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Alimosho to Victoria Island

📏 30km🚦 Severe traffic🚌 BRT ✓3 modes

Via: Akowonjo Road → Egbeda → Iyana Ipaja → Oshodi → Oworonshoki → Third Mainland Bridge → VI

How to make dis trip

Danfo
Cheapest
₦800–1,500
per trip · 75–210 min
Monthly
₦50,600
2 trip × 22 working day
Private car
₦4,000–6,500
per trip · 45–110 min
Monthly
₦231,000
2 trip × 22 working day
Bolt
Priciest
₦15,000–28,000
per trip · 45–100 min
Monthly
₦946,000
2 trip × 22 working day

Monthly commute cost

Danfo
₦50,600
Private car
₦231,000
Bolt
₦946,000

💰 True cost: live here vs. live for di destination

Live for Alimosho: rent ≈₦800,000/yr + commute ≈₦607,200/yr = ₦1,407,200/yr
Live for Victoria Island: rent ≈₦15,000,000/yr + no commute = ₦15,000,000/yr
If you move go Victoria Island, e go cost ₦14,200,000 more rent but save ₦607,200 transport + ~1258 hours/year for traffic.

🚦 Traffic profile

Peak hours: 5:30–9:30 AM, 4:30–9:00 PM
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💡 Travel tips

✓ Best time to comot
Before 5:30 AM. Yes, 5:30 AM.
✗ Avoid
Any weekday between 6 AM and 9 AM. The full corridor (Iyana Ipaja → Oshodi → TMB) chokes simultaneously.
  1. First bus: danfo from Akowonjo to Oshodi (₦300-₦500, 30-60 min), then BRT Oshodi to CMS (₦500-₦700, 40-60 min)
  2. Total one-way: ₦800-₦1,200, 90-180 minutes with transfers
  3. Bolt from Alimosho to VI costs ₦15,000-₦28,000 — not viable as daily transport
  4. Some Alimosho workers sleep in VI during the week and go home on weekends to avoid the daily commute

🚌 BRT & public transport

Corridor: Oshodi–CMS feeder (transfer required from Alimosho)

💳 Cowry Card. Tap your Cowry Card when you enter. Top up for any BRT terminal for ₦100–₦5,000. Lost card go cost ₦1,500 to replace.
Lagos.Cool Editorial
28 July 2026 · 2 min read

Lagos.Cool Editorial

Alimosho to VI na di journey wey capture everything about Lagos inequality. Cheapest rent (₦400K-₦1.2M) paired with most expensive and tiring commute. No BRT dey serve Alimosho directly. Total journey fit take 3+ hours each way for peak. ₦800-₦1,500 danfo per trip. For di 2 million Alimosho resident wey dey work for Island, no be choice — na survival.

The only real defence on this route na the pre-dawn start. Commuter wey clear Alimosho before 6 AM dey reach the Oshodi interchange and the bridge before the wall form; anybody wey comot for 7 go join the full weight of the western mainland wey dey head the same way. Cowry card and the BRT leg from Oshodi dey help shave both cost and stress once you reach the interchange, but nothing dey rescue late departure. For the millions wey dey make this journey, to plan the day around very early start no be preference — na the difference between two hours and four.

Other route from Alimosho

Alimosho → Ikeja GRA
18km · DANFO
₦400/trip

Question Wey People Dey Ask

Time vary by mode: BRT around n/a min, Bolt 45–100 min, danfo 75–210 min for peak traffic.