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Inaugurated in 2021, the ultra-modern Mobolaji Johnson Central Station in Yaba connects Lagos with the country's third largest city, Ibadan, via one of the few standard-gauge railway lines in Africa. The bus station in Yaba stands out with its tent-like architecture. Yaba's market, especially around Tejuosho, is known as "the shopping centre of ...
Industrial Army Home (reformatory) built in Yaba. [20] 1927 - Queen's College, Lagos and Lagos Executive Development Board [14] established. 1928 Oba Sanusi Olusi in power. St Gregory's College, Lagos and Lagos Book Club founded. [22] [23] 1930 - Stadium built. 1931 Tom Jones Library opens. [23] Population: 126,474. 1932 Oba Falolu in power.
Lagos (Portuguese for "lakes") was a name given to the settlement by the Portuguese. Throughout history, it was home to a number of warring ethnic Yoruba groups who had settled in the area. Following its early settlement by the Awori nobility, the state first came to the attention of the Portuguese in the 15th century. [15]
Yaba College of Technology was established in 1947 as a successor of Yaba Higher College.It attained autonomous status in 1969 by virtue of Decree 23 which granted it the mandate to provide full-time and part-time courses of instruction and training in technology, applied science, commerce and management, agricultural production and distribution; and for research.
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Yaba Bus Terminal is located along the Murtala Mohammed Way, Yaba Local Council Development Area in Lagos Mainland, an area of Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] [2] Yaba is a suburb which is located on the mainland in Lagos state. It has become a commercial, transportation, educational and entertainment hub.
Igbobi College is a college established by the Methodist and Anglican Churches in 1932, in the Yaba suburb of Lagos, Lagos State, South-western Nigeria. It is still on its original site and most of the original buildings are intact. It is one of the oldest colleges in Nigeria, and has been the alma mater of a number of well-known Nigerians.
Akoka is a suburb of Yaba in Lagos State It is the site of major tertiary institutions in Lagos including the University of Lagos and Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka . [ 2 ]