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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ikorodu" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ikorodu"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Ikorodu</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ikorodu-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eko_Atlantic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eko_Atlantic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Eko Atlantic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eko_Atlantic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Badagry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Badagry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Badagry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Badagry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Epe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Epe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Epe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Epe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ojo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ojo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Ojo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ojo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Lekki_Free_Trade_Zone" 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<span>Infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Infrastructure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fourth_Mainland_Bridge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fourth_Mainland_Bridge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Fourth Mainland Bridge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fourth_Mainland_Bridge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transportation_by_air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation_by_air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Transportation by air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation_by_air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation_by_land" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation_by_land"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Transportation by land</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation_by_land-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation_by_rail" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation_by_rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.3</span> <span>Transportation by rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation_by_rail-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Electoral wards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_wards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Educational_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Educational_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Educational institutions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Educational_institutions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Educational institutions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Educational_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Universities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Universities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Universities</span> 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<span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laqos_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Laqos ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Laqos ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="لاقوس ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لاقوس ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_Chiu" title="Lagos Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lagos Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Lagos State" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Лагос (щат) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лагос (щат)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_de_Lagos" title="Estat de Lagos – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat de Lagos" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lagos State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(delstat)" title="Lagos (delstat) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lagos (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(Bundesstaat)" title="Lagos (Bundesstaat) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lagos (Bundesstaat)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagose_osariik" title="Lagose osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lagose osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Lagos" title="Estado de Lagos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Lagos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Lagoso" title="Ŝtato Lagoso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Lagoso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B3" title="ایالت لاگوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت لاگوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tat_de_Lagos" title="État de Lagos – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="État de Lagos" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diiwal_Ikko" title="Diiwal Ikko – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Diiwal Ikko" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Lagos" title="Estado de Lagos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado de Lagos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guw mw-list-item"><a href="https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayimat%E1%BA%B9n_Aw%E1%BB%8Dnlin_T%E1%BB%8Dn" title="Ayimatẹn Awọnlin Tọn – Gun" lang="guw" hreflang="guw" data-title="Ayimatẹn Awọnlin Tọn" data-language-autonym="Gungbe" data-language-local-name="Gun" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gungbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A0%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC" title="라고스주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라고스주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(jiha)" title="Lagos (jiha) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Lagos (jiha)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="लेगोस राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लेगोस राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Lagos" title="Ȯra Lagos – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Lagos" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(negara_bagian_Nigeria)" title="Lagos (negara bagian Nigeria) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lagos (negara bagian Nigeria)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(stato)" title="Lagos (stato) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lagos (stato)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94)" title="לאגוס (מדינה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לאגוס (מדינה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ლაგოსის შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლაგოსის შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo_la_Lagos" title="Jimbo la Lagos – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jimbo la Lagos" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Лагос (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Лагос (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Лагос (сојузна држава) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Лагос (сојузна држава)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Lagos State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(staat)" title="Lagos (staat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lagos (staat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B9%E5%B7%9E" title="ラゴス州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラゴス州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(Bundesstoot)" title="Lagos (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Lagos (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(delstat)" title="Lagos (delstat) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lagos (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(stan)" title="Lagos (stan) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lagos (stan)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(estado)" title="Lagos (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lagos (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Lagos" title="Statul Lagos – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Lagos" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Лагос (штат) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лагос (штат)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%9D%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BA_(%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80)" title="ලාගෝස් ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව) – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ලාගෝස් ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව)" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lagos State" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)" title="Лагос (држава) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лагос (држава)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(osavaltio)" title="Lagos (osavaltio) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lagos (osavaltio)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(delstat)" title="Lagos (delstat) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lagos (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA" title="รัฐเลกอส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="รัฐเลกอส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(eyalet)" title="Lagos (eyalet) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lagos (eyalet)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%CC%B1tet_Legwot" title="Si̱tet Legwot – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Si̱tet Legwot" 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Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Łagos (stato)" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(estado)" title="Lagos (estado) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Lagos (estado)" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Cp%C3%ADnl%E1%BA%B9%CC%80_%C3%88k%C3%B3" title="Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E5%90%84%E6%96%AF%E5%B7%9E" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lagos State</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style 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maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lagos_State_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Lagos State"><img alt="Flag of Lagos State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lagos_State_Flag.svg/150px-Lagos_State_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Lagos_State_Flag.svg/225px-Lagos_State_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Las Gidi, Gidi</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Centre of Excellence</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Lagos State in Nigeria"><img alt="Location of Lagos State in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg/250px-Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg/375px-Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg/500px-Nigeria_-_Lagos.