Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp", by its Bini conquerors.
In the 15th century the Benin Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state in what is now southwestern Nigeria and locally called Bini, was the main power in this area. The Ancient Benin Empire gained political strength and ascendancy over much of what is now Mid-Western and Western Nigeria, with the Oyo Empire bordering it on the west, the Niger river on the east, and the northerly lands succumbing to Fulani Muslim invasion in the North. Interestingly, much of what is now known as Western Iboland and even Yorubaland was conquered by the Benin Kingdom in the late 19th century - Agbor (Ika), Akure, Owo and even the present day Lagos Island, which was named "Eko" meaning "War Camp" by the Bini. [1]

The present day Monarchy of Lagos Island did not come directly from Ile-Ife, but from Bini/Benin, and this can be seen up till in the attire of the Oba and High Chiefs of Lagos, and in the street and area names of Lagos Island which are Yoruba corruptions of Benin names (Idumagbo, Idumota, Igbosere etc.). Other parts of the present day Lagos State were under Ijebu (fiercely resisting domination by the Oyo Empire) and Egun (tossed between the Dahomey Kingdom, with its seat in present day Republic of Benin, and the Oyo Kingdom).

Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp", by its Bini conquerors.
In the 15th century the Benin Empire (1440–1897), a pre-colonial African state in what is now southwestern Nigeria and locally called Bini, was the main power in this area. The Ancient Benin Empire gained political strength and ascendancy over much of what is now Mid-Western and Western Nigeria, with the Oyo Empire bordering it on the west, the Niger river on the east, and the northerly lands succumbing to Fulani Muslim invasion in the North. Interestingly, much of what is now known as Western Iboland and even Yorubaland was conquered by the Benin Kingdom in the late 19th century - Agbor (Ika), Akure, Owo and even the present day Lagos Island, which was named "Eko" meaning "War Camp" by the Bini. [1]

The present day Monarchy of Lagos Island did not come directly from Ile-Ife, but from Bini/Benin, and this can be seen up till in the attire of the Oba and High Chiefs of Lagos, and in the street and area names of Lagos Island which are Yoruba corruptions of Benin names (Idumagbo, Idumota, Igbosere etc.). Other parts of the present day Lagos State were under Ijebu (fiercely resisting domination by the Oyo Empire) and Egun (tossed between the Dahomey Kingdom, with its seat in present day Republic of Benin, and the Oyo Kingdom).

Sunny_bobo: If they like, let them be late settlers. I have also settled in Lagos myself and their early settlement doesn't stop me from buying my next plot of land in Banana Island.

Yorubest: Igbos were early settlers in Onitsha, Aba and Enugu

They are not indigenes on alaigbo since they migrated from Israel

Ikengawo: Lagos was founded by the Bini if anything, THEN settled by the portugese, then settled by the portugese and sierra leonean creoles, then Yorubas, then everyone else. It was built up by the british, then the Nigerian federal government, then the nigerian private sector when Abuja came in.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

Sunny_bobo: If they like, let them be late settlers. I have also settled in Lagos myself and their early settlement doesn't stop me from buying my next plot of land in Banana Island.

saxywale:
make sure you carry your house and land on your head back to your village when Nigeria disintigrate. cheers!

gudugba: NL Ibos get jokes I tell ya....


I've never seen a group of people so insecure about what the future hold for them post-disintegration of Nigeria.

Yorubas have their eyes fully set on Lagos ..while Hausas have no hassles with laying a claim on Abuja.

The earlier Ibos start developing Enugu to an acceptable nation capital with Nigeria oil money...the better for them.

Ibos stake in Lagos is just by the mere fact that they are still call Nigerians....once they become Biafrans.....they will be treated the way foreigners are treated....

Blueboy0402:
The recent "deportation" of some Igbos by Lagos State Government to Onitsha in Anambra State has stirred up a hornet's nest in the country. In fact this is now subject of discussion in the office, newspaper stand (free readers association), print and electronic media, social media, beer parlour and pepper soup joints. Virtually all classes of Nigerians illiterate and literate, naive and knowledgeable, uninformed and informed have taken part in this discourse in one form or the other. The question now is: Who owns Lagos? Is Lagos a no man's land?

The present day Lagos State has a high percentage of groups who migrated to the area from Isheri along the Ogun River. History has it that the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of Yoruba land. Due to wars, those from the hinterland like Ekiti ran towards Isheri. With the fleeing people from the hinterland, most of them scattered to different places some to Otta, Ado, Ebute Metta ie landing in three places- Oyingbo, Iddo and Lagos Island. With the full commencement of the war, others moved to Otto Awori or Otto Ijaniki towards modern day Badagry.

Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was originally called Eko by the Bini's and her geographic boundry then is what is now known as Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there though.

From the mid-nineteenth century, freed Yoruba slaves started returning to Lagos from Brazil and then Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leonean creoles mainly of Egba origin in present-day Abeokuta in Ogun State started returning in trickles about 1838.

On the other hand, the Igbo people are increasingly mobile but not normadic. They are located around the Niger-Benue confluence but due to their mibile nature, they migrated through the Niger to different parts of the country including Lagos for commerce and trading. They are also present in many African countries particularly Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, Ghana, Liberia and Senegal.

Though Lagos is geographically located on Yoruba land with Yoruba as its predominant language, this writer is of the opinion that the Yorubas were the early settlers in Lagos before the arrival of other tribes and modern day Lagosians are intermingled migrants from different parts of the country and outside the country, Eko oni baje o!

Reference: www.lagosstate.gov.ng
www.kwenu.com

agbameta:


Everybody don see writing for wall, na only Ibo people still dey in denial....

They see and reason with silly sentiments and baseless emotions instead of strategy and intelligence and this is why they lose all the time..

Yorubest:
Igbos were early settlers in Onitsha, Aba and Enugu

They are not indigenes on alaigbo since they migrated from Israel

DatNiggaDaz:
Going with this analogy, then maybe you are also early settlers in Ibadan, Akure, Abeokuta, since they were driven away by satan & Fell from the sky

Asswipemod:


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