Badagry, also spelled Badagri, (Gun: Gbagli) is a coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is quite close to the city...
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Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria. The ancient town of Badagry, also known as Badagri, is located in Nigeria and...
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Badagry Festival is an annual event held in Badagry, a town in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is organised by the African Renaissance Foundation (AREFO). The...
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Badagry Coconut Beach is located in Badagry town in the West of Lagos State, Nigeria. It is situated towards the border of the Benin Republic. The beach...
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Mowo is a town in Badagry, Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. The town is just few kilometers from Seme Border with a populations of about 78,897. Resident...
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Lagos State (section Badagry)
Lagos Affairs. However, Ikeja, Agege, Mushin, Ikorodu, Epe, Surulere, and Badagry were administered by the then Western Region Government. Lagos, the city...
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made up of five administrative divisions, namely, Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, Badagry, and Lagos Island, with Ikeja being the Capital. The five divisions consists...
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was a Nigerian politician and traditional title holder who represented Badagry in parliament in 1951 and held the title of Aholu Jiwa II of Jegba. He...
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The Lagos–Badagry Expressway is the local name for the Nigerian section of the Trans–West African Coastal Highway. The expressway connects Lagos, Nigeria...
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known as Point of No Return is a populated historical island located in Badagry, a town and local government area of Lagos State, South-Western Nigeria...
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Badagry Heritage Museum is a museum in Badagry, Nigeria that is housed in the District Officer's Office built in 1863 by the British colonial government...
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of Representatives member in the 10th National Assembly, representing Badagry Federal Constituency since June 2023. He has sponsored fifteen bills and...
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NNS Badagry is an Ocea FPB 72 patrol boat operated by the Nigerian Navy. Badagry is 24 metres (79 ft) long, and is capable of travelling at 30 knots (56 km/h;...
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The Badagry Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, also known as BACCIMA, was established in 2017, is a non-profit organization that...
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The Anglican Diocese of Badagry is one of 13 within the Anglican Province of Lagos, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria. The current...
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first symbolic Door of Return monument as part of the Diaspora Festival in Badagry. The symbolic monument was unveiled under the auspices of the Hon. Abike...
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and a local government development council area located along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Ojo local government area of Lagos State. Oto Awori was founded...
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The Vlekete Slave Market is a market located in Badagry, Lagos State. Established in 1502 and named after the Vlekete deity, the goddess of the ocean...
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Missionary Cemetery in Badagry, is a graveyard where 19th- and 20th-century European Christian Missionaries who died in Badagry town and its environs were...
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Apa is a historic community in Badagry division of Lagos State. It is one of the oldest settlements in Badagry. The community has an Oba, the Alapa of...
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in West Africa in this era. Other major slaving ports were located in Badagry, Lagos on the Bight of Benin, and Bonny Island on the Bight of Biafra....
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Kosoko's power consolidation and departed for Badagry. In turn, Akitoye recalled Eletu Odibo from Badagry, leading Kosoko to declare that if Eletu Odibo...
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to Nigeria from Sierra Leone. From the mission stations established in Badagry and Abeokuta, the Methodist church spread to various parts of the country...
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around Apapa and Ajegunle. Alaka, Gboyega (17 January 2016). "Aradagun, Badagry: At the mercy of 'One Million Boys'". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 25...
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southern Nigeria during the 19th century who became the "Paramount Ruler" of Badagry within the indirect rule structure established by the British. Born Ifaremilekun...
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Ikorodu, Akure, Abeokuta, Oyo, Ifẹ, Ondo City, Ado Ekiti, Iseyin, Sagamu, Badagry, Ilesa, Obafemi Owode, Osogbo, Eruwa, Ikare and Owo. "Geopolitical Zones...
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the site once occupied by the Agia Tree (Egun: Asisoe Tin) close to the Badagry Town Hall. The Agiya tree was a 160 feet (49 m) tree with a circumference...
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Obaship from Adele. Adele was now exiled to Badagry where he assumed headship of the town. In 1825, while in Badagry, Adele attempted to violently retake the...
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Metropolitan Lagos consists 16 out of Lagos State's 20 LGA, which excludes: Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki and Ikorodu summing the 8 LGAs in Kano, which includes:...
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on the Mainland include Ebute Metta, Yaba and Ejigbo. Some rivers, like Badagry Creek, flow parallel to the coast for some distance before exiting through...
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