Ikeja

Ikeja birni ne da ke arewacin Lagos, kuma shine babban birnin jihar Lagos a yammacin Najeriya. An fara zaune a wannan yanki ne tun kafin karni na 20 da mutanen Awori, amma a farkon karni na 20 aka fara gina shi sosai bayan buɗe layin jirgin ƙasa daga Lagos zuwa Ibadan a shekarar 1901. A shekarar 1960-an aka kafa babban yankin masana'antu a can, kuma a shekarar 1976 aka zabi shi a matsayin babban birnin jihar Lagos. Wannan canji ya sa Ikeja ya zama cibiyar siyasa da kasuwanci a jihar.

Yanzu Ikeja yana da muhimmanci sosai a matsayin cibiyar tattalin arziki da zirga-zirga. Akwai filin jirgin saman Murtala Muhammed, wanda shine babban filin jirgin saman Najeriya, tare da yankin Computer Village wanda ya shahara a fadin Afirka. Ikeja City Mall shine babban cibiyar sayayya a yankin mainland na jihar Lagos. Harkokin kasuwanci da sana'o'i sun ci gaba sosai a shekarun nan.

Mutanen da ke zaune a Ikeja sun fito daga kabilu daban-daban, amma yawancinsu Yarbawa ne. Birnin yana da yanayi mai kyau da tsarin titi mai kyau idan aka kwatanta da wasu sassan Lagos. Akwai gidajen jama'a, asibiti da makarantu masu kyau, wanda ya sa ya zama wuri da mutane ke fi so zaune a cikin babban yankin Lagos.