infofta:
I was taught in history back then that a chief was banished from Bini kingdom to exile and he went to Lagos. After so many years he became a chief or oba in Lagos. Bini kingdom used to be very large before the British invaded and conquered the kingdom.

giftq:
Thats different Lagos is our state

ritababe:


he is not an attention seeker, he is telling the truth, have you ever wondered why Lagos is referred to as eko, Bini own Lagos my friend.

Malawian:

Naaaa,forget the tales by moonlight your fathers told you, after killing thousands of you and fearing that the Yoruba people we came to liberate could become "monuments" like those stones in Ore,we simple retreated to Edo state,and when their people also refused to fight for their freedom, we helped them declare a republic of Benin before returning to the east to roast your 3rd marine commandos in onitsha crossing. Read your history. At least, the Edos had a republic for at least 24 hours, but what republic has the Yoruba ever had in their god forsaken slavish lifetime?

baysol:

I think in all seriousness this type of lazy beer palour statement can cause serous damage to yorubas unity which must not be allowed.ipob will never mean well no matter how yorubas want to hide their head in the sand literarily in the name of compatriotism and peace. Igbos must now start leavong yoruba land which lagos is number one. They force. Nigerian capital to abuja from lagos in hope to reduce the reputation only for the latter to bounce back strongly hence this new evil plot. Yorubas must not sleep on their hoarse as ijafara leewu. Lobatan

Ezigbonmadu:


What you call Lagos is a conglomerate of small Yoruba towns with dozens of Yoruba kings like the Onikoyi of Ikoyi, Elegushi of Ikateland, Olu of Ikeja, Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Alara of Ilara, Akran of Badagry Kingdom, Oloto of Otto, Olu Agege of Agege, Olu of Mushin, Oba of Somolu, Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, Olubeshe of Ibeshe etc. Do you even understand that all the areas of Lagos state have their own kings? The title "Oba of Lagos" is the title of a king over a particular area in Lagos Island called Èkó and not a king over the whole of Lagos state, not even a king over up to half Lagos Island.

Malawian:

You beat us black and blue? Yet gallant Biafran warriors were in edo for weeks, even had a garrison in Auchi while prevailing on the Oba to let the Beni fight for their liberation? The people you beat black and blue will have nobody to hold down edo state, it was only when the bini won't fight that we retreated to Onitsha, and you know what happened to your 3rd marine commandos in Onitsha. Like i said, read your history and forget tales by moonlight

FisifunKododada:


Olodo - the I-gb-o people of Moremi history are not Igbos. They are simply people of the forest. And were conquered by my ancestors. Tell me - which empire did your ancestors build gan?

meforyou1:
answer the simple question he asked. Lagos is portuguese, eko is bini. What is the yoruba name for lagos like osogbo and ogbomoso?

Malawian:


Ile Ife belongs to the Igbos, when we want it back, we will send you back to Oyo Ile.

laudate:

Oga, your name cannot be Etiosa. It is likely to be Etinosa. And Etinosa means "Strength of God”, in Bini language. It is totally different from Eti-osa, which is a Yoruba word.

flyover30:
we are discussing.even if ur facts are more accurate more than mine,it shouldn't give room for insult.come on.

babaolofin:


What are the evidences so far?

Malawian:

You beat us black and blue? Yet gallant Biafran warriors were in edo for weeks, even had a garrison in Auchi while prevailing on the Oba to let the Beni fight for their liberation? The people you beat black and blue will have nobody to hold down edo state, it was only when the bini won't fight that we retreated to Onitsha, and you know what happened to your 3rd marine commandos in Onitsha. Like i said, read your history and forget tales by moonlight

meforyou1:
God bless Chief Layi. Now that the main indigene of Lagos has spoken, not one oduduwa from osogbo, now the matter can be put to rest.

successinlife:
There should be no argument about this,the settlers from Benin owns lagos the man claimed,he knows he is a benin man and benin is located in the midwest part of Nigeria.If migrants claims a country,mungo park should claim the ownership of Nigeria.Mungo park died and he could not move his discovery to England.First settlers are different from indegines,because Yoruba people are welcoming and accommodating all tribes want to claim their land.My take on the whole bruhaha is that the man should go back to his Bini land and leave Lagos for the indigines.

