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  • Six 500 seat theatres are being constructed across Lagos to encourage creativity and offer spaces for emerging artists.
  • The Onikan area is being redesigned as an art hub, with capital projects including the redevelopment of the J.K. Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture, the old State House becoming Lagos History Centre and the Presidential Lodge becoming Lagos Museum.
  • 30 new statues and iconic figures have been added across the city, including the Ikoyi/Lekki Link Bridge, Eco-Tree, JJT Park, The Drummer and the MKO Abiola statue.
  • Eko Atlantic City is a major new urban district being constructed on ten million square metres of reclaimed land protected by an 8.5 kilometre long sea wall.

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  • Nigeria is home to 180 million people, 300 tribes and 500 languages and Lagos is a melting pot of those cultural traditions.
  • The city is at the centre of the most important film industry in Africa, Nollywood, which produces around 1,500 films each year.
  • A new institution, Lagos Museum, is being created as part of the redevelopment of the Onikan area of the city as a cultural hub.
  • A whole new urban district, Eko Atlantic City, is being built on land reclaimed from the sea

 

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