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Lagos State in Nigeria</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lagos_State&params=6_35_N_3_45_E_region:NG_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°35′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°45′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.583°N 3.750°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.583; 3.750</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geopolitical_zones_of_Nigeria" title="Geopolitical zones of Nigeria">Geopolitical Zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_West,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="South West, Nigeria">South West</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27 May 1967</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Number of LGAs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lagos_State_local_government_areas_by_population" title="List of Lagos State local government areas by population">20</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Government of Lagos State</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Lagos_State" title="Governor of Lagos State">Governor</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Babajide_Sanwo-Olu" title="Babajide Sanwo-Olu">Babajide Sanwo-Olu</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressive_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressive Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_Lagos_State" title="Deputy Governor of Lagos State">Deputy Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Femi_Hamzat" title="Femi Hamzat">Femi Hamzat</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressive_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressive Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Speaker, House of Assembly</th><td class="infobox-data">Rt. 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Dr. <a href="/wiki/Mudashiru_Obasa" title="Mudashiru Obasa">Mudashiru Obasa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Chief_Judge_of_Lagos_State" title="Chief Judge of Lagos State">Chief Judge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kazeem_Alogba" title="Kazeem Alogba">Kazeem Alogba</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Lagos#10th_Assembly_(2023-till_date)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Lagos">National Assembly delegation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap">C: <a href="/wiki/Wasiu_Sanni" title="Wasiu Sanni">Wasiu Sanni</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">E: <a href="/wiki/Tokunbo_Abiru" title="Tokunbo Abiru">Tokunbo Abiru</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">W: <a href="/wiki/Oluranti_Adebule" title="Oluranti Adebule">Oluranti Adebule</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a>: <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Lagos#10th_Assembly_(2023-till_date)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Lagos">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,577 km<sup>2</sup> (1,381 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006 census)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PHC_Tables_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHC_Tables-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,113,605</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2019 by <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics,_Nigeria" title="National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria">National Bureau of Statistics</a>, 2020 by <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagos State Government">LASG</a>)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>12,772,884<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>35,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-LASG_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LASG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">1st/2nd of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,500/km<sup>2</sup> (6,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lagosian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">2021</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$102 billion (nominal)<br />$267 billion (<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">1st of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$6,614 (nominal)<br />$17,282 (<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">1st of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NG" title="ISO 3166-2:NG">NG-LA</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2021)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.681<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#fc0">medium</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">1st of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng">lagosstate.gov.ng</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lagos State</b> (<a href="/wiki/Yoruba_language" title="Yoruba language">Yoruba</a>: <i lang="yo">Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó</i>, <a href="/wiki/Gun_language" title="Gun language">Gun</a>: <i lang="guw">Ayìmátẹ̀n Awọnlìn tọ̀n</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_West_(Nigeria)" title="South West (Nigeria)">southwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. Of the 36 <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">Nigerian states</a>, it is the second <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">most populous state</a> but the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">smallest in area</a>. Bounded to the south by the <a href="/wiki/Bight_of_Benin" title="Bight of Benin">Bight of Benin</a> and to the west by the <a href="/wiki/Benin%E2%80%93Nigeria_border" title="Benin–Nigeria border">international border</a> with <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a> for 10 km, Lagos State borders <a href="/wiki/Ogun_State" title="Ogun State">Ogun State</a> to the north for about 283 km, making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state. Named for the city of <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>—the <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_Africa_by_population" title="List of urban areas in Africa by population">most populous city in Africa</a>—the state was formed from the <a href="/wiki/Western_Region,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Region, Nigeria">Western Region</a> and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Creation2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Creation2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geographically, Lagos State is dominated by bodies of water with nearly a quarter of the state's area are covered with bodies of water.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest of these bodies are the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Lagoon" title="Lagos Lagoon">Lagos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lekki_Lagoon" title="Lekki Lagoon">Lekki</a> lagoons in the state's interior with the <a href="/wiki/Ogun_River" title="Ogun River">Ogun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Osun_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Osun river">Osun</a> rivers flowing into them. Many other rivers and creeks flow throughout the state and serve as vital means of transportation for people and goods. On land, non-urbanized areas are within the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests" title="Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests">tropical</a> <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_lowland_forests" title="Nigerian lowland forests">Nigerian lowland forests</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Nigeria" title="List of ecoregions in Nigeria">ecoregion</a> with natural areas containing threatened populations of <a href="/wiki/Mona_monkey" title="Mona monkey">mona monkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tree_pangolin" title="Tree pangolin">tree pangolin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hooded_vulture" title="Hooded vulture">hooded vulture</a> along with a transitory population of <a href="/wiki/African_bush_elephant" title="African bush elephant">African bush elephants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offshore, the state is also biodiverse as there are large fish populations along with <a href="/wiki/African_manatee" title="African manatee">African manatees</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crocodile" title="Crocodile">crocodiles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lagos State has been inhabited for years by various indigenous ethnic groups, primarily the majority <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba people</a> that live throughout the state but also the <a href="/wiki/Ewe_people" title="Ewe people">Ewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ogu_people" title="Ogu people">Ogu</a> peoples in the far west. As a result of migration since the nineteenth century, Lagos State also has large populations of non-native Nigerian ethnic groups with <a href="/wiki/Edo_people" title="Edo people">Edo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fula_people" title="Fula