Lagos

===== Lagos Island =====
{{Main|Lagos Island}}
[[File:2010 Lagos Nigeria 5284107494.jpg|thumb|upright|Lagos Marina]]
Lagos Island contains a [[central business district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://limge.org/editorials.html|title=The lagos pressure group on the environment|publisher=Limge Online|access-date=4 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510195227/http://limge.org/editorials.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> This district is characterized by high-rise buildings. The Island also contains many of the city's largest wholesale marketplaces (such as the popular [[Idumota Market|Idumota]] and [[Balogun Market]]s).<ref>{{cite book|title=2008 All Africa Media Research Conference|page=34 |publisher=Nigeria Tribune |date=26 April 2007}}</ref> It also has the National Museum of Nigeria, the Central Mosque, the Glover Memorial Hall, [[Cathedral Church of Christ, Lagos|Christ's Church Cathedral (CMS)]] and the [[Oba of Lagos|Oba]]'s Palace ([[Iga Idunganran]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetransmittergroup.com/index.php?p=blog&w=a&id=1532|title=Simply Lagos|publisher=The Transmitter|access-date=4 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063913/http://thetransmittergroup.com/index.php?id=1532&p=blog&w=a|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Another major part of Lagos Island is Marina. It borders the idumota and Balogun markets and houses major Banking institutions. Though formerly in a derelict condition, Lagos Island's [[Tinubu Square]] is a site of historical importance; it was here that the Amalgamation Ceremony that unified the North and South [[protectorate]] to form Nigeria took place in 1914.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}