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Sunday 21 December 2014

Navy Playground: From lush green to sandy pitch

Once the breeding ground for some of Nigeria’s best footballers, the Ajegunle Navy Playground is now in a pathetic state, writesIdris Adesina
A first time visitor to Apapa, Lagos State, would be enchanted by the beauty of the scenery from the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to the Wharf, which is one of the country’s gateways through the Atlantic Ocean.
But Apapa does not house the Wharf alone; it is also the base of the Nigerian Navy Barracks. Situated along the ever-busy Mobil Road in Ajegunle, the barracks has been in existence since 1962....