people">Fulani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ijaw_people" title="Ijaw people">Ijaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibibio_people" title="Ibibio people">Ibibio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Efik_people" title="Efik people">Efik</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nupe_people" title="Nupe people">Nupe</a> peoples among other Nigerian groups. There are also groups from outside of Nigeria's modern borders with the <a href="/wiki/Saro_people" title="Saro people">Saro (Sierra Leonean)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazilians_in_Nigeria" title="Brazilians in Nigeria">Amaro (Brazilian)</a> groups being descendants of <a href="/wiki/Freedman" title="Freedman">formerly enslaved people</a> that returned to Africa in the 1800s with a longstanding Middle Eastern Nigerian community (mainly Syrian and <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Nigerians" title="Lebanese Nigerians">Lebanese Nigerians</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also forming a significant part of Lagos' population along with recent immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Benin_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Benin Republic">Benin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Nigeria" title="Chinese people in Nigeria">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/British_Nigerian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigerian">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Religiously, the state is also diverse, as there is a sizable number of <a href="/wiki/Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian">Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">traditional ethnic religions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Pre-colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-colonial">pre-colonial</a> period, the area that is now Lagos State was mainly <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a> villages<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ports that at various points were controlled by states including the <a href="/wiki/Oyo_Empire" title="Oyo Empire">Oyo Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin" title="Kingdom of Benin">Benin Kingdom</a> until the early 1800s when the city of <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> had developed into a major kingdom of its own right. In 1850, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British</a> successfully attacked the kingdom in the <a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Lagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardment of Lagos">Bombardment of Lagos</a> before installing <a href="/wiki/Akitoye" title="Akitoye">an ally</a> as <a href="/wiki/Oba_of_Lagos" title="Oba of Lagos">Oba</a> and signing <a href="/wiki/Treaty_Between_Great_Britain_and_Lagos,_1_January_1852" title="Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852">a treaty</a> that established Lagos as being under British protection. Ten years later, the forced <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Treaty_of_Cession" title="Lagos Treaty of Cession">Lagos Treaty of Cession</a> led to the formal establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Colony" title="Lagos Colony">Lagos Colony</a>. In 1906, the colony was incorporated into the new <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria Protectorate</a> which merged into <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a> in 1914 with the city of <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> as its capital. Upon independence in 1960, Lagos remained as the capital with much of the city forming the Federal Capital Territory while the rest of modern-day Lagos State was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Region,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Region, Nigeria">Western Region</a> until 1967 when the region was split and the area became Lagos State.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Economically, Lagos State is one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the world. It contains the most populous city in Nigeria and one of the most important states in the country, a major financial centre and has one of the largest <a href="/wiki/List_of_African_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of African countries by GDP (nominal)">economies in Africa</a><sup id="cite_ref-John_M._O._Ekundayo_2013_135_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_M._O._Ekundayo_2013_135-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">gross domestic product</a> of $84 billion comparable with <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>'s $75 billion, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>'s $70 billion, and <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>'s $93 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lagos State is also a key culture, education, and transportation hub for <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a>. Additionally, the state also has the highest literacy rate in Nigeria. It is known for its vibrant culture, bustling markets, and significant economic activities.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite overcrowding and chronic debilitating traffic, Lagos State has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">highest</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> in Nigeria and numerous developmental projects.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Lagos" title="History of Lagos">History of Lagos</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_people" title="Portuguese people">Portuguese</a> name of Lagos had been adopted, Lagos' initial name was Eko which referred mainly to the <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">Island</a>. The first to settle in Eko were the <a href="/wiki/Awori_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Awori tribe">Aworis</a> in the 15th century and the <a href="/wiki/Edo_people" title="Edo people">Binis</a> in the 16th century. The Benin group first tried to fight their way onto Iddo, but they were decisively beaten in their attacks, the Aworis later allowed them to settle peacefully.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Awori hunters and fishermen had originally come from <a href="/wiki/Ife" class="mw-redirect" title="Ife">Ile-Ife</a> to the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State,_Nigeria_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State,_Nigeria-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was in 1760 that the name Lagos was adopted by the Portuguese. Naming it after a city in Southern Portugal which was used as port for <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave trade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1861, Oba Docemo was the one who signed the treaty making Lagos a <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British colony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg/220px-Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg/330px-Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg/440px-Chair_market-Badagry-1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption>Chair market in <a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a>, 1910</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-colonial_era">Post-colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the <i>State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which restructured Nigeria into a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of 12 states.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the issuance of this Decree, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos city</a>, which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the <i>Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agege" title="Agege">Agege</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mushin,_Lagos" title="Mushin, Lagos">Mushin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epe,_Lagos_State" title="Epe, Lagos State">Epe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surulere" title="Surulere">Surulere</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a> were administered by the then Western Region Government.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lagos, the city, along with these other towns were captured to create the state of Lagos, with the state becoming fully recognized as a <a href="/wiki/Semi-autonomous" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-autonomous">semi-autonomous</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> administrative division on 11 April 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lagos served the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital until 1976 when the capital of the state was moved to <a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the full establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Capital_Territory,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria">Federal Capital Territory</a>, based on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Akinola_Aguda" title="Akinola Aguda">Akinola Àgùdà</a>–led committee set up by General <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed" title="Murtala Muhammed">Murtala Muhammed</a> to review the need for a new capital for Nigeria in 1975. The seat of the Federal Government was formally relocated to <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a> on 12 December 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, Lagos remains the financial centre of the country, and even grew to become the most populous city in the state and the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Lagos_State_Information_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lagos_State_Information-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_towns">Cities and towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lagos">Lagos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lagos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a></div> <p>Lagos is the most populous city in Lagos State, Nigeria as a whole, and the continent of Africa. The <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a> is one of the most populous in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lagos