
@@taiwoidowu2854 I get your point though, but i would pick any of those states over Lagos any day any time.
Abuja exists for the middle class it seems.
@@taiwoidowu2854 It's easier to Hustle in places like those and not illegally but legal as well
Lagos state deserves to have a special status with adequate funding from the central purse to help improve the infrastructure. It is home to all.
thanks a lot for watching and taking time to share your feelings !
no, African needs to get it's population increase under control but I can see it is already too late... I think Nigeria 33% unemployed ? and demographics that tell there will be lots more job seekers soon... this will be considered the "good time" in years to come... Africa = disaster
@@milesinnz They always blame the government for all their problems. Is it the government that tell you to have many wives and children? NO. I understand that the federal and state governments are very corrupt, but at the same time, you have to take responsibility for voting for them. When you sell your votes to politicians, this is what you get. I'm praying that the oil dries up fast because it's only the corrupt politicians that are benefiting from it. Nigeria is doomed.
@@milesinnz Since I was born Lagos has always been like that. I know that we have population issue but not as you are making it to look. We also have a mortality issue as well.
Nigerian population is way below that 200 million wrong statistic that is being peddled online. That counter for population of Nigeria is completely wrong.
Outside of Lagos and few cities you would be surprised to see low population.
The problem with Nigeria is leadership and corruption. Despite that the tradition of having many children is also a contributory factor. Not everybody has many children or willing to have many children as you might want to believe.
I hope that makes sense.
@@youme1414 I hope you are right and things might change for good soon. I think there is always hope. Nigeria is such an interesting place with many cultures, it deserves so much better.
Love the footage! This is incredible. Very up close with the everyday life, I enjoyed it very much. Super clear!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! thank you very much for your warm comment regarding the video!
please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
Your videos are fantastic. Just seeing my old stomping grounds brings back some good memories. Keep up the good work.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Glad you like them! please feel free to share on your social network to help these videos to travel even more !
They need to put fences on sides of train tracks
Exactly. The sad reality is that they will destroy the fences.
They are already doing so, I saw it last week.
It won’t work
Kenya faced the same challenges a couple of years ago and the authorities opted to demolish illegal structures along the railway fenced off the whole railway line from encroachment and unwarranted crossings
@@dilliejester8768 wonderful.
I really like the lively Nigerian streets. Your videos are so realistic that they are the best. Please keep showing Nigeria's cool side!
Thank you so much 🤗 i am glad you enjoy these videos.
please feel free to share them on your social network
Many Nigerians have large families, this is one of the results of having too many kids in an economy that cannot provide for them.
I disagree in one fact here : the economy can provide for twice the population of Nigeria
@@Ludo_Liu What did you see in the video that pointed towards job availability, housing availability or health and education availability?
Great footage I worked for 4 years in Lagos went onto the streets of Lagos with my camera had some interesting times
Thanks for sharing your experience !
Don't you miss Lagos ?
I would love to return
This is a great video , I never knew all that went on it’s like a city in its self
I like the way you are close up and then zoom out.
This film is very good. I felt depressed. The Oshodi Interchange is a relatively new piece of infrastructure, yet within one year. The dysfunction that characterises Nigeria has spread over it like mould.
People setting up their stalls on or close to the railtracks, creating an unnecessary element of danger and delaying the train. Don't people appreciate order, hygiene and efficiency? It makes me think we can build all the elaborate infrastructure structure we want. It will be misused and abused and will become a haven of criminality.
All those people sitting or lying down on the tracks and the piles of rubbish left me with the impression that development in Nigeria is superficial.
The people either don't know or don't want to know how to run and operate in an orderly, hygienic, efficient manner.
Nigeria has no immigration control
Mr. Liu: 1 personally applaud your efforts & courage to upload this video. Usually, people get killed in any attempt to photograph not to talk about recording in such inhospitable & hostile environment. Did you have to settle the big boys for the opportunity to get so close & personal. I'm also sure you have developed your modus operandi dealing with the ever-hungry local policemen on our highway.
