MelesZenawi:



They threw away their fathers name just to be like Europe but still they don't behave like europeans..

Are there militants in london?

but u will find many here.

oneeast3:



Show us the schools they established elsewhere outside Lagos that predated DMGS or CKC. Those establishments are the indicators of settlement in an area.

etibaba:
Rivers and Bayelsa state have really funny names and surnames sha. Heineken, lyon, Manager, Suffernomore, Inspector, Advantage, not forgetting the chairman of a political party "Secondus".

chrisifeanyi:
[s] Give ijaw man food, he will forget his surname and answer yours. [/s]

LukasPodolski:

Baptist Academy, Lagos : 1855
(2) CMS Grammar School, Lagos: 1859
(3) Methodist Boys High School, Lagos : 1878
(4) Methodist Girls High School, Lagos : 1879
(5) Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar: 1895
(6) Saint Annes School, Ibadan : 1896
(7) The old Wesley college, Elekuro (now Wesley college of science, Ibadan) : 1905
( Abeokuta Grammar School, Ogun : 1908
(9) Kings College , Lagos : 1909
(10) Alhuda College, Zaria : 1910
(11) Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Ogun : 1913
(12) Eko Boys High School, Lagos : 1913
(13) Government Secondary School, Ilorin : 1914
(13) Government College Katsina-Ala : 1914
(14) Etinan Institute, Etinan, Akwa Ibom: 1915
(15) Ondo Boys High School, Ondo : 1919
(16) Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta : 1923
(17) Methodist College, Uzuakoli : 1923
(18) Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Anambra: 1925
(19) Queen's College, Lagos: 1927
(19) Ibadan Government College, Oyo State founded in 1927
(19) Barewa College, Zaria, founded in 1927
(19) Government College Umuahia found in 1927
(23) St Gregory's College, Lagos : 1928
(24) Aggrey Memorial College, Arochukwu : 1931
(25) Igbobi College, Yaba : 1932
(26) St. Teresa’s College Ibadan : 1932
(27) Christ the King College, Onitsha, Anambra :1933
(28) Christ's School, Ado Ekiti : 1933
(29) Holy Rosary College (HRC) Enugu founded

MrOjay1:
I've noticed the for a long time now that many Rivers state indigenes bear westernized surnames like Blankson, Douglas, Perricosta, Souza, Graham, Peterson, McColumbus, etc.

I have seen indigenes of Rivers who bear the above listed surnames alongside other ones too numerous to mention.Was there any kind of foreign culture influx in Rivers State that influenced these surnames?? Or have they just been bearing these kind of surnames right from inception?

I need opinions on this.

oneeast3:
Europeans came to Onitsha and settled down long before settling in the Niger Delta. Europeans established so many premier colleges in Onitsha like DMGS, CKC, QRC etc,, but it didn't make the Onitsha people that started having contacts with Europeans way back in 1500AD to threw away their origin.

Even the oldest missions in the old eastern region comprising of Rivers state were established by the British in Onitsha. It proves another point that they settled more in Onitsha than anywhere in the present day Niger delta, but still yet the people the British met in Onitsha never threw away their origin.

RedboneSmith:


Because the slave traders of earlier centuries were not interested in building schools.

codemaniacs:


colonial mentality and self hate is what caused it.

just like MelesZenawi has said, they threw away their native names.

it has nothing to do with trade, as the br:itish were more interested in wiping off and subjugating the indigenous populations rather than helping them.



for lagos names, the british brought black brazilians and other people of African descent from the American continent to replace the indigenous lagos population. it could be the same with the ijaw, igbos and some people from south south.

even Samuel Ajayi Crowther was not Yoruba, the british just added ajayi to deceive the yorubas in lagos.

peterbello:



I knew someone would still come and tell us a big fat lie just to boast about his region. I didn't have to wait for too long. So, the whites flew in or they teleported straight to Onitsha without going through the coastal parts abi? Guy, if you don't know history, take a seat at the back, and keep shut and learn. Everything is not ethnicism.

AK481:
Those who don’t like “rumuokoro” decides to use English name to hide their igbo identities.

etibaba:
Rivers and Bayelsa state have really funny names and surnames sha. Heineken, lyon, Manager, Suffernomore, Inspector, Advantage, not forgetting the chairman of a political party "Secondus".

AreaFada2:

Yoruba is where you see educated people but not enlightened. They assume they know better and thereby rush into arguments.

