Lagos Island is an island and district in Lagos. Lagos Island has a Central Business District (CBD). This district is characterized by high-rise buildings and businesses. The island is home to many of the city's largest wholesale marketplaces (such as the popular Idumota and Balogun markets), and qqto some important sites.

Understand

Tinubu Square

The Island is home to has the National Museum of Nigeria, a Central mosque, Glover Memorial Hall, Christ's Cathedral (CMS), and the Oba Palace. And lastly, there is the Tinubu Square- a site of historical importance, it was here that the Amalgamation ceremony that unified the North and South protectorate to form Nigeria took place in 1914. The few historic quarters that remain in the city are clustered around this square and in the nearby Campos district.

Broadstreet Junction

Ikoyi sits on the eastern half of Lagos Island and joined to it by a landfill. Ikoyi is also connected to Victoria Island by a bridge carrying a main road over a Five Cowrie creek. Ikoyi has a great number of hotels, night clubs, a recreational park and one of Africa's largest golf courses. It used to be a middle class neighbourhood, but in the 2000s, it became more of a fashionable residential enclave for the upper middle class to the upper class.

See

• 1 National Museum of Nigeria, Awolowo Rd (on Lagos Island, opposite Muson Centre), ☏ +234 1 263 6005. 9AM-4PM daily. The Museum Kitchen is open on weekdays and is a good place to try local Nigerian cuisine. Museum exhibits are kind of spartan but has some bronzes and masks of different tribes and the car in which General (Head of State) Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in 1976. If feeling so inclined, there is also the Rele (art) Gallery next door. ₦100 for Nigerians, ₦200 foreigners. (updated Dec 2020)
• 2 Cathedral Church of Christ (On Lagos island, at corner of Marina Rd and Odunlami St). The oldest Anglican cathedral in the Church of Nigeria, with the foundation stone laid in 1867. However it was not completed until 1946. (updated Dec 2020)
• 3 Shitta-Bey Mosque, Martin St. A mosque and religious learning centre, it is one of the oldest mosques in Nigeria. This building dates back to 1891. (updated Dec 2020)
• 4 Lagos Central Mosque, 36 Nmandi Azikwe Way. (updated Dec 2020)
• 5 Omenka Gallery, 24 Modupe Alakija Crescent, ☏ +234 909 084 6991. Premier gallery for contemporary art in Lagos. (updated Jan 2021)
• 6 Freedom Park, Old Prison Ground, Broad St, Lagos Island, ☏ +234 803 302 2587. Daily 10AM-9PM. Memorial to independence and leisure park area in the middle of downtown, the site was formerly a colonial era prison where those who fought for Nigeria's independence were incarcerated. The park designers maintained the original design of the prison walls. The interior of the park is quite modern. Cost of entry may increase on a night with a show. Has small eatery. ₦200. (updated Aug 2020)
• 7 Soldier Idumota. A cenotaph built in 1948 by the Nigerian government to commemorate the soldiers who died during World War I and World War II. (updated Jan 2021)
• 8 Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), 45/57 Massey Bamgboshe St. TBS is the historical site of where Tafawa Balewa delivered his speech declaring Nigeria’s independence on 1 October 1960. Formerly, it was known as the "Race Course," a field Oba Dosunmu had given to colonials who used it as a football and cricket ground. It was used for horse races and Commonwealth Day celebrations as well. Also found here is a monument to Nigerian World War I and II and Nigerian Civil War soldiers. Between Freedom Park and TBS is the Independence Building on Cable Street, Nigeria's Ministry of Defence before it moved to Abuja. (updated Aug 2020)
• 9 Tinubu Square (Independence Square), Nnamdi Azikwe St, Lagos Island. A notable roundabout on Lagos Island with a fountain and centerpiece dedicated to Efunroye Tinubu who was an important female aristocrat during pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria. (updated Aug 2020)

Buy

• 1 The City Mall, Awolowo Rd. 10AM-9PM daily. 
• 2 Idumota Market, Bankole St. M-Sa 7AM-8:30PM. A lively, bustling, crowded market where clothes, footwear and other accessories are sold. (updated Jun 2021)

Eat

• 1 Salado Canteen. 8AM-8PM. Dine-in. Takeaway. No delivery. (updated Dec 2021)

Drink

• Swe Bar: Located at the top of City Mall, Onikan, Lagos.
• Ember Creek: Awolowo Road, Ikoyi. Pool Side drinks overlooking the Lagoon. Unnecessarily overpriced.
• Reeds: Cool, dimly lit atmosphere with light techno music in the background. Good for cocktails and small bites(Thai specialties). Nice for a romantic date.
• Waterside :Located on Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, beside the lagoon that separates Ikoyi and Victoria Island. Go there to chill by the lagoon in the evening. The decor is minimalist with plastic chairs and tables but again very few places in Lagos are open adjacent a Lagoon. Try some suya and pepper soup.

Sleep

• La Cour Boutique Hotel - In addition on Ikoyi in Glover St is a small, new serviced aparthotel called La Cour. 2 suite hotels in Ikoyi one at 33 Glover Rd and 3 Cooper Rd

Splurge

• 1 Bogobiri House, 9 Maitama Sule St, Ikoyi, ☏ +234 7068176454. Artsy boutique hotel. (updated Jan 2021)
• 2 The Wheatbaker, 4 Onitolo Rd (Lawrence Road) Ikoyi, ☏ +234 1 277 3560, fax: +234 (1) 277 3563, reservation@thewheatbakerlagos.com. Located in the residential heart of Ikoyi, 35 km from MM International Airport. Owned by Legacy Hotels and Resorts, a South African hospitality chain. Members of its Legacy Lifestyle programme get a discount. 

Connect

You would most likely found a reliable coverage of the 2G/3G/4G mobile networks in most locations in Lagos Island. Signal strength is adequate at almost every point in the city, and you are less likely to experience network outage for any of the mobile phone service providers in any of the areas of the city. Bear in mind that different networks tend to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times, though all will almost perform satisfactory well in any location.

MTN, 9Mobile, Airtel (Zain) and GLO are all available service providers. So if you are planning a visit to Lagos Island, you might not have to be so much concerned about the service provider to choose from as they all are reasonably reliable. But from observed indications, MTN seems to perform well than the others, though its rates may be high and its offers and services might be stringent, but you are less likely to be concerned of erratic voice and data connection compared to others.

Airtel is another service provider which is fairly satisfactory for all you might need to connect to the world, including rates and network reliability. Of course, Glo (or Globacom) boasts of fast network speed for internet browsing activities, only that you might not be able to enjoy the privilege in some locations. And 9Mobile (formerly Etisalat) usually also performs well in internet browsing speed too but with locational limitations as well, plus data rate is fairly higher.