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	Lagos State - Biocrawler
		It is located in the southwestern corner of the country and borders Ogun State in the north and east, the Republic of Benin in the west, and the Atlantic Ocean in the south.
		The population density is high, as this is one of the smallest states in the republic.
		Lagos was the Nigerian capital until December 1991, when the capital was relocated to Abuja.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Lagos_State (266 words)

	Travel in Lagos - Nigeria - Africa - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Lagos has a very diverse and fast-growing population, resulting from heavy and ongoing migration to the city from all parts of Nigeria as well as neighbouring countries.
		Although Lagos is a cosmopolitan city, the traditions of the original settlers have been preserved and now form part of the rich culture of the State.
		Lagos is a highly religious African City where, alongside the normal pressures of urbanization and forces of modern development, religion is still a vital force of life.
	www.africatravelling.net /nigeria/lagos/lagos_culture.htm (522 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Lagos State was created on May 27 1967 by virtue of State (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria's Federation into 12 states.
		Lagos State is the smallest state in Nigeria, yet it has the highest population after Kano State.
		In a UN study of 1999, the city of Lagos was expected to hit the 24.5 million population mark by the year 2015 and thus be among the ten most populous cities in the world, but this projection must now be revised downward due to the results of the 2006 census.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lagos_State (588 words)

	Lagos State
		Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967 under the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 which broke the then existing four regions in the country into 12 States.
		Lagos is located in the South-West of Nigeria on the narrow coastal plain of the Bight of Benin.
		It is bounded in the north and east by Ogun State, in the west by the Republic of Benin and in the South; it stretches 180 kilometres along the Guinea coast of the Bight of Benin in the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.nigeriaholiday.com /lagos (347 words)

	About Lagos State House Of Assembly Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lagos State was created on the 27 of May 1967.
		Jokotola Pelumi, a Legal Practitioner representing Epe Constituency II was elected at the inauguration of the House as the Honorable Speaker.
		At the Lagos State House of Assembly, state government officials do appear before both Public Accounts and Joint Appropriation Committees respectively for the approval of the State Annual Budget as well as review of the process of award and execution of public contracts.
	www.lagoshouseofassembly.org /about.php (1236 words)

	6 The challenges of growth and development in metropolitan Lagos (cont.)
		The state government is currently embarking on a state water supply expansion programme aimed at supplying water for all, including its rural areas, by the year 2000.
		On Lagos Island, apart from the areas around the racecourse and marina, the indigenous housing was unplanned and was left to develop haphazardly, with houses built quite close together.
		Lagos functioned as the political and administrative capital of Nigeria from the time the Northern and Southern provinces of Nigeria were amalgamated in 1914, through political independence in 1960, until the federal capital moved to Abuja in 1990.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/uu26ue/uu26ue0j.htm (4743 words)

	NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Lagos Life
		Lagos Life was at a Magistrate Court within the Ikeja Judicial Division when a group of young girls were arraigned by the police for allegedly engaging in prostitution.
		In a chat with Lagos Life, one of the girls who gave her name as Stella said she was brought to Lagos by a relation under the guise of securing her a job.
		The Lagos State Police Command might have done well by waging war against prostitution in the state but it is instructive to say that the dwindling fortunes of the country in both economic and social spheres would have been responsible for the growth of the social menace.
	www.tribune.com.ng /20082007/lagos.html (784 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Lagos State University (LASU) was established in 1983 by the enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning and establishment of academic excellence.
		Today, Lagos State University operates a multi-campus system with four fully owned campuses having its main campus at Ojo (along the Badagry Expressway) and other campuses at Epe (where the Engineering Faculty is located), Ikeja and Surulere, as well as five External/Affiliated campuses at Anthony Village, Ikoyi, Isolo, Jibowu, Festac and Lekki.
		Lagos State University is reputed for high standards, which it has maintained in its Law programme, and the solid foundation being laid in the Medical Programme, the first set of graduates, of which were turned out in year 2006.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lagos_State_University (291 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News
		Lagos (dpa) - A total of 150 charred bodies recovered from the site of a petroleum pipeline blast were buried in a mass grave Friday just hours after the explosion.
		Lagos (dpa) - As many as 100 persons were killed in an explosion at a petroleum pipeline, police in the Nigerian city of Lagos confirmed Friday.
		Olori said arrangements were being made by the Lagos State government and the police to evacuate the charred bodies of victims from the scene.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=96351 (354 words)

