excanny:
It was first settled by a Yoruboid group from Ile Ife.
Followed by other non-yoruba groups who settled there as well.

But it seems like no-man's-land tho. Cos the Yoruba group became seriously outnumbered.

mamdanju:


It appears you have problem with comprehension. You also lack manners. You mean you did not read the part that say "The Nupe and Zazzau emirs agree with the Hausas to be the leader, while the Nupe to be the religion leader as chief imam of Lokoja"

My family have over 100 years history of living in Lokoja, so I know its history very well.

NobleAngell:
Hmm mm, interesting!

mamdanju:
Lokoja belongs to the Hausas and the Nipes. The Falele name you are talking about means Rock in hausa. Other streets such as kabawa was dominated by fishermen from Kebbi, Madabo was street of the scholars. There is another Madabo in kano,. Unguwan yashi means sand street in hausa. Pati is mountain in Nupe. The Paramount ruler of Lokoja is a hausa man addressed as the Maigari (owner) of Lokoja. Even the name Lokoja is a hausa name like Abuja. This issue has been settled at the supreme court already. Please do your homework well. Ask around. Check this Wikipedia link for further information.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokoja

forgiveness:


Since Ondo state produces oil, Lagos developed with Ondo state oil money.

Besides, itsekiri produces more oil than any group in Nigeria and they are under the umbrella of egbe omo odua.

MetaPhysical:
It is indigeneous to Oworo (Yorubas) and dated far back into the age of NOK civilization. The town was formerly under protection of Ife Empire. It was an old trading post but began receiving settlers dislocated from other regions by war and conflicts and is why today Lokoja has diversity quarters belonging to different ethnic groups in North.

Ebira and Igala are Yoruboid groups themselves.

In fact the Igala say Lokoja is a compressed word and in their language it means in full "Lowa Ka Je Eja" (translated - come let us eat fish). In Yoruba come let us eat fish is Wa Ka Je Eja.

ChristianNorth:
So they wan grab this one? Na knife aboki go put for una neck.

Someone is even claiming that Igala is Yoruboid.

forgiveness:


Which Hausa? The supreme court judgement was under the Hausa regime. What do you expect?

For now, let everybody enjoy the peace in the city but if Nigeria disintegrates, Ilorin, Jebba, Kanji dam, Shiroro dam and Lokoja must be taken back by their rightful owners.

In this case, Supreme court judgement will not be effective but the old maps before or after the colonial masters annexed the entity called Nigeria shall be used to determine who owns what.

SLAP44:
Yoruba stops in the 5 southwest states of
Ogun
Ondo
Ekiti
Oyo
Osun

Lagos belongs to the whole Nigeria.

Quote me and get an e slap.

Unlimitk:
I Was researching on fb about lokoja and all d street names sounded yorubaish to me
I was seeing names like felele araromi isanlu and so on
D felele one was where LFC winners chapel church is located in lokoja
Now I want to ask: does lokoja belong to okuns(Yorubas) igala or ebira ppl
D igalas are mostly on d eastern side of d river Niger,that's d confluence river so they have less claim
I looked at d ebira's LGA in kogi and I didn't find lokoja as part of their LGA
But lokoja was part of kogi west LGA which is d okun(Yorubas) part of kogi state, I even looked at federal university of kogi in lokoja and most of d staff are Yorubas from professors to at one time d vc of federal university of lokoja
So with all these evidence, is it safe to say d okuns(Yorubas) own lokoja d capital of kogi state

Yujin:

Mainstream Igala is indeed Yoruboid. The Igala spoken around the southern fringes of Igalaland is highly diluted with Igbo words that makes it difficult to identify how similar it is to Yoruba.

waali:


Your research is faulty to me. Federal University Lokoja have had only one past VC and the man is from Katsina. The current is from Plateau. Can you name other places aside Felele? Kabawa, Adankolo, Ganaja, Zangon Daji, Lokongoma and the Lokoja itself are not Yoruba names. Mount Pati is coined from the Bassange. The rivers don't sound Yoruba.

