Badagry Division


Badagry Division is an administrative division of Lagos State in Nigeria.

History

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 Agia Cenotaph.

Local government areas

It consists of four local government areas:
In the Awori District are: