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Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by oyejideogunjumo: 2:12am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Nedsnow:Don't mind those Edo people 1 Like |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 3:12am On Feb 26, 2017 |
back2sender: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. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by rabzy: 3:27am On Feb 26, 2017 |
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. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by thundafire: 6:11am On Feb 26, 2017 |
So Bourdillion was named after dy groggy eye thief |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 6:19am On Feb 26, 2017 |
felixomor: Lagos mean Lake in Either Portuguese or Spanish, they gave the when they 1st came 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by felixomor: 6:28am On Feb 26, 2017 |
OoniOfIfe: Good And who were the people who took them there? |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by femolii: 6:39am On Feb 26, 2017 |
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. |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 6:42am On Feb 26, 2017 |
felixomor: What do you mean, I'm not a yoruba, I'm writing from I heard about history WHO BROUGHT THE BRITISH TO NIGERIA? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by ollaxworld: 6:42am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Pidgin2:can you read what you typed? Does that means ownership?? 1 Like |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by felixomor: 6:44am On Feb 26, 2017 |
OoniOfIfe: Good. At this point, lets leave it there. Let the person who was trying to claim he knows history pick it from there. |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 6:47am On Feb 26, 2017 |
felixomor: But your question no make sense, why you dey ask of who bring Oyibo people to Nigeria 3 Likes |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by felixomor: 6:52am On Feb 26, 2017 |
OoniOfIfe: Keep quiet. If u dont know the history stop talking. Learn |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by femolii: 6:55am On Feb 26, 2017 |
my brother d guy wey they ask who bring british d guy mumu well well nor b small. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 6:58am On Feb 26, 2017 |
femolii: Remember that the Binins 1st colonised we Yoruba before the white men came |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nobody: 7:03am On Feb 26, 2017 |
femolii: 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 |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by jd1986(m): 7:19am On Feb 26, 2017 |
OoniOfIfe:Berlin Conference....una no dey read books? ![]() |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by jd1986(m): 7:21am On Feb 26, 2017 |
OoniOfIfe:Colonized my Ass.... Go read more on Yoruba Kingdom ![]() |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by masseratti: 7:26am On Feb 26, 2017 |
bilulu: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. |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by holums(m): 7:53am On Feb 26, 2017 |
deeptechcool: Exactly U are rite..............Ikeja was founded by an Awori man called Akeja who was been referred to as first Olu of Ikeja |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by AyamConfidence(m): 8:12am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Evinsco:oga shut up mumu boy |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Nedsnow(m): 8:12am On Feb 26, 2017 |
felixomor: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? |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by murmee: 8:14am On Feb 26, 2017 |
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. |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by holums(m): 8:52am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Nedsnow: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 |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by ayusco85(m): 8:56am On Feb 26, 2017 |
obembet: Mentioned Ur area? And yet you mentioned about 5 areas at once. So u live in all those areas? Are u a ghost? |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by iamreade: 9:09am On Feb 26, 2017 |
I think screwface should see this even though 'Idi-Araba' and 'Ojuelegba' is not there.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by etrader(m): 9:10am On Feb 26, 2017 |
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 |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by JBismarck(m): 10:24am On Feb 26, 2017 |
jd1986: 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. 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by eleshin(m): 11:10am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Sheybi Lagos belongs to you Benin people, come and take it nah. Awon ode |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by enomakos(m): 11:42am On Feb 26, 2017 |
Pointblank09:yes in king square |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by enomakos(m): 12:03pm On Feb 26, 2017 |
Nedsnow:go and read history,did you know that lagos up to benin republic what once under the benin empire |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by Princenoheem: 12:14pm On Feb 26, 2017 |
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. |
Re: 10 Most Popular Areas In Lagos And The Origin Of Their Names by millhouse: 12:19pm On Feb 26, 2017 |
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