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Location of Ikeja in Nigeria


Ikeja is a suburb of the city of Lagos and the capital of Lagos State; it is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Murtala Mohammed International Airport is located there. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential environment with shopping malls, phamarcies and government reservation areas. Ikeja is also home to the Femi Kuti Africa Shrine, a renowned live music venue.

It is also home to the very popular computer village, a typical unplanned, disorganized, and unsafe commercial environment market, where all types of computers and accessories are sold. Known throughout Nigeria almost all computers used in Nigeria are bought there. However the constant presence of street touts and other unsavoury characters has made the environment not only dangerous but chaotic.

An explosion in the Lagos Army Barracks on 27 January 2002 caused fires. Many fleeing people drowned in a canal when a bridge collapsed during the stampede.[1] [2] The official death toll is 600 people. Much of Ikeja was kept intact, however.

A disaster fund was created to provide for those displaced in the tragedy. The government provided food, clothing, shelter and health care. The official number of displaced people was put at 20,000.

Ikeja like other Lagos municipalities has suffered from neglect, a lack of planning and over concentration of disorganized commercial activities (which include street trading).

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1. ^ Anger follows Lagos blasts, CNN News January 29, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2007
2. ^ Talking Point - Lagos Explosion, BBC News January 31, 2002. Retrieved February 18, 2007

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Administrative Divisions Badagry Division • Epe Division • Ikeja Division • Ikorodu Division • Lagos Division
LGAs Agege Alimosho Amuwo-Odofin Apapa Badagry Epe Eti-Osa Ibeju-Lekki Ifako-Ijaiye Ikeja Ikorodu Kosofe Mushin Ojo Oshodi-Isolo Somolu Surulere Lagos Island Lagos Mainland Ajeromi-Ifelodun


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Lagos State is an administrative region of Nigeria. The smallest of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the second most populous state after Kano State,[2] and arguably the most economically important state of the county,[3]
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Murtala Muhammed International Airport (IATA: LOS, ICAO: DNMM) is located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the city of Lagos, southwestern Nigeria and the entire nation.
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Femi Anikulapo Kuti is an award winning Nigerian musician, and the eldest son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and Remi, who had left Fela and raised Femi.

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Lagos State is an administrative region of Nigeria. The smallest of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the second most populous state after Kano State,[2] and arguably the most economically important state of the county,[3]
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Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria.

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Badagry Division figures in the history of relations and contact between Nigeria and Europe, as it was a major slave outpost and market prior to British colonization.
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Agege is a suburb and local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

It includes a campus of Lagos State University. [1]

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Alimosho is a Local Government Area in the Ikeja Division, Lagos State.

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Amuwo-Odofin is a local government area in the Badagry Division, Lagos State.

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Apapa is the major port of the city of Lagos, Nigeria, and is located to the west of Lagos Island, across Lagos Harbour. It is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.
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Badagry (traditionally Agbadarigi) is a coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is situated between Metropolitan Lagos, and the border with Benin. As of the preliminary 2006 census results, the municipality had a population of 241,093.
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Epe is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria[1] located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. As of 2007 the estimated population of Epe was 89,032.[2] The population of the LGA was 111,464.
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Eti-Osa is a Local Government Area in the Lagos Division, of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Ibeju-Lekki is a local government area in the Epe Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Ifako-Ijaiye is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Ikorodu is a city and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria.[1] Located along the Lagos Lagoon, it shares a boundary with Ogun State. As of 2007 Ikorodu had an estimated population of 329,424.
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Kosofe is a local government area in Ikeja Division, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Mushin is a suburb of Lagos, located in Lagos State, Nigeria, and is one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.[1] It is located 10 km north of the Lagos city core, adjacent to the main road to Ikeja, and is a largely a congested residential area with inadequate
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Oshodi-Isolo is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria. It has a population of 557,777 people, and an area of 50 square kilometers.

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Somolu (aka Shomolu) is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Surulere is a residential and commercial area, and a Local Government Area located on the Lagos mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is part of Metropolitan Lagos.

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