A report on Lagos

Map of Lagos' initial city boundaries, showing its contemporary districts. This definition is rarely used in the present day; the expanded metropolitan area is now a more accepted definition of Lagos.

A map showing the 16 LGAs making up Lagos Metropolitan Area

The Lagos Black Heritage Festival Parade, 2012

The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina on Lagos Island

Toll gates and roads at the Lekki-Ẹpẹ Expressway

Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system

Distilling column of the Dangote refinery in compare to a Saturn rocket

Largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper - daily the Lagos area is growing by some 3,000 people, or around 1.1 million annually, so the true population figure of the greater Lagos area in 2022 is roughly 28 million (up from some 23.5 million in 2018).

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Nigeria

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Country in West Africa.

Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu

Yoruba copper mask of Obalufon from the city of Ife c. 1300

Royal Benin ivory mask, one of Nigeria's most recognized artifacts. Benin Empire, 16th century.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard who as Governor-General of Nigeria led the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.

1953 postage stamp with portrait of Queen ElizabethII

Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966

The Republic of Biafra in June 1967, when it declared its independence from the rest of Nigeria

Shehu Shagari was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.

Olusegun Obasanjo was civilian President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.

Muhammadu Buhari is currently serving as President of Nigeria, since 2015.

Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2014

Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions

A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019

Oil facility at Bonny Island, Rivers State

PTDF – Petroleum Technology Development Fund

Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014). Nigeria has the largest reserves in Africa.

Second Niger bridge at Onitsha, artistic impression

SpaceX launch of CRS-11 with Nigeria EduSat-1 on board in 2017

Population density (persons per square kilometer) in Nigeria

Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)

A Nigerian police officer at the Eyo festival in Lagos

End SARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.

Lisa Folawiyo, Fashion Designer From Nigeria

An Eyo Iga Olowe Salaye masquerade jumping

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Africa's most popular and best selling literary piece ever, has been translated into more than forty languages.

Wizkid is a popular musician in Nigeria, Africa and worldwide.

Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison

Ituen Basi, Lagos based Nigerian fashion designer

The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa.

Lagos State

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State in southwestern Nigeria.

Map of Greater Lagos with bridge, Manhattan as compare

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.

Yoruba people

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The Yoruba people (Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo.

Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived' Ede
groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels

Palace of the King of Oyo circa 1900s - Colorized

Anna Hinderer church and mission house at Ibadan, 1850s

Yoruba door, wood carvings; used to record events c. 1910

Early 19th century Yoruba architecture showing their unique inner courtyard layout used as a safe space for storing livestock and a space where children could play

Wooden Ere Ibeji figures representing twins. Yorubas have the highest twinning rate in the world.

An older traditional Agbada clothing historically worn by Yoruba men. This exhibit was obtained in the town of Òkukù.

African Languages Spoken in American Households

Commemoration of Black consciousness, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$Amala is a Yoruba food.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amala|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Akara is a Yoruba bean fritter.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=akara|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Ofada rice is a Yoruba dish.<ref name="Olusegun Obasanjo 1983">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Management_in_Agriculture_Rural_Developm/JdrSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22ofada%20rice%22|title=Management in Agriculture & Rural Development: A Practicioner's View|author=Olusegun Obasanjo|date=1983|isbn=9789782399243}}</ref>$

Moin Moin is a Yoruba steamed bean pudding.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adim%C3%BA/w3r4Xx2059AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22moin+moin%22|title=Adimú: Gbogbó Tén'unjé Lukumí|author=Miguel Willie Ramos|publisher=Eleda.Org Publications|date=July 2012|isbn=9781877845109}}</ref>

A collection of foods eaten by Yorubas in general

$Simple Iro and Buba with Gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Nigerian_Marketing/JfbTAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22iro+and+buba%22&dq=%22iro+and+buba%22&printsec=frontcover|title=Fundamentals of Nigerian Marketing|author=Esogwa C. Osuala|date=1988|publisher=Pacific Publishers|isbn=9789782347299}}</ref>$

$Agbádá àti Fìlà<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yoruba_Dress/CzAqd4vGphoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=agbada+and+fila&dq=agbada+and+fila&printsec=frontcover|title=Yoruba Dress: A Systematic Case Study of Five Generations of a Lagos Family|author=Betty Marguerite Wass|date=1975|publisher=Michigan State University. Department of Family Ecology|isbn=9789782347299|pages=143–183}}</ref>$

Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele. Blouse, wrapper and headgear<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

$Bùbá àti Kèmbè. Agbada top with short baggy pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Handbook_of_Nigerian_Culture/n1AuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kembe|title=A Handbook of Nigerian Culture|author1=Frank Aig-Imoukhuede|author2=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|date=1992|publisher=Department of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|isbn=9789783131613|page=134}}</ref>$

$Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele made from Òfì<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aso_Oke_Yoruba/bH5djwEACAAJ?hl=en|title=Aso Oke Yoruba: A Tapestry of Love & Color, a Journey of Personal Discovery|author=Tola Adenle|date=February 2, 2016|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781523495221}}</ref>$

Agbádá àti Sóró, Agbada and long slim pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lekki/o9EuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=They%20wear%20dresses%20like|title=Lekki|author=Bola researcher/writer Sebastian|date=1992|publisher=Public Information Department, Lagos State Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports|page=3}}</ref>

Ìró and Bùbá with gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

Today, Lagos (Èkó), another major Yoruba city, with a population of over twenty million, remains the largest on the African continent.

Lagos Island

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Aerial view of CMS, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria

Aerial view of Marina, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria

Cathedral Church CMS, Lagos Island East, Lagos-Nigeria

Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Marina, Lagos Island

Nigerian Ports Authority, Marina, Lagos Island

Lagos Island (Ìsàlẹ̀ Èkó) is the principal and central local government area (LGA) in Lagos, it use to be the Capital of Lagos State until 1957.

Lagos Colony

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Brass head of a Yoruba king from Ife, 13th century

Richard Francis Burton, opponent of missionary activity in the colony

The first missionary house in Nigeria at Badagry

Historical Yoruba cities, with Lagos in the southwest

Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria.

Badagry

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Coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Badagry (February 1851)<ref name=Offering1851>{{cite journal|title=Badagry|journal=Wesleyan Juvenile Offering|date=February 1851|volume=VIII|pages=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFwEAAAAQAAJ&q=The+Wesleyan+juvenile+offering+1851|access-date=30 November 2015|publisher=Wesleyan Mission-House|location=London}}</ref>

Nigeria's first Christian Mission in Badagry. This is located at the museum of slavery.

Seriki Faremi Abass Slave Museum, Badagry

The First Administrative Building, Badagry, Lagos

Badagry heritage museum model, Badagry, Lagos

Badagry heritage museum stone, Badagry, Lagos

It is quite close to the city of Lagos, and located on the north bank of Porto Novo Creek, an inland waterway that connects Lagos (Nigeria's largest city and economic capital) to the Beninese capital of (Porto-Novo).