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Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the Yoruba people in the 15th century and Binis in the 16th century. [6][7][8][9] The Awori moved to an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos Island. [10] Their ruler Olofin divided the island among his ten sons. [11] One of them, Aromire, planted pepper on the nearby island ...
Lagos (/ ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [ 10 ][ 11 ] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [ 11 ][ 12 ] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent. [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ...
1845 - Oba Kosoko in power. [1] 1851 - British bombardment of Lagos. [2][3] 1852 - British consulate established. [3] 1853 - King Dosunmu in power. 1859- The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society.
Named for the city of Lagos—the most populous city in Africa—the state was formed from the Western Region and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967. [8] [9] Geographically, Lagos State is dominated by bodies of water with nearly a quarter of the state's area being bodies of water. [10]
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. [8] Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. British influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy the ...
Lagos is currently taking steps to become a global city. The 2009 Eyo carnival (a yearly festival originating from Iperu Remo, Ogun State) was a step toward world city status. Currently, Lagos is primarily known as a business-oriented and fast-paced community. [212] Lagos has become an important location for African and black cultural identity ...
1914 map of Southern and Northern Nigeria by John Bartholomew & Co. of Edinburgh. Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River. [1]
[18] [20] The conspicuous horizontal bending of this profile in the cliffs of Lagos, much like the remainder of the Lagos-Portimão formation, is formed by alternating bands of siliciclastic and calcareous lithologies. [19] The low degree of cementation in the layers causes a high degree of instability of the cliffs. [19]