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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 6:02pm On Nov 05, 2016
hefelove:
Those 3 status still dey ikeja o am soo sure of that while entering into Lagos, just look at ur right upward u will see them

But how Come they didn't know how much 3rd mainland bride cost? Babagida go don pocket trillions for that bridge mata
Thanks for drawing my attention to that. In respect of the third mainland bridge, the project gulped billions of tax payers money. So many leaders stole from its budgetary allocation.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by GoggleB(m): 6:10pm On Nov 05, 2016
flowx:
. Eko hotel and suit [color=#770077][/color][font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]
sweet ko TomTom in.
alaye I know it's suites... Stop doing Itk..
U couldn't even get it correctly sef

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 6:10pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
Which among the listed structures will you remove for the National Stadium in Surulere? grin
I'd place National Stadium over Teslim Balogun and Oshodi Bridge
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by agoro2u: 6:11pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
I tried hard to get the date but all proved futile.
OK. u really tried for the informative and educative topic.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 6:13pm On Nov 05, 2016
kITATITA:

I'd place National Stadium over Teslim Balogun and Oshodi Bridge
Alright.... cool
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 6:13pm On Nov 05, 2016
agoro2u:

OK. u really tried for the informative and educative topic.
Thank you grin
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Ilaje44(m): 6:30pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
2. Third Mainland Bridge

Do you know the official name of third mainland bridge? I bet many of you do not know it...lol. It is officially known as Ibrahim Babangida bridge. This particular bridge is the king of all bridges in Nigeria. When you talk about Lagos, you talk about this bridge. It is a vehicular bridge that link Lagos Island to the city mainland and was constructed by Julius Berger. The third mainland bridge, which is about 11.8km long, is the longest bridge in Nigeria and it is one of the three bridges linking the city. It took over 11 years to finish construction. The total cost of the bridge is unknown.

For six years, 1990-1996, third mainland bridge was the longest bridge in Africa. It was dethroned as king of Africa's bridges by the 22km long "6th October bridge" in Cairo, Egypt.

The third mainland bridge was not contructed by Julius Berger. At least not the part from Ebute Metta to Oworonsoki. This was built by an Italian firm whose name (beginning with S, not STRABAG) has eluded my memory now. This is an eye witness account. I used to canoe during the time of construction from Ogudu enroute to Marina along the contruction site. That was when the waters was still very clean, and the shanties was only in Makoko, and not Bariga and Oworonsoki water fronts like today.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by recievesense: 6:31pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
lol....Its just a pity some of are youths are educated but without brain bro. They prefer to be used for electoral gains than to use themselves to fight for their (our) future by making these leaders do the things they are elected to do.

U re so so on point
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by recievesense: 6:33pm On Nov 05, 2016
Ilaje44:


The third mainland bridge was not contructed by Julius Berger. At least not the part from Ebute Metta to Oworonsoki. This was built by an Italian firm whose name (beginning with S, not STRABAG) has eluded my memory now. This is an eye witness account. I used to canoe during the time of construction from Ogudu enroute to Marina along the contruction site. That was when the waters was still very clean, and the shanties was only in Makoko, and not Bariga and Oworonsoki water fronts like today.

Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 6:37pm On Nov 05, 2016
[quote author=recievesense post=50792880][/quote]Thanks for the correction sir.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by clevadani: 7:03pm On Nov 05, 2016
Nice post Op.
Something refreshing. Was tired of d many cucumber stories

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 7:04pm On Nov 05, 2016
clevadani:
Nice post Op.
Something refreshing. Was tired of d many cucumber stories
Thank you grin grin grin
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Ilaje44(m): 7:05pm On Nov 05, 2016
[quote author=recievesense post=50792880][/quote]
I said eye witness account, not a wrong citation and dem say dem say account. It was not built by Julius Berger. The part from Adeniji Adele to Ebute-Metta could be from Julius Berger, but not the longest part from Ebute-Metta to Oworo. That was definitely without an aorta of doubt built by an Italian Construction company. Every Bridge built by Julius Berger always has a B stamp on it. You won't find B on the section between Ebute-Metta and Oworo, but an S being the initial of the company that built it.

