Adeniran Ogunsanya Street is a street located in
Surulere
Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
of
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...
and lies next to Akangba. It is named after
Adeniran Ogunsanya
Adeniran Ogunsanya, QC, SAN (31 January 1918 – 22 November 1996) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He was among the chief-founders of the Ibadan Peoples Party, Ibadan Peoples Party (IPP). He served as a Lagos State commissioner for Justic ...
.
Adeniran Ogunsanya street is home to the popular
Adeniran Ogunsanya Shopping Mall.
Adeniran Ogunsanya Shopping Mall
Adeniran Ogunsanya Shopping Mall also known as Leisure Mall is an ultramodern shopping mall located in Adeniran Ogunsanya Street. Built and commissioned by the then Military Governor of Lagos State, Brigadier-General
Mobolaji Johnson
Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson (9 February 1936 – 30 October 2019) was a Nigerian Army Brigadier who served as Military Administrator of the Federal territory of Lagos from January 1966 to May 1967 during the military regime of General Aguyi-Ironsi ...
in 1975, the shopping mall was later redeveloped in 2011 by the
Babatunde Fashola
Babatunde Raji Fashola ( yo, Bàbátúndé Rájí Fáṣọlá; born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician currently serving as the Federal Minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria. He served two terms as Governor of Lagos State f ...
-led government. Prior to its redevelopment in 2011, it had been known as "Adeniran Ogunsanya Shopping Centre" under the management of LSDPC (Lagos State Development and Property Corporation). At this time, it housed several retail businesses such as "Ices Parlour" (a confectionery store) "Jack and Judy" (a school uniform outfit) Patabah bookstore, and "Omo Onikoyi" (a hair salon). It currently has a total area of about 22,000 square metres with over 150 shops, a car-pack that can contain over 300 cars, a lift, an escalator and other basic facilities.
See also
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Surulere
Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...
References
Geography of Lagos
Populated places in Lagos State
Streets in Lagos
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