There has been a recent clash between Nigerians and South Africans on social media over housing conditions in the most populous African country.
This battle began after an X user identified as Tero shared photos of what he described as standard Nigerian houses on the microblogging platform.
"I love my apartment cuz I literally get the best view, (Nigerian standard) especially at night," he wrote in the caption.
This led to an exchange between South Africans and Nigerians as a netizen went on to involve Grammy Award winning artiste, Burna Boy’s mansion, while ridiculing Nigerians.
The South African netizen said, "When I saw Burna Boy’s mansion, I just knew that things are tough on that side".
The tweet has since generated massive reactions from both South Africans and Nigerians as they blasted each other.
Nigerians did not hesitate to defend Burna Boy, who made headlines for hosting American star Chloe Bailey at his home in December 2024.
Below are some reactions from the exchange between the two African countries.
khuliso_Neels said: "The buildings don’t even have colour."
Obaji_esq said: "This is burnaboy mansion what are you talking about bruh, that's the rural area of nigeria."
djstago wrote: "Nigeria 🇳🇬 is far from being a developing country."
BbwMaturity commented: "Nigerian cities are like those in Mumbai. Next door is a mansion next to a shack or some tiny house."
Mysteryman031 said: "Having money in Nigeria is pointless the quality of life that side is substandard. No wonder they all dream of migrating, even their president lives in France. Weird bunch of people."
Frankwisdon97 reacted: But Burna Boy can feed half your town
Noma reacted: "And aren't things tough in South Africa. There are plenty of South Africans who live in worse places than this."
talk2santax said: "Burna boy is richer than any black SAN musician alive, real wealth, real properties world wide, real cash, zero mortgage to pay, any wealth you see in Nigeria is truly owned by a real black man not representatives of whites minorities, Burna boy might be richer than Patrick Mosepe."
When I saw Burna Boy’s mansion, I just knew that things are tough that side. https://t.co/Qbmv3QNuFS
— Katlego Makgaila (@Katlego_Mack) February 23, 2025
