Badagry Division
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History

Badagry Division figures in the history of relations and contact between Nigeria and Europe, as it was a major slave outpost and market prior to British colonization. It was also the place where, in 1842, Christianity was first preached in Nigeria; this was memorialized by the Agia Cenotaph.

LGAs

It consists of four local government areas:
  • Ojo
  • Amuwo-Odofin
    Amuwo-Odofin
    Amuwo Odofin is one of the 57 Local Government Councils that make up Lagos State , which was created out of the old Amuwo Odofin Local Government on 27 th October, 2003...

  • Ajeromi-Ifelodun
    Ajeromi-Ifelodun
    Ajeromi-Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Badagry Division, Lagos State.-External links:* *...

  • Badagry
    Badagry
    Badagry is a coastal town and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is situated between Metropolitan Lagos, and the border with Benin at Seme...


Major settlements

  • Badagry
    Badagry
    Badagry is a coastal town and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is situated between Metropolitan Lagos, and the border with Benin at Seme...

  • Ajara
  • Iworo-Ajido
  • Akarakumo
  • Gbaji
  • Aseri
    Aseri
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  • Egan
  • Aganrin
  • Ahanfe
  • Epe
    Epe
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  • Posi
  • Mowo
  • Itoga
  • Ebiri
  • Ekunpa
  • Aradagun
  • Berekete
  • Mosafejo
  • Gayingbo-Topo
  • Kankon Moba
  • Popoji
  • Oranyan
    Oranyan
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  • Tafi-Awori
  • Yeketome
  • Ipota
    Ipota
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  • Seme Border
    Seme Border
    Seme Border is a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin, ten minutes drive from Badagry on the coastal road between Lagos and Cotonou. Seme is a part of Badagry Division of Lagos State....

  • Iyafm
  • Farasime
  • Mushin
    Mushin
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Awori District settlements

In the Awori District are:
  • Awodi-Ora
  • Ishasi
  • Oto-Awori
  • Ijanikin
  • Ilogbo
  • Oko-Afo
  • Sibiri
  • Apa
  • Idoluwo-ile
  • Ado-Soba
  • Ibeshe
  • Irede
  • Irese
  • Mebamu
  • Itewe
    Itewe
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  • Igede
  • Ajangbadi
  • lyagbe
  • Ajegunie
  • Aiyetoro
  • Festac and Satellite Towns
  • Iba
  • Kirikiri
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  • Agboju-Amuwo
  • Okokomaiko
  • Ojo
  • Amukoko
  • Alaba-Ore
  • Ijoiin
  • Igbanko
  • Imore
  • Ijegun
    Ijegun
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  • Mushin
    Mushin
    Mushin is a mental state into which very highly trained martial artists are said to enter during combat. They also practice this mental state during everyday activities. The term is shortened from mushin no shin , a Zen expression meaning the mind without mind and is also referred to as the...

  • Isolo
    Isolo
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  • Ota
  • Itire
  • Ipaja
  • Agege
    Agege
    Agege is a suburb and local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.- External links :*...


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