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Who Founded Lagos: Yoruba Or Binis? Oba Of Benin’s Claim Stirs Controversy, Agai (29461 Views)
grandstar(m): 2:50pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
There's a difference between Lagos state and Eko. Eko today refers to Isale Eko which is a part of Lagos state. It is not all of Lagos state. It's done and dusted. The Oba of Benin should make clarifications. 1 Like |
Nathan2016: 2:50pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
MT: So by your explanation, Anambra land does NOT belong to the Ibo ---- YES Benin Land does NOT belong to Edo people.------------------YES And Sokoto Land does NOT belong to the Hausas.-----------------YES It all belongs to the Nigeria and Nigerian. Your own reasoning is the one that is funny. Saying a tribe owns a state in a country is funny and abstract reasoning. If I can live and buy land in lagos just like any Nigeria, then you cannot say a particular tribe owns it. If saying yoruba owns lagos or igbo owns anambra, then a yoruba man from Benin republic have more right than an igbo man from Anambra. Is like saying the white owns America. The white is the largest demographics and that doesnt make them the ownership. A white man from England doesnt have right in America more than a black man in America. You said if Nigeria should split along tribal lines, until it does.... the land you are claiming belong to Nigeria State and all Nigerian. As far as any Nigerian can buy land or even rent, or live without any form of visa or ... then you cannot claim the land... it sounds stupid and when i see young people arguing on it, its funny and dumb. A man from osun that doent have a single plot in lagos is shouting he owns lagos, while musa that does business and owns real estate land in lagos is being called foreign. It seems most of you guys dont read your constitution or even know what it means to be in a sovereign state. Finally I will like you to show me where in the constitution they say the land belong to a tribe 2 Likes |
ruffDiamond: 2:51pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
codemaniacs:very correct .one major reason the shitthole isn't WORKING! people no just get sense! |
codemaniacs: 2:54pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
timilehing: Lagos was called Oko which means farm in Yoruba and it was guarded and operated by Yoruba warriors and that is why many places in Lagos are named after fruits and weapons and that is also why Bini traders called it Eko which means war camp anytime they came to trade with the Yorubas. |
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femi4: 2:57pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Zonefree:He's wrong. Benin itself is under Odùduwà Republic. If Benin cannot lay claims to cities around her, it makes no sense claiming to own Lagos 2 Likes |
prophetfire: 2:57pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
TemplarLandry:Shatap!!!!!! Lagos is no man's land. It belongs to Igbos, Binis, and a very small fraction to the freed slaves. Go and die!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
codemaniacs: 2:58pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
TheBillyonaire: the Yoruba word for lagos is Oko.. Lagos was called Oko which means farm in Yoruba and it was guarded and operated by Yoruba warriors and that is why many places in Lagos are named after fruits and weapons and that is also why Bini traders called it Eko which means war camp anytime they came to trade with the Yorubas. every Yoruba person can claim anywhere in the SW... Yorubas are not like you igbos who rebuke other igbos from claiming places in the Igbo nation. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
codemaniacs: 3:05pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Tzar: Your story is false... Yorubas occupied everywhere including the island that is why the portuguese never stayed long because the Yoruba warriors who were in those places were fighting them and that is why the SW does not speak portuguese.. your story on "freed slaves" is alsl false. to request help from the benin kingdom they will need cellphones because Lagos is far from the bini kingdom and that makes your story nonsense. bini king will never help them because sending bini warriors to Lagos will be a suicide mission because to the right of Lagos is more Yoruba towns filled with Yoruba warriors and to the left of Lagos more Yoruba towns filled with even more Yoruba warriors. the bini warriors won't even reach anywhere near Lagos before they will be killed. |
Spandau: 3:07pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
seunmsg: 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝Kadoso Mutairu aka seunmsg! Aare opitan agbaye. 1 Like |
justmondris: 3:09pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
quickly: What's the difference between Eko and Lagos and what do Yoruba people call Lagos Eko if they are not the same thing? Is it Lagos or Eko that is written on the signboard that welcomes people to Lagos? |
Wallade(m): 3:09pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
aikyg: What is the aim of the Oba of Benin with that statement that the Binis own Lagos? Does he want control over the kings in Lagos? Does he want homage from the Lagos King? Does he want supremacy over Lagos king or does he want Lagos to be his subject as well? Some kings will not respect themselves in modern world? What is his problem? Does migration of the Binis to Lagos for war mongering and fishing mean that the Binis founded Lagos? 1 Like |
codemaniacs: 3:09pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Nathan2016: There is no ethnicity known as "Nigerian" so in reality there's nothing like Nigerians. Nigeria is just a location on a map created by eu:ropeans , it is not the ethnicity of anybody. the constitution or any piece of paper can never override ethnic claims. we are not tribes, we are nations ( ethnic nations )... europeans don't use the word tribe to describe themselves. |
richie240: 3:10pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
You Tell us d igbo/bini name nau. ![]() Armaggedon: |
