"The British penetration of Nigeria met with various forms of resistance throughout the country. In the south the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars against the Ijebu (a Yoruba group) in 1892, the Aro of eastern Igboland, and, until 1914, the Aniocha of western Igboland. In the north many emirates did not take military action, but the deposed caliph, Atahiru I, rebelled in 1903. Many Muslims resorted to migration as a form of resistance, a tactic known as the hejira, in which those perceived as infidels are avoided.

Resistance was strong in western Igboland, where a series of wars were waged against the British. The Ekumeku, who were well organized and whose leaders were joined in secrecy oaths, effectively utilized guerrilla tactics to attack the British. Their forces, which were drawn from hundreds of Igbo youth from all parts of the region, created many problems for the British, but the British used forceful tactics and heavy armaments (destroying homes, farms, and roads) to prevail. The Ekumeku, however, became a great source of Igbo nationalism."

https://www.britannica.com/place/Nigeria/The-arrival-of-the-British

Shetemi12:
the conspiracy that made the Britain win at the end of the day? LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND REFERENCE... The same is happening now

To prevent any united opposition to its authority, the British adopted a divide-and-rule policy, keeping Nigerian groups separate from one another as much as possible. Traditional authorities were co-opted in the north, where the spread of Western education by Christian missionaries was strongly resisted by Muslim leaders. In the south the British occasionally created a political hierarchy where there had been none before; in most cases they ruled through those who were most malleable, whether these people had held traditional positions of authority or not. Because Western education and Christianity spread rapidly in the south and not in the north, development was much slower in the north, and the growing disparity between north and south later caused political tensions.

Beancounter93:
Well, they all eventually lost...because they did not heed the advice of King Gezo who said that 'he who makes the gunpowder will win the war'

Nigerians don't want to make the gunpowder, but they want to import it at inflated prices...and use the profit to pose with more imported goods.

That is why we lost back then and why we lose now.

Collyweed:


It is not quite true that we didn't make gun powder. As a prelude to the Berlin conference, the Europeans decided to restrict the exportation of gun powder to these parts. The price rose but I know for a fact that we were able to manufacture black powder locally. I know this because I come from a community that manufactured gun powder and actually grew quite wealthy doing that.

The actual reason the bastard English were successful was because of the Maxim gun. That was the real game changer.

PeaceforNigeria:
There is something very similar between the Ijebu and Igbo - I wonder !!

ThEGodFaThEr101:
This is why no Ijebu man will dóbalę for Tinubu and his Bullion Vans. The only Yoruba people that the brown teeth bandit dictates to are Lagosians who have sold their birthright to Tinubu.

temitope27:
do you even know that must lagosians are ijebu?

ThEGodFaThEr101:

Which Lagosians are Ijebu?
Is it the Aworis from badagry or Lagos Island?
The real lagosians are the Aworis, these are the real owners of Lagos. Everyother Yoruba Lagosians are counterfeit.

Traditionally, the Awori people are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. Towns including Isheri, Ota, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria.

I'm from Igbęsá in Ogun State and that's why I always speak against the brown teeth bandit.

temitope27:
there are ijebu than awori in Lagos, even the ilaje's are more

ThEGodFaThEr101:

I'm not disputing it. I'm only saying that the real lagosians that have been sidelined from active politics in Lagos are Aworis maybe because they are too docile that's why Tinubu all the way from Osun State took control over the state.

PeaceforNigeria:


They resisted the mighty British with spears and arrows - now they have AK47. Case closed.

buckeyemedia:
They will drop bombs on you from the heavens, fighting with your pistol ak47.

ThEGodFaThEr101:

I'm not disputing it. I'm only saying that the real lagosians that have been sidelined from active politics in Lagos are Aworis maybe because they are too docile that's why Tinubu all the way from Osun State took control over the state.

PeaceforNigeria:


Shoulder launched - job done

buckeyemedia:
I believe you saw the way Israel plummeted The Palestine? It will be too late then to be shouting Ibeg. No be like Boko Haram wey they fight inside desert, talking urban warfare in Southern Nigeria?