Ebute Metta
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Ebute Metta is a suburb of Lagos
, Nigeria
.
Ebute Metta is a Yoruba
word for a place known as three shores. Ebute means shore and Meta means three. This part of Lagos is mainly residential, and crowdy. However, EB (for short) also has a few important buildings including The Nigerian Railway Corporation Headquarters, Post Offices, St Paul's Catholic Church, the famous Oyingbo market, a major bus terminal, Foucos Secondary School (a school built by the former minister for education), Junior Strides Academy, Ajayi Memorial Hospital, and shops of all types.
Ebute Metta is also a main access route that links mainland Lagos to the 3 main islands of Victoria
, Ikoyi
and Lagos Island
s. A major network of fly overs and access roads connects these various parts of Lagos as you drive through the Iddo peninsula.
Ebute Metta is known for production and sales of local food and cloths. It is a very old part of Lagos, many of its houses were built during the colonial era, using Brazil
ian architecture.
The area includes the famous St Jude's church and school, African Salem church /school,Salvation Army church. The imposing LISABI HALL leads to the Okobaba area with its lagoon background.
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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Ebute Metta is a Yoruba
Yoruba language
Yorùbá is a Niger–Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas...
word for a place known as three shores. Ebute means shore and Meta means three. This part of Lagos is mainly residential, and crowdy. However, EB (for short) also has a few important buildings including The Nigerian Railway Corporation Headquarters, Post Offices, St Paul's Catholic Church, the famous Oyingbo market, a major bus terminal, Foucos Secondary School (a school built by the former minister for education), Junior Strides Academy, Ajayi Memorial Hospital, and shops of all types.
Ebute Metta is also a main access route that links mainland Lagos to the 3 main islands of Victoria
Victoria Island (Nigeria)
Victoria Island is an affluent town that encompasses a former island of the same name that sits between Lagos Island and the Lekki Peninsula in the Lagos Lagoon. It is the main business and financial centre of Lagos, Nigeria. Victoria Island is one of the most exclusive and expensive areas to...
, Ikoyi
Ikoyi
Ikoyi is the most affluent neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, located on Lagos Island. It lies to the northeast of Obalende and encompasses the eastern half of Lagos Island and lies at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon...
and Lagos Island
Lagos Island
Lagos Island is the principal and central local government area of the Metropolitan Lagos in Nigeria. It is part of the Lagos Division. As of the preliminary 2006 Nigerian census, the LGA had a population of 209,437 in an area of 8.7 km²...
s. A major network of fly overs and access roads connects these various parts of Lagos as you drive through the Iddo peninsula.
Ebute Metta is known for production and sales of local food and cloths. It is a very old part of Lagos, many of its houses were built during the colonial era, using Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian architecture.
The area includes the famous St Jude's church and school, African Salem church /school,Salvation Army church. The imposing LISABI HALL leads to the Okobaba area with its lagoon background.