Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Awori people settled on a farmstead along the coastal line of what is now southwestern Nigeria in the 15th century. They worked and lived in this area, which they called Ereko in their Yoruba language.
Portuguese explorers arrived later and named the place Lagos after the city of Lagos in Portugal, their main center for maritime expeditions down the African coast. This name stuck even as the indigenous population continued to refer to it as Eko.
The federal capital shifted to Abuja on the 12th of December 1991. The state capital had moved to Ikeja in 1976 before this national transfer occurred.
Metropolitan Lagos comprises 16 of the 20 Local Government Areas of Lagos State. These areas include Agege, Mushin, and Surulere alongside the historic island districts.
A deep sea port named Lekki was commissioned in early 2023 fifty kilometers east of the urban center. It serves as a major addition to the Port of Lagos which handles more than half of Nigeria's maritime trade.