is a <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">port</a> which originated on islands separated by <a href="/wiki/Creek_(tidal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Creek (tidal)">creeks</a>, such as Lagos Island, fringing the southwest mouth of <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Lagoon" title="Lagos Lagoon">Lagos Lagoon</a> while protected from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> by <a href="/wiki/Barrier_island" title="Barrier island">barrier islands</a> and long <a href="/wiki/Sand_spit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand spit">sand spits</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Bar_Beach,_Lagos" title="Bar Beach, Lagos">Bar Beach</a>, which stretch up to 100 kilometres (62 miles) east and west of the mouth. The metropolitan area of Lagos includes <a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a> (which is the capital of Lagos State) and <a href="/wiki/Agege" title="Agege">Agege</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mushin,_Lagos" title="Mushin, Lagos">Mushin</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ikeja">Ikeja</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ikeja"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a></div> <p>Ikeja is the state capital of Lagos State. <a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a> is a planned residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government reserved areas. The <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport" title="Murtala Muhammed International Airport">Murtala Mohammed International Airport</a> is in Ikeja. Ikeja is also home to Fela Kuti's African Shrine,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Late Chief <a href="/wiki/Gani_Fawehinmi" title="Gani Fawehinmi">Gani Fawehinmi</a> house and Lagbaja's Motherland. It also has the largest shopping center on the mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lekki">Lekki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lekki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lekki" title="Lekki">Lekki</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lekki" title="Lekki">Lekki</a> is a city in the south eastern part of the state. It is a naturally formed peninsula, it is still largely under construction. As of 2015, only phase 1 of the project had been completed, with phase 2 nearing completion. The peninsula is approximately 70 to 80 km long, with an average width of 10 km. Lekki currently houses several estates, gated residential developments, agricultural farmlands, areas allocated for a Free Trade Zone, an airport, and a sea port under construction. The proposed land use master plan for the Lekki envisages the Peninsula as a "Blue-Green Environment City",<sup id="cite_ref-Lekki-Lagos_State_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lekki-Lagos_State-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> expected to accommodate over 3.4 million residential population and an additional non-residential population of at least 1.9 million.<sup id="cite_ref-allafrica_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allafrica-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ikorodu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a></div> <p>Ikorodu is a city located north-east of the state along the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Lagoon" title="Lagos Lagoon">Lagos Lagoon</a>. It shares a boundary with <a href="/wiki/Ogun_State" title="Ogun State">Ogun State</a>. As of the 2006 Census, Ikorodu had a population of 535,619.<sup id="cite_ref-nigeriacongress2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nigeriacongress2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the third largest city in the south-west after Ibadan and Lagos and the 12th largest city in Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.ng_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.ng-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,041,066. The population of the city currently grows at 5.26% annually, and it is projected to reach 1.7 million by 2035.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian.ng_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian.ng-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eko_Atlantic">Eko Atlantic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eko Atlantic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Eko_Atlantic" title="Eko Atlantic">Eko Atlantic</a></div> <p>Eko Atlantic is a planned city being constructed on land reclaimed from the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located on the former Lagos' <a href="/wiki/Lagos#Bar_Beach" title="Lagos">Bar Beach</a>. Upon completion, the new island which is still under development is anticipating at least 250,000 residents and a daily flow of at least 150,000 commuters. The development will also have a positive environmental impact; its purpose is to stop the erosion of the Lagos coastline.<sup id="cite_ref-Dada_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dada-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Eko_Atlantic" title="Eko Atlantic">Eko Atlantic City</a> project received global recognition in 2009, as the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Lagos_State" title="Government of Lagos State">Lagos State government</a> and its private sector partners on the Project, South Energyx, received the <a href="/wiki/Clinton_Foundation#Clinton_Global_Initiative_(CGI)" title="Clinton Foundation">Clinton Global Initiative</a> Commitment Certificate.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Badagry">Badagry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Badagry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a></div> <p>Badagry is a coastal town in the state. It is situated between Metropolitan Lagos, and the border of the <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Republic of Benin</a> at <a href="/wiki/Seme_Border" title="Seme Border">Seme</a>. As of the preliminary 2006 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> results, the municipality had a population of 241,093.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is led by a traditional king, Akran De Wheno Aholu Menu – Toyi 1,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who is also the permanent vice-chairman of obas and chiefs in Lagos State. It is known to hold the country's oldest storey building. Badagry is home to the <a href="/wiki/Ewe_people" title="Ewe people">Ewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egun" class="mw-redirect" title="Egun">Egun</a> people who are predominantly fishermen.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Epe">Epe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Epe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Epe,_Lagos_State" title="Epe, Lagos State">Epe, Lagos State</a></div> <p>Epe is a town located on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Lekki_Lagoon" title="Lekki Lagoon">Lekki Lagoon</a>. It is popular for the fishing activities attributed to the city. Per the 2006 Census the population of Epe was 181,409.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Epe is widely regarded as Lagos's fishing capital. Fishing is the main occupation of the people here, so it is no surprise that a sculpture of two giant fishes, erected at the Lekki-Epe T-Junction, welcomes you to Epe. The Epe Fish Market is regarded as Lagos's largest seafood market.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Epe town is well-known for its tranquilly. Aside from the adventure, sightseeing, and serenity, you also have access to low-cost animal protein.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Epe, like any other society, has special occasions and festivals where people come together to celebrate. Epe residents celebrate various festivals such as the Kayo-kayo festival,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Ebi bi festival, Ojude-Oba,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Epe day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some campuses of popular higher education institutions in Lagos can be found within Epe. Lagos State University (LASU),<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pan-Atlantic University (PAU),<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yaba College of Technology,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education are among them (MOCOPED).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Epe is also the birthplace of notable individuals such as former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola.<sup id="cite_ref-:32_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:32-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ojo">Ojo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ojo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ojo,_Lagos_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Ojo, Lagos State">Ojo, Lagos State</a></div> <p>Ojo is a town mainly occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Awori_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Awori tribe">Aworis</a> with a population of 507,693.<sup id="cite_ref-nigeriacongress_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nigeriacongress-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University" title="Lagos State University">Lagos State University</a> is in this town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lagos State is a major economic centre of Nigeria. It would be the fifth largest <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a> in Africa if it were a country.