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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 southwestern Nigeria.With an upper population estimate of 21 million, it is the largest city in Nigeria, and the most populous urban area on the African continent.
The Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Primero Transport Services Ltd operates on twenty-six routes and recently lowered fares for along Ikorodu to TBS corridor because of the present realities [4].The BRT also recently activated digital electronic payment system using access control system too which was launched by the former Governor of Lagos State [5] [6]
Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of the first Europeans to arrive at the land already inhabited by the Awori who are a sub-ethnic group of the Yoruba people. The area which was under the administration of the Benin Kingdom was initially known as "Eko". [3] [4] The Portuguese would refer to it as "Onim" and later "Lagos". [4]
The Lagos Cable Car Project is designed to deliver such a system. The most promising corridor for cable car development to complement the Strategic Transport Master Plan (STMP) is the corridor linking Apapa with Lagos Island, Obalende / Ikoyi and Victoria Island , which is not directly served by the STMP mass transit networks.
Iyana-Iba is a busy area in the Lagos state [2] due to its popular local markets and road dimension which leads to Festac, Mile 2, Alaba etc. [3] The Iyana-Iba road also lead to the Lagos State University [4] main gate facing the south and the back gate facing the east.
Lagos (pronounced ⓘ; Proto ... The demand for the indentured labour force was so high that, by 1450, profit on Mauritanian slaves was 700 percent. [13]
Simonsen explained why the level of LEGO production quality has to be so high, mentioning in particular what the company calls "clutch power," i.e., the ability of its bricks to snap together ...
Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelled "Docemo" in British documents) resisted the cession for 11 days while facing the threat of violence on Lagos and its people, but capitulated and signed the Lagos Treaty of Cession. [1] Lagos was declared a colony on 5 March 1862. [2] By 1872, Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading centre with a population over 60,000. [3]