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4 unusual facts about Lagos State


Bose Kaffo

Bose Kaffo, born 14 December 1972 in Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria is a Nigerian professional table tennis player who competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008.

Lagos State

Indigenous inhabitants include the Aworis and Eguns in Ikeja and Badagry Divisions respectively, with the Eguns being found mainly in Badagry.

There is also an admixture of other pioneer settlers collectively known as the Ekos.

Oni Emmanuel Idigbe

Oni Emmanuel Idigbe is the immediate past Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.


ADC Airlines

ADC Airlines was a Nigerian airline owned by Aviation Development Company plc and headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Chioma Chukwuka

She completed her primary education at Onward Nursery and Primary School in Lagos State, and then proceeded to Federal Government Girls College in Onitsha, Anambra State for her secondary education.

Femi Otedola

Femi Otedola (born 1967 in Epe, Lagos State) is a Nigerian businessman.

Jibril Yakubu

The co-defendants were former Chief Security Officer Hamza al-Mustapha, former Lagos State Police Commissioner James Danbaba and former head of the Aso Rock Anti-Riot Police Rabo Lawal.

Mohammed Buba Marwa

Mohammed Buba Marwa (b. Sept 9, 1953) is a retired Nigerian army officer who served as governor of Borno State, and then Lagos State during the military administrations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.

Shafi Edu

Shafi Lawal Edu (1911–2002) was a prominent Nigerian businessman and conservationist from Epe, Lagos State.

Sosoliso Airlines

For much of its existence it had its head office in Ikeja, Lagos State.

Supo Shasore

Olasupo Shasore, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Commercial Dispute and Litigation Partner at Ajumogobia & Okeke ; has served as Attorney General& Commissioner for Justice Lagos State he was appointed in 2007 when Governor Fashola announced his cabinet in July 2007 .


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Bola Tinubu

He won the AD primaries for the Lagos State gubernatorial elections in competition with Funso Williams and Wahab Dosunmu, a former Minister of Works and Housing.

Festivals in Nigeria

The Festival of Light event is a pre- Lagos Countdown event which started in 2012, it is organised by the Lagos Countdown Government and supervised by Lagos Countdown Signage and Advertisements Agency (LASAA) in conjunction with the Lagos State Electricity Board.

Funmi Iyanda

In 2012, she was honoured by the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, for her commitment to gender advocacy as she returned from a five-day UN advocacy trek up Mount Kilimanjaro.

Government College Ikorodu

The college was opened on September 23, 1974, by the then Governor of Lagos state, Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson.

Haruna Ilerika

He joined Stationery Stores FC in 1971 after a brief stint with the defunct Metal Construction Football Club (Apapa) after having led the Zumratul-Islamiya Grammar School, Surulere to victory in the 1970 Principals' Cup Football competition for secondary schools in Lagos State.

Lagos State University

Today, Lagos State University operates a multi-campus system with four fully owned campuses having its main campus at Ojo (along the Badagry Expressway) and other campuses at Epe (where the Engineering Faculty is located), Ikeja and Surulere, as well as six external/affiliated campuses.

Rasaq Adekunle Quadri

He was raised in Lagos State, then went to the Federal Polytechnic, Idah in Kogi State where he earned a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy in 1985.

Simbo Olorunfemi

Those expected in attendance at the book's launch included the Executive Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Dr. Bode Olajumoke, and Chief Segun Olusola, among others.

Voice of Nigeria

The transmitting station is located on 40 hectares at Ipokodo, Ikorodu in Lagos State.