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Claim: An X user shared a video showing an extremely filthy environment allegedly located in Balogun market in Lagos.
Verdict: Misleading! Findings indicate that the garbage-filled environment in Pipeline, Nairobi, is unrelated to Balogun Market.
Full Text
Balogun Market is a popular market located on Lagos Island, Lagos State, widely known for the sale of textiles, clothing, accessories, etc.
On Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, an X user, @Unabombaar, shared a 27-second video showing a street with tall buildings littered with debris and waste material. The user claimed the street is located in Balogun Market.
“Shet!!! Balogun market,” the X user wrote alongside the video.
As of Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, the post has accumulated more than 67,000 views, 500 likes, 200 reposts, 50 bookmarks, and 20 quotes.
While some X users commented on the post, believing it, others dismissed it as untrue.
“This market was so neat. What happened? The government should go there and arrest those dumping things there,” @Nithsmit suggested.
Another user, Blast, wrote, “As an Igbo man, stop having any form of contact with these yaribaboons, they’re infectious in nature.”
In opposition, @Aibyetuk64 said, “This can’t be Lagos.”
DUBAWA decided to trace the origin of the video, given the massive engagement accumulated and ethnic animosity portrayed in the comment section.
Verification
DUBAWA took multiple screenshots of the video and subjected them to Google Reverse Image Search for related posts. The result led to similar posts, linking the video to Pipeline Estate in Nairobi, Kenya.
An X post shared by a Kenyan blogger (as seen in his bio) in July 2025 featured the same video with the caption, “Pipeline Nairobi.”
Further search also led us to a similar video, shared on TikTok around July, as traced in the comment section, with a tag suggesting the place as Pipeline Estate in Nairobi.
Investigating further, DUBAWA noticed that the claimant video has a watermark of an Instagram page “Benard-Martin 1.”
A search with the name led us to the original video uploaded on Instagram on Aug. 1, 2025. The video was accompanied by background music by a popular Kenyan Afrobeat singer, Bienaimesol, instead of the claimant’s background sound.
The user shared a similar video on his YouTube page on Aug. 1, 2025.
Furthermore, we checked through his Facebook page and noticed that he has shared similar videos and pictures in July, as seen here, here, and here.
An analysis of all his available social media accounts reveals that the comedian was the same person featured in the video shared by the X claimant.
We also conducted a keyword search for popular images of Pipeline Nairobi, which linked us to media reports spotlighting its filthy environment, as seen here and here.
Conclusion
The claim is misleading. The video originated from Kenya, depicting the filthy environment in Pipeline, Nairobi, not Balogun market in Lagos, Nigeria.
