Beaf:

More from the Erelu kuti Foundation http://www.eraffoundation.org/erelukuti.php

More from Lagos Mega City website http://lagosmegacityproject.com/history_of_lagos

[size=14pt]According to legend, the islanders were at first subject to a ruler known as the  Olofin,[/size]on whose death the land was divided among the ten eldest of his thirty-two sons, these ten chiefs being the ancestors of the Idejo, `owners of the land', better known today as the White Cap Chiefs of Lagos. The senior of these, Aromire (`friend of the water'), had his farm at Isale Eko (meaning `under' or, in modern use, downtown' Lagos). The present afin of Lagos is situated on this site and is called lga Idunganran, `the pepper palace', a recollection in the Lagos Awori dialect of the pepper bushes on Aromire's farm.


[size=14pt]A series of attacks had now been launched against Lagos by the armies of Benin.  [/size] At first these were repulsed under the leadership of the Olofin. After the Olofin's death, however, the Bini succeeded in establishing themselves on Iddo island,under Asheru, one of their warriors. The impression given by Lagos tradition is that this was achieved by peaceful infiltration rather than by conquest; perhaps the Lagosians, seeing themselves outflanked by the advance of the Bini along the coast to their west, lost hope of being able to prolong their resistance. According to traditional history of Benin as related by Egharevba, Oba Orhogba of Benin, campaigning in person, made a war-camp on Lagos island which he used as a base extending his control over the area. An early corroborative account is pro-by the German, Josua Ulsheimer, who visited Lagos in 1603 and who described the island as a military camp occupied by the soldiers of the King of Benin and governed by four of his generals' Some time later, it seems, the Oba appointed a ruler for Lagos to represent the interest of Benin and to forward tribute there. The man chosen is named in both Lagos and Benin tradition as Ashipa.  The Lagos account is that the Bini warrior Asheru died while campaigning on the mainland near by and that Ashipa, an Isheri chief and (like Ogunfunminire and the Olofin before him) of the Ife royalty, carried his body home to Benin, thereby gaining such favour with the Oba that he was sent back to Lagos as its king.

        Egharevba describes Ashipa (`Esikpa' in his spelling, but the name is clearly the same) as a grandson of the Oba of Benin, and adds that after his death his remains and those of his successors were taken for burial to Benin, a claim which is confirmed in Lagos tradition. Ashipa founded a new dynasty which continued to rule Lagos, using the title either of Ologun (contracted from Oloriogun, `warrior') or of Eleko, and the present Oba of Lagos - the modern use of the general word for king as the title is reminiscent of Benin — is his twentieth successor and descendant on the throne. The dynasty's dependence on Benin was emphasized by the  appointment of another chief, the Eletu Odibo - still one of the Akanigbere, or kingmakers, of Lagos - who alone had the right to crown the oba and who in early        times probably maintained close connection with Benin. Meanwhile, the senior descendant of the Olofin, the Oloto, maintained a nominal independence as ruler of the northern corner of Iddo island and as first among the ldejo.


Lagos Kingdom - A History Lesson in Five Minutes (compiled by Bolaji Aluko)

here we go again. this threads have a family theme.

my ethnic group has done more than yours, no my ethnic group does much more.

get over it people.

@Bluetooth,U are an idiot with no opinion,just shut the hell up if U ve nothing intelligent to say.
@Sjeezy,
Of all the lots studying abroad,U are the most unintelligent(that's if realy U re studying abroad),i strongly doubt U re a student abroad,U lack perspectives and intelligence the way U in the way U discuss,U just talk any how with no class and persuasion.
@Poster,
U are not the only one asking that question,how come there's a plan,first phase or not and there's no mention of any SS or SE routes.Even if they claim it's the first phase,my question is,what are the criteria for the selection of those other routes mostly in states that don't have much economic importance,I mean besides lagos and Kano,which of those other state rout can claim to have more need or deserves it better than commercial areas in the SE like Aba,Onitsha,Nnewi or even Enugu the coal city,or even oil producing states in SS States like Portharcourt or even Asaba.No1 can possibly argue that there is more movement of ppl in north-sw routes than there's in SE-SW, SE-SW or SS-SW routes.
Obviously the selection was done purely on some stupid rigional sentiments.first phase indeed! As if there is truely going to be another phase.

ezeagu:

How can it be privately funded when Lagos line connects to Kano? Think please.

If you paid close attention you would have seen the clear direction of the debate. Lagos to Kano is for the FED Government NOT lagos state, Lagos state has their own blue line and red line railway kicking off which is PPP(public private partnership). What i was implying is that East govts if they feel so marginalized should start doing what Lagos has done by working around fed govt.