The first king of Lagos (King Ado) was installed (in 1630 AD by the Oba of Benin) over 280years before the creation of Nigeria (1914). Prior to the installation of King Ado, there have been Land Owners (called Idejo or White Cap Chiefs) and Yoruba settlers in Lagos with public administration, businesses and lifestyles thriving on the Island. Then, in the 15th Century (precisely 1472) the first set of Europeans (Portuguese) came to Eko and the name “Lagos” was adopted in 1760 because of the resemblance with the topography of the ancient maritime Town (Lagos) in Portugal. The Portuguese helped in re-building the official residence (Palace) of the Oba of Lagos (Iga Idunganran) around the year 1670 during the reign of Oba Gabaro with materials imported from Portugal. ...In 1861, the British Royal War ship (Prometheus) docked in Lagos (during the reign of Oba Dosunmu who was forced to sign the treaty of ceding Lagos to the British crown) and that was when Lagos became a British Colony. In October 1899, the local administration created an advisory body called General Sanitary Board in an attempt towards local governing and this was replaced by Lagos Municipal Board of Health in 1909. In 1906, Lagos was incorporated into the Southern protectorate of British Nigeria in preparation for amalgamation.When the amalgamation of the Southern Protectorate and Northern Protectorate took place in 1914 to create Nigeria with Lagos as its Capital. In 1917, Lagos came under the control of Town Council with the passage of Township Ordinance and the Council was empowered to make bye Laws as well as employ Officers and Staff. Initially, Lagos was created with 5 Administrative divisions dubbed IBILE namely Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos and Epe. In 1971, the following 7 City Councils were created: Lagos City Council, Awori Ajeromi District Council, Egun Awori District Council, Epe District Council, Mushin District Council, Ikeja District Council and Ikorodu District Council. Later in 1976, the Federal Military Government created 8 additional Local Government out of the existing 7 local Councils. These are: Lagos Island Local government, Lagos Mainland Local government, Badagry Local government, Ikeja Local government, Mushin West Local government, Mushin East Local government, Ikorodu Local government and Epe Local government. Lagos remained the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for 77years until December 12, 1991 when the military administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida relocated the FCT from Lagos to Abuja. It is noteworthy that the original idea of relocating FCT from Lagos to Abuja was first announced in a nationwide broadcast of February 3, 1976 by the then Head of State Late Gen. Muritala Mohammed (who was assassinated 10days later) and the compensation promised to Lagos as a former FCT never saw the light of the day. After over 105years of existence (1861 – 1967), modern Lagos which was formerly a colony province (of Britain) and a Federal Capital Territory (of Nigeria) now metamorphosize into a political state. On May 27, 1967, Lagos State was created by virtue of Decree no 14 of 1967 promulgated by Gen. Yakubu Gowon who created a federation of 12 States by dissolving existing regions. Some portions of the defunct Western region (like Ikeja, Ikorodu, Epe, Mushin, was carved out to join the City of Lagos (the FCT) in creating Lagos State, it is still the smallest state by land mass occupying less than 1% (even less than 1/200th) the size of Nigeria. Read more