Ijora is a small district in Lagos State. The area used to be a swampy and water-logged area before the reclamation of land and further reconstruction was done on it to make it the Ijora of today, which is now an industrial estate.
Get in and Get around
- You can get into Ijora very easily, by boarding a bus from any location in Lagos and telling the driver, you are journeying towards Ijora, then the driver can bring you into Ijora.
- Depending on the location you are getting in from, there are also Tricycles (popularly called Keke Napep) to move you into Ijora, however, this solely depends on where you are getting in from, cause there is usually limited to how far Keke Napep can journey in the state.
- The best and most comfortable way to get in, although might be on the high side is through the popular car-hailing transportation like Uber, Bolt, In-driver etc. You will easily book a ride from the comfort of your home and a driver is assigned to you who comes to your location to pick you up and drops you off at Ijora, Voila!.
- You can also get around Ijora via the popular Tricycle and or Okada (motorcycle). This mode of transportation are readily available to move you around in Ijora
See
- Seven Up Bottling Company Ijora, A.G.Leventis Building Ijora. A popular brewery company in Ijora; specializes in the production of 7up drinks and her sister products
Do
Just out of curiousity, a tourists can visit the popular Ijora-Badia, a slum and ghetto area in Ijora, a tourist who Is only used to seeing and hearing about the place should try to visit there, see the environment, check out how people live and how they co-exist
Buy
- Ijora General Market, 21, Makanjuola Street. General Market In Ijora to buy and shop all your essentials.
- Safeway Super Market, Apapa Road, Ijora LAGOS. Cool Supermarket
Eat
- Angel’s Cuisine, Moshalashi Streett. For all your continental and Local Cuisine
- Eyin Gold Food Canteen, Ali-dogo street, Badia. A mama put restaurant for all your local dishes, usually cheaper than the contemporary restaurants.
Drink
If you need to drink in Ijora, look no further as there are a lot of bar, Mama put drinking store that renders drinking service. All you need to do is go in, place your order, decide if you want to seat there and take or you want to go out, then make your decision and enjoy your drink.
Sleep
- Kings Hotel, Ijora. A cool hotel to sleep
- J27 Lodge and Suites, 2, Idowu Akindele Crescent. A cool hotel to sleep
Connect
Ijora has a fairly good network connection, as you can expect, it is in the LAGOS State, so yes, You can easily find network connections across most areas of Ijora ranging from Airtel, MTN, Glo, 9mobile, and others.
There is the availability of 2G/3G/4G mobile networks and it works perfectly.
Although, some times there might be network glitch or unavailable, but it seldoms occur.