History of Lagos

As of 2023, Lagos is the largest city in continent Africa as well as in Nigeria, a country where it was the former capital. In a 2022 report by Business Africa Insider, the city is the fourth wealthiest city in Africa after Johannesburg, CapeTown and Cairo.

Lagos was founded in the 16th-century by the Awori people on the Bight of Benin. Following the British ruling in the city in 1851, it became a protectorate in 1861.

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