FisifunKododada:


Yes. We know. Bini (that little village) is bigger than the SW. Return your brain. Go and borrow another one from a non-slowpoke.

meforyou1:
answer the simple question he asked. Lagos is portuguese, eko is bini. What is the yoruba name for lagos like osogbo and ogbomoso?

meforyou1:
why do you yoruba people just like lying. Im tired of reading numerous warped, bold-faced lies yorubas are dishing out on this thread. Calling the lies history. Lagos is a bini enclave. All these lies u are saying awori, ijebu, egba etc are all lies. A british-educated esale eko man, whose father owned lagos lands, has told you he is bini. Take it like that because it is true.

successinlife:
There should be no argument about this,the settlers from Benin owns lagos the man claimed,he knows he is a benin man and benin is located in the midwest part of Nigeria.If migrants claims a country,mungo park should claim the ownership of Nigeria.Mungo park died and he could not move his discovery to England.First settlers are different from indegines,because Yoruba people are welcoming and accommodating all tribes want to claim their land.My take on the whole bruhaha is that the man should go back to his Bini land and leave Lagos for the indigines.

Gotze1:
Let the bini be bold to come out and fight it out na. They should be ready to jump over ondo, osun, ogun, b oyo to claim Lagos. We are waiting. Besides, which one do we take now, bini land or no man's land?

flyover30:
its OK,u said am typing rubbish. I give up.probably u are correct.

PVision2020:
An utterly confused man...I guess Olayiwola Ajayi that he and his ancestors bears too is a Bini name.
Imagine the man saying aworis are Bini .
Eti Osa LGA is the ancestral land of the Aworis. The whole of Lekki/Epe are part of the Ijebu kingdom.
The fact that Lagos island (not Lagos) once fall under the colony of Bini, doesn't make them the owners of the land, the same way Nigeria doesn't belong to the British.

Ezigbonmadu:


Who said Èkó is Benin word? Are you kidding me? The word Èkó has no meaning in Bini. Please substantiate

skolab4:
Did he forget that Benin itself belong to Yorubaland , and the fact what he is laying claim to now is long overdue,, every human race has where they originate from before spreading on the earth surface to establish a town or village which later transform to city today. That some people migrated from Bini does not stop Lagos from being a Yoruba land. Even Nigeria of today has where they originate from but that does not stop it from been Nigeria in Africa no matter where the individual that make up Nigeria originated from

Aeesha2:
This man has said it all. Ask the Oba of Lagos and the Obi of Onitsha. They will tell you he has said the truth.
#proudly Edo anywhere.
The person above is saying ghurbish

Ezigbonmadu:


Who said Èkó is Benin word? Are you kidding me? The word Èkó has no meaning in Bini. Please substantiate

tibaonnet:
Against the background of claims by former Works Minister, Chief Femi Okunnu, that he shares a Benin ancestry, former Minister of State for Defence and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Lagos State, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro wednesday denied that his progenitor was from Bini kingdom of Edo State.

Obanikoro, a strong aspirant on the platform for the PDP in the last governorship election in Lagos State said rather than the mis-information, the legendary Obanikoro family in Lagos hails from Awori – Idiluwo-Ile in Ojo local government area of the state.

The renowned Lagos politician was caretaker committee chairman, Surulere local government, substantive chairman, Lagos Island local government, former commissioner and senator that represented Lagos Central senatorial district and later he was appointed as minister during the president Goodluck Jonathan era.

Koro, as he is usually called, contended that the narratives of the eminent Lagosian, Chief Okunnu, that Obanikoro was from Benin was wrong, stressing that while he personally had a link with Benin through his paternal great grand mother, who he said hailed from Eletu-Odibo family, “the first Obanikoro was not from Benin.”

According to him, “Chief Okunnu said Obanikoro was from Benin. We are not from Benin. We are from Aworiland. We are from Idiluwo-Ile in Ojo local government. Personally, I have Bini blood. My paternal great grand mother was from Eletu-Odibo family. Eletu-Odibo came with the Oba of Benin to Lagos. She was the daughter of Ogabi Eletu-Odibo. But, Obanikoro was not a Bini man. He was an Awori.”

He noted that “the descendants of Chief Obanikoro, among who are Ajayi-Bembe, Ogunlana Arewa, Abisawo Otun, Osadeko, Aregbe and Oyerokun, were conscious of their Awori root.”

laudate:

Well, you have to ask the Yoruba people, because these words all have meanings in their language. I am told that Eti-osa means "by the sea " or "by the river."