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Lagos State

Capital
Ikeja
Zone
SW
Local government areas
20
Created
27 May 1967

Peoples & Tongues

5 languages · 3 ethnic groups · 31 recognised thrones · mixed

Oba of Lagos + Awori (Akran, Olota, Onijanikin) + Ijebu Obas

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Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.