What is Surulere?

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Surulere is a residential and commercial area, and a Local Government Area located on the Lagos mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is part of Metropolitan Lagos.

The National Stadium of Nigeria (capacity 60,000) was built here in 1972 for the All-Africa Games.

Surulere is a location of Nollywood movie production.

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State capital: Ikeja
Administrative Divisions Badagry Division • Epe Division • Ikeja Division • Ikorodu Division • Lagos Division
LGAs Agege Alimosho Amuwo-Odofin Apapa Badagry Epe Eti-Osa Ibeju-Lekki Ifako-Ijaiye Ikeja Ikorodu Kosofe Mushin Ojo Oshodi-Isolo Somolu Surulere Lagos Island Lagos Mainland Ajeromi-Ifelodun




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Lagos State is an administrative region of Nigeria. The smallest of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the second most populous state after Kano State,[2] and arguably the most economically important state of the county,[3]
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Motto
"Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress"
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"Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey"


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Surulere Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It also served as the main stadium for the 1973 All-Africa Games.

When the stadium was built in 1972 it had a capacity of 45,000.
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The 2nd All-Africa Games were played from January 7 1973 to January 18 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria.

After the success of the first African Games, the organizing bodies awarded the second games to Bamako, Mali to be held in 1969.
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cinema of Nigeria is a developing industry that has become increasingly productive in recent years. Although Nigerian films have been produced since the 1960s, the rise of digital cinema has resulted in a growing video film industry.
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Lagos State is an administrative region of Nigeria. The smallest of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the second most populous state after Kano State,[2] and arguably the most economically important state of the county,[3]
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Ikeja is a suburb of the city of Lagos and the capital of Lagos State; it is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Murtala Mohammed International Airport is located there.
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Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria.

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.
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Agege is a suburb and local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

It includes a campus of Lagos State University. [1]

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Alimosho is a Local Government Area in the Ikeja Division, Lagos State.

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  • Alimosho Local Government


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Amuwo-Odofin is a local government area in the Badagry Division, Lagos State.

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  • Amuwo-Odofin Local Government


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Apapa is the major port of the city of Lagos, Nigeria, and is located to the west of Lagos Island, across Lagos Harbour. It is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.
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Badagry (traditionally Agbadarigi) is a coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is situated between Metropolitan Lagos, and the border with Benin. As of the preliminary 2006 census results, the municipality had a population of 241,093.
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Epe is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria[1] located on the north side of the Lekki Lagoon. As of 2007 the estimated population of Epe was 89,032.[2] The population of the LGA was 111,464.
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Eti-Osa is a Local Government Area in the Lagos Division, of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Ibeju-Lekki is a local government area in the Epe Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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  • Ibeju-Lekki Local Government


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Ifako-Ijaiye is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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  • Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government


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Ikeja is a suburb of the city of Lagos and the capital of Lagos State; it is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Murtala Mohammed International Airport is located there.
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Ikorodu is a city and Local Government Area in Lagos State, Nigeria.[1] Located along the Lagos Lagoon, it shares a boundary with Ogun State. As of 2007 Ikorodu had an estimated population of 329,424.
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Kosofe is a local government area in Ikeja Division, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Ikosi

One of the major towns in Kosofe Local Government of Lagos State is Ikosi. Ikosi is bordered by two major highways in Lagos State.
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Mushin is a suburb of Lagos, located in Lagos State, Nigeria, and is one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.[1] It is located 10 km north of the Lagos city core, adjacent to the main road to Ikeja, and is a largely a congested residential area with inadequate
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Oshodi-Isolo is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria. It has a population of 557,777 people, and an area of 50 square kilometers.

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Somolu (aka Shomolu) is a local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Lagos Island is the principal and central local government area of the Metropolitan Lagos in Nigeria. It is part of the Lagos Division. As of the preliminary 2006 Nigerian census, the LGA had a population of 209,437 in an area of 8.7 km².
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Lagos Mainland is a local government area in the Lagos Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

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Ajeromi-Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Badagry Division, Lagos State.

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  • Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGA site
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