At that point there was no Yoruba identity in 16th century m. It was Awori, Ijebu, Egba, Oyo, Owo, Ekiti, Ife, etc. Hausa people later called the above group of people Yoruba, meaning traitors, untrustworthy

Go to Idugaran and find out about history of Lagos.

LASG might the have the history on its website. It had it during Fashola regime.

oneeast3:
Read my post again before posting OP. Be specific. I said, which school in Rivers state is older than DMGS and CKC.

FGonline:
how do I reach u nne

oneeast3:



So why is it that the oldest colleges established by British in the old eastern region were all in Onitsha?

lexy2014:


[s]Ijaw people don't bear western surnames. It's kalabari people who western surnames[/s]

RedboneSmith:


Uh... No.

It was the Ijaw.

codemaniacs:


colonial mentality and self hate is what caused it.

just like MelesZenawi has said, they threw away their native names.

it has nothing to do with trade, as the br:itish were more interested in wiping off and subjugating the indigenous populations rather than helping them.



for lagos names, the british brought black brazilians and other people of African descent from the American continent to replace the indigenous lagos population. it could be the same with the ijaw, igbos and some people from south south.

even Samuel Ajayi Crowther was not Yoruba, the british just added ajayi to deceive the yorubas in lagos.

DeejaywonDJ1:
Some change their name due to religion and some to command respect due to their education and class and Most of them are descendants of freed slaves returnees as well, the Amaros, Saros. The returnees mostly resided in the Lagos Colony, with substantial populations in Abeokuta and Ibadan. Some also settled in Calabar, Port Harcourt and other cities in the Niger Delta. Though many were originally dedicated Anglophiles in Nigeria, they later adopted an indigenous and patriotic attitude on Nigerian affairs due to a rise in discrimination in the 1880s, and were later known as cultural nationalists.

Notable families of the returnees are:

Davies
Cole
Fernández
Fernando
Coker
Sawyer
Ransome Kuti
Bright
Smith
Collins
Fergusson
Thompsons
Vivour
Williams
Briggs
Clarke
etc.

codemaniacs:


now you have reduced yourself to insults because you have not proof or points..

during that era there was an OYO identity.

the term Yoruba or Yaruba comes from the Yoruba deity Oya. Yoruba is a combination of Ayo/Oya and oru and Oba.

it means the Joy of God/Goddess/Kings/queens.
it also mean the work of God/Goddess/Kings/queens.

Yorubas always combine words and they existed in the Oyo empire which had many kingdoms within it.

codemaniacs:


like I said to those who quoted me on this issue:

haven't you seen videos of white people speaking yoruba fluently...

if a black american or jamaican or haitian or brazilian e.t.c. who can speak yoruba fluently comes to Nigeria and tells you his name is seun ayoola I am sure you all will believe his yoruba.

not to talk of an era where Yoruba will be spoken by almost everyone in the SW making it easier to learn. if a black person from the american continent speaks igbo to you and tells you his name is ekene chukwudi I'm sure you will also believe.

codemaniacs:


colonial mentality and self hate is what caused it.

just like MelesZenawi has said, they threw away their native names.

it has nothing to do with trade, as the br:itish were more interested in wiping off and subjugating the indigenous populations rather than helping them.



for lagos names, the british brought black brazilians and other people of African descent from the American continent to replace the indigenous lagos population. it could be the same with the ijaw, igbos and some people from south south.

even Samuel Ajayi Crowther was not Yoruba, the british just added ajayi to deceive the yorubas in lagos.

AwkaFinest:



Where were the headquarters of old eastern region?
Who was the majority of old eastern region?
Which tribe were in charge of the old eastern region?



This is to tell you how tribalistic the ibos have been since the old eastern region.

Mozino007:
Chai this guy na portharcourt person

codemaniacs:


the Yorubas taught the binis everything they know today...

the british were not here to trade or any useless missionary work..

what did they have that the Africans did not already have

the british and their e:uropean friends came to Africa to steal, to kill and to destroy Africa and replace the indigenous population.

codemaniacs:


colonial mentality and self hate is what caused it.

just like MelesZenawi has said, they threw away their native names.

it has nothing to do with trade, as the br:itish were more interested in wiping off and subjugating the indigenous populations rather than helping them.



for lagos names, the british brought black brazilians and other people of African descent from the American continent to replace the indigenous lagos population. it could be the same with the ijaw, igbos and some people from south south.

even Samuel Ajayi Crowther was not Yoruba, the british just added ajayi to deceive the yorubas in lagos.

Exmilitant:
maybe you are talking rubbish! Okrikans, kalabari, bonny and some elderly ijaws speaks igbo very fluently how come?