🏙️ Cocoa House

Cocoa House is a skyscraper in Nigeria. It was initiated by Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the late 1950s as part of the Western Region Development Plan (1955–1960); and completed in July 1964 and commissioned in July 1965, by the government of Western Region, headed by Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola. At a height of 105 metres (344 ft), it was the first skyscraper in West Africa, and was, from 1965 to 1979, the tallest building in Nigeria.