  ikeja is a suburb of the city of lagos and the capital of lagos state. it is also one of nigeria's 774 local government areas (lgas). the murtala mohammed international airport is located there. prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential environment with shopping malls, pharmacies and government reservation areas. ikeja is also home to the femi kuti's africa shrine and lagbaja's motherlan', both live music venues. it now boasts of a large shopping mall "ikeja city mall" which is the biggest mall in the lagos mainland and also has a cinema. ==history==  an explosion in the lagos army barracks on 27 january 2002 caused fires. many fleeing people drowned in a canal which was covered by hyacinth (a common water weed).anger follows lagos blasts, cnn news january 29, 2002. retrieved february 18, 2007talking point - lagos explosion, bbc news january 31, 2002. retrieved february 18, 2007 ikeja is an abbreviation meaning ikorodu and epe joint administration. it was coined by colonial administrators for ease of administration. ==government and infrastructure== the local government administrative headquarters of ikeja is located within the ikeja local government premises. the chairman (mayor) of ikeja local government is mr. wale odunlami. un
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