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Lagos State Development and Property Corporation is a state government owned corporate entity that builds, rents and sells houses to low, medium and high income families in Lagos. Some of the structures developed by the company include: Dolphin Estate , Falomo Shopping Complex and multi family apartments in Iba, Isolo, Abesan and Amuwo Odofin.
Wood carvings for sale in Festac Town. Festac Town is a federal housing estate located at Lagos Nigeria. Its name is derived from the acronym FESTAC, which stands for Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture that was held there in 1977. [1] It is also important to know that Festac is under Amuwo-Odofin local government area in Lagos.
Some of the 1004 estate high rise buildings shown in the background. 1004 Housing Estate is an 11-hectare housing estate in Victoria Island, Lagos. [1] Originally named Federal Housing Estate, Lagos and designed by Isaac Fola-Alade, it was constructed in the 1970s as the biggest of its type at the time. [2]
Official residences in Lagos (4 P) Pages in category "Houses in Lagos" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The third phase added prefabricated high rise buildings on eight blocks of the Estate, initially to house those displaced by the construction work. [2] [3] It is the estate where Funsho Williams, a popular PDP Lagos governorship aspirant, was murdered on 26 June 2006 at his residence on Corporation Drive. [4]
Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by a local government council [1] consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards.
[1] [2] The Washington Post reported that a majority of Lagos residents live in face-me-I-face-you buildings. [3] Tenement buildings (also called face-me-I-face-you) have lasted for a very long time, arguably since the days when Africans moved away from building huts. The buildings were initially to occupy large families with many wives and ...
Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.