Lagos numerous markets are located in the administrative divisions of the state as follows:

BADAGRY

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Agbalata Market	Badagry	General Goods	9 days
2	Ilogbo Market	Ilogbo Eremi	Foodstuff	Daily
3	Iworo Ajido Market	Iworo	“	“
4	Berekete Night	Badagry	“	“
5	Aholutaji	Badagry	“	Night
6	Kogbome	Badagry	“	Daily
7	Ikoga	Ikoga Zabbe	“	“
8	Apa	Apa Owode Road	“	5 days
9	Ajara Retail	Ajara Veto, Badagry	“	Daily
10	Ibereko	Ibereko	“	“

SOMOLU

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Alade Market	Apata, Somolu	General Goods	Daily
2	Alarape	Bajulaiye	Foodstuff	“
3	Olaleye	Off Shipeolu Str.	General Goods	“
4	Adebayo	Abule Okuta	“	“
5	Rufai Mafowoku	Kiniun Ifa	“	“
6	Irepodun Plank	Lady Lak	Foodstuff	“
7	Asogbon	Ilaje, Bariga	General Goods	“
8	Fafunke	Pedro, Somolu	General Goods	“
9	Adaranijo	Pedro, Somolu	“	“
10	Bakare Bello	Kiniun Ifa, Ifako	Foodstuff	“
11	Binukonu	Ogudu Rd., Ojota	General Goods	“
12	Oja Oba	Ketu	Foodstuff	“
13	Kosofe	Mile 12, Ikorodu Rd	“	“
14	Ajelogo	Iyase Street	Drums	“
15	Akanimodo	Ikorodu Road/Iyase Street	Electronics	“
16	Owode Onirin	Ikorodu Road	Iron	“
17	Oja Oba	Ajegule, Ikorodu	Foodstuff	“
18	Family Support	Onipanu, Somolu	“	“
19	Marojuowo	Ketu	“	“

OJO

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Alaba International	Igbede Road	Electronics	Daily
2	Alaworo Market	Ojo Town	General Goods	5 days/Daily
3	Olubuade	Ojo	Plank	Daily
4	Temidire	Okokomaiko	Foodstuff	“
5	Ajangbadi	Ajangbadi	Foodstuff/Plank	“
6	Kuje Amuwo	Mazamaza	“	“
7	Akorede	Oluti	“	“
8	Ijegun Egba	Ijegun Egba	Foodstuff	“
9	Kirikiri Market	Kirikiri	“	“
10	Agboju	Agboju/Amuwo	General Goods	“
11	Ijanikin Market	Ijanikin	“	“
12	International Market	Ijanikin	Proposed – –	“
13	Igbeyin-a-dun	Okokomaiko	General Goods	“
14	Old Alayabiagba	Boundary/Ajegunle	“	“
15	New Alayabiagba	Badagry Exp. Road	Foodstuff	“
16	Baale Layeni	Ojo	“	“
17	Ibafon Ibafon Coconut, Apapa	Ayonuga Street	Foodstuff	“
18	Awodi Ora Retail Market	Awodi Ora	General Goods	“
19	Idi Ose	Sari Iganmu	“	“

IKORODU

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Ita Ajina	Ikorodu	Foodstuff	Daily
2	Obu Ale (Night Market)	Ikorodu	“	“
3	Ayangburen	Itoikin Road	General Goods	“
4	Olrunda	Ipakodo	Foodstuff	5 days
5	Ota Ona (Evening)	NET, Ikorodu	“	Daily
6	Isiu	Isiu	“	“
7	Kee Clamp	Ebute-Ipakodo	“	9 days
8	Night Market	Lagos Road	General Goods	Daily
9	Obu Oke	Bayeku	Foodstuff	“
10	Owode	Ewu Elepe	“	“
11	Ijede	Ijede	“	“
12	Obada	Imota	“	“
13	Kaniyi Owode	Igbogbo	General Goods	5 days
14	Ibese	Ibese	Foodstuff	Daily
15	Oreta	Oreta	“	“
16	Owutu	Owutu	“	“
17	Iworo	Ikorodu	General Goods	9 days

