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Island and LGA in Lagos State, Nigeria
Photo: Jeremy Weate from Abuja, Nigeria, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lagos Island is an island and district in Lagos, containing a central business district. The island is characterized by high-rise buildings and businesses. The island is home to many of the city's largest wholesale marketplaces (such as the popular Idumota and Balogun markets), and to some important sites.
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The Museum Kitchen is open on weekdays and is a good place to try local Nigerian cuisine. Museum exhibits are kind of spartan but has some bronzes and masks of different tribes and the car in which General (Head of State) Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in 1976. If feeling so inclined, there is also the Rele (art) Gallery next door.
The oldest Anglican cathedral in the Church of Nigeria, with the foundation stone laid in 1867. However it was not completed until 1946.
A mosque and religious learning centre, it is one of the oldest mosques in Nigeria. This building dates back to 1891.
Memorial to independence and leisure park area in the middle of downtown, the site had been a colonial-era prison where those who fought for Nigeria's independence were incarcerated. The park designers maintained the original design of the prison walls. The interior of the park is quite modern. Cost of entry may increase on a night with a show. Has small eatery.
A cenotaph built in 1948 by the Nigerian government to commemorate the soldiers who died during World War I and World War II.
TBS
TBS is the historical site of where Tafawa Balewa delivered his speech declaring Nigeria’s independence on 1 October 1960. It used to be known as the "Race Course," a field Oba Dosunmu had given to colonials who used it as a football and cricket ground. It was used for horse races and Commonwealth Day celebrations as well. Also found here is a monument to Nigerian World War I and II and Nigerian Civil War soldiers. Between Freedom Park and TBS is the Independence Building on Cable Street, Nigeria's Ministry of Defence before it moved to Abuja.
Independence Square
A notable roundabout on Lagos Island with a fountain and centrepiece dedicated to Efunroye Tinubu who was an important female aristocrat during pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria.
One of few remaining historic houses in the Brazilian architectural style in Lagos. Built by a returning slave from Brazil, in the mid 19th century. While the house is not open for public, it's a showcase on how some sections of Lagos looked during colonial times.
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A lively, bustling, crowded market where clothes, footwear and other accessories are sold.
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Food & drinkNigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of ethnic groups that comprise Nigeria from the north to the south to the east and the west. Nigeria is home to numerous varieties of foods.
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