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- ↑ "Lagos yet to find investors for Lekki Int'l Airport 10 years after". Business Day. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ↑ "Lekki-Epe International Airport to get $450 million upgrade". Airport Technology. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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