EPE

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Ita Agbowa Market	Agbowa	Foodstuff	Daily
2	Ayetoro Market	Epe	General Goods	9 days/Daily
3	Oluwo	Epe	Fish	Daily
4	Ita Opo	Epe	Foodstuff	Daily(Morning)
5	Araromi	Epe	“	Night
6	Papa	Epe	“	Daily
7	Igbonla	Igbonla	“	“
8	Mojoda Odo	Ayan Eredo	General Goods	5 days/Daily
9	Mowowale	Agbowa	General Goods	5 days
10	Pobo	Poka	FoodStuff	3 days
11	Family Support Market	Papa	“	Wednesdays
12	Ikoikin	Itoikin	“	Sundays
13	Igbodudu/Sala/Molayole	Igbodu	Gari	Saturdays

IBEJU LEKKI

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Orimedu Modern Market	Orimedu	Foodstuff	Daily
2	Ibeju Modern Market	Ibeju Agbe	“	“
3	Eleko Modern Market	Kayetoro, Eleko Village	“	“
4	Akodo Modern Market	Akodo Village	“	“
5	Ebute-Lekki	Lekki Village	“	“
6	Itamarun	Itamarun Village	“	“
7	Bogije	Bogije Village	“	“
8	Olorunsogo Modern Market	Orimedu Village	“	“
9	Arapagi Modern Market	Arapagi Village	“	“
10	Ebute Fish Market	Magbon, Alade Village	Fish	“

LAGOS ISLAND

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Ita-Faji Market	Mercy Sytreet, Lagos	Foodstuff	Daily
2	Sandgrouse Market I	Lewis Street	“	“
3	Sandgrouse Market II	Simpson Street	Provisions	“
4	Oju Olobun	Isale-Eko	Fish	“
5	Obada	Obalende	General Goods	“
6	Balogun	Balogun Street	“	“
7	Ojo Oba	Adeniji Adele	“	“
8	Pelewura Market	Adeniji Adele	“	“
9	Pelewura Annex	Oyebanji Junction, Adeniji Adele	Building Materials	“
10	Ereko Market	Ereko, Eyin Igbeti	General Goods	“
11	Jankara Market	Lagos Island	“	“
12	Ori Eeru	Jankara	Spare Parts	“
13	Ebute Ero	Ebute Ero	General Goods	“
14	Gorodomu	Ebute Ero	“	“
15	Oke Arin	Oke Arin, Lagos	Provisions	“
16	Ebute- Elefun	Ebute-Elefun	Foodstuff	“
17	K.Clamp	Under Eko Bridge	Shoe & Bags	“
18	Alakoro	Alakoro, Marina	General Goods	“
19	Oko-Awo	Oko-Awo	“	“

20	Sura	Simpson Street	“	“
21	Anikantamo	Lagos Island	“	“

SURULERE

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Gbaja Market	Gbaja str. Surulere	Foodstuff	Daily
2	New Idi-Araba	Surulere	“	“
3	Ojuelegba Plank	Tejuosho, Yaba	Building Materials	“
4	Odo Asimowu	Idi-Araba	Foodstuff	“
5	Model Market	Ojuelegba, Yaba	General Goods	“
6	Aguda Model	Enitan Str. Aguda, Surulere	“	“
7	Anjorin Abayomi	Lawanson	“	“
8	Mufutau Adegbite	Lawanson	Foodstuff	“
9	Orisunbare	Coker, Orile Iganmu	“	“
10	Araromi Ifelodun	Coker, Orile Iganmu	“	“
11	Plank Market	Aguda, Surulere	Building Materials	“
12	Plank Market	Ijeshatedo	“	“
13	Coker Market	Orile-Iganmu	Foodstuff	“
14	Irepodun Plank Market	Aguda	Building Materials	“
15	Animashaun Market	Baba Animashaun Census Board	Foodstuff	“
16	Egbejoda	Ijeshatedo	“	“
17	Temidire Market	Ijeshatedo	“	“
18	Akorede Market	Isolo Expressway	General Goods	“
19	Iron Market	Orile Iganmu	Iron/Building Material	“

LAGOS MAINLAND

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Ido Market	Ido Terminus (Opposite)	Foodstuff	Daily
2	Alah Megrima	Iponri annex	Chicken	“
3	Oriyanrin	(New Oyingbo) Oyingbo/Oto	General Goods	“
4	Temidire	Makoko	Foodstuff	“
5	Oyingbo Main Market	Oyingbo	General Goods	“
6	Owoduni	Iwaya	Foodstuff	“
7	Obada	Sabo, Yaba	General Goods	“
8	Ademuyiwa	Apapa Road	Foodstuff	“
9	Alaba Badiya	Gaskiya Road	“	Daily
10	Ajelero	Ijora Eleedu	Fresh Fish	“
11	Sari Akinola	Sari Iganmu	“	“
12	Tego	Marine Beach	“	“
13	Omowunmi Mkt.	7 Up, Ijora	Foodstuff	“
14	Ijero Market	Olaleye, Apapa Road	“	“
15	Olaleye Market	Olaleye, Village	General Goods	“
16	Iponri Shopping Complex	Iponri, Costain	“	“
17	Oja Ale (Night Market)	Freeman Street, Ebute-Metta	“	“

