Agege is an ancient town and local government area in the Ikeja Division of Lagos State, Nigeria.

It was initially used for farming while he moved several miles into the uninhabited wild forest for hunting adventure before he finally settled alongside his children, wives and slaves on the area during the 15th and 16th centuries.

They were later joined by some family members and relatives from Otta, Oke Ata and other old Awori clans to form the old settlement.

Ancient Agege included foremost settlements like: Orile, Ogba, Ikola, Meiran, Ekoro, Aboru, Ayobo and Later Mosan, Alimosho and Ganganja and was said to cover a vast area land under the control of Baale Alaige.

Agege Planters' Union did much good work during the food crisis in Lagos then, acting not only as a medium of agricultural intelligence but also as provident society and more.

At a various of the second half of the 19th century, fairly large number of villages and hamlets were founded over the forested landscape of the standstone of the then Agege-Ikeja district covering about 75,500 hectares (i.e 755km2) the area with its well drained soil and empty forestland offered great attraction to various group of Awori from Otta, Egbado from Ilaro, Égba from Abeokuta, other Yorubas, Nupe, Ekitis migrants who founded many settlements.

[3] Prior to the construction of the station, Awori and Egba farmers cultivated food and cash crops such as Cocoa and Kola nut within the settlement.

[3] It is worthy to note that large scale cocoa plantations in Yorubaland started at Agege,[3] before extending to many South Western Nigerian towns.

Commercial activities sprang up around the station as collection, sorting and grading of Cocoa for transportation and export took place at Agege.

The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government area of Lagos State is Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi.

Some major communities making up the Agege Local Government are Ogba, Asade, Dopemu, Orile, Ido-Gòun, Magbon, Oko-Oba, Atobaje, Gbogunleri, Isale Oja, Isale Odan, Oke-Koto, Ipodo, Panada, Tabon-Tabon, Ajegunle, Oyewole, Lemomu Edara, Papa Ashafa & Ewedairo, Sango, Oyewole, Mulero, Keke, Papa uku/Olusanya, Oniwaya, Moricas, Iloro, Mangoro, Darocha, Onipetesi, Alfa Nla and Agbotikuyo.

The inhabitants of Agege Local Government are essentially Yorubas with the presence of sparse population of non-Yoruba speaking people.

Agege bread is now one of Lagosians' favourite foods, being sold and enjoyed everywhere from breakfast tables to garages in almost all the streets of Lagos.

[10] National Youth Service Corps Permanent Orientation Camp is located at Iyana-Ipaja Road, Agege.

National Archives: Minutes of Reorganization Meeting with Mr. E. J. Gibbons, Assistant District Officer, on Special Duty at Ikeja.

HRH Oba Salami Agbedeyi: 1959 (DW 1) was the then Baale Alaige of Orile Agege 23 Primary source: