nengibo:

hahahahaha, you said Ikorodu was Yoruba name, I ask you the meaning you turn deaf & dumb, abeg nonsense dey smell, Yorubas are landgrabbers, Eko is a no mans land

PointB:


How much of their 'country' can they get back? Their country has moved on and they have been left behind. No one is saying Yorubas should not play politics in Lagos; politics all Yoruba know how to do, so by all mean go ahead. But realize there is limit to any politics Yoruba can play. Like those who voted Trump to take back their country are failing, same fate await anyone who plays politics with the intention of returning Lagos back to stone age - failure of abysmal proportion. Such individual(s) or group are best served chasing shadows, they have better chance catching shadows than returning Lagos to a predominant Yoruba enclave.

Now you folks keep asking Igbos to forget Biafra and move on. Please take a page from your book. Lagos was a Yoruba City; Lagos is now a Nigerian city. It belongs to all, and it belongs to no one. Lagos is now No-man's Land. Forget Lagos and move on. Resistance is not only futile, but retrogressive.

nengibo:

You are deceiving yourself, the names show that the indigenous people are not Yoruba, since Yorubas can't interprete their names, useless landgrabbing oshogbo migrants

Billyonaire:
I disagree with Femi Okunnu on this; He is telling us the history of this land that I sit from 1861.

I am a researcher and there is compelling historical evidence pre-1800 that shows that the Portuguese were here long before the British showed up and battled the Portuguese as world power that they were and bullied the Portuguese out of this land.

Mr. Lekki, Mr. Fulo, Mr. Badagry and so many other guys from Portugal I prefer not to mention used this place as a slavehub in the 1500s and 1600s long before the Britons showed up. So, let us tell the history of Lagos, a Portuguese word, in truth. No one is interested in displacing the Yorubas, neither are the Yorubas trying to displace any other people. It is impossible, because even looking at it, Yoruba is not major language spoken in today's Lagos. It is English and Yorubas are not the majority of the tribes in Lagos, it is a cosmo-politan town.

Mr. Lekki, I have been to the village he ruled and use as Slave harbour and he gave instruction to be buried standing after the British stopped his slave merchant business and he refused to go back to Portugal, but his son did come after some years to exhume and cut off his head and take to Portugal.

Like I said, I research these things as I try to be very close to Indegenous people in order to find out the mystery behind attempts by successful leaderships of the world to destroy indigenous people, be it Aborigenes, Tibetans, Biafrans, Oduduwas etc

We must accept the fact that after the Bini people who camp here defeated the Ile Ife fishermen who also come to fish at the oceans and took over and named this place Eko, the Portugese slave merchant when they arrived called it Lagos. It was a free open place. But since the Yorubas dorminated the periphery of the place, it was only the possibility that when Nigiritia or Southern Soudan became Nigeria after amalgation of the diverse protectorates to eliminate the final strong-hold of the portugese, politics was in the hands of the people and the Yorubas were educated enough to migrate from their neighbouring villages to the seat of power from their nearby locale and concentrate in Lagos. If that is how Femi Okunnu come to his conclusion that Yorubas own Lagos, then he is right, but the word should be, that Yorubas were the highest the highest in population at a certain stage in the early days of Lagos and so may have had dorminant interest.

Lagos belongs to anyone who can afford a piece of her, but it is owned by the person that created the land and that person happens to live in every LandLord in this growing town.

Lagos is not a Yoruba State, it belongs to all. No emotion will stop this truth.

I will continue to tell the true story about this town using the true facts available, which I personally investigate as my curiosity drifts from one thing to the other in my continuous probe to becoming the greatest version of myself, God.

bakynes:

Ok even if you ask me the meaning of Oshogbo, i dont know the meaning, Ikorodu is Ijebu land no need arguing with you, its a fact not subject to argument or maybe Ijebu people are now Igbos maybe you should tell me.

What is the meaning of Anambra and Ebonyi

PointB:


How much of their 'country' can they get back? Their country has moved on and they have been left behind. No one is saying Yorubas should not play politics in Lagos; politics all Yoruba know how to do, so by all mean go ahead. But realize there is limit to any politics Yoruba can play. Like those who voted Trump to take back their country are failing, same fate await anyone who plays politics with the intention of returning Lagos back to stone age - failure of abysmal proportion. Such individual(s) or group are best served chasing shadows, they have better chance catching shadows than returning Lagos to a predominant Yoruba enclave.

