Nedsnow:

Mtchew. See as i just dey look your comment like say make i dey your side just dey flog you. Y una edo people just like dey claim wetin no relate to una. Na how una reach Lagos self. Or u wan tell me say all those states sharing borders with Lagos were also Edo before dem steal am abi?
Na so una talk say na una language be Oba say na Yoruba thief am from una. Una no just dey think before una talk at all? Ahh!! Oga gan lara yin o

Don't mind those Edo people

back2sender:

Its a known fact undisputable, Lagos is a part of the Edo Nation. The name Eko is a Benin word.

The parts of lagos island used by benins, leased and not owned was an outpost to benin soldiers. The aworis, a yoruba group from ife are the settlers all over lagos all the way to some part of ogun like isheri/sango.. They are the white cap chiefs. This is common knowledge.

The only property of benin in lagos is the oba of eko's palace(Iga Idunganran). The Eleko owns no land in lagos apart from that in which his palace is built on given to benin by aromire.

Dating back to the 15th century, the Lagos Island was originally owned by the island's first inhabitant Chief Aromire, an Ile-Ife nobleman, who used it as a fishing post and pepper farm.
The owners/settlers of lagos currently recognized by the government are Aromire, Oloto, Ojora, Onitolo, Onitano, Onikoyi, Oniru, Oluwa, Onisiwo, Eleguishi, Ojomu and Lumegbon. All aworis from Ile ife.

Origin of Iga Idunganran.
IGA , derived from the Oyo/Ife Yoruba language GAA meaning Royal Home or Palace, IDUN means land, place or sound of while IGANRAN is the Yoruba word for pepper. Iga Idunganran therefore translates to mean the palace built on a pepper farm, Aromire having used the land previously as a farm.

Note lagos island and not Lagos. Lagos the state as settlers from all over the yoruba hinterland. The ijebu owns ikorodu. Egun owns badagry. The egbas own a large are too, and the aworis are all over. From the mainland all the way to the Islands.

Please can guys who know the history of towns keep posting and forget about all the Benin and Igbo distractions. This thread is about how names of places where derived not ownership. This is a subject that I have always been interested in.

So Bourdillion was named after dy groggy eye thief

felixomor:


Abeg tell us the meaning of "Lagos* in yoruba.
Or the name came with Oduduwa from "saudi arabia" abi?
I am waiting....
If u no fit, abeg first flog yourself o.....

Lagos mean Lake in Either Portuguese or Spanish, they gave the when they 1st came

OoniOfIfe:


Lagos mean Lake in Either Portuguese or Spanish, they gave the when they 1st came

Good
And who were the people who took them there?

Benin too claim sabi sabi yorubas senior benin in everything benins should go n seat down they should not be claiming some thing that are not belong to them. so they jump ondo state ogun state n own lagos. if u carry slaves pass through lagos mean u are d owner idiot people. show me settlement of benin in lagos n where they speak benin n ask ur self y did u park out from lagos if u are owner.

felixomor:


Good
And who were the people who took them there?

What do you mean, I'm not a yoruba, I'm writing from I heard about history

WHO BROUGHT THE BRITISH TO NIGERIA?

Pidgin2:

Some parts like Festac/Satellite axis do have many Igbos there

can you read what you typed?
Does that means ownership??

OoniOfIfe:



What do you mean, I'm not a yoruba, I'm writing from I heard about history

WHO BROUGHT THE BRITISH TO NIGERIA?

Good.
At this point, lets leave it there.
Let the person who was trying to claim he knows history pick it from there.

felixomor:


Good.
At this point, lets leave it there.
Let the person who was trying to claim he knows history pick it from there.

But your question no make sense, why you dey ask of who bring Oyibo people to Nigeria

OoniOfIfe:



But your question no make sense, why you dey ask of who bring Oyibo people to Nigeria

Keep quiet.
If u dont know the history stop talking.
Learn

my brother d guy wey they ask who bring british d guy mumu well well nor b small.

femolii:
Benin too claim sabi sabi yorubas senior benin in everything benins should go n seat down they should not be claiming some thing that are not belong to them. so they jump ondo state ogun state n own lagos. if u carry slaves pass through lagos mean u are d owner idiot people. show me settlement of benin in lagos n where they speak benin n ask ur self y did u park out from lagos if u are owner.

Remember that the Binins 1st colonised we Yoruba before the white men came

femolii:
my brother d guy wey they ask who bring british d guy mumu well well nor b small.

Read my comments very well, he was asking me who brought the Portuguese to Lagos, I told him that it's a foolish question, then I asked him who brought the British to Nigeria

OoniOfIfe:



What do you mean, I'm not a yoruba, I'm writing from I heard about history

WHO BROUGHT THE BRITISH TO NIGERIA?

Berlin Conference....una no dey read books?

OoniOfIfe:



Remember that the Binins 1st colonised we Yoruba before the white men came

Colonized my Ass.... Go read more on Yoruba Kingdom

bilulu:

if u no dat already it therefore shows dat Lagos belongs to d binis

ok,happy now?with your assertion you can say ph,warri,asaba are all belong to binis right?goan read your dictionary,find out the difference between an empire and a kingdom.