AGEGE

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Agege Main Market	Old Agege Motor Road	General Goods	5 days
2	Idi Mangoro	Motor Park, Idi Mangoro	“	Daily
3	Oko Oba	Motor Park, Oko Oba	“	“
4	Iju Motor Park	Motor Park, Mitchel, Agege	“	“
5	Temidire	Dopemu	“	“
6	Oja Oba	Sango	FoodStuff	“
7	Agunbiade Corner Shops	Level-Crossing	General Goods	“
8	Alagba Corner Shops	Ipaja Road	“	“
9	Pen Cinema Shops	Pen Cinema RoaundAbout	“	“
10	Ijaiye Ojokoro	Ojokoro	FoodStuff	“
11	Junction: Market	Abeokuta Expressway	“	“
12	Araromi	Iju	“	“
13	Ajegunle	Idi Mangoro	General Goods	“
14	Ala Gatankowa	Abule Egba	Yam & Second Hand Clothing	“
15	Odo Eran	Stadium Road, Agege	Building Materials	“
16	Jankara	Ijaiye Ojokoro	General Goods	“
17	Ojokoro(Proposed)	Ojokoro	“	“
18	Oke-Odo	Expressway Abule Egba	“	“
19	Owode Onirin II	Agbado Road, Ijaiye	Iron	Daily

ALIMOSHO

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Owode	Ipaja	General Goods	Daily & 5 days
2	Orisunmbare	Iyana Ipaja	“	Daily
3	Apex	“	“	“
4	Irepodun	Ikotun	“	“
5	Oladega	Akin Ogun	FoodStuff	“
6	Olugbede	Egbeda	General Goods	“
7	Ifelodun Plank-Market	Federal Low Income Estate, Akinogun	Building Materials	“
8	Abesan Retail Market	Low Income Estate, Abesan	General Goods	“
9	Igando	Igando Village	Foodstuff	Daily & 5 Days
10	Ayobo	Ayobo Village	FoodStuff	5 Days
11	Egbeda Night Market	LASU Road Junction	Foodstuff	“
12	Akinogun Shopping Complex	Akinogun	“	“
13	Abesan Retail Market	Low Cost Housing Estate, Abesan	General Goods	Daily
14	Igando Iron Market	Igando (LASU Road)	Iron	“
15	Family Support Market	Ikotun	Foodstuff	“

IKEJA

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Alade Market	Allen Avenue, Ikeja	General Goods	Daily
2	Muritala Muhammed Airport Road	Ikeja	“	“
3	Kuyasin Awuse Onigbongbo	Maryland	“	“
4	Asade Retail Market	Ikeja (Behind Guiness)	“	“
5	Ogba Retail Market	Ogba	“	“
6	Alausa Mini Market	Secretariat	“	“
7	Ojodu Retail Market	Ojodu	“	“
8	Onipetesi Market	Onipetesi Expressway	“	“
9	Ipodo Market	Ikeja Bus Stop	Foodstuff	“
10	Oregun Corner Shops	Oregun	General Goods	“
11	Isheri Night Market	Isheri Oshun	Foodstuff	“
12	Oregun	Oregun Road	“	“

OSHODI / ISOLO

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Kayero	Oshodi	General Goods	5 days
2	Mosafejo	Ilupeju/Oshodi	“	Daily
3	Olorunshogo Railway Line	Oshodi	Foodstuff	“
4	Afilajo	Abule Tuntun/Abule Layer	“	“
5	Folaranmi	Sogunle	General Goods	“
6	Meat Market	Sogunle	Meat	“
7	Express	Oshodi	General Goods	“
8	Farombi (Aswani)	Isolo	“	Tuesdays
9	Oja Oba	Isolo	“	Daily
10	Ire Akari	Isolo	“	“
11	Ilasa Market	Ilasamaja	Foodstuff	“
12	Idera	Mafoluku Oja	“	“
13	Oshodi Shopping Centre	Agege Motor Road	General Goods	“
14	Ejigbo Plank Market	Ejigbo	Building Materials	“
15	Ejigbo Mini-Market	Ejigbo	General Goods	“
16	Family Support Market	Family Support Village Ejigbo	General Goods	Daily/Saturdays
17	Isolo Retail Market	Low Cost Estate, Isolo	“	Daily
18	Obada	Isolo	Foodstuff	“

