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In the IANA time zone database, Nigeria is given one zone in the file zone.tab—Africa/Lagos. Lagos is Nigeria's capital city. "NG" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Nigeria directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself: [8]
Lagos (/ ˈ l eɪ ɡ ɒ s / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈ l ɑː ɡ oʊ s / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwest Nigeria.With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
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; 1860 - Catholic church established. [4] 1861 - Lagos annexed by the British. [2] [5] 1862 - Lagos becomes a British colony. 1866 - Population: 25,083.
Lagos Island (Yoruba: Ìsàlẹ̀ Èkó) is the principal and central Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos, Nigeria. It was the capital of Lagos State until 1957. [2] It is part of the Lagos Division. [3] As of the preliminary 2006 Nigerian census, the LGA had a population of 209,437 within an area of just 8.7 km 2. The LGA only covers the ...
The following is a list of radio stations in Lagos, Nigeria Radio station Frequency Lounge FM - Welcome Home! 87.7 (MHz) Grajos FM 88.3 LAGOS FM 88.3 (MHz) Balogun Radio Online radio Brila FM sport FM 88.9 (MHz) Super FM FM 92.7 (MHz) Fresh FM Lagos FM 105.3 (MHz) Eko FM FM 89.7 (MHz) FM 90.1 Lasgidi Fm Radio Lagos 107.5FM (MHz) Radio Lagos107.5FM Rock FM Nigeria Online radio Voice of the ...
The National Theatre, Nigeria was designed and constructed by Bulgarian construction company (Techno Exporstroy). Alhaji Sule Katagum was a co-owner and also their chairman. It resembles the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria (completed in 1968); the National Theatre Lagos, Nigeria being the bigger of the two. [citation needed]
Aerial view of Lagos in 1929. Lagos is the largest city of the West-African country of Nigeria, and its former capital; it is the largest city in Africa in terms of population with about 15.3 million people. [1] It is also the 4th largest economy in Africa. [2]
The Trans-Sahara Highway or TAH 2, formally the Trans-Saharan Road Corridor (TSR), [1] and also known as the African Unity Road, [2] is a transnational infrastructure project to facilitate trade, transportation, and regional integration among six African countries: Algeria, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Tunisia. [2]