Mind you, the section from Adeniji Adele to Yaba was in use many many years before the construction of the section from Ebute-Metta to Oworo began. The sections were not built at the same time.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 7:09pm On Nov 05, 2016
Ilaje44:

I said eye witness account, not a wrong citation and dem say dem say account. It was not built by Julius Berger. The part from Adeniji Adele to Ebute-Metta could be from Julius Berger, but not the longest part from Ebute-Metta to Oworo. That was definitely without an aorta of doubt built by an Italian Construction company. Every Bridge built by Julius Berger always has a B stamp on it. You won't find B on the section between Ebute-Metta and Oworo, but an S being the initial of the company that built it.

Mind you, the section from Adeniji Adele to Yaba was in use many many years before the construction of the section from Ebute-Metta to Oworo began. The sections were not built at the same time.

I never said you are wrong. We learn every day. Thanks for pointing that fact out though.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Orikinla(m): 7:15pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
5. Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge

Remember the bridge Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was seen jogging on when he visited Nigeria? Well, this is the bridge. This is another breathtaking popular structure in the city. This bridge is a beauty to behold. The Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge is a 1.36 km long cable-stayed bridge, the very first in Nigeria. It was constructed by Nigeria's foremost construction giant, Julius Berger. Construction on this bridge began in 2009 and was completed and commissioned in 2013 by Babatunde Fashola, the then governor of Lagos state. It was reported that the bridge cost a whopping 29 billion naira.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Orikinla(m): 7:17pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
6. National Theatre

The National Arts Theatre otherwise known as the National Theatre was constructed and commissioned by the Obasanjo military regime in 1977. The structure has a 5000-seater main auditorium with two cinemas which has capacity to translate any spoken language into 8 different languages simultaneously. The outer architectural design was made to resemble a military hat. The sad part of this symbolic building is that in 2014, it was reported to have been sold to a Dubai multi-national company with plans to turn it into a duty-free shopping mall.

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by EROMS38(m): 7:25pm On Nov 05, 2016
GoggleB:
They burn down Statue during removal of fuel subsidy in 2012 but they are yet to do anything in 2016 even when hunger is killing naija people..
they are very useless zombies
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Topmaike007(m): 7:32pm On Nov 05, 2016
GoggleB:
I love dis lekki-ikoyi bridge
no be only you like am if we have it 38 in Nigeria I bet our country will look like London at night
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by popyea(m): 7:51pm On Nov 05, 2016
ItzChinnex:
The Igbos' developed Lagos.

ok mr igbo

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Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Codes151(m): 8:02pm On Nov 05, 2016
With oil money!!!! Eat me up commenters
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by michaelmo11(m): 8:21pm On Nov 05, 2016
Please I need to confirm something, is the article based on lagos as a city or lagos as a state. By the way, Ibadan is still the largest city in Nigeria.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by ArabMopol(m): 8:21pm On Nov 05, 2016
make I talk my own oooo I knew afonjas will come for my head, but I don't bloody care , national theatre way don pass half century,the misquote way dey Surulere, stadium nearly killed C Ronaldo and his colleagues the time they visited Lagos, or outdated Eko hotel way eem presidential suit no reach the cheapest room in Burj al Arab hotel and those chinko bridge way no reach 2miles be the mega city we are talking about here... abeg make I hear word, Lagos state try oooo but not something u can compare with cape Town or Nairobi... children of hate Oya over to you
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by moststylish(m): 8:30pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
10. Teslim Balogun Stadium

Named after a former Nigerian professional footballer, Teslim Balogun, this stadium is located in Surulere, Lagos. It took 23 years to build and it gulped a total of 1.3 billion naira. This stadium is the most popular international stadium in Lagos. It has a capacity of 24, 325. It is a multi-purpose stadium. It has hosted several high profile matches such as the 2007 FIFA world cup and Nigerian football league matches.


