Lagos State

==History==
{{Main|History of Lagos}}

===Early history===
Before the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] name of Lagos had been adopted, Lagos' initial name was Eko which referred mainly to the [[Island]]. The first to settle in Eko were the [[Awori tribe|Awori]]s in the 15th century and the [[Edo people|Bini]]s in the 16th century. The [[Awori tribe|Awori]]s were conquered by the [[Benin Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwc5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15|title=The Yoruba Today |author=Jeremy Seymour Eades|publisher=Cambridge University Press (Changing Culture Series)|page=15|year= 1980|isbn=9780521226561}}</ref> The Awori hunters and fishermen had originally come from [[Ife|Ile-Ife]] to the coast.<ref name="Lagos State, Nigeria">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/places/states/lagos.htm |title=Lagos State, Nigeria |access-date=2014-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=8|title=History of Lagos State|access-date=2014-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209151402/http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagelinks.php?p=8|archive-date=9 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

It was in 1760 that the name Lagos was adopted by the Portuguese. Naming it after a city in Southern Portugal which was used as port for [[History of slavery|slave trade]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The transatlantic slave trade |url=https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/transatlantic-slave-trade |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=National Museums Liverpool}}</ref> In 1861, Oba Docemo was the one who signed the treaty making Lagos a [[British Overseas Territories|British colony]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-06 |title=Lagos, Nigeria (ca. 1350- ) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/places-global-african-history/lagos-nigeria-c-1350/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Chair market-Badagry-1910.jpg|thumb|Chair market in [[Badagry]], 1910]]

===Post-colonial era===
Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the ''State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos, Nigeria (1960 - 1970)|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ng-la.html|website=www.crwflags.com|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> which restructured Nigeria into a [[federation]] of 12 states.<ref name="Lagos State Information">{{cite web | url=http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/information/details/Lagos | title=Lagos State Information | publisher=National Bureau of Statistics | access-date=25 October 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109140122/http://nigerianstat.gov.ng/information/details/Lagos | archive-date=9 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Lagos |url=https://lagosstate.gov.ng/about-lagos/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Lagos State Government |language=en-US}}</ref> Before the issuance of this Decree, [[Lagos|Lagos city]], which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the ''Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs''.<ref name="Lagos State Information" /> However, [[Ikeja]], [[Agege]], [[Mushin, Lagos|Mushin]], [[Ikorodu]], [[Epe, Lagos State|Epe]], [[Surulere]], and [[Badagry]] were administered by the then Western Region Government.<ref name="Lagos State Information"/> Lagos, the city, along with these other towns were captured to create the state of Lagos, with the state becoming fully recognized as a [[semi-autonomous]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Semiautonomous Definitions {{!}} What does semiautonomous mean? {{!}} Best 4 Definitions of Semiautonomous |url=https://www.yourdictionary.com/semiautonomous |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.yourdictionary.com}}</ref> administrative division on 11 April 1968.<ref name="Lagos State Information"/> Lagos served the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital until 1976 when the capital of the state was moved to [[Ikeja]].<ref name="Lagos State Information"/> After the full establishment of the [[Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria|Federal Capital Territory]], based on the recommendation of the [[Akinola Aguda|Akinola Àgùdà]]–led committee set up by General [[Murtala Muhammed]] to review the need for a new capital for Nigeria in 1975. The seat of the Federal Government was formally relocated to [[Abuja]] on 12 December 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogbuenyi |first=Nosike |date=2022-02-03 |title=Abuja at 46: The Dreams, Strides, Challenges |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/509441-abuja-at-46-the-dreams-strides-challenges.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref> Nevertheless, Lagos remains the financial centre of the country, and even grew to become the most populous city in the state and the country.<ref name="Lagos State Information"/>