Oto-Awori previously known as just "OTO" is a suburban
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...
and a local government development council area located along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in
Ojo
Ojo may refer to:
*Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha
*Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on ''Bear in the Big Blue House''
* ''Ojo'' (comi ...
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 ...
. Oto Awori is founded by Ayato which is the predecessor for Today's Esau Oladega AINA (Kuyamiku) of the Oloja Ruling House of Oto Awori. Ayato the founder of Oto Awori from Ile-Ife, Oto Awori has been administered from Badagry since 1909 having apparently been placed for a few years in the Lagos District by the definition of boundaries thereof 1985.
Higher institutions
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Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education
*National Postgraduate College of Nigeria
See also
*
History of Lagos
Lagos is the largest and former capital city of Nigeria and the largest city in Africa in terms of population with about 15.3 million people living in it. It is also the 4th largest economy in Africa.
Location
Lagos is in Lagos State in South-West ...
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Awori District settlements
References
Populated places in Lagos State
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