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Magodo is in Lagos City, Southwest Nigeria.

Understand

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Magodo is an eye brow area of Lagos state, it is populated by the middle class Nigerians. There are two major estates in Magodo and that is Magodo Phase one and Magodo Phase two. There are several Organizations within the estates owned by both the Government and private citizens

Get in

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By bus

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You can get into Magodo by public bus. This buses are normally painted yellow.

By car

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You can get into this area by car. You can rent an Uber, Taxify or Bolt as most of their drivers are really familiar with this route.

By motorbike

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You can get to Magodo via motorcycle, but you can't enter Magodo by motorbike it is not possible due to the ban by the state government on motorbikes. Once you alight at the estate gate, you will walk into the estate, the estate security will ask you some questions before allowing you access the estate.

Get around

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Once you get into the Magodo estate, you will get a shuttle, that is a minibus to transport you to your desired destination.

See

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Do

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Buy

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There are various shopping markets you can explore in Magodo. Some of them are

  • 1 K Payless Supermarket, 1 Magodo Road, Ikosi Street, Isheri, Lagos.
  • 2 Value X-change Superstore.
  • 3 Essentials Supermarket, 6 Emmanuel Keshi St.
  • BGA Foods, Phase 2, Suite 18 Estate Plaza. This is a grocery store.
  • Super Saver Supermarket, 4 Adeyemi Odukomaya St, Ikosi Ketu.

Eat

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There are various restaurants in this area. You should be able to see classy restaurants in this area.

  • 5fingers chops & cocktails, Block 47 plot 4 Chief Samuel ajayi street, Magodo, gra phase 2, shangisha. You can get small chops in this store
  • Catse Kitchen, 36 Abayomi owulade street, Magodo St, phase2, +234 708 028 6869.
  • City Grill, 26b Emina Crescent, 6 Ogun River Rd. Deals majorly in grilled meats.

Drink

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Like most areas in Lagos, you can get drinks in most bars or restaurants. Most hotels also sell drinks too.

  • SeSe Bar, 118 Magodo Dr, Isheri Olofin.
  • Road House Bar and Lounge, Magodo shopping arcade, Ayodele Fanoiki St.
  • Paradox bar and lounge, Bayo Adesina Street.
  • Marvellous bar, 33, Adekunle Adebayo road, Magodo Road.

Sleep

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There are various hotels in Magodo. Since it is a GRA, most of the hotels are quite expensive, but they give value in return for their price.

  • Esporta Suites Magodo, 8B C M D Rd, Magodo GRA Extension 100248, +234 803 436 9385. This is a 3-star hotel. ₦26,000.
  • First Colony Creek Hotel, 13 Alh.Yekini Aromolate St, Ikosi Ketu, +234 817 000 9992. ₦15,000.
  • 1 Sicily luxury suites, 1 Parker’s close magodo phase 2 Kosofe, Ketu. ₦21,000.
  • Fadaes Place, 2 Sebastian Street Off Adekunle Banjo Avenue, Shangisha. ₦20,000.

Connect

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There is Mtn, Airtel, Etisalat and Glo available in 2G/3G/4G in this area. You wouldn't need to worry about network in this part of Lagos

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