Evidently, this video has become one of my top favorites. Finally, I didn't forget to smash the Like button 😁
Take care & continue to stay safe bro 🙏
Peut-être que je suis trop blanc et trop européen pour comprendre de tels enregistrements !Ça fait mal de voir qu'après 60 ans d'indépendance supposée, il n'y a eu aucun développement général. La haute technologie chinoise rencontre une incompréhension totale et une élite corrompue incompétente. Combien de générations faut-il pour qu'un changement dans l'intérêt de tous les Africains se produise... un gouffre sans fond. développement
Actually to howl ..... Africa could be so beautiful, the wealth is enough for everyone, not just for the corrupt establishment.
The problem cannot be solved if the government does not use strong means to expel them. The quality of these vendors is very bad.
Big City. watching from PH
Port Harcourt ?
I’m in about 10 minutes watching this video and yet to see the new buildings you were telling us
thanks a lot for watching
Street vehicle chaos is alive and well in isolated parts of the USA. I'm in Hannibal, Missouri by the Mississippi River. The houses were built high up in steep hills. I'm in a neighborhood of small one and two bedroom houses that were built in the 1920's. Only four on my street had lots capable of having a driveway. It's not possible to have any sidewalks. This means acutely steep narrow streets, with cars and motorcycles on both sides, and pedestrians walking on the streets. During the shut down, when everyone was at home, it was almost impossible to navigate. Downtown Hannibal is another area that can be difficult to navigate.
In Hannibal, residential is to avoid the river floods, by being in the hills. I assume there is a reason for the chaos in areas of Nigeria. It just can't be changed and had to be.
Nigerians are in St. Louis, Missouri. They're people of the river now too.
thanks a lot for sharing your experience and your thought !
i really appreciate !
please feel free to share this video in Missouri, that would help a lot !
Olá Ludo Liu no aguardo para mais um bom vídeo parabéns pelo trabalho um abraço Jundiaí sp Brazil
Ola Arnaldo !!! multo obrigado !
I am so happy to see your support !
thanks so much
Well done Son for ur HONEST EXPOSE about the situation in Nigeria.
Especially LAGOS that's generating HUGE AMOUNTS of INCOME from the masses.
thanks so much for your understanding of that video !
Love your videos. Thank you so much for putting in the effort to make them and to show me a part of the world that I’m unable to experience!
Glad you like them! where are you watching from ?
@@Ludo_Liu USA
It’s about time to watch show soon!
thanks a lot for being here Lawrence ! It was a real struggle to put that video online. the edition encoding crashed twice after more than 10 hours encoding both time...
then CZcams took hours to start processing this video, i had to upload it twice. Hopefully it will be a nice video.
@@Ludo_Liu They are all fascinating watching, thanks from the UK.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it !!! welcome on the channel ! hope you will like what you'll find here !
I have walked this path several times. I have made contacts with few on few occasions. The last guy I spoke with, I randomly told him that I've been walking this place for a while that this is my first time seeing him. I spoke as if I know literally everyone of them. But his answers baffled me. "I just moved in, he said." Of course he reached to me for money which I gave him with the intention to see him again and talk with him. Their face ain't that bright but I bet their heart may be for some of them.
I came here because of a personal project I'm undertaking. I hope to find something that will help me.
i am still going their, it has change a lot, many of the boys here have been replaced by other, but the problem remains the same.
hope you undertook your project with success.
thank for watching
It’s incredibly sad.so much potential. They just waste away with nothing to do, no where to go and you know there are smart, creative talented young men , women and youth there. Hundreds of them.
Thanks a lot for watching and taking time to write a comment
Realmente fantásticos o movimento do povo 😬😬🇧🇷🇧🇷
thanks so muchhhhh
thanks a lot for watching and taking time to give a comment, i really appreciate !
Que movimento se eles não se movimenta nem para limpar o local a onde fica !
