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Ikeja
Capital city of Lagos State, Nigeria

Ikeja

Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria.

Plan a trip to Ikeja→From Ilorin/Ogbomosho

Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a residential and commercial town with shopping malls, pharmacies and government reservation areas. Ikeja is part of Metropolitan Lagos and lies 17 km northwest of Lagos city proper. The Murtala Muhammed International Airport is located in the city. Ikeja is also home to Femi Kuti's Africa Shrine and Lagbaja's Motherland, both venues for live music. Its Ikeja City Mall is the largest shopping mall on the Lagos State mainland. Ikeja also has its own radio station, broadcasting both in English and in Yoruba.

Get in

Getting to Ikeja

Danfo Bus, yellow and black stripe bus popularly used in Lagos controlled by NURTW, you can board any of the Danfo bus at various bus stop. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Takes about 40 passengers without standing then close to 85 passengers with standing, it formerly runs with passengers purchasing tickets to their various destination but now functions with passengers having a cowry card to make payment, you can have…

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    Ikeja Bus Terminal
  2. 02
    Agege

    Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos in 10 km away.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Fela's Shrine

    12a, Adeleke St.

  2. 02
    Archbishop Vining Memorial Church

    9 Oba Akinjobi Way,.

  3. 03
    Kalakuta Museum

    Museum dedicated to the late Fela Kuti, Afrobeat music genre pioneer and Pan-Africanist.

  4. 04
    Foot Statue

    A statue of a large foot, erected on a roundabout in 2017.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Johnson Jakande Tinubu

    An ultra-modern park by House of Assembly beside Lagos State Secretariat Alausa.

  2. 02
    Kanu Ndubuisi Park

    A public park and green space made for recreation and relaxation.

  3. 03
    Silverbird Cinema Ikeja

    Movie theatre in an ultramodern mall with an array of shops.

  4. 04
    Viva Cinema

    Movie theatre not over crowded and is spacious.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Ocean Basket

    9 Obafemi Awolowo way, Oregun,.

  2. 02
    Labule Restaurant

    22 Simbiat Abiola Way, Jara Shopping mall,.

  3. 03
    Cegeolie Resto Pub

    21 Ladipo oluwole st, Oba Akran.

  4. 04
    Zen Garden

    A sister restaurant to Pearl Garden (VI), Zen Garden is an elegant gourmet Chinese restaurant.

  5. 05
    Grizzly Restaurant

    Seafood rice, ogbono soup, seafood pasta, egusi soup, egg sauce and yam, indomie and chicken wings, oatmeal, sausage, vegetable soup, Chinese spaghetti and other Nigerian recipes.

How locals move

Getting around Ikeja the local way

  • Get aroundThe main form of transportation in agege is by bus or motorcycle it's easier if you can trek to know someplace inside around agege because it's a commercial place always busy.

From Wikivoyage: Agege, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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