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Badagry Division

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The ancient town of Badagry, also known as Badagri, is located in Nigeria and was one of the five divisions established by the Lagos State in 1968. It has a troubled past and an important present. With a history dating back nearly 593 years, the little coastal town and lagoon port is one of the most
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Badagry Division figures in the history of relations and contact between Nigeria and Europe, as it was a major slave outpost and market prior to British colonization. It was also the place where, in 1842, Christianity was first preached in Nigeria; this was memorialized by the
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Relics of Slave Trade, Badagry-Mobee Compound, Seriki Abass Slave Barraccoon ; Boeko, Boekoh Quarters, Vlekete Slave Market, Posukoh Quarters – Badagry where the Lander Brothers were tried in 1825.
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Nigeria-French Language Village, Badagry, Inter-University Centre for French Language Studies
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Agia Cenotaph, Badagry – site where Christianity was first preached in Nigeria in 1842.
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Ogu Toplisen Shrine, Hunto Quarters, Badagry – where Badagry Monarchs are crowned.
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Tomb of George Fremingo, alias Huntokonu, first slave merchant in Badagry
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Early Missionaries’ Cemetery , Hospital Road, Ahovikoh Quarters, Badagry.
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Palace of De Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi 1, Akran of Badagry, Jegba Quarters.
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Ologe Forest Reserve, Ologe, Oto Awori Town, off Badagry Expressway
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significant cities in Nigerian and African colonial history.
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Nigeria-Benin Republic International Border, Seme, Badagry.
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Lagos State
Nigeria
Agia Cenotaph
local government areas
Ojo
Amuwo-Odofin
Ajeromi-Ifelodun
Badagry
Badagry
Ibereko
Oke oko
Ajara
Ajido
Akarakumo
Gbaji
Aseri
Egan
Aganrin
Ahanfe
Epe
Posi
Mowo
Itoga
Ebiri
Ekunpa
Aradagun
Berekete
Mosafejo
Gayingbo-Topo

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