ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the political, economic and demographic development of Lagos generated another administrative centre in Ikeja Lagos during 1927–1967, as another way twin cities can emerge. The administration and urban development of Lagos colony from 1861 greatly extended its frontier beyond its immediate precinct. The chapter explores the important changes in the administrative development of Lagos 1927–1967, and the various inter-governmental relations spanning these changes focusing on the relations among Lagos City Government, Western Regional Government and the Federal government. What began on Lagos Island, as the seat of the Lagos Oba, in the pre-colonial period, became the colonial government's headquarters in 1861. Lagos District headquarters were first opened at Agege, but later moved to Ikeja and named Ikeja District. The area is upland as opposed to Lagos Island's lowland. Unlike Lagos Island, the soils supported many settlements before and after annexation.