<sup id="cite_ref-John_M._O._Ekundayo_2013_135_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-John_M._O._Ekundayo_2013_135-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lagos State houses headquarters of most conglomerates and commercial banks in Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_poverty_rate" title="List of Nigerian states by poverty rate">lowest incidence</a> of <a href="/wiki/Extreme_poverty" title="Extreme poverty">extreme poverty</a> (around 1.3% of the population against a national average of 31%) of all states in Nigeria, according to <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> data from 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite that, <a href="/wiki/Slum" title="Slum">slums</a> and poverty are a major issue in the Lagos area. </p><p>Its total generated <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">revenue</a> in 2017 was around <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_naira" title="Nigerian naira">₦</a>334 billion (equivalent to <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>920 million), growing by 10.43% compared to 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the first half of 2021, the State's internally generated revenue (IGR) alone stood at over <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_naira" title="Nigerian naira">₦</a>267 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lekki_Free_Trade_Zone">Lekki Free Trade Zone</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Lekki Free Trade Zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lekki_Free_Trade_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lekki Free Trade Zone">Lekki Free Trade Zone</a> (Lekki FTZ) is a free zone situated at the eastern part of Lekki, which covers a total area of about 155 square kilometres. The first phase of the zone has an area of 30 square kilometres, with about 27 square kilometres for urban construction purposes, which would accommodate a total resident population of 120,000. According to the Master Plan, the free zone will be developed into a new modern city within a city with integration of industries, commerce and business, real estate development, warehousing and logistics, tourism, and entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-China-Africa_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China-Africa-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mineral_resources">Mineral resources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Mineral resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following mineral resources are found in Lagos State:<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">Clay</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitumen" title="Bitumen">Bitumen</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glass" title="Glass">Glass Sand</a><sup id="cite_ref-:1_72-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crude_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Crude Oil">Crude Oil</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lagos has a Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate. The city's yearly temperature is 28.67 °C (83.61 °F) and it is -0.79% lower than Nigeria's averages. Lagos typically receives about 132.01 millimeters (5.2 inches) of precipitation and has 193.63 rainy days (53.05% of the time) annually.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_issues">Environmental issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Environmental issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Water Pollution In Lagos, water contamination is a significant issue. Serious health concerns have been raised as a result of the unchecked discharge of raw sewage, sediment-carrying runoff, and effluents into the Lagoon system. People are suffering from deadly waterborne illnesses like cholera and diarrhea as a result. The number of Lagos inhabitants who have access to formal clean water is pitifully small, with most of them reliant on the unofficial sector made up of wells. Lagos has a tropical environment with over 2,000 millimeters of annual rainfall, is surrounded by water, however much of the water is unsafe to drink. The bulk of Lagos inhabitants rely on the unofficial sector, which consists of wells, boreholes, rivers, and rains, as there is very little access to formal clean water. The state's daily demand in 2016 was<sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Air pollution<sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Waste<sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Traffic congestion<sup id="cite_ref-:2_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Noise pollution</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4thbridgemap-eng.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/4thbridgemap-eng.jpg/220px-4thbridgemap-eng.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/4thbridgemap-eng.jpg/330px-4thbridgemap-eng.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/4thbridgemap-eng.jpg/440px-4thbridgemap-eng.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="1112" /></a><figcaption>Map of Greater Lagos with bridge, Manhattan as compare</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_Mainland_Bridge">Fourth Mainland Bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Fourth Mainland Bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Mainland_Bridge" title="Fourth Mainland Bridge">Fourth Mainland Bridge</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:From-space3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/From-space3.jpg/220px-From-space3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/From-space3.jpg/330px-From-space3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/From-space3.jpg/440px-From-space3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1601" data-file-height="918" /></a><figcaption>Artificial island with bridge</figcaption></figure> <p>The Fourth Mainland Bridge <sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a 38 km long <a href="/wiki/Bridge" title="Bridge">bridge</a> project by the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagos State Government">Lagos State Government</a>, connecting <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a> by way of Langbasa(<a href="/wiki/Lekki" title="Lekki">Lekki</a>) and Baiyeku(Ikorodu) across the <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Lagoon" title="Lagos Lagoon">Lagos Lagoon</a> to Itamaga, in <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bridge is a 2 x 4 lane carriageway cross-sectional road with permission for BRT Lane and future road contraction. It is expected to become the second longest bridge in Africa, featuring 3 toll plazas, 9 interchanges, 4.5 km Lagoon Bridge and an eco-friendly environment amongst other added features.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021 there were 6 bidders for the US$2.5 billion project. By December the preferred bidder would be known.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2022 the Lagos State Governor, <a href="/wiki/Babajide_Sanwo-Olu" title="Babajide Sanwo-Olu">Babajide Sanwo-Olu</a>, reiterated the plan by the state government to commence the construction on the Opebi-Mende link bridge and the 38-kilometre 4th mainland bridge: <i>"Construction work on the 38km 4th Mainland Bridge — which will be the longest in Africa — and the Opebi-Mende link bridge will commence this year."</i><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Lagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation in Lagos">Transportation in Lagos</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transportation_by_air">Transportation by air</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Transportation by air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Murtala_Mohammed_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Murtala Mohammed International Airport">Murtala Mohammed International Airport</a> in Ikeja is one of Nigeria's five major international airports. It was built in 1978 and named after the former military head of state Late General Murtala Mohammed.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lagos has also has the Lekki-Epe International Airport which is a proposed airport in Lekki, Nigeria, designed for a capacity of 5 million passengers annually.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transportation_by_land">Transportation by land</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Transportation by land"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>People can commute using by bus using the Lagos <a href="/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit" title="Bus rapid transit">Bus Rapid Transit System</a>, also known as <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Bus_Rapid_Transit_System" title="Lagos Bus Rapid Transit System">Lagos BRT</a> which is regulated by <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Metropolitan_Area_Transport_Authority" title="Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority">LAMATA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transportation_by_rail">Transportation by rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Transportation by rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lagos State Rail Mass Transit is an <a href="/wiki/Urban_rail_transit" title="Urban rail transit">urban rail</a> system which started operation on the 4th of September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Lagos_State" title="Politics of Lagos State">Politics of Lagos State</a></div> <p>Since its creation in 1967, the state has been administered either by a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Lagos_State" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Lagos State">governor</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Lagos State House of Assembly">House of Assembly</a> in civilian or quasi-civilian (under <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Badamasi_Babangida" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida">Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida</a>'s administration) federal administrations, or by Sole-Administrators or Military Administrators in military dispensations. Since December 2007, <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_language" title="Yoruba language">Yoruba</a> has been the second official language of debate and discussion for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly" title="House of Assembly">House of Assembly</a> after English. The House of Assembly is headed by <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly">the Speaker</a>, an elected position which is currently held by Mudashiru Obasa, who has also won his party's ticket to run for a 6th term in the upcoming 2023 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor">Governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg/220px-Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg/330px-Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg/440px-Babajide_Sanwaolu_2019_00_26_20_984000.