Now you folks keep asking Igbos to forget Biafra and move on. Please take a page from your book. Lagos was a Yoruba City; Lagos is now a Nigerian city. It belongs to all, and it belongs to no one. Lagos is now No-man's Land. Forget Lagos and move on. Resistance is not only futile, but retrogressive.

nengibo:

How am I supposed to know?

mercyville:


Does shouting on the internet change the fact Lagos is a Yorubaland?Yorubas are the majority group in Lagos, Yorubas have obas in almost all communities in Lagos,all festivals in Lagos are Yoruba oriented,almost all streets,roads etc are yoruba,the state house of assembly's reps speak Yoruba every Thursday,Yoruba language has been made compulsory in all schools,radio Lagos runs its programs mostly in Yoruba,govs and their vices had always been Yorubas,the lands that were soldto non Yorubas and Yorubas would revert back to their yoruba owners in 99 years if they have c of o,most industries in Lagos are Yoruba owned except the petty buying and selling, most developers in Lagos are Yorubas.And you still think that Lagos is not Yorubaland?You should see a shrink if you think Yorubas will give their land away,sir.

mercyville:
I enjoyed your write up.Kudos.I have some questions.. why did you say that the Yorubas are not the majority group in Lagos,do you know that Yorubas have obas in almost all communities in Lagos,all festivals in Lagos are Yoruba oriented,almost all streets,roads etc are yoruba,the state house of assembly's reps speak Yoruba every Thursday,Yoruba language has been made compulsory in all schools,radio Lagos runs its programs mostly in Yoruba,govs and their vices had always been Yorubas,the lands that were sold to you would revert back to their yoruba owners in 99 years if you have c of o,most industries in Lagos are Yoruba owned except the petty buying and selling, most developers in Lagos are Yorubas...pls,do you still think that Lagos is not Yorubaland?Thanks.

bakynes:

You see how Foolish you are, so you yourself can't tell me the meaning of Ebonyi and Anambra and you want me to tell you the meaning of Ikorodu. No need arguing over Lagos, Lagos is Igboland. let us rest

PointB:


No please.

Both Yoruba and non-Yoruba buy land from in Lagos. But everyone has a price. If you are ready to pay over the top for a piece of real estate and are ready to pay quickly, it usually sway the seller.

Secondly, it make little or no sense to limit your potential market (as land seller) to a specific group of people. You may end up selling cheap or dying of hunger. So if land owners say they won't sell to non-yorubas, we'll see how that goes when the wad is padded!

nengibo:

I know Nigeria has educated you that there are only three tribes but wake the f up this is 2017, I'm Ijaw like the former president so I don't know what anambra means

Goke7:

Lagos state is a state like any other state in Nigeria that does not have any special status attached to it and and will remain so until the constitution say otherwise. it will also continue to operate like every other indigenous state in Nigeria, reason the State assembly adopted the yoruba language officially to be taught in all schools. The state assembly will continue to make laws that will rubber stamp that status as far as the indigenes who are represented in the state assembly are okay with it. We can whine and shout online, it will not change anything. Tinubu and his cronies were politically naive initially but they have all realized that as Lagos economy expands, they also have a duty to uphold the cultural heritage. Watch out as the politicians starts to do their manoveurs cos they have now realized that their so called friends are not too many. Don't think the fate that befall the Hausas who allow the fulani minority to dominate them will happen in Lagos or any other south west state. lessons have been learnt from the past and the yorubas are way too smart for that.

Don't use your biafra ish loss to try and contend for Lagos, you will loose again cos you folks are not very good political strategists, not everything is buying land or trading, life is way beyond that bruv

Goke7:


life is way beyond trading bruv, if not by now Dangote would have bought over Arsenal club or you think he can't buy it for any price they want to offer it? Things don't work that way all the time, if not by now the Lagos state would have taken over the National stadium, National theater and other FG properties or you think Lagos state does not have the money or individuals? Why is the FG refusing to even allow the state govt do some roads? Everything in life does not revolve around commerce alone and by the way currently, it's now difficult to get c of o right now in Lagos, you think the govt does not want to make money again?