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naija sha, a whole 23 years to build rubbish
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 8:31pm On Nov 05, 2016
michaelmo11:
Please I need to confirm something, is the article based on lagos as a city or lagos as a state. By the way, Ibadan is still the largest city in Nigeria.
Lagos as a state. I will soon write about Oyo State...kinda follow to get quick update. Thanks for reading.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by michaelmo11(m): 8:40pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
Lagos as a state. I will soon write about Oyo State...kinda follow to get quick update. Thanks for reading.
The reason I asked so was because you kept referring to the "city" especially in the 1st paragraph.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 8:55pm On Nov 05, 2016
michaelmo11:

The reason I asked so was because you kept referring to the "city" especially in the 1st paragraph.
Thanks for pointing my attention to that, I will correct myself in the next part of the series. I hope you don't mind?
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by skarlet: 9:07pm On Nov 05, 2016
The official name is:

Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard


Phagyrhe:
2. Third Mainland Bridge

Do you know the official name of third mainland bridge? I bet many of you do not know it...lol. It is officially known as Ibrahim Babangida bridge. This particular bridge is the king of all bridges in Nigeria. When you talk about Lagos, you talk about this bridge. It is a vehicular bridge that link Lagos Island to the city mainland and was constructed by Julius Berger. The third mainland bridge, which is about 11.8km long, is the longest bridge in Nigeria and it is one of the three bridges linking the city. It took over 11 years to finish construction. The total cost of the bridge is unknown.

For six years, 1990-1996, third mainland bridge was the longest bridge in Africa. It was dethroned as king of Africa's bridges by the 22km long "6th October bridge" in Cairo, Egypt.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 9:11pm On Nov 05, 2016
skarlet:
The official name is:
Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard
Alright, thanks for that.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by adimsmt: 9:43pm On Nov 05, 2016
Phagyrhe:
I know you have probably visited Lagos at least once in a lifetime, or maybe you live in the city. Oh! You have never been there? Well, you have probably been hearing of the glory of Nigeria's largest, most industrial and developed city. You may have heard of the bubbling scenes, the strength of the city, the never-dulling moments, the stress and so many more. Hey, take a seat and relax because I wrote this post just for you. I want you to be familiar, at least to a considerable extent, with the most popular and symbolic structures in Lagos. These structures are not ranked based on beauty or whatsoever, they are structures which I considered to be most popular and accessed by an average Lagosian. Pardon me if I talk too much....lol.

Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital city is soaring towards attaining the status of a megacity. For years, governments and private entities across all levels have painstakingly invested a fortune into the development of Lagos by constructing iconic structures which are accessible to all types of citizens. This article is part 1 in a series of popular structures that I will be writing about in coming days. So lets get down to business!

Source: http://www.factsbyjosh.com/2016/11/10-most-popular-structures-in-lagos_4.html




Six of those structures where built by the federal government.
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by adimsmt: 9:54pm On Nov 05, 2016
[quote author=Orikinla post=50793834][/quote]




Ikoyi link bridge was not the first cable bridge built in Nigeria it is the best one but definitely not the first. The first was in Onitsha
History Nkisi Stream was built by the Colonial Government early in the 20th century,

Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 9:56pm On Nov 05, 2016
adimsmt:




Six of those structures where built by the federal government.
You have made a very nice observation, however, don't forget these six structures were constructed when Lagos was a Federal capital
Re: 10 Most Popular Structures In Lagos And Year They Were Constructed - Factsbyjosh by Nobody: 10:12pm On Nov 05, 2016
Sayelabola:


Well-done, but I guess you haven't heard about this before....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall,_Lagos
Thank you for the compliment. Concerning the city hall, it is true it is popular being the oldest local government in Nigeria; but if I may ask, which of the listed structures do you think the city hall has a chance of sending out of the list?

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