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Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) [2] (IATA: LOS, ICAO: DNMM) (Yoruba: Pápá Ọkọ̀ Òfurufú Káríayé Múrítàlá Mùhammẹ̀d) is an international airport located in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, and is the major airport serving the entire state. The airport was initially built during World War II and is named after Murtala ...
Asaba airport connects the commercial cities of Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Kano and Onitsha. [8] It also serves other cities within the South-East and South-South region and is regulated by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and was upgraded to Category 6 status in April 2010. Asaba Airport has reopened for commercial and charter airlines. [9]
Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport: 1 1 Major domestic airports [4] Asaba: Delta: DNAS ABB Asaba International Airport: N/A N/A Bauchi: Bauchi: DNBC BCU Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport (Bauchi State Airport) N/A N/A Benin: Edo: DNBE BNI Benin Airport: 1 2 Calabar: Cross River: DNCA Calabar Margaret Ekpo International Airport: 1 2 ...
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Of the 36 Nigerian states, Lagos is the second most populous state but the smallest in terms of land mass. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin for 10 km, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the north for about 283 km, making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state.
This much larger area is referred to as "Greater Metropolitan Lagos" or "Lagos Megacity Region", which is a continuously built-up land area of an additional 1,535.4 square kilometres (592.8 square miles), in LGAs situated next to Lagos's eastern and western city limits in Lagos State, and also beyond its northern limits, spilling into some LGAs ...
Ibeju-Lekki is a local government area of Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] The administrative centre was formerly at Akodo and was later moved to Igando Oloja due to the creation of the Lekki Council Development Area. [2] The name of the Local government was derived from two autonomous communities, Ibeju and Lekki. [2]
Upon independence in 1960, Lagos remained as the capital with much of the city forming the Federal Capital Territory while the rest of modern-day Lagos State was a part of the Western Region until 1967 when the region was split and the area became Lagos State. [27] Economically, Lagos State is one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the world.