PointB:


So you agree that the Constitution can change the fate of Lagos? Do you also agree that SW cannot save Lagos from the Constitution if other Nigerians think Lagos need to change status for sake of Nigeria?

vaxx:
I wanted to ignore this post as usual just like I use to ignore your post on religious section.... But for the sake of those who are here to learn, I shall shed few light on the matter that adequately disagree with you..but it is the Truth.....


Eko ile is Yoruba word from the grammer oko (farm) or camp(war camp) this name can be traced to 15 century when the awori, the fishermen and the hunter first settle in the place ........over 650 years reign is a enough to liberate the land.....

There is a different between lagos state and lagos Portuguese.... Lagos state was created in 1965 as part of a nation called Nigeria.......in this sense lagos state belongs to every Nigeria citizens regardless of your tribe just like abuja, Enugu or kano belong to Yoruba or igbo, hausa respectively.......


Lagos Portuguese, it is the center area of the lagoon on the bright of Benin and the gulf of Guinea which was pre occupied by the Portuguese before the arrival of British, this city original Portuguese name was onim that name was formerly abandon in favor of the word lagos city....this city was annexed in 1861 under British government.......

The modern lagos city....


Lagos city lingual franca is yoruba not English....

Lagos city dominant population is still yoruba ......for every households of any yoruba family, there is one or two representive of them in lagos city......

current lagos state belongs to Nigerians as a nation, but yoruba as a tribe ......

PointB:


Pride and prejudice will fade, in the end cash is King.

Goke7:


And you think anyone can change the constitution to the disadvantage of the yorubas? This is where the political games will be played, the senators from lagos asked for a special status for lagos, the senators from the se team up with their counterparts from the north to shout it down, no hard feelings, then next the se senators brought a bill for a special dev fund for the se and wanted everyone including the sw senators to support the bill and we all know how the bill was thrown away. Any change in the constitution that will not favour the sw will not see the light of the day trust me, shout from today till tomorrow, politics will always decide whatever change. You think the north is stupid for making sure they are always on top of any political games in Nigeria, they know that's what will decide commerce or trade. Do you see northerners struggling with the yorubas for land, commerce or other assets in lagos? They know where the actual battle is and they go there

Goke7:

cash has its limits, if not atiku will be President by now and obj would have gotten third term easily. How much cash does PMB have?

PointB:


Time and chance dear time and chance.

We (North and South) are monitoring your moves in Lagos. If and when you make such moves that threatens the interest of other Nigerians in Lagos, that is when you'll realize that national politics is different from the sufferstication you guys indulge in as politics!

PointB:


Obj and Atiku failure is not same as failure of cash. After God money answereth all things!

bakynes:

good What does Yenegoa and Bayelsa mean

Goke7:


forget that thing, have people not been deported from Lagos? did heaven fall? in the past two days, okada riders have been dealt with in Lagos, who de monitor who? monitor what people are doing for the best of their own land? who is monitoring them in akwa-ibom, who is monitoring them in rivers, this is a federation and every state will continue to function in the best interest of their indigenes.

nengibo:

The name, Bayelsa, is an acronym of three former Local Government areas – Brass, Yenagoa and Sagbama. Stop shifting post from lagos

PointB:


You revel in skirmishes and small victories, and you form sophistication. Good luck man!

Goke7:


Good luck to you bruv, I must admit, I enjoy this conversation with you and we both know it's not intended to hurt any of us, this is how to engage each other when it comes to issues of national importance. It's not about who is right or wrong but to deepen our sense of nationalism and co-existence. Have a great weekend, I look forward to more of this kind of engagement

bakynes:

Nobody is shifting goal post just telling you some names don't have direct meaning. Ikorodu is an Ijebu territory go there and see people speaking Ijebu dialects on the street but I don't know the meaning of Ikorodu , I don't know the meaning of Oshogbo, Ekiti.

So you want to also contest Ikorodu with Ijebus now (Yorubas)

Tell me the meaning of Yenegoa

TheKingIsHere:
Lagos belongs to the Benin Kingdom.

That's a fact the yorubas can never erase.

Thank you Oba Akinolu for saying the truth

PointB:


Time and chance bro time and chance.

We (North and South) are monitoring your moves in Lagos . If and when you make such moves that threatens the interest of other Nigerians in Lagos, that is when you'll realize that national politics is different from the sufferstication you guys indulge in as politics!