ClitRaider: 3:11pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
orohbirodeysmel: Your sheep don follow dog waka. No Cosmopolitan for flattiess. |
lightwind(m): 3:11pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
tishbite42: It's funny how all the Yorubas are claiming being indigin of Lagos state.🥴🤔😊😀 Just like a man from Imo State claiming to be indigin of Anambra state because he has seen that Anambra is more developed and advanced more than Imo, also because he's an Igbo man and he can speak Igbo. And because the rest of Nigerians and Igbos are moving to Anambra state. 1 Like |
gaskiyamagana: 3:13pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
TemplarLandry:Thank you very much my brother. Adamadi Fulani of Ilorin too envy ojulowo Omo Yoruba too. 1 Like |
TheBillyonaire: 3:16pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
codemaniacs: Take the emotional lenses off and look at another perspective as follows - A Lagosian is anyone given birth to in Lagos State, whether his parents speak Hausa, Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba or any other language does not define a Lagosian. We have Igbo speaking part of Cross River at Ukwa, we also have Igbo Speaking part of Akwa Ibom. That does not mean they are not Akwa Ibomites or Cross Riverians. We have Igbo speaking part of Rivers State too. Lagos is a State. One of the 37 States in Nigeria. Every State that I know of, have many indigenous languages. A State like Cross River, have over 50 languages, and they communicate to each other using English Language. Lagos State also has so many languages being spoken by Lagos State indigenes, few of the Language are Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Fulani, Owori, etc. Osun State indigene is not a Lagosian. Ondo State indigene is not a Lagosian. Anambra Indigene is not a Lagosian, and Edo State Indigene is not a Lagosian. Lagos is not owned by a tribe at the moment, but there was a time she was owned by Benin, Portugal and a cartain Yoruboid tribe. Lagos is a former Capital and was built with the common wealth of Nigeria, it is not Yoruba wealth so Yorubas can not say they own a place they did not build. The last owners were actually the ones who named them. Oko is not a known word, it is the first time I am learning that you can name a Bush, as Bush, when we all know that Bush is bush, so thats tautology 4 Likes 1 Share |
Kukutenla: 3:17pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Omoawoke:Wait how do you know he was referring to Tinubu with all those words 2 Likes |
Atlantis585: 3:20pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
The real owners and founders of Lagos have spoken. This will not go down well with the so-called sophisticated ones from the Skull mining republic. ![]() 2 Likes |
Kukutenla: 3:23pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Spandau:Is that his real name? Sounds funny 1 Like |
codemaniacs: 3:24pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
TheBillyonaire: the entire SW is owned by Yorubas you can hate it or love it. there is no such thing as a Lagosian.. If war breaks out the non-Yorubas in the SW will leave and flee the SW.. they will not say they are "Lagosian". even the binis claiming Lagos now will flee to Edo if war breaks out... you have a right to keep deceiving yourself.. 3 Likes |
Spandau: 3:25pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Kukutenla:😜😜😜😜😜😜😜 No loud am 1 Like |
BeigJawnson(m): 3:25pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Nathan2016: 3:26pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
codemaniacs: 1 Like |
Kukutenla: 3:28pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Spandau:Lol. Ok |
codemaniacs: 3:30pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
TheBillyonaire: Lagos was built with the common wealth of Yorubas not Nigeria.. Nigeria only started having its own wealth after the discovery oil.. before the discovery of oil, it was wealth of western Nigeria that was used to sustain Nigeria. that is one of the reasons your igbo forefathers tried to use a civil war to conquer and take over the SW and Lagos but it failed and backfired. your forefathers could not even get Ondo even with the help of Yoruba traitors.. |
tyinfinity: 3:30pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Oba overamwe has a stop over in Lagos when he was taken into exile by the Portuguese
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tnerro1(m): 3:35pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Sillys: Did they tell u it was Lagos that developed their ports or federal government? 1 Like |
MT: 3:35pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Nathan2016: Stop being mischievious. The land ownership being talked about in this context is about "control". When you say Lagos is a "no man's land", they are not referring to the constitution, they are saying "no one has the control" over this land. When an English man tells a Nigerian who is a British port holder that - You can ONLY be a British, but you can NEVER be an English - What do you think they are talking about ?. When an American tells you to your face to go to your country despite you being a US port holder, what are they talking about ?. By the virtue of their constitution, you are referred to as an American or British, but deep down, they do not really see you as part of them. By your flawed logic, a Yoruba should aspire to become Sultan in Sokoto and Ibo should aspire to be Oba of Lagos since no tribe owns anywhere in Nigeria. I repeat, Yoruba land belongs to the Yoruba people, just like Awka belongs to the Ibos and Gwari people own Abuja or you want to contest Aborigines do not OWN Australia?. 3 Likes |
Truths9ja: 3:37pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
Oba of Benin is wrong here
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MakeWeTalk: 3:37pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
kokomilala:Lagos became what it is becos it was the capital, nothing else. Igbos do biz there as yorubas do agbero 1 Like |
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