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Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967, [38] which restructured Nigeria into a federation of 12 states. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city , which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through ...
Transport in Nigeria. The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is a 700 kilometer project that will run from Victoria Island, Lagos to Calabar, Cross River State. The highway will pass through Ogun State, Ondo State, Delta State, Bayelsa State, Rivers State, and Akwa Ibom State, before ending in Calabar. The project is intended connect the western and ...
The Lagos State Portal. Lagos State (Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó, Gun: Ayìmátẹ̀n Awọnlìn tọ̀n) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 Nigerian states, it is the second most populous state but the smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin for 10 km, Lagos ...
News Central TV (Nigeria) News Central TV is a Nigerian independent 24-hour news and media television channel based in Lagos, Nigeria. The parent company, News Central Media, was founded in 2017 by Anthony Dara. It began broadcasting in August 2018. Its primary focus is producing news and current affairs programs on Nigerian and global issues.
Website. www.thisdaylive.com. This Day is a Nigerian national newspaper. It is the flagship newspaper of Leaders & Company Ltd., and was first published on 22 January 1995. It has its headquarters in Apapa, Lagos State. [1] Founded by Nduka Obaigbena, the chairman and editor-in-chief of the This Day Media Group and Arise News.
The South West (often hyphenated to the South-West) is the one of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria representing both a geographic and political region of the country's southwest. It comprises six states — Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo. [1][2] It makes up part of Yorubaland in Nigeria, with Kwara and parts of Kogi completing it.
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.
Map of the Nigerian LGAs, as of 2007. 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.