The part of this journey that I thoroughly enjoyed was the ride through the local community and open air markets. Although I don't understand why you were detained. The panoramic aerial views gave me a sense of the enormous scope of activity happening above and below the bridge. The constant traffic flow of cars and trucks, movement of people, the boys clearing the train tracks for oncoming trains and then returning to the train tracks, playing card games and checkers, and railway vendors was fascinating. It was painful and disturbing for me to see boys sleeping on the train tracks, attacking each other and smoking. Questions ran through my mind? How can this be? Where are their parents? What are the citizens of Lagos that have the resources: political, social, economical and financial doing to help these homeless children, young adults and families? It amazed me that most of the people seemed like they didn't notice you were there and didn't mind you filming them. Ludo, you show me the good, the bad and the ugly. You go where most CZcams vloggers dare to tread. That is why you are my favorite CZcams travel vlogger! Last February you premiered "Share Love through Art: A valentine's day with the street kids of Oshodi - Lagos NIGERIA". In a caption you stated that the full documentary would premiere in March. I was looking forward to watching it, but I did not receive notification. Is it still available?
Hi bro ! there are so many things to answer here, I'll try not to forget anything. first as usual thanks a lot for that comment.
About the boys, yeah I said there will be a doc in march, when i premiered that short video that almost nobody checked. I still want to do it, i finally postponed it... for the good i hope. Yeah, the boys all know i am filming them, they don ' t mind cause we spend many hours together under the bridge, sharing trying to develop some things, some skills,... eventually a better future.... we share some time with some other occasion to shoot, some activities ... then all these moments you just saw are just some off moments in between some activities, before eating.... etc.... that s why it is kind of natural, i am just here like any other dude on the train tracks since few hours... since several days....sharing time and eventually trying to help with my good friend and big Oga Sobayo Abolore.
Many of the young boys here are from Lagos states, Ogun states Ibadan, Abeokuta, Oshogbo....and sometimes more far, they have so many different background, some have no family remaining, some have families that cannot feed them, so they had to try their chance and ended up here, some had to escape from difficult family situations...the backgrounds are very different but they all lead to the same conclusion, the struggle here under the bridge.
I also love Oshodi, markets colourful, busy, alive and as you mentioned in some cases, very harsh and disturbing...Sobayo was born here, grown here, and we spent a lot of time there together since many years... That s one of my favourite place in lagos . The policeman stopped me, cause i was with a friend of mine a volunteers from jelosimi art center... we were both going under the bridge, then i gave him a lift of few hundred meters but he did not have a helmet. Just before to stop me the policeman was followed buy to guys, trying to beg him for another purpose (you can see it on the video) , then when he saw me and my friend, he just turned up, and start running after the bike asking me to stop ...
Thanks once more for your support ! I wish you a great evening !
@@Ludo_Liu Thank you for your detailed explanation. I appreciate your reply because it expands my understanding of how so many Lagos children are homeless. I also appreciate you for working in partnership to mentor some of the boys. May God bless you with a wonderful weekend.
@@broking_ActsCh.8v.39 thanks a lot !!! try to guess where i'll spend some time this weekend!
I wish you a marvellous weekend too !
@@Ludo_Liu In San Antonio we have mentoring programs where we meet our preselected mentees at a predetermined location in a predefined environment which is somewhat effective. But what you are doing is more effective by taking mentoring to the streets so that it is not limited to just a chosen few.
Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it. So very sad. God bless them
thanks for the warm message .... yes that s really sad
Everybody wants to live in Lagos, Abuja and other big cities. Most of these people have houses in their villages. Yet they prefer to be here simply because it is Lagos.
life in the village was not easy, or even very dangerous for many of these kids. that s why the came to Lagos, dreaming about a better future...that s true that finally they found a bigger struggle here
6:00 !!!! What is a Dutch company doing in Lagos?! That driver must be so lost. Drove all the way to Lagos instead of Urk, I guess it is just easier to find.
ah ah you have sharp eyes... I guess this is an imported broken truck rebuild here
A Dutch West India company brought the 1st African slaves through the Americas in 1619 before slavery was adopted as an economical advantage by europeans. What do mean what is a Dutch Co doing in Lagos!
This is very interesting and exciting! How were you able to get this close to this guys? I was so scared for you just watching it. Thanks for the information. Do you have any video of Egbeda?