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State</figcaption></figure> <p>The current governor of Lagos State is <a href="/wiki/Babajide_Sanwo-Olu" title="Babajide Sanwo-Olu">Babajide Sanwo-Olu</a>, who emerged victorious for a second term in office in the March 11, 2023 Governorship elections.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Babajide Sanwo-Olu was sworn in on May 29, 2023 for a second term in office, retaining him as the 6th democratic governor of Lagos State and the 15th governor of Lagos State overall.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 May 2022, Lagos state government announced total ban on <a href="/wiki/Okada_(motorcycle_taxi)" title="Okada (motorcycle taxi)">Okada</a> in 6 local government areas of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The State government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with members of the state's house of assembly. The Capital city of the State is Ikeja.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_System">Electoral System</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Electoral System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Lagos State is divided into five <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions">administrative divisions</a>, which are further divided into 20 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">local government areas</a>, or LGAs. They are:<sup id="cite_ref-state_population_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state_population-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA name </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Census 2006<br /> population </th> <th>Administrative capital </th> <th>Postal<br />code </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Agege" title="Agege">Agege</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>459,939 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agege" title="Agege">Agege</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alimosho" title="Alimosho">Alimosho</a> </td> <td>185 </td> <td>1,277,714 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikotun" title="Ikotun">Ikotun</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ifako-Ijaye" class="mw-redirect" title="Ifako-Ijaye">Ifako-Ijaye</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>427,878 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ifako&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ifako (page does not exist)">Ifako</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>313,196 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kosofe" title="Kosofe">Kosofe</a> </td> <td>81 </td> <td>665,393 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kosofe" title="Kosofe">Kosofe</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mushin,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mushin, Nigeria">Mushin</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>633,009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mushin,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mushin, Nigeria">Mushin</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oshodi-Isolo" title="Oshodi-Isolo">Oshodi-Isolo</a> </td> <td>45 </td> <td>621,509 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oshodi-Isolo" title="Oshodi-Isolo">Oshodi/Isolo</a> </td> <td>100 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Somolu" title="Somolu">Shomolu</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>402,673 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somolu" title="Somolu">Shomolu</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ikeja_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ikeja Division (page does not exist)">Ikeja Division</a></i> </td> <td><i>424</i> </td> <td><i>4,801,311</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Apapa" title="Apapa">Apapa</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>217,362 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apapa" title="Apapa">Apapa</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eti-Osa" title="Eti-Osa">Eti-Osa</a> </td> <td>192 </td> <td>287,785 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikoyi" title="Ikoyi">Ikoyi</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>209,437 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Island" title="Lagos Island">Lagos Island</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Mainland" title="Lagos Mainland">Lagos Mainland</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>317,720 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Mainland" title="Lagos Mainland">Lagos Mainland</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Surulere,_Lagos_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Surulere, Lagos State">Surulere</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>503,975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surulere,_Lagos_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Surulere, Lagos State">Surulere</a> </td> <td>101 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lagos Division (page does not exist)">Lagos Division</a></i> </td> <td><i>270</i> </td> <td><i>1,542,279</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajeromi-Ifelodun" title="Ajeromi-Ifelodun">Ajeromi-Ifelodun</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>684,105 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajeromi-Ifelodun" title="Ajeromi-Ifelodun">Ajeromi/Ifelodun</a> </td> <td>102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amuwo-Odofin" title="Amuwo-Odofin">Amuwo-Odofin</a> </td> <td>135 </td> <td>318,166 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Festac_Town" title="Festac Town">Festac Town</a> </td> <td>102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ojo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ojo, Nigeria">Ojo</a> </td> <td>158 </td> <td>598,071 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ojo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ojo, Nigeria">Ojo</a> </td> <td>102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a> </td> <td>441 </td> <td>241,093 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a> </td> <td>103 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Badagry_Division" title="Badagry Division">Badagry Division</a></i> </td> <td><i>746</i> </td> <td><i>1,841,435</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a> </td> <td>394 </td> <td>535,619 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a> </td> <td>104 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ikorodu_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ikorodu Division (page does not exist)">Ikorodu Division</a></i> </td> <td><i>394</i> </td> <td><i>535,619</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibeju-Lekki" title="Ibeju-Lekki">Ibeju-Lekki</a> </td> <td>455 </td> <td>117,481 </td> <td>Akodo<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Epe,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Epe, Nigeria">Epe</a> </td> <td>1,185 </td> <td>181,409 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Epe,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Epe, Nigeria">Epe</a> </td> <td>106 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Epe_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Epe Division (page does not exist)">Epe Division</a></i> </td> <td><i>1,640</i> </td> <td><i>298,890</i> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>3,474</b> </td> <td><b>9,019,534</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ikeja" title="Ikeja">Ikeja</a></b> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The first 16 of the above LGAs comprise the statistical area of Metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. The remaining four LGAs (Badagry, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki and Epe) are within Lagos State but are not part of Metropolitan Lagos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_council_development_areas">Local council development areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Local council development areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, many of the existing 20 LGAs were split for administrative purposes into Local Council Development Areas. These lower-tier administrative units now number 56: Agbado/Oke-Odo, Agboyi/Ketu, Agege, Ajeromi, Alimosho, Apapa, Apapa-Iganmu, Ayobo/Ipaja, Badagry West, Badagry, Bariga, Coker Aguda, Egbe Idimu, Ejigbo, Epe, Eredo, <a href="/wiki/Eti-Osa_East" title="Eti-Osa East">Eti-Osa East</a>, Eti Osa West, Iba, Isolo, Imota, Ikoyi, Ibeju, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ifelodun, Igando/Ikotun, Igbogbo/Bayeku, <a href="/wiki/Ijede" title="Ijede">Ijede</a>, Ikeja, Ikorodu North, Ikorodu West, Ikosi Ejinrin, Ikorodu, Ikorodu West, Iru/Victoria Island, Itire Ikate, Kosofe, Lagos Island West, Lagos Island East, Lagos Mainland, Lekki, Mosan/Okunola, Mushin, Odi Olowo/Ojuwoye, Ojo, Ojodu, Ojokoro, Olorunda, Onigbongbo, Oriade, Orile Agege, Oshodi, Oto-Awori, Shomolu, Surulere and Yaba.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_wards">Electoral wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Electoral wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below is a list of polling units, including villages and schools, organised by electoral ward.