Party paupers: Nigeria’s financial crisis puts the brakes on ‘Detty December’ celebrations

Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home

A normal December for Nigerian student Ibukun Ometesho involves a seemingly endless roll of music concerts and dinners out with friends. This year, however, she is hosting friends at home because she can't afford to party.

Ometesho wanted to attend the Palmwine music festival in Lagos, but a student ticket costs 21,100 naira (20) - double what she paid last year, and three times more than in 2021. I saw the prices and I was shocked. It just does not make sense," she says.