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Some of this city’s traffic lights have been privately funded by the Deeper Life Bible Church and contribute to traffic jams known locally as “go-slows.” This city (20[1])is the largest where pickpockets called agberos harass passengers of buses called danfos. (0[1])This (0[1])city’s airport is named for military ruler Murtala Muhammed. (20[1])An 8-meter-high seawall (0[1])protects the newly dredged (*) Eko (10[1]0[2])Atlantic (10[1])Island (10[2])in (10[1])this (10[1])city. (10[1])Egun children attend a floating school in this city’s (0[1])slums of Makoko. (10[1])While visiting (10[1])this city, (0[1])journalist Norimitsu Onishi coined the term Nollywood. (10[5])In (10[1])1975, (10[2]0[1])this (10[1])city lost its status (0[1])as (10[1])state capital (10[2])in favor (0[1])of Ikeja (10[1])and as national capital in favor of Abuja. (10[2])For 10 points, name this most populous city in Nigeria. (10[3])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Lagos [or Lagos City; accept Eko until mentioned]
<Michael Bentley, Geography - World&gt; ~25164~ &lt;Editor: Ganon Evans>
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