Because lagos at one point was under tge rule of bini empire judt like Nigeria under british empire does not mean its owned by it.

deeptechcool:


Most of the points by the Op are just figments of his imagination. Look at that Ikeja nonsense up there. So the Akeja of Ikejaland is a king of Ikorodu and Epe joint administration? Ikeja is an Awori name.. .

Exactly U are rite..............Ikeja was founded by an Awori man called Akeja who was been referred to as first Olu of Ikeja

Evinsco:


guy Bleep off and stop embarrasing ya sef

oga shut up mumu boy

felixomor:


Abeg tell us the meaning of "Lagos* in yoruba.
Or the name came with Oduduwa from "saudi arabia" abi?
I am waiting....
If u no fit, abeg first flog yourself o.....

Lagos is a Portuguese word my brother. Did i flog you again! Awww! Sorry.
I know you wanna say Eko is coined from Benin language for camp. But the fact that it became a popular name for Lagos back then does not mean it belongs to you guys originally. You have a browser right, just go on Wikipedia and read about Lagos. You should see how you Edo niggas got involved in Lagos affairs in the first place. Or do you want to tell me the Aworis are Edo people also?

Let me add one more area of Lagos and it is authentic. The area is Isolo. The name came from Iso Olo which means a place where grinding stones are sold especially on market days. The whole area was later called Isolo.

Nedsnow:

Lagos is a Portuguese word my brother. Did i flog you again! Awww! Sorry.
I know you wanna say Eko is coined from Benin language for camp. But the fact that it became a popular name for Lagos back then does not mean it belongs to you guys originally. You have a browser right, just go on Wikipedia and read about Lagos. You should see how you Edo niggas got involved in Lagos affairs in the first place. Or do you want to tell me the Aworis are Edo people also?

Thank you U are on point...............the guy doesn't seems to understand that he can't separate Lagos from SouthWest been Yoruba territory................he should understand that Lagos Island(Isale Eko) is part of Lagos State...........Lagos Island is originally owned by Awori people who migrated from Ile-Ife before the arrival of Benin entourage whose prince once run the affairs of Lagos who gave Lagos Island the name Eko but it doesn't mean Lagos is owned by faraway Bini people in South-south afterall Benin was once ruled by Oranmiyan from Ile-Ife before he left for Oyo............Europeans colonized Africa for many years before they left but they did not wipe away our language and culture

obembet:
U haven't mention my area, V I, ADEMOLA ADETOKUBO, LEKKI, AJAH, MARYLAND,

Mentioned Ur area? And yet you mentioned about 5 areas at once. So u live in all those areas?

Are u a ghost?

I think screwface should see this even though 'Idi-Araba' and 'Ojuelegba' is not there..

I disagree with ikeja , I learn that Akeja people from akeja in ota settle down at Ikeja and change the name from akeja to Ikeja today.

You can find Akeja people at ota very close to AIT road today

jd1986:

Berlin Conference....una no dey read books?

Logically, Berlin Conference couldn't have brought the British to Nigeria. The conference took place in 1886 while Britain bombarded Lagos in 1851. Lagos was ceded to the British in 1861 by King Dosunmu.

To the person striving to establish that Benin people brought the Portuguese to Lagos, well, it is possible but retrospective insight into your assertion could say otherwise. If you check your map, Lagos comes first before Benin in a voyage from Portugal by sea. Explorers setting out from Portugal will reach Lagos first before proceeding to Benin shoreline. What's more, Benin City is a hinterland city while Lagos is coastal. Explorers always set out from Portugal by mid to late 15th century and sail very close to the coast of West Africa and return to give account of peoples and lands they encountered. Another set would read the account and set out to go farther than the previous ones. They always berth at any available favourable seashore. So, they would have discovered Lagos before Benin. It is possible that they even heard of Benin from settlers in Lagos because Benin Empire was very influential in that area. Well, what do I know! All these are just speculations albeit based on some facts

Read voyages of discovery and exploration with clear mind to understand this. I have a book called 'Ten Who Dared'. I can't borrow anybody; it is my Bible of history of exploration and I don't think it's still available in market.

Sheybi Lagos belongs to you Benin people, come and take it nah. Awon ode

Pointblank09:
There used to be Agidingbi house in Benin.
I want clarification on it, pls.

yes in king square

Nedsnow:

Mtchew. See as i just dey look your comment like say make i dey your side just dey flog you. Y una edo people just like dey claim wetin no relate to una. Na how una reach Lagos self. Or u wan tell me say all those states sharing borders with Lagos were also Edo before dem steal am abi?
Na so una talk say na una language be Oba say na Yoruba thief am from una. Una no just dey think before una talk at all? Ahh!! Oga gan lara yin o

go and read history,did you know that lagos up to benin republic what once under the benin empire

Oluwaseun you got that of "Ojota" Wrong am an indigene of Ojota "Ojota" simply mean Oju -Ota(Oju mean A place while Ota is name of Idol we used to Worship)so Ojota mean a place where we used to sacfrice Ota idol.
And the place was located at "Idi aba" painted with water colour up till today.

K