Lagos

[ lah-gohs, ley-gos ]

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noun

a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.

Lagos

/ ˈ��ɪɡɒ�� /

noun

the former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in the sixteenth century; a slave market until the nineteenth century; ceded to Britain (1861); university (1962). Pop: 11 135 000 (2005 est)
a state of SW Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Pop: 9 013 534 (2006). Area: 3345 sq km (1292 sq miles)

Lagos

Capital of Nigeria and largest city in the country, located in the southwest corner of Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean ; Nigeria's economic center and chief port.

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City Section Commissioner Vicky Lagos said the match time could not be changed, and now University is facing a $100 fine and a ban from next year’s playoffs under City Section rules.

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Ossai, a music producer, took Lucy to a small flat in the Nigerian capital Lagos where he looked after her for the next nine months.

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Last year, Charterhouse launched a primary school in the city of Lagos and will open a secondary school this September.

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Detty December makes Lagos almost unliveable for locals - traffic is horrible, prices inflate and businesses stop prioritising their regular customers, a radio presenter based in Lagos tells the BBC.

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Millions from Lagos to Nairobi were plunged into digital darkness: messaging apps crashed and banking transactions failed.

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