LAGOS STATE AT 50,FLASHBACK
1889 - Court House built 1894 - Bank of British West Africa established 1897 - Lagos Chamber of Commerce established 1899 - Briton William MacGregor became governor of Lagos Colony 1900 - Ibadan-Lagos railway began operations 1901 - Oba Esugbayi Eleko in power 1908 - Lagos Municipal Board of Health established 1909 - King's College, Lagos founded 1911 - Kano to Lagos railway began operations and Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society chapter established 1913 - Apapa wharf built 1914 - Lagos became capital of the British Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria 1917 - Lagos Town Council established 1921 - Population of Lagos, 98,303 1923 -Ansar Ud Deen (religious group) and Lagos Women's League established 1922 -Nigerian National Democratic Party founded in Lagos 1925 - Oba Ibikunle Akitoye in power 1926 - Nigerian Daily Times newspaper began publication 1928 - Oba Sanusi Olusi in power 1931 - Tom Jones Library opened 1932 - Oba Falolu in power 1939 - Yaba Estate built 1943