I am Igbo but I just like Sanwo Olu.i don't know why. I just like the guy. If I had power to vote, I will vote him shaa.

I didnt know that people died in the accident.
Many people died.

So Lagosians have become a bad person? Smh

Brendaniel:
Condolences to the bereaved families, Sanwo Olu is a good man, the only problem is he is working for a very bad person.

Funny how we are now in the visit season. How many of these politicians visited Endsars victims apart from GRV?
Instead of learning, Nigerian politicians are still playing games. Time to get rid of the old order.

EagleSquare1:
So Lagosians have become a bad person? Smh

Tinubu is the bad person,....

Totilopussylick:
So many souls perishes in a few seconds because of the bus driver carelessness

how come everyone is blaming the bus driver ??

I used to patronise the young shall grow groups of companies from Abuja to Lagos state for a business and the way most of the bus drivers used to drive wasn't pleasant.

Most of the drivers hate to be corrected until the Almighty God blessed me.

Now I can drive on my own to wherever I want on God protection.

chocboi78:
how come everyone is blaming the bus driver ??

You have done your part Sir, God will do his own for you in due time. You are good to go. God bless you Sir.

having you as one of Yoruba leaders was a blessing, you've demonstrated a good leadership compassionately and in development



Sanwoolu be rest assured come next week Saturday, we Yorubas won't betrayed you, we won't disappoint you, we will use our zeal to protect your reelection


your reelection is 101% assured I can beat my chest for this, mobilization for you at my area is well certain and I believe no Yoruba will vote against you to support Yoruba haters



Yoruba people are not dumb, we won't elect our haters



may God comfort the families of the bereaved, water drop from my eyes heavily, it is well with Lagos state

Condolences to the family. The Good Lord grant them the fortitude to bear the lose.

Romanoff:
See wetin Obidients done turn Sanwo Olu to.

Keep shut. he has always been like this.

Lagos belongs to Benin empire, not Yorubaland – Oba Akiolu

The dust has finally settled after years of controversies and heated arguments who the real owners of present day Lagos are, the whole of Western Nigeria and the East of the Niger down to the Nigerian south Atlantic Coast.

The Oba of Lagos, His Royal Highness, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has finally told the world via a historical narrative and background the real owners of Nigeria’s economic capital city of Lagos and parts of neigbouring Benin Republic.

Lagos, he said, belongs to the Great Benin Kingdom and has never been part of Yoruba land.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Lagos Monarch which was released from his palace.

The statement reads:

“Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and also reading from factual Historical books, let me share this Knowledge with you all on Eko/Lagos.

“Modern day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin,

Prince Ado was the first Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast.

“It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851. Lagos was annexed by Britain via the Lagos treaty of cession in 1861, ending the consular period and starting the British Colonial Period.

The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1886 when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria were established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital due to the struggle of the Bini King.

“Lagos experienced growth prior to the British Colonial rule and even more rapid growth during the Colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 70s, continued through the 80s and 90s till date.

Thanks to the Awori’s, Bini’s, Yoruba’s, migrants across the nation and the world at large, as no particular group of people can take the glory alone.

“Lagos is made up of Lagoons and creeks.

The Lagos lagoon, Lagos Harbour, five cone creeks, Ebute-Metta creeks, Porto-Novo creeks, New canal, Badagry creeks, Kuramo waters and Lighthouse creeks.

“The Awori’s and Bini’s are known to be the first settlers of the Eko land.

The Awori’s are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of the Yoruba language with a rich Bini mixture.

Traditionally, Awori”s were found in Ile-Ife, they were known to be the Bini’s who followed their self-exiled Prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of the Benin Kingdom, whose step-mother was after his head.

“The exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa known to the Yorubas as Ooduwa (Oduduwa) was made the ruler of the Ife people due to his powers and followers from the Great Benin-Kingdom.

“Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the first King of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father’s Kingdom in Benin are the today’s Awori people who settled in Eko now called Lagos.

“In 1300, the King of Benin-Empire heard from one of his traders who was a settler in Eko on how the Bini’s were treated by the Awori’s who lived in their area.

Upon hearing this, the King of Benin commanded the assembling of a war expedition, led by his son, Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori’s and demanded an explanation.

“On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Aworis asked the Bini Prince to stay and become their leader.

Ado agreed on the condition that they surrender their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the people agreed. Hearing this, the King of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko.

“The Oba of Benin sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu, Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist his son, Oba Ado in the running of Eko.

“From the crowning of Prince Ado as the first Oba of Lagos (then called Eko), Lagos served as a major center for slave trade from which the Aworis, the Oba of Benin and his son the Oba of Lagos and all the children/descendants who took over as his successors for over four centuries supported the trade.

“The Oba of Benin was the head of the Benin Empire which is the present-day Western, Southern and Eastern modern day Nigeria.

The King never obliged anyone to speak the Bini language as he believed everyone was entitled to their own choice of language.

“The name Eko was given to it by the first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, the young and vibrant Prince from Benin.

Eko was the land now known as Lagos Island, where the king palace was built.

“The palace is called Idugaran meaning “palace built on pepper farm”

Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin together with the early Bini’s settlers in Eko and the Awori people settled in the southern part of Eko called “Isale Eko”. “Isale literally means bottom”. Must have been used to indicate downtown (as in downtown Lagos)

“Until the coming in of the Benin’s 1300AD, Lagos geographical boundary was Lagos mainland, Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing post. No one was living there.

“About 1450 AD some Yorubas who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-state and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in a very large numbers thereby surpassing the numbers of the Awori’s and Bini’s. (Hence Yorubas claim to own Eko due to their numbers).

“Oba Ado fell in love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chiefs; they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begot Ologun Kutere. Copied etodike

Totilopussylick:
I used to patronise the young shall grow groups of companies from Abuja to Lagos state for a business and the way most of the bus drivers used to drive wasn't pleasant.

Most of the drivers hate to be corrected until the Almighty God blessed me.

Now I can drive on my own to wherever I want on God protection.

thank God for blessings and promotions.. however , u did not tell me how this particular driver was responsible for the Thursday accident

One of the survivor said that the driver was warned about the incoming train, but he still moved in a bid to beat the train.

chocboi78:
thank God for blessings and promotions.. however , u did not tell me how this particular driver was responsible for the Thursday accident

Totilopussylick:
One of the survivor said that the driver was warned about the incoming train, but he still moved in a bid to beat the train.

geez. So disheartening.. seems the road crossed path with the rail