- Lagos East Mole Middle (2?)
- Date unknown. Possibly active (the original light was inactive at least since 2014); listed by NGA with a flashing red light. Joe Mazibuko has a 2022 photo of a tall mast, painted with red and white horizontal bands, that appears to carry a light. The light was formerly mounted on the roof of a ramshackle 3-story concrete
signal station. Trabas has posted a closeup photo by Captain Peter. Google's satellite
view shows that the area has been filled and redeveloped; the shadow of the new mast is shown. Located on the east mole of Lagos harbor. Site status unknown.
ARLHS NIG-005; ex-Admiralty D3878; NGA 24992.
- * Necom House
- Date unknown (building completed 1979). Active; focal plane 160
m (525 ft); white flash every 30 s. Light mounted atop the communications
tower on the roof of the 32-story Necom
House. Trabas has Capt. Peter's photo, Lateef 'deji Oyedokun has a 2008 photo,
and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Necom House is the headquarters
of the former Nigerian External Communications (Necom), now privatized
as part of Nitel, Ltd. The powerful light has a range of 65 km (40
mi) and serves as the landfall light for Lagos. It was dropped from the NGA List in 2010 but is still listed by the Admiralty. Located on the waterfront
in downtown Lagos. Site and building open, tower closed. Admiralty
D3871; ex-NGA 25028.
- Lagos West Mole (2)
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); red flash every 3 s (?). 9 m (30 ft) round hourglass-shaped tower painted with red and white horizontal bands. A distant 2025 photo is available, Philip Glenton has a 2013 photo and a 2012 photo, and Google has a very distant 2017 street view but the tower is not seen in Google's satellite view. Located on the west breakwater at the entrance to Lagos. Site status unknown. Admiralty D3872.
- * Tarkwa Bay (Beecroft
Point, Lagos) (2)
- 1891 (station established 1877). Reported inactive since 2009 but listed with focal plane 26 m (85 ft);
two white flashes, separated by 3.2 s, every 15 s. 27 m (89 ft) stone
tower with lantern and gallery. Tower painted white with two black horizontal bands. Hussaini Muhammad Auwal's 2024 photo is at right, Miguel Gomez has a 2024 photo, a 2023 photo and a 2021 photo are available, Trabas has Capt. Peter's 2005 distant view, a 2008 photo is available, Huelse has a historic postcard
view, and Google has a satellite
view. Lightphotos.net has a photo showing a very different daymark, white with two black horizontal bands; this photo is dated 2014 but may have been taken much earlier than that since the present daymark seems to be of long standing. We need much better information on this historic lighthouse. An August 2018 Facebook post by Dayo Adedayo Photography shows the lighthouse in very poor condition; according to accompanying text it was deactivated in 2009 "with the building of a modern electronic navigation system next to the current site." Located
about 1.5 km (1 mi) northwest of the point of land at the western
entrance to Lagos Harbour. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS NIG-001; Admiralty
D3870; NGA 24968.
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Tarkwa Bay (Beecroft Point) Light, Lagos, July 2024
Google Maps photo by Hussaini Muhammad Auwal |