Badagry Division

The First Administrative Building , Badagry, Lagos.

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. 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:

Major settlements

Awori District settlements

In the Awori District are:

Trivia

External links

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