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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.
Lagos state is made up of five administrative divisions, namely, Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, Badagry, and Lagos Island, with Ikeja being the Capital. The five divisions consist of a total of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). [1] [2] [3]
It is located on St. Gregory's College Road in Obalende, a neighborhood of Lagos Island, in Lagos. The hospital came to worldwide attention in 2014 as the hospital where the Ebola virus disease patient Patrick Sawyer was taken after becoming ill on arrival in Lagos. [1] Sawyer later died at the hospital on 24 July. [2]
Lagos State Development and Property Corporation is a state government owned corporate entity that builds, rents and sells houses to low, medium and high income families in Lagos. Some of the structures developed by the company include: Dolphin Estate , Falomo Shopping Complex and multi family apartments in Iba, Isolo, Abesan and Amuwo Odofin.
The National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos (NOHIL),is a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] It is also colloquially referred to simply as "igbobi" or "igbobi hospital". In 2019, the hospital partnered with SIGN Fracture Care International, US to tackle limb deformity.
The Lagos Black Heritage Festival (LBHF) was established in 2009 by Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola led government administration, in remembrance of the African slave trade story. The festival is a three week-long festival that features lots of indigenous traditional and modern events.
IGA, derived from the Oyo/Ife Yoruba language GAA meaning Royal Home or Palace, IDUN means land, place or sound of while IGANRAN is the Yoruba word for pepper. Iga Idunganran therefore translates to "the palace built on a pepper farm", Aromire having used the land previously as his farm.
The Eko Hospital is a private hospital located at Ikeja with annex in Ikoyi, Central Lagos, Surulere, Lagos State Nigeria. [1] This hospital was established in 1982 to succeed Mercy Specialist Clinic, a clinic that operated in the late 1970s to provide health care services to the entire people of Lagos State, Nigeria.