The 1979 Lagos Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was part...
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Lagos (/ˈleɪɡɒs/ LAY-goss; also US: /ˈlɑːɡoʊs/ LAH-gohss; Yoruba: Èkó), or Lagos City, is a city in Nigeria. With an estimated population of 21 million...
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larger Lagos Island. Their ruler Olofin divided the island among his ten sons. One of them, Aromire, planted pepper on the nearby island of Lagos. The palace...
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Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the...
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Murtala Muhammed International Airport (redirect from Lagos Airport)
conditions at Lagos Airport did not meet ICAO minimum standards.[citation needed] In 1993, the FAA suspended air service between Lagos and the United...
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Park is a memorial and leisure park area in the middle of downtown Lagos in Lagos Island, Nigeria which was formerly Her Majesty's Broad Street Prison...
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The 1978 Lagos Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was part...
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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...
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becomes governor of Lagos State. 1978 - Ebitu Ukiwe becomes governor of Lagos State. 1979 Murtala Muhammed International Airport opens. Lateef Jakande becomes...
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The Nigerian Open was a golf tournament in Nigeria, played between 1969 and 1999. It was generally played at the Ikoyi Club in Ikoyi, Lagos. From 1997 to...
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Apapa Port Complex (redirect from Lagos Port Complex)
within Lagos were not conducive for ships due to the presence of a natural sandbar and heavy tides, this barrier sometimes caused goods to Lagos to be...
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Tony Allen (musician) (category Musicians from Lagos)
project for his 13th release. Recorded live in Lagos, with a full-sized Afrobeat band, Lagos No Shaking (Lagos is OK) signified Allen's return to roots Afrobeat...
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David Imonitie (category Sportspeople from Lagos)
sponsored on tour by the government. His best performance came at the 1979 Lagos Open, where he had wins over Greg Halder and Peter Elter to make the singles...
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los Lagos (Nahuatl: Cihuapilli, lit. "Great Lady"). Miracles have been ascribed to her since 1632 and have made the Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos a...
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Lateef Jakande (category Governors of Lagos State)
of Lagos Island, Lagos State on July 29, 1929. Both parents are from Omu-Aran, Kwara State. He studied at the Lagos public school at Enu-Owa, Lagos Island...
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Hans Gildemeister Barcelona Hans Kary Lagos Johan Kriek Sarasota Peter McNamara Berlin World Championship Tennis 1979 WTA Tour John Barrett, ed. (1980)....
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Bola Tinubu (category Governors of Lagos State)
current president of Nigeria. He was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and senator for Lagos West in the Third Republic. Tinubu spent his early...
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The Lagos Open is a defunct WCT, Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1976 to 1991. It was held in Lagos in Nigeria and played...
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Shoprite Holdings Ltd (category South African companies established in 1979)
Computicket, and opened the first Shoprite LiquorShop. The company also opened its first Nigerian store in the Victoria Island area of Lagos in December 2005...
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Third Mainland Bridge (category Road bridges in Lagos)
linked to the Apapa-Oshodi expressway and Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and ends at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island. There is also a link midway through...
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History of Nigeria (redirect from History of Nigeria (1979–99))
threat of having Commander Bedingfield bombard Lagos, he relented and signed the Lagos Cession Treaty. Lagos proved to be strategically useful and became...
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was a prominent personality in Lagos during the nineteenth century. He was a Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Lagos, and he also served as a registrar...
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prepare for the next. The final conference culminated in the Lagos Accord of August 21, 1979, which representatives of eleven Chadian factions signed and...
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Oyinkansola Abayomi (category Politicians from Lagos)
cousin of Kofo, Lady Ademola. She attended Anglican Girls' Seminary school, Lagos. She graduated in 1909. She then went to school at the Young Ladies Academy...
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Chrislam (category Religion in Lagos)
Saka operates his main Chrislam worship center in Lagos, with three smaller Oke Tude branches in Lagos, three in Abuja, one in Ibadan and a house fellowship...
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Methodist Boys' High School (redirect from Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos)
Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos (MBHS Lagos) is a secondary school for boys located in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Founded in 1878, it was the...
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James Pinson Labulo Davies (category People from Lagos Colony)
well known native of Lagos, who in 1882 used to tell me about the farm he had lately just made beyond the Protectorate of Lagos. Davies was also a close...
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List of Hindi songs recorded by Asha Bhosle (redirect from List of Hindi songs recorded by Asha Bhosle (1948–1979))
Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022 – via open.spotify.com. "Amar (1957) movie songs". Archived from the original on 14...
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Genevieve Nnaji (category University of Lagos alumni)
teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before proceeding to the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in...
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Tunji Disu (category People from Lagos State)
Criminal Intelligence Course at the University of Lagos, amongst others. Tunji was born in Lagos Island, Lagos state on April 13, 1966, and joined the Nigeria...
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