	Nigeria: LAGOS STATE - Lagos State (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The State is composed of the old Federal Territory of Lagos which remains the financial hub and was the Federal Capital of Nigeria (up to December 12, 1991), and the old Colony Province of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria comprising Badagry, Ikeja, Ikorodu and Epe Divisions.
		Situated in the southwestern corner of the country, this elongated state spans the Guinea coast of the Atlantic Ocean for over 180km., from the Republic of Benin on the west to its boundary with Ogun state in the east.
		The Judiciary comprises the offices of the State Chief Judge, Chief Registrar, two Deputy Registrars, who are responsible for the administration of Justice in the various categories of courts in the state.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/lagosadv.asp?blurb=318 (556 words)

	lagos
		Lagos is Nigeria's largest city, its administrative and economic center, and its chief port.
		Lagos is the commercial and industrial hub of Nigeria, with a GNP that triples that of any other West African country.
		Lagos, which was the former capital of Nigeria, has Ikeja as her capital.
	apps.atlantaga.gov /sister/lagos/nigeria/lagos.html (1017 words)

	Lagos State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lagos State is the smallest state in Nigeria, yet it has the highest population, which is over five percent of the national estimate.
		In a recent UN study (1999), the city of Lagos is expected to hit the 24.5 million population mark and thus be among the ten most populous cities in the world by the year 2015.
		Lagos State is inhabited by the Aworis and Ogus in Ikeja and Badagry Divisions respectively, with the Ogus being found mainly in Badagry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lagos_State (539 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lagos State is one of twelve states created in May 1967.
		With an area of 3,577 square metres, the state is the smallest in the federation as it constitutes only 0.4% of the countries land mass.
		The state is bounded in the north and east by Ogun State, in the west by Republic of Benin and in the south by the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.nigeria.gov.ng /govt_state_lagos.aspx (418 words)

	NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Lagos Life
		One of the reasons Lagos State boasts of being a state with one of the largest population in the country is the fact that many believe that the commercial capital of the country is where the money is to be made.
		Lagos Life gathered that traders and other people who make their living in Ojota have less to worry about the stinking odour.
		Speaking with Lagos Life, a woman who identified herself as Mama Christy, a cold drinks seller at Ojota, said she was already used to the odour.
	www.tribune.com.ng /05112007/lagos.html (748 words)

	NIGERIAN CITY BATTLES MOUNTAINS OF GARBAGE
		Lagos was regarded as the dirtiest capital in the world in the seventies, but the trend changed when military ruler Muhammadu Buhari introduced a compulsory exercise to clean up the city in the late 1980s, which lasted till the early 1990s.
		With the exercise, Lagos attained an enviable position of one of the cleanest cities.
		At Onike, another suburb of Lagos, IPS noticed an inscription in Yoruba, a language spoken in southwest Nigeria, on the fence of a prestigious girls' school, Queen's college: "To sihin, babalawo fe lo ito" (urinate here, a herbalist wants to use your urine for rituals).
	www.exodusnews.com /worldnews/world065.htm (881 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		The commercial capital of Lagos would require the largest investment, as about 10 percent of the population is concentrated in this city.
		Olumuyiwa Coker, Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC), says that in the next 10 to 15 years about two billion dollars will have to be spent to meet the water needs of the city's growing number of residents.
		Nigeria's other 35 states are also unable to shoulder the burden of providing water for their populations.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=22446 (731 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| New building collapses in Nigeria
		Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu vowed to prosecute those responsible for allegedly shoddy construction of the 36-flat complex, news agency AP said.
		Lagos state police spokesman, Bode Ojajuni, said the authorities had launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse, the agency reports.
		In March, one of Lagos' tallest buildings caved in during a heavy thunderstorm in the heart of the commercial district.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/5194344.stm (474 words)

	Public Citizen \| Energy Program \| Energy Program - Privatization may put potable water beyond reach of Lagosians
		Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The plan by Lagos State government to privatise water supply in Nigeria's overcrowded city of some 12 million inhabitants, could price the essential commodity beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.
		Olumuyiwa Coker, Managing Director of Lagos State Water Corporation in a paper on "Private Sector Participation (PSP) in Lagos State water supply," which he delivered at the just-ended workshop in Lagos, revealed that government was negotiating with the World Bank to help fund the privatisation of water supply in the State.
		State officials argue that the huge financial burden is too big for the State government alone to shoulder, hence the need to involve the private sector.
	www.citizen.org /cmep/Water/cmep_Water/reports/nigeria/articles.cfm?ID=12203 (772 words)

	Nigeria - Ethnic Clashes - Idi Araba - Hausa Yoruba - Worldpress.org
		The crowded Lagos suburb of Idi Araba is still a ghost of its old self—weeks after ethnic violence erupted on its bustling streets.
		“[Lagos] is the most heterogeneous state in Nigeria, every ethnic group is represented in Lagos,” Lagos State Gov. Bola Tinubu said.
		Ethnic militias are often hired by the wealthy and, in the case of the eastern region, by state governments to hunt down robbers and assassins or prevent violent crimes.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=595&dont=yes (886 words)

