N'landers, I brought this mayb u can shade more lyt on it. For me I found it unbeliveable, but then I don't knw much about this. I want to learn, no tribal bashing.

"It has come to my notice that Ikoyi got its name from Eko Oyi which means Camp of Thieves! Eko oyi is Edo language. The place was so named during the era of slave trading.
Some name you might say."

Pls quote ur source(s) to butress ur argument, cheers!

Arogunmasa:
N'landers, I brought this mayb u can shade more lyt on it. For me I found it unbeliveable, but then I don't knw much about this. I want to learn, no tribal bashing.

"It has come to my notice that Ikoyi got its name from Eko Oyi which means Camp of Thieves! Eko oyi is Edo language. The place was so named during the era of slave trading.
Some name you might say."

Pls quote ur source(s) to butress ur argument, cheers!

Anybody translate 'ikoyi' in yoruba for us?

Wetin we no go hear for Nairaland, have you guys read about the Onikoyi Royal family, or read about the Ikoyi Land of Osun State

Watching in 5D.....

Still waiting.

Given that the city of Ikoyi was one of the oldest, most prestigious provincial cities in the old Oyo Kingdom, this theory that it dates back only to slavery days (by which I believe you mean the trans-Atlantic slavery) seems very unlikely to be correct.

I think there are traditions that connect the Ikoyi in Lagos to this ancient Ikoyi of old Oyo.
This Bini angle is new.

Radoillo:
Given that the city of Ikoyi was one of the oldest, most prestigious provincial cities in the old Oyo Kingdom, this theory that it dates back only to slavery days (by which I believe you mean the trans-Atlantic slavery) seems very unlikely to be correct.

I think there are traditions that connect the Ikoyi in Lagos to this ancient Ikoyi of old Oyo.
This Bini angle is new.

I read in one article that Eko Oyi is Esan instead of Bini, given the fact that most of the soldiers in the ancient Benin Kingdom were of Esan stock. Oh well, whether it's Yoruba or Edo, it doesn't matter.

Any where you see ikoyi town in Nigeria or Benin Republic, the people came from ikoyi ile in osun from the old oyo empire. These people were the horse soldiers raiders for the old oyo empire