I kind of visit them often, that s why i could stay and shoot .
yeah i have some footage of egbeda, inside a long ride i did from Oshodi to badagry. you can find this 2 hours drive inside the channel
What I noticed that They aren't Violent like here in America everyone gets along and you don't see Road Rage and just street fights I know it's crime there but that's mostly to survive
@@jayhendricks67 you didn't see them beating up some guys and fighting?
Hello.. i really enjoyed u're video, lagos such a great city to explore..thqnks for sharing.
Very Informative keep letting the world see be BLESSED
What is it exactly you want the world to see? And after the world has seen it, what do you expect the world think? And whatever or however you expect the world to do or think, how would this make you feel?
Thank you! I will keep doing what i like to do, showing the country i like, and showing my travels.
thanks so much !!! where are you watching from?
By the end of century Lagos will be the largest city in the world. By then all the oil will be gone. Lagos will be hell on earth.
I'm praying that the oil drys up quickly, because Nigerians are not benefiting from the oil.
Nigeria is a confused country...the Nigerian government revenue comes from oil and gas but, Oil represents little overall in the national gdp ....that tells u the Oil money is looted by government officials,their families and other thieves ...oil is being a cursed cancer ♋️ for Nigeria 🇳🇬
that s right that the curve planned for population are incredibly high. that s a huge concern
Largest city in the world. Where are you getting that speculative evidence from? Lagos is not even larger than Cairo in Egypt not to talk of megacities in Asia despite all the overexaggerated constructions .
@@youme1414 Nigeria’s population will surpass the US and legos will be a mega city(it’s already or of the biggest city in Africa) ...things will get worse not only for Nigeria but,many African countries including my own country ....they’re not balancing development & population growth.....
Spettacolare!!!
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There mustn't be many trains there. Not the best place to sleep . Another great video 📹
You got that right,not more than ten trains a day for now.
thanks a lot for watching
Ty for showing us, is very interresting to see how other countries lives. Is crazy how many people walking in trafic, you must have a lot of accindent. Is sad to see so much homeless young people, sleeping on the trainstation on the tracks, that is sick.
thank you very much for your warm comment regarding the video!
please feel free to come and take a look and share some time during the video i will premiere tomorrow
This is totally madness. I would be a total mental wreck if this was my daily routine. God bless the children and the misfortune.
thanks so much for watching and for taking time to drop a message
God ? if your god exists then it is responsible
The rail tracks should have been fenced off to prevent people trading on them. Why the government has not done this is beyond me.
that s right that some fence could be welcome in some places.
I guess this is in the future plans around the tracks
Thank you very well done less distractions : )
You're very welcome ! thanks for watching !
what a busy city, it looks like the city of manila too but still different nice to see different places even tho its only in the video
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I am a subscriber. Your videos are excellent. I have a question. In your videos, you see so many pedestrians, as well as others traveling by bus, cab, or personal motorized vehicle. Generally speaking, where are all of these people traveling to and from? These can't all be people out "shopping", can they?
@@Ludo_Liu Thank you for your reply. Keep the videos coming and stay safe!
Lagos is strict on Okada or bike rider presently due to criminals using them to rob people.
yeah, you are right
@@Ludo_Liu I am very sorry for the law enforcer's behavior. many are just like that, rude and threatening.
@@youme1414 no problem, this is Naija
one i know sure is that life in the street, "the dangerous place is the safety place".
i think i understand that, yup
Bros you really done well in this video Big up don't no how you was able to mix with all those persons WELL Done 👏
Thank you 🙌i use to stay some afternoon or morning with these kids, to do some activities, and different projects...
I’m curious about the traffic accident data.
The traffic is chaotic there must be a lot of accidents and pedestrians getting hit?
Yes,most of the time,drivers are not stopping if they hit pedestrians.
I grew up in Lagos...but now I am a bit puzzled..do these men live there(under the bridge) and if so where do they get there food and money from..they don't seem to be doing much of anything.
30 percent of all the riches in Nigeria is at lagos the city is overpopulated over 24 million people living on an area of 3,500 square kilometers.i love lagos all the rich nigborhood are indigenous nigerians
thanks a lot for watching and for that comment !
Another mouth statistic. 25 million people living in Lagos. Where are you getting that number from?
