Badagry Division

Last updated August 23, 2025

Clockwise from top: Badagry Heritage Museum; Ajegunle Central Mosque; Snake Island; Lagos State University

Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria. It is one of five administrative divisions of Lagos State (the others being Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, and Lagos Island), and is further divided into four Local Government Areas (Badagry, Ojo, Amuwo-Odofin, and Ajeromi-Ifelodun).

History

Named for the town of Badagry (also spelled Badagri), it was one of the five divisions of Lagos State established in 1968. 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. With a history dating back nearly 593 years, the little coastal town and lagoon port is one of the most significant cities in Nigerian and African colonial history. It was also the place where, in 1842, Christianity was first preached in Nigeria; this is memorialized by the Agiya Tree Monument.

Local government areas

Badagry Division consists of four local government areas:

Major settlements

Awori District settlements

In the Awori District are:

Tourist sites and monuments

Agia Cenotaph, Badagry – site where Christianity was first preached in Nigeria in 1842.
Atlantic Slave Route/Port (Badagry – Marina and Gberefu Beach).
Badagry Heritage Museum (Old British District Officer’s Building), Marina, Badagry.
Early Missionaries’ Cemetery (1845), Hospital Road, Ahovikoh Quarters, Badagry.
Eko University of Medicine and Health Sciences is located in Badagry Division.
First Storey Building in Nigeria, – constructed by the CMS [Anglican Mission] in 1845.
Lagos State University, [LASU], Ojo.
Nigeria-Benin Republic International Border, Seme, Badagry.
Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, Inter-University Centre for French Language Studies
Ologe Forest Reserve, Ologe, Oto Awori Town, off Badagry Expressway
Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Oto Awori.
Ogu Stately Drums (Sato) introduced in 1543 – Akarakumo
Ogu Toplisen Shrine, Hunto Quarters, Badagry – where Badagry Monarchs [Aholu] are crowned.
Palace of De Wheno Aholu (King) Menu Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, Jegba Quarters.
Relics of Slave Trade, Badagry-Mobee Compound, Seriki Abass Slave Barraccoon [1847]; Boeko, Boekoh Quarters
Vlekete Slave Market, Posukoh Quarters – Badagry where John and Richard Lander were tried in 1825.
Tomb of George Fremingo d. 1620, alias Huntokonu, first slave merchant in Badagry
Trade Fair Complex, Ojo [site of annual Lagos International Trade Fair].
Whispering Palms (Recreation Resort), Iworo.^[1]

References

↑ "About Lagos". Lagos State Government. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

External links

Lagos State Website

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[1] "About Lagos". Lagos State Government. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

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