The place I avoid whenever I can is the main bus and minibus park in the centre of Lagos, near the big market at Oshodi. I'm a software tester and I mostly work from home, so luckily I don't have to pass through it every day, but when I do it really tests my patience.
It's basically a huge open area where hundreds of yellow buses gather to pick up and drop off passengers. Conductors shout out destinations, hawkers walk between the vehicles selling water, bread, phone chargers, almost anything, and thousands of people are trying to get somewhere at the same time.
It's busiest in the early morning, from about six to nine, and again in the evening when people are heading home from work. On Fridays it's even worse, and if it rains, the whole place turns into a slow-moving jam.
There are a few reasons I stay away. The first is simply time. A journey that should take twenty minutes can take two hours if you get caught there at the wrong moment. The second is that it's quite stressful. You have to keep an eye on your bag all the time, and you get pushed and shouted at even if you're being careful. And honestly, the noise and the fumes from the old engines give me a headache.
That said, I do respect it in a way. It's where an enormous number of people earn their living, and it shows how energetic the city is. I just prefer to admire that energy from a distance, so when I need to go across town now, I'll leave early or take a longer route.