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In the IANA time zone database, Nigeria is given one zone in the file zone.tab—Africa/Lagos. Lagos is Nigeria's capital city. "NG" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for Nigeria directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database; columns marked with * are the columns from zone.tab itself:
Lagos may have been named after the Portuguese town called Lagos, since, at the time of the 15th century, Lagos, Portugal, was the main centre of Portuguese maritime expeditions down the African coast. [52]
The Experience, commonly referred to as The Experience Lagos, is an annual gospel music concert held at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island. Conceived by Paul Adefarasin , the lead pastor of House on the Rock , the event debuted in 2006 with an attendance of 70,000 individuals.
Lagos (Portuguese for "lakes") was a name given to the settlement by the Portuguese. Throughout history, it was home to a number of warring ethnic Yoruba groups who had settled in the area. Following its early settlement by the Awori nobility, the state first came to the attention of the Portuguese in the 15th century.
Lagos ( [ˈlaguʃ] ⓘ; literally "lakes"; from Proto-Celtic: * Lacobriga) is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. [ 1] The population of the municipality in 2011 was 31,049, [ 2] in an area of 212.99 km 2. [ 3]
Made in Lagos is the fourth studio album by Nigerian singer Wizkid. It was released on 30 October 2020 by Starboy Entertainment and RCA Records. The album features guest appearances from Burna Boy, Skepta, H.E.R., Ella Mai, Tay Iwar, Projexx, Tems, Damian Marley, Terri and was executive produced by P2J. The deluxe edition was released on 27 ...
1851 - British bombardment of Lagos. [2] [3] 1852 - British consulate established. [3] 1853 - King Dosunmu in power. 1859- The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. 1860 - Catholic church established.
Time in Africa. Africa, the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, spans across six different time zone offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): UTC−01:00 to UTC+04:00. [2] [3] As Africa straddles the equator and tropics, there is little change in daylight hours throughout the year [4] and as such daylight saving ...