Lagos

=====Ikoyi=====
{{Main|Ikoyi}}
[[File:Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Ikoyi]]
[[Ikoyi]] is situated on the eastern half of Lagos Island and joined to it by a [[landfill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edo-nation.net/eko.htm|title=Journal of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers: ''An empirical study of the Lagos state rent edict of 1997''|author=Oni, A. O|year=2008|access-date=4 April 2012|archive-date=2 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002215402/http://www.edo-nation.net/eko.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lagos {{!}} City, Population, & History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagos-Nigeria |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605155431/https://www.britannica.com/place/Lagos-Nigeria |url-status=live }}</ref> Ikoyi is also connected to Victoria Island by Falomo bridge, which carries the main road over Five Cowrie creek.<ref>{{cite book|title=Branch of the Nigerian Institution of estate surveyors & Valuers|publisher=Lagos state|date=30 August 2006}}</ref> Falomo garden, a green public space which was developed by the state government in conjunction with Fidelity Bank in 2017, is located under the bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title='We spent between N40m and N200m to construct a park' |url=https://businessday.ng/news/news-features/article/we-spent-between-n40m-and-n200m-to-construct-a-park/ |website=Business day NG |date=12 October 2014 |access-date=21 July 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904221428/https://businessday.ng/news/news-features/article/we-spent-between-n40m-and-n200m-to-construct-a-park/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ikoyi housed the headquarters of the federal government of Nigeria and other buildings owned by the government, including the old federal secretariat complex. The complex today is on reestablishment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ikoyi Federal secretariat … Disused monument rotting away |url=https://m.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/ikoyi-federal-secretariat-disused-monument-rotting-away/ |last=Awa |first=Omiko |work=The Guardian (Nigeria) |date=3 November 2019 |access-date=26 December 2021 |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814055056/https://m.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/ikoyi-federal-secretariat-disused-monument-rotting-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In Ikoyi there are military and police barracks, a top-security prison, and a federal high court of Nigeria. Ikoyi also has [[Hotel|hotels]], [[Nightclub|nightclubs]], a recreational park, and one of Africa's largest golf courses. Originally a [[middle class]] neighborhood, in recent years it has become a fashionable residential enclave for the [[upper middle class]] to the [[upper class]]. There are also commercial activities in Ikoyi, which are spotted in an increasing number of offices, banks, and shopping complexes. The commercial section is concentrated in the South-West.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}