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA</th> <th>Wards </th></tr> <tr> <td>Agege</td> <td>Isale/Idimangoro; Iloro/Onipetesi; Oniwaya/Papa-Uku; Agbotikuyo/Dopemu; Oyewole/Papa Ashafa; Okekoto; Keke; Darocha; Tabon Tabon/Oko Oba; Orile Agege/Oko Oba; Isale Odo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ajeromi/Ifelodun</td> <td>Ago Hausa; Awodi-Ora; Wilmer; Olodi; Tolu; Temidire I; Ojo Road; Layeni; Alaba Oro; Mosafejo; Temidire II </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alimosho</td> <td>Shasha/Akowonjo; Egbeda/Alimosho; Idimu/Isheri Olofin; Akesan; Ikotun/Ijegun; Egbe/Agodo; Igando/Egan; Ipaja North; Ipaja South; Ayobo/Ijon Village (Camp David); Pleasure/Oke-Odo; Abule-Egba/Aboru/Meiran/Alagbado </td></tr> <tr> <td>Amuwo-Odofin</td> <td>Amuwo-Odofin Housing Estate, Mile 2; Festac 1; Festac II; Kirikiri; Amuwo; Ijegun; Satellite; Irede; Ibeshe; Igbologun; Festac III </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apapa</td> <td>Apapa I (Marine Rd. and environs); Apapa II (Liverpool Rd. and environs); Apapa III (Creek Rd. Tincan/Snake Island; Apapa IV (Pelewura Crescent and environs); Ijora-Oloye; Olodan St. Olojowou St/Alh. Dogo Olatokunbo St. Iganmu; Gaskiya & environs; Afolabi Alasia Str. and environs; Malu Road and environs; Sari and environs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Badagry</td> <td>Posukoh; Awhanjigoh; Ibereko; Keta-East; Iworo Gbanko; Ajido; Ilogbo-Araromi; Ikoga; Ajara; Iya-Afin </td></tr> <tr> <td>Epe</td> <td>Etita/Ebode; Lagbade; Popo-Oba; Oke-Balogun; Ajaganabe; Ise/Igbogun; Oriba/Ladaba; Abomiti; Agbowa; Agbowa Ikosi; Ago Owu; Orugbo; Ilara; Ibonwon; Odoragunsin; Poka; Odomola; Ejirin; Itoikin </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eti-Osa</td> <td>Victoria Island I; Victoria Island II; Ilasan Housing Estate; Lekki/Ikate and environs; Ilado/Eti-Osa and environs; <a href="/wiki/Ajah,_Lagos" title="Ajah, Lagos">Ajah</a>/Sangotedo; Ado/Langbasa/Badore; Ikoyi I; Ikoyi II; Obalende </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ibeju/Lekki</td> <td>Ibeju I; N2, (Ibeju II); Orimedu I; 02, (Orimedu II); 03, (Orimedu III); P1, (Iwerekun I); Iwerekun II; S1, (Lekki I); Lekki II; S2, (Siriwon/Igbekodo I); S,2a (Siriwon/Igbekodo II) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ifako-Ijaye</td> <td>Ijaye; Old Ifako/Karaole; New Ifako/Oyemekun; Fagba/Akute Road; Iju Isaga; Iju-Obawole; Pamada/Abule-Egba; Ijaiye/Ojokoro; Ijaiye/Agbado/Kollington; Alakuko/Kollington; Ajegunle/Akinde/Animashaun </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ikeja</td> <td>Anifowoshe/Ikeja; Ojodu/Agidingbi/Omole; Alausa/Oregun/Olusosun; Airport/Onipetesi/Onilekere; Ipodo/Seriki Aro; Adekunle Vill./Adeniyi Jones/Ogba; Oke-Ira/Aguda; Onigbongbo/Military Cantonment; Gra/Police Barracks; Wasimi/Opebi/Allen </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ikorodu</td> <td>Isele I; Isele II; Isele III; Aga/Ijimu; Ipakodo; Imota 1; Imota II; Isiu; Igbogbo I; Igbogbo II; Baiyeku/Oreta; Ijede J; Ijede II; Agura/Iponmi; Odogunyan; Erikorodu; Agbala; Olorunda/Igbaga </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kosofe</td> <td>Oworonshoki; Ifako/Soluyi; Anthony/Ajao Estate/Mende/Maryland; Ojota/Ogudu; Ketu/Alapere/Agidi/Orisigun/Kosofe/Ajelogo/Akanimodo; Ikosi Ketu/Mile 12/Agiliti/Maidan; Isheri-Olowo-Ira/Shangisha/Magodo Phase I & II; Agboyi I; Agboyi II; Owode Onirin/Ajegunle/Odo-Ogun </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lagos Island</td> <td>Olowogbowo/Elegbata; Oluwole; Idumota/Oke; Oju-Oto; Oko-Awo; Agarawu/Obadina; Iduntafa; Ilupesi; Isale-Agbede; Olosun; Olushi/Kakawa; Popo-Aguda; Anikantamo; Oko-Faji; Eiyekole; Onikan; Sandgrouse; Epetedo; Lafiaji/Ebute </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lagos Mainland</td> <td>Otto/Iddo; Olaleye Village; Maroko/Ebute Metta; Oyingbo Market/Ebute Metta; Glover/Ebute Metta; Oko-Baba; Oyadiran Estate/Abule-Oja; Alagomeji; Iwaya; Yaba/Igbobi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mushin</td> <td>Alakara; Idi-Oro/Odi-Olowu; Babalosa; Ojuwoye; Ilupeju; Olateju; Kayode/Fadeyi; Mushin/Atewolara; Papa-Ajao; Ilasamaja; Babalosa/Idi-Araba; Idi-Araba; Itire; Ilupeju Industrial Estate </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ojo</td> <td>Ojo Town; Okokomaiko; Ajangbadi; Ijanikin; Iba; Irewe; Tafi; Etegbin; Idoluwo; Sabo, Ojo barracks </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oshodi/Isolo</td> <td>Oshodi/Bolade; Orile-Oshodi; Isolo; Ajao Estate; Mafoluku; Sogunle; Sogunle/Alasia; Okota; Ishagatedo; Oke-Afa/Ejigbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Somolu</td> <td>Onipanu; Palmgrove/Ijebutedo; Alade; Bajulaiye; Mafowoku/Pedro; Lad-Lak/Bariga; Ilaje/Akoka; Igbobi/Fadeyi; Fola Agoro/Bajulaiye/Igbari-Akoka; Gbagada Phase I Obanikoro/Pedro; Gbagada Phase II /Bariga/Apelehin; Abule-Okuta/Ilaje/Bariga </td></tr> <tr> <td>Surulere</td> <td>Orile; Aguda; Ijeshatedo; Akinhanmi/Cole; Yaba/Ojuelegba; Igbaja/Stadium; Shitta/Ogunlana Drive; Adeniran/Ogunsanya; Iponri Housing Estate/Eric Moore; Coker; Ikate; Baya-Oje; Igbon/Gambari; Iresaapa; Arolu; Iresaadu; Iregba; Iwofin; Ilajue; Mayin </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities">Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_University" title="Anchor University">Anchor University</a><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_University_Ilara" title="Augustine University Ilara">Augustine University Ilara</a>, Epe<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_University" title="Caleb University">Caleb University</a><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CETEP_City_University" title="CETEP City University">CETEP City University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University" title="Lagos State University">Lagos State University</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (including <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University_College_of_Medicine" title="Lagos State University College of Medicine">Lagos State University College of Medicine</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adeniran_Ogunsanya_College_of_Education" title="Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education">Lagos State University of Education</a><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Lagos State University of Science and Technology">Lagos State University of Science and Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Open_University_of_Nigeria" title="National Open University of Nigeria">National Open University of Nigeria</a>, Lagos study centres<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Atlantic_University" title="Pan-Atlantic University">Pan Atlantic University</a><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (includung <a href="/wiki/Lagos_Business_School" title="Lagos Business School">Lagos Business School</a><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lagos" title="University of Lagos">University of Lagos</a><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Polytechinics_&_Monotechnics"><span id="Polytechinics_.26_Monotechnics"></span>Polytechinics & Monotechnics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Polytechinics & Monotechnics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_College_of_Fisheries_and_Marine_Technology" title="Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology">Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_City_Polytechnic" title="Lagos City Polytechnic">Lagos City Polytechnic</a><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_College_of_Health_Technology" title="Lagos State College of Health Technology">Lagos State College of Health Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Institute_of_Journalism" title="Nigerian Institute of Journalism">Nigerian Institute of Journalism</a>, Ogba<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaba_College_of_Technology" title="Yaba College of Technology">Yaba College of Technology</a><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colleges_of_Education">Colleges of Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Colleges of Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_College_of_Education,_Akoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal College of Education, Akoka">Federal College of Education, Akoka</a><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Otedola_College_Of_Primary_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Otedola College Of Primary Education">Michael Otedola College of Primary Education</a><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adeniran_Ogunsanya_College_of_Education" title="Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education">Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education</a> upgraded in 2022 now Lagos State University of Education<sup id="cite_ref-lasued.edu.ng_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lasued.edu.ng-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_Lagos" title="Tourist attractions in Lagos">Tourist attractions in Lagos</a></div> <p>Lagos State has over 700 km of Atlantic sandy beaches with about 20 between the west of Badagry and east of Lekki. Along with these, there are several tourist attractions. They include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_Cove" title="Atlas Cove">Atlas Cove, Apapa</a><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Beach,_Lagos" title="Bar Beach, Lagos">Bar Beach, Victoria Island</a><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elegushi_Beach" title="Elegushi Beach">Elegushi Beach</a><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarkwa_Bay_Beach" title="Tarkwa Bay Beach">Tarkwa Bay Beach</a><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topo_Island" title="Topo Island">Topo Island</a>, Badagry.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>King Ado statue, Lagos Island<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tafawa_Balewa_Square" title="Tafawa Balewa Square">Tafawa Balewa Square</a><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Giwa Gardens in the Sangotedo district is a water park that claims to be the largest in West Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lagos state is a Yorubaland and the Yoruba language is predominant. The state attracts other non-Yorubas who live there in search of greener pastures attracting both <a href="/wiki/Nigerians" title="Nigerians">Nigerians</a> and foreigners alike.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indigenous inhabitants include the <a href="/wiki/Awori_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Awori tribe">Awori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ogu_people" title="Ogu people">Ogu</a> <abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> Egun in the Ikeja and <a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a> Divisions respectively, with the Egun being found mainly in Badagry. </p><p>There is also an admixture of other pioneer settlers collectively known as the Eko.