Nigeria behind Lagos's flashy appearance, a army tried to make a way of livelihood with starvation income, when the price escalated because of the Ukraine crisis.

In the middle of the night, luxurious cars flooded to Cocoon, the famous nightclub in Lagos, the largest and largest city of Nigeria.

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In the wealthy Ikoyi neighborhood, while the upper class entered the nightclub, people like Abdul Musa, 35, have to sleep in the barn and survive thanks to any work on the street for the past 5 years.

I don't want to give birth, he said.

Abdul Musa (right) and Bash, waiting for guests outside the nightclub in Ikoyi, Lagos, July 23.

To earn a few dollars, they flanking all day to help people park in front of the restaurant, bar, luxury club.

The secret of survival in Nigeria is very simple.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with more than 218 million people, but about 80 million people live below poverty, with an income of less than 1.9 USD/day.

Nigeria's inflation is at 18%, of which food increases 20%, the highest in 5 years.

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The streets are like a river, which they always hope in a desperate way that they will catch a fish.

I am ready to work anywhere, anything, as long as you make a kind living, Omar, 36, said.

A seller of cigarettes and gum before the night club in Ikoyi, Lagos, July 23.

Every day, thousands of people, mostly young people, went to the city to find a living.

I have to earn 9,000 Naira (20 USD) to pay for my children's hospital fee, but it is impossible because the food price skyrocket.

Sadiq earned 6 USD a day in Lagos, much higher than the income of half of the city population, but every night I cried because I had to leave my family.

2:20 outside Cocoon nightclub, the driver of Porsche is trying to find a parking space, while a group of instructors let him not drive an expensive car into the garbage.

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The rich is increasingly rich, but no one cares about the poor, Musa, who seems to be the leader of the group, said.

The group of workers instructed passengers to park in the club in Ikoyi, Lagos, July 23.

At 5 am, the night players in the new club went out, took the car home.

After two decades of growth, Nigeria in 2016 entered the period of recession due to dripping oil prices.

Obasi, who used to practice prostitution, lived in the permanent torment of the risk of not having enough money to buy food for girls every day.

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