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@Ray_ChelleO Congratulations on these incredible milestones 🎉 We're available to handle accomodation for your upcoming company retreats when the need arises. Cheers!

I kicked off my corporate event production company in April and so far: - I've planned Dang Lifestyle’s leadership retreat - I have 3 company retreats in the pipeline - currently planning another company’s 5th anniversary party - Secured a company’s EOY party. God is good!

@g4na_xo And year never start to end. 😭

This year alone, I don buy data like 11.5 million

🏠Ikate, High floor, WiFi that won't embarrass you on a work call. The bathtub alone is bigger than some people's entire bathroom. We're not saying it to brag, we're saying it so you know what you're walking into. 2 bedroom, fully sevriced. Book on Bulvds.com

@femiiiszn it's almost as if you like an empty house. 👀😂

top 4 feelings: 1. ​showering when no one's home. 2. ​playing music and singing when no one's home. 3. ​coming home to an empty house. 4. ​cleaning when no one's home.

@Munalozy I think we all do, atp. 😭😂

I randomly go on Temu, add to my cart and then go about my day. 🤣

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@Mochievous Prioritizing customer experience really does wonders. The hospitality industry is evolving 👏🏼

Went to a hotel in Lagos for a meeting (Ikeja) and I noticed something interesting in the car park. They had a sign for electric vehicle charging for guests. The future is here 🫡 ps: for context, I asked & room in this hotel start from 50k so it isn’t anything fancy

@RealDonaldDoo Stay-at-home-holic 😂

“You look familiar” I’m always at home, it’s not me.

@sirminzy This is heartbreaking and far too common @sirminzy. The rental space in Abuja (and Nigeria) desperately needs more transparency and verification. At @OnBulvds, we focus on verified listings, safer connections between hosts & renters, and reducing these middleman risks.

I have lost over ₦600,000 to a house agent in Abuja, and I don’t think enough people are talking about how broken the apartment rental system has become. This wasn’t a misunderstanding. This was months of lies, excuses, stress, and emotional exhaustion. Back in March, I contacted an agent looking for an apartment in Gwarinpa. I gave him my preferred location, my budget, and the kind of apartment I wanted. He showed me one that was perfect. The apartment met every requirement I had. The only issue was that someone was still living there. He told me the current tenant, a lady, would be moving out by the end of April, so I could inspect it, pay, renovate it to my taste, and move in immediately after she left. I trusted him. I inspected the apartment, paid the rent in full, paid the agency fee, legal fee, caution fee, inspection fee, everything. Anyone who lives in Abuja knows renting an apartment here costs millions of naira. This wasn’t small money. Then the excuses started. April came. “The lady hasn’t moved out yet.” A few days later… “She lost her dad and travelled for the burial.” Then… “She’s still in the village.” After that… “She’s not feeling well.” Every week, there was a new story. Meanwhile, my own rent had already expired, and my landlord was waiting for me to vacate. I was under serious pressure. I kept calling. He stopped answering. I sent messages. He ignored them. I asked for my money back since he couldn’t give me the apartment I paid for. Nothing. I involved a lawyer. I involved the police. Even at the police station, he promised to hand over the apartment in a few days. Nothing changed. At that point, I became suspicious. So one day, without informing the agent, I went to the apartment myself. And that was when I discovered the biggest lie of all. The lady was home. I spoke to her. She looked completely shocked when I explained everything. She told me she had never informed the agent she was moving out. She never lost her father. She never travelled to any village. She had been going to work every single day and returning home every night. She had absolutely no idea her apartment had been rented out to someone else. She was even surprised the agent had access to her apartment in the first place. Everything the agent had been telling me for months was a lie. Coincidentally, that same day, he refunded only the house rent. But he refused to refund the agency fee, caution fee, legal fee, inspection fee, and other charges. Over ₦600,000. His excuse? “Agency fees are non-refundable.” How can an agency fee be non-refundable when you failed to deliver the service you collected money for? Since then, he has blocked me everywhere. He doesn’t answer my calls. He ignores messages. Even when friends contacted him pretending to be new clients, he ignored them too. This experience has been mentally draining. House hunting in Abuja is already difficult enough. What makes it worse is that some agents knowingly waste people’s time. They’ll show you apartments they know you would never take. Not because they believe you’ll rent them, but because every inspection puts money in their pocket. Some of these apartments are shown to 10–15 people every single day. That’s inspection fees collected repeatedly from desperate house seekers. It has become a business of profiting from people’s frustration. This isn’t just unethical. It’s exploitation. There is little or no accountability. No effective regulation. No consequences. And innocent people keep losing money every day. I’m sharing my story because I know I’m not the only victim. If you’ve ever been scammed, misled, or frustrated by a house agent in Abuja or anywhere in Nigeria, please share your experience. Maybe if enough of us speak up, someone will finally realize that this system is broken and needs serious regulation. No one should have to go through this just to find a place to call home.

She found a 3-bedroom shortlet ten minutes from her house. Her aunties got their own space. She got to keep her couch. Everybody's still talking to each other. An all round win.

"My mother said 'you'll find a way, that's what family is for,'" she said. "Family that'll disturb the small peace I'm managing? I found a way faster than my cousin found her husband"

You know that specific stage of Nigerian wedding planning that nobody warns you about: the accommodation phase. Somewhere between choosing aso-ebi and arguing about the caterer, someone always says "and where will everyone stay?" and the whole room goes quiet. 👀

Ikate Lekki, for the person who says "I don't need much" and then requires: PS5, fast WiFi, a bathtub, and silence loud enough to hear their own thoughts. 2-bedroom, fully serviced, the kind of quiet that costs money. You don't need much.💚 Book on Bulvds.com