MUSHIN

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Mushin Main Market	Mushin	General Goods	5 days/Daily
2	Alasalatu	“	Yam Flour	Daily
3	Adeolu	Papa Ajao	General Goods	“
4	Daleko	Mushin	Foodstuff	“
5	Papa Ajao	Mushin	“	“
6	Makinde Idi-Oro	Mushin	“	“
7	Alamutu Idi-Oro	Mushin	Building Materials	“
8	Oduduwa Corner Shops	Oduduwa Street	General Goods	“
9	Ladipo	Ladipo Street, Mushin	“	“
10	Sasore Corner Shops	Ajibade Sasore Street	General Goods	“
11	Kajola Corner Shops	Isolo Road, Mushin	“	“
12	Amu Plank Market	Amu Street, Olorunshogo, Mushin	Building Materials	“
13	Solanke Plank Market	Tadeyo Street, Mushin	“	“
14	Idi-Oro Plank Market	Makinde Street	“	“
15	Itire Plank Market	Oshodi/Apapa Expressway	“	“
16	Ladipo Model Market	Ladipo Street, Mushin	Spare Parts	“
17	Kajola	Ayonuga Street	Foodstuff	“
18	Coker Corner Shop	Coker Road, Ilupeju	General Goods	“
19	Araromi Market	Mushin	“	“

20	Fagbile Market	Mushin	Foodstuff	“
21	Ojuwoye Market	Mushin Bus Stop	Provisions	“
22	Owodunni	Mushin	Foodstuff	“
23	Mosafejo	Ilupeju	“	“

ETI-OSA

	Market Name	Location	Commodity	Market Days
1	Ebute Market	Apapa Eleko	Fish	Daily
2	Aja Market	Aja Village	Foodstuff	“
3	Ilasan Market	Ilasan Village	“	“
4	Anjonrin Market I	Apapa	General Goods	“
5	Ado	Ado Village	Foodstuff	“
6	Anjonrin II	Apapa	General Goods	“
7	Olwole	Waterside, Apapa	“	“
8	Federal Secretariat	Ikoyi	Foodstuff	“
9	Ije Market	Ije Obalende	“	“
10	Falomo Shopping Complex	Falomo, Ikoyi	“	“

Lagos is the commercial capital of Nigeria and the most populated city in the country and Africa.

It was the administrative capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the government’s decision to move the capital to Abuja in the centre of the country.

Lagos is a major African financial centre and is an economic hub.

The city has been described as the cultural, financial, and entertainment capital of Africa, and is a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion.

Lagos is also among the top ten of the world’s fastest-growing cities and urban areas.

The megacity has the fourth-highest GDP in Africa and houses one of the largest and busiest seaports on the continent.

The Lagos metropolitan area is a major educational and cultural centre in Sub Saharan Africa.

Lagos emerged as a home to the Awori tribe of the Yoruba of West Africa islands, which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa.

Due to rapid urbanisation, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, and Surulere.

This led to the classification of Lagos into two main areas: the Island, which was the original city of Lagos, and the Mainland, which it has since expanded into.

This city area was governed directly by the Federal Government through the Lagos City Council, until the creation of Lagos State in 1967, which led to the splitting of Lagos city into the present-day seven Local Government Areas (LGAs), and an addition of other towns (which now make up 13 LGAs) from the then Western Region to form the state.

The islands are separated by creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon, while being protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 km east and west.

However, the state capital was later moved to Ikeja in 1976, and the federal capital moved to Abuja in 1991.

Even though Lagos is still widely referred to as a city, the present-day Lagos, also known as “Lagos Metropolitan Area” is an urban agglomeration or conurbation, consisting of 16 LGAs including Ikeja, the state capital of Lagos State.

This conurbation makes up 37% of Lagos State total land area, but houses about 85% of the state’s total population.

The business district of Lagos is home to Tinubu Square, named after the aristocratic slave trader Efunroye Tinubu. Lagos contains Murtala Muhammed International Airport, named after Nigerian president Murtala Muhammad, and is one of the busiest African airports. Lagos National Stadium has hosted various international sports events such as the 1980 African Cup of Nations.