Ikeja is the state capital of Lagos State. Prior to the
emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean
and quiet residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and
government reservation areas. The Murtala Mohammed International Airport is
located in Ikeja. Ikeja is also home to the Femi Kuti's Africa Shrine and
Lagbaja's Motherlan', both live music venues. It now boasts a shopping mall,
Ikeja City Mall, which is the largest mall in the Mainland of Lagos State and
also has a cinema. Ikeja is the official seat of the Governor of Lagos and Ikeja
where the State Secretariat is also located.
The beautiful meaning fact about Ikeja is that IKEJA is an
abbreviation meaning Ikorodu and Epe Joint Administration. It was coined by
colonial administrators for ease of administration. It is also said that Ikeja
is from Ikehdia,a Benin word meaning
Watch Station military.
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