| Although Lagos state is the smallest state in
Nigeria, with an area of 356,861 hectares of which 75,755 hectares are
wetlands, yet it has the highest population, which is over five per cent of the
national estimate.
The state has a population of 17 million out of a
national estimate of 150 million.
The UN estimates that at its present
growth rate, Lagos state will be third largest mega city the world by Y2015
after Tokyo in Japan an Bombay in India.
Of this population, Metropolitan
Lagos, an area covering 37% of the land area of Lagos State is home to over 85%
of the State population. T
he rate of population growth is about 600,000 per
annum with a population density of about 4,193 persons per sq. km.
In the
built-up areas of Metropolitan Lagos, the average density is over 20,000
persons per square km.
Current demographic trend analysis revealed that the
State population growth rate of 8% has resulted in its capturing of 36.8% of
Nigeria’s urban population (World Bank, 1996) estimate at 49.8 million
people of the nation’s million population.
The implication is that
whereas country population growth is 4/5% and global 2%, Lagos population is
growing ten times faster than New York and Los Angeles with grave implication
for urban sustainability.
 Protesters
Storm Lotto Office Over Commission Reduction
LAGOS (March
15, 2003) – According to local media reports thousands of protesters on
Friday besieged the Lagos premises of Premier Lotto limited over alleged cut in
the sales commission of the company’s principal and sub-agents from 30 and
35percents to 15 percent. The principal and sub-agents of the company formed
the bulk of the protesters................Subscribers
Lagos Government and National
Sports Lottery Resolve Differences, Launch New Lottery
Game
LAGOS, Nigeria (October 16, 2008) -- The National
Sports Lottery (NSL) and Lagos State government that have been at loggerheads
for more than six years over control of lottery business in the state have
finally resolved their differences following the signing of a memorandum of
understanding, (MoU) in a new partnership deal that...............Subscribers 
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