I come back to watch this video again. I am sorry for the arguments and heated discussion I have with some people in the comment section.
Thank you very much, sir.
That’s a sad life for the people who live on the train tracks. Hopefully they find their way soon.
@9:52 What was going on? Why did he stop you?
He stops him for not having extra helmet for his passenger at the back of the seat. The law enforcer seems to be a bit of a grouch - that is because of the tough nature of the city. It makes people to be tough and rude.
@@youme1414 Thank you
@@nettiethatsme You are very welcome.
I now understand why the city and country is the way it is. When you have a president who bans Twitter in the whole country because they deleted one tweet of his, this situation makes sense.
thanks a lot for watching and for your comment !
I hope to see you for the premiere of the next video in few hours
Huh????? Twitter GTFOH with your Privileged Arse
Man have no mercy around each other for real for real
it reminds me this say : i see humans but no humanity
Thank you
Сколько молодых и здоровых парней. Шатаются без работы. Мусор бы убрали. Всё же делом заняты. Самим не противно. 😱
thanks a lot for watching and dropping a comment
Зачем? Ночь придет, пойдут колпашнут кого-нибудь. Так и живут.
Hunger
There are homeless people in America as well. Like you can literally find homeless people all around the world 🌎
that is true, from lagos to los angeles skid raw....
That is true but I have not heard of 1 place in the US like this.
Very brave driving or riding tru that traffic.
thanks a lot for your warm comment !
I wish you a great day !
wow busy Nigerian Street Life
yes very busy , welcome to lagos
Honestly Mr ludo, you must have a very fat insurance cover to do this.. Is very educational and informative I must say, Sad however, to see young able Nigerians wasting away like this in a country where common snakes can easily feed on billion of tender legal currency. Mr Ludo, its also gose to say what u're doing is equally very dangerous and psychologically draining seeing innocent kids living like this must be heart broken. Many thanks for the awareness and hope you are taking every possible care in what you are doing 👍 Weldone and carry on the good job.
thank you very much for that comment. I did not end up here without knowing the place. I wouldn' t have been able to shoot, or i would end up in a difficult situation. I have the trust and friendship of these boys and young adults whom i spend a lot of time with. Yes it is indeed very sad to see some life wasted from a so early age. Just hopping to see as more as possible of this kids outside of here as soon as possible
Excellent content. I have shared it with many people. I will like you to do me a favor, can you send this video to the Lagos State Governor's office? You did a great job and thanks for caring.
thanks a lot for sharing this video to your close ones!!!
Why would he send it to Lagos state government? That is not his duty. They don't even care about that place in the first place. All they care about is the money coming out of that place.
Amazing videos as always. Thank you
Thanks for watching! i am glad you enjoyed it !!!!
i appreciate the comment ! it counts a lot !
I discovered your channel today! Interesting and eye opening content.
Awesome, thank you! welcome on the channel !
Thousands and thousands of people doing nothing. They could start by cleaning up. I think that would be the first step into a good life. Maybe give them some purpose.
thanks a lot for watching and sharing your thought !
That is true, most especially, in Lagos. People keep streaming into the city for greener pasture without getting the greener pasture and end up in squalor conditions.
The government should expel the vendors and yellow cars that occupy the railroad tracks. It's too dangerous and dirty.
yes it is dangerous to stay there, especially cause the train traffic and the speed will increase gradually.
thanks a lot for being here , once more !
It is a real chaos, the transport routes are very saturated, but that's the way it is in big cities. I send you a big hug from Mexico 🇲🇽
gracias Maria !!!!
I wish you a great weekend !
I'm wondering if your granddad remembers, from old Colonial times, the clean smooth paved roads, with traffic lights and signs, pavements and pedestrian crossings?
What about the grandad (maybe yours maybe mine ) who rapped, enslaved... and what about the actual grand son who is still enslaving in his neocolonial way ?
this kind of comment make me loose faith into humanity....
@@Ludo_Liu whaaaaaaaaaat.
We wasted so much MISSIONARIES time going to EDUCATE AFRICANS..
@@Ludo_Liu all we see now is NIGERIANS IN CHINA STREETS SELLING DRUGS.
same in LONDON.