Except if I missed something, The Bassange were the settlers the white met.

Talking about the Fulokoja profs. It is expected. They are the most schooled. I still doubt your statistics about the general staffing sha.

Don't do research on FB, do research on Google or better still come over to Lokoja and see for yourself.

ChristianNorth:

Igala Kingdom was founded in the 7th century, so what makes them yoruboid? A son can never give birth to his father nah.

vonxe:

Yoruboid is different from being yoruba. Yoruboid is about their language tones.
Just like if nupe and gwari people speak you will think it is the same language.
If igala and yoruba people speaks you will notice there are similarities

vonxe:


Yeah, this is what I observed when I was in lokoja. Felele area is dominated by yorubas. I was told that is where the oworo land stopped.
But other areas is mixed with different ethnic group.
As usual in every big towns/cities there are sabo areas dominated by hausas and their presence is well felt.
From Ganaja junction to Ganaja is dominated by igalas
I have not been to any where dominated by ebira, nupes in lokoja
If the yorubas will have to lay claim to lokoja it will only end in felele.
From kabba-obajana-felele in lokoja are homes to oworos and okuns

N.B
Some oworos claim they are not yorubas

SLAP44:


If Nigeria should break up, we calculate the assets bought with oil money in Lagos and split it among the tribes that own oil. You cannot be grabbing lands everywhere. Yoruba arrived in Lagos just like every other tribe did.

schoolboij:


Is lokoja contiguous to igala land?

rummmy:
your brain have expired, you need to download another one I swear.

vonxe:


As usual in every big towns/cities there are sabo areas dominated by hausas and their presence is well felt.
From Ganaja junction to Ganaja is dominated by igalas
I have not been to any where dominated by ebira, nupes in lokoja

Yujin:

Remove Ilorin from there. For others I'm not too sure but I'll research on them soon.

Yujin:

Remove Ilorin from there. For others I'm not too sure but I'll research on them soon.

schoolboij:


That osu pig you quoted just wanna showcase his stupidity as usual. You should have ignored him.

vonxe:

I think Ganaja is an igala land, am not too sure. If yes then Ganaja shares boundary with lokoja

observanc1:
u are an illiterate and land grabber.
I dare u, go to idah or ayangba and tell the igalas there that the yoruba. And then go to okene and tell the ebira people that they are yorubas. And see if u can make it alive to oshogbo

waali:

The Igalas dominates Adankolo and Ganaja area.

I think the area around Barracks is dominated by the Ebiras. If I may ask, are you calling the Nupes Bassange (Bassa)? The Bassa people are mixed with the Hausas living in Kabawa and that old market side.

The thing is, you really can't tell. Bassa people are seen as Hausas too because they speak the language.

As we were told. The Hausas currently living in Lokoja are descendants of exiled kings who opposed the Europeans directives during the colonial rule.

schoolboij:


Who is this illiterate? Even after explaining what Yoruboid means. Go get educated you prick!

observanc1:
u are an ediotic cackoo

schoolboij:


You better check yourself in a nearby asylum before you run enter market.

ChristianNorth:

Igala Kingdom was founded in the 7th century, so what makes them yoruboid? A son can never give birth to his father nah.

forgiveness:



Why?

waali:


Your research is faulty to me. Federal University Lokoja have had only one past VC and the man is from Katsina. The current is from Plateau. Can you name other places aside Felele? Kabawa, Adankolo, Ganaja, Zangon Daji, Lokongoma and the Lokoja itself are not Yoruba names. Mount Pati is coined from the Bassange. The rivers don't sound Yoruba.

Except if I missed something, The Bassange were the settlers the white met.

Talking about the Fulokoja profs. It is expected. They are the most schooled. I still doubt your statistics about the general staffing sha.

Don't do research on FB, do research on Google or better still come over to Lokoja and see for yourself.