	NigeriaWorld Documents (Lagos House of Assembly ad-hoc committee report on perjury and forgery charges against Governor ...
		AT the plenary session of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday September 21, 1999, Honourable Thomas Ayodele Fadeyi, representing Mushin Constituency 2 raised an issue under Motion for Adjournment with respect to recent publications in the print and electronic media.
		The allegations made against the Executive Governor of Lagos State were contained in a petition dated August l2, 1999, written by one Alhaji Jameed Seriki purportedly of 62 Balogun Street, West, Lagos and one Dr. Waliu Balogun-Smith purportedly of 5 Unity Road, Ikeja, Lagos to the Inspector General of Police.
		The Governor told the Committee that as a result of the acrimonious primaries of the Alliance for Democracy in Lagos State and its attendant crisis, the information contained in both the INEC form land affidavit of loss of Certificates was supplied by one of his political aides, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi.
	nigeriaworld.com /cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/focus/republic/lagosrelease.html (2858 words)

	Media Rights Agenda...Promoting and Protecting Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression in Nigeria
		Dele Alake, said the State Government decided to set up the Committee to reform the existing newspaper registration law and guarantee residents access to information as part of its efforts to leave a legacy that is in consonance with democratic practice.
		Funke Fadugba, the Chair of the Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ); Mr.
		Fadugba, who responded on behalf of the Committee, commended the Lagos State Government for bringing in media practitioners and human rights activists into the process of reviewing the law and thereby ensuring that the process will be enriched.
	mediarightsagenda.org /lagosfoi.html (703 words)

	Lagos SIEC
		The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) was established through law.15 of Lagos state, on November 27, 2001.
		Let me at this juncture state that my colleagues and I, viewed our appointment into this Commission as a divine call to service, hence our resolve to place the fear of God and the interest of our people above all other considerations in the performance of our duty, is definitely not in doubt.
		It is therefore in line with this Constitutional Provision that the Lagos State House of Assembly, established the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) through law No. 15 of November 27, 2001 and was inaugurated on 22nd January, 2002 by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Immediate past Executive Governor of Lagos State.
	www.fosiecon.org /lagos/index.html (841 words)

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		During the second Republic (1979-1983), Chief Dawodu contested elections on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) for the governorship of Lagos State, alongside Alhaji Lateef Jakande.
		In 1999, Chief Dawodu's contribution, as the first Lagos State Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), to the electoral success of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu was immeasurable.
		As Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political association, he exhibited the sterling qualities of a strong leader.
	www.ngrguardiannews.com /editorial_opinion/article01/081206 (727 words)

	:.about>>Lagos State Government of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967 by virtue of State (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria’s Federation into 12 States.
		However, with the creation of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja in 1976, Lagos ceased to be the capital of the State which was moved to Ikeja.
		Equally, with the formal relocation of the seat of the Federal Government to Abuja on 12th December, 1991, Lagos ceased to be Nigeria’s political capital.
	www.lagosstate.gov.ng /about/about.htm (199 words)

	africanfront.com (AUF)
		Lagos State government under the aegis of Clean Up Nigeria (CUN) in conjunction with United Nations Educational and Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the state's Ministry of oceanography has put up plans on how to tackle the perennial flooding menace in the state.
		He enjoined the people of Lagos to cultivate the habit of making a filth free environment and drop the mentality of indiscriminate disposal of waste in the drainage system which he argued was largely responsible for the blockages and by extension, the flooding in different parts of Lagos.
		He therefore called on all residents of Lagos to deem it fit to be part of the on-going exercise to rid the state of flood.
	www.africanfront.com /lagos-state.php (445 words)

	USAfricaonline.com \| DemocracyWatch \| Nigeria \| Igbos
		Lagos should be to all Nigerians what Washington DC or New York, is to the Americans - a home of every American, conferring equal opportunities and rights and obligations on all citizens irrespective of state of origin.
		Thus under the headship of state of General Obasanjo, Justice Ayo Irikefe was appointed Chairman of a Boundary Adjustment commission and it appeared that the commission was instructed to merge Epe, Ikorodu and Badagry towns, hitherto part of Ogun State, with cosmopolitan Lagos to form the New Lagos State.
		Now, the governance of Lagos is in the hands of one ethic group to the exclusion of all others, even those from whose land the revenue for the development was derived and is still being derived.
	www.usafricaonline.com /igbokwe.lagosigbos.html (2163 words)

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