[2] It is located 10  km north of the city core, adjacent to the main road to Ikeja, and is largely a congested residential area with inadequate sanitation and low-quality housing.

[3] It is also where a lot of A-list talents have risen from, artists such as Wande Coal After the 1960 independence of Nigeria from Great Britain, there were large migrations to the suburban areas.

Much in has local commercial enterprises which include: spinning and weaving of cotton, shoe manufacturing, bicycle and motorised-cycle assembly, along with the production of powdered milk.

Once a staple source of revenue in Nigeria, Agriculture is also a large central market.

The town is home to Hospitals as well as Educational facilities that extend to the secondary school level.