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Alimosho and Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government areas are predominantly populated by the <a href="/wiki/Egba_people" title="Egba people">Egba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egbado" class="mw-redirect" title="Egbado">Egbado</a> Yoruba people. <sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is rich in <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">culture</a>, prominent amongst which are the Oro, Igunnu and <a href="/wiki/Egungun" title="Egungun">Egungun</a> annual festivals. </p><p>The indigenous people of the <a href="/wiki/Ikorodu" title="Ikorodu">Ikorodu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epe,_Lagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Epe, Lagos">Epe</a> Divisions are mainly the <a href="/wiki/Ijebu_people" title="Ijebu people">Ijebu</a>, with pockets of Eko-Awori settlers along the coastland and riverine areas.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dominant religions in Lagos State are Christianity and Islam although a certain amount of traditional religion is still practiced.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Churches represented include Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, 25.6% Roman Catholic, and many local and spiritual churches. Islam and traditional Yoruba spiritism are also practised. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Province_of_Lagos" title="Anglican Province of Lagos">Anglican Province of Lagos</a> (2002) within the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Nigeria" title="Church of Nigeria">Church of Nigeria</a> includes the four Dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Lagos" title="Anglican Diocese of Lagos">Lagos</a> (1919) led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bamisebi_Olumakaiye" title="Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye">Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye</a> until he died 2022, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Badagry" title="Anglican Diocese of Badagry">Badagry</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Joseph_Adeyemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Babatunde Joseph Adeyemi">Babatunde Joseph Adeyemi</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Lagos_Mainland" title="Anglican Diocese of Lagos Mainland">Lagos Mainland</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Akinpelu_Johnson" title="Akinpelu Johnson">Akinpelu Johnson</a> (2014) and <a href="/wiki/Lagos_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagos West">Lagos West</a> (1999) with 275 parishes led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/James_Odedeji" title="James Odedeji">James Olusola Odedeji</a> (2013). </p><p>343,675 Catholics (2021) in <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Lagos" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Lagos">Archdiocese of Lagos</a> (1860 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey) with 184 parishes under Archbishop <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Adewale_Martins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfred Adewale Martins (page does not exist)">Alfred Adewale Martins</a> (2012). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lagos_State&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Femi_Ojo_Ade" title="Femi Ojo Ade">Femi Ojo Ade</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Adetiba" title="Kemi Adetiba">Kemi Adetiba</a>, film maker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimi_Agbaje" title="Jimi Agbaje">Jimi Agbaje</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ajomale" title="Henry Ajomale">Henry Ajomale</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rilwan_Akiolu" title="Rilwan Akiolu">Rilwan Akiolu</a>, Oba of Lagos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akinwunmi_Ambode" title="Akinwunmi Ambode">Akinwunmi Ambode</a>, accountant and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyonse_Amosu" title="Miyonse Amosu">Miyonse Amosu</a>, chef and media personality</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayodele_Awojobi" title="Ayodele Awojobi">Ayodele Awojobi</a>, academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Segun_Awosanya" class="mw-redirect" title="Segun Awosanya">Segun Awosanya</a>, advocate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muiz_Banire" title="Muiz Banire">Muiz Banire</a>, lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketmouth" title="Basketmouth">Basketmouth</a>, comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Rawlingson_Carr" title="Henry Rawlingson Carr">Henry Rawlingson Carr</a>, educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G.B.A._Coker" class="mw-redirect" title="G.B.A. Coker">G.B.A. Coker</a>, former Judge of Supreme Court Of Nigeria</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davido" title="Davido">Davido</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Elumelu" title="Tony Elumelu">Tony Elumelu</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falz" title="Falz">Falz</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Fashola" title="Babatunde Fashola">Babatunde Fashola</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Femi_Gbajabiamila" title="Femi Gbajabiamila">Femi Gbajabiamila</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bode_George" title="Bode George">Bode George</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adekunle_Gold" title="Adekunle Gold">Adekunle Gold</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Jadesimi" title="Amy Jadesimi">Amy Jadesimi</a>, businesswoman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oladipo_Jadesimi" title="Oladipo Jadesimi">Oladipo Jadesimi</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateef_Jakande" title="Lateef Jakande">Lateef Jakande</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobolaji_Johnson" title="Mobolaji Johnson">Mobolaji Johnson</a>, first governor, Lagos State.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Joshua" class="mw-redirect" title="T. B. Joshua">T. B. Joshua</a>, Christian minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fela_Kuti" title="Fela Kuti">Fela Kuti</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Macaroni" title="Mr Macaroni">Mr Macaroni</a>, comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Macaulay" title="Herbert Macaulay">Herbert Macaulay</a>, nationalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musiliu_Obanikoro" title="Musiliu Obanikoro">Musiliu Obanikoro</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babatunde_Olatunji" title="Babatunde Olatunji">Babatunde Olatunji</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Onobrakpeya" title="Bruce Onobrakpeya">Bruce Onobrakpeya</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oba_Otudeko" title="Oba Otudeko">Oba Otudeko</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ovia" title="Jim Ovia">Jim Ovia</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahman_Owokoniran" title="Rahman Owokoniran">Rahman Owokoniran</a>, politician</li> <li><a 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(1987), <i>History of the peoples of Lagos State</i>, Lagos: Lantern Books, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789782281487" title="Special:BookSources/9789782281487"><bdi>9789782281487</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+peoples+of+Lagos+State&rft.place=Lagos&rft.pub=Lantern+Books&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=9789782281487&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALagos+State" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Ajose, Sunny A. 2010. "The Evolution and Development of Lagos State Administration in Lagos State: A Sociological Approach."</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMichael_Filani2012" class="citation cs2">Michael Filani (2012), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.citiesalliance.org/sites/citiesalliance.org/files/Lagos-reform-report-lowres.pdf"><i>The Changing Face of Lagos: From Vision to Reform and Transformation</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Cities Alliance</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Changing+Face+of+Lagos%3A+From+Vision+to+Reform+and+Transformation&rft.pub=Cities+Alliance&rft.date=2012&rft.au=Michael+Filani&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citiesalliance.org%2Fsites%2Fcitiesalliance.org%2Ffiles%2FLagos-reform-report-lowres.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALagos+State" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div 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State">Ojo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">LGAs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agege" title="Agege">Agege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajeromi-Ifelodun" title="Ajeromi-Ifelodun">Ajeromi-Ifelodun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alimosho" title="Alimosho">Alimosho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amuwo-Odofin" title="Amuwo-Odofin">Amuwo-Odofin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apapa" title="Apapa">Apapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badagry" title="Badagry">Badagry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epe,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Epe, Nigeria">Epe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eti-Osa" title="Eti-Osa">Eti-Osa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibeju-Lekki" title="Ibeju-Lekki">Ibeju-Lekki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifako-Ijaiye" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="1st Lagos State House of Assembly">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="2nd Lagos State House of Assembly">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="3rd Lagos State House of Assembly">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="4th Lagos State House of Assembly">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="5th Lagos State House of Assembly">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="6th Lagos State House of Assembly">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="7th Lagos State House of Assembly">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly" title="8th Lagos State House of Assembly">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Lagos_State_House_of_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" 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