Eriokanmi:

FreeStuffsNG:
Lagos has never been for sale. The assets of these families, these highly prosperous, educated and wealthy Lagos families are still standing till today

Here's a very educative read of the Lagos most of you don't know.

TKE Phillips is the first Pharmacist in Nigeria,
Edmund Macaulay (Sir Kitoye Ajasa) is the 1st Nigerian to be Knighted , Chief Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams CMG (14 July 1855 – 15 March 1915) is Nigeria's first Lawyer called to the English bar on 17 November 1879, while Dr JC Vaughan alongside his colleagues formed the Lagos Youth Movement(NYM) which later became Nigeria Youth Movement here in Lagos that fought with other groups for Nigeria's independence.

From Darocha to Bank-Anthony , Shitta-Bey , Randle, Vaughan , Macaulay , Oluwa, Kosoko, Dosunmu , Abina, Alakija, Ashogbon, Ojora, Tinubu , Sasegbon, Sasore etc, Lagos is never and has never been for sale. Proudly one of the descendants of these illustrious families. We are grateful to God for our forebears sacrifices and the virtues of patriotism they handed down to us.
Shout out to these Yoruba families;
Vaughan
Willoughby
Petgrave
Phillips
Thomas
Beecroft
Verissimo,
Shaw,
Da-Silva,
Pratt,
Payne,
Bickersteth,
Cole,
Carrena,
Damazio,
Pedro,
Audiffren,
Gomez,
Jones,
Rhodes,
Darocha,
Williams,
Sawyerr,
Pearse,
Ransome-Kuti,
Plumptre,
Bucknor,
Santos,
Savage,
Turton,
Dallas,
Johnson,
Moore,
Macaulay,
Egerton,
Boyle,
Domingo,
Randle,
Carr,
Davies,
George,
Blaise,
Davies,
Shacleford,
Taylor,
Combe,
Candide,
Vera-Cruz,
Anthony,
Fernandez,
Lawanson,
Clegg,
Damazio,
Lucas,
Lewis,
Martins,
Campbell,
Smith,
Coker,
Braithwaite,
Wellington,
Vivour,
Silva,
Soares
Antonio
Brown,
Salvador,
Holloway,
Peters,
Macgregor,
Grillo,
Campos,
Trezises,
Pereira,
Pineirho,
Martinez,
Marinho,
Dacosta,
Piero,
Ribeiro,
De Souza,
Moreira,
Cardoso,
Ferreira,
Cruz,
Ganzallo,
Branco,
Agusto,
Shitta-Bey,
Allen,
Coates,
Evans,
Forsythe,
Griffin,
Griffith,
Joseph,
Berkley,
MacCarthy,
Fischer

Odin13:
Inferiority complex ahas made lots of villagers from interior Oyo to always imagine Lagos was the only developed part of the world as of 1920..
Or maybe the only developed part of Africa/Nigeria in the 20’s

Is stupidity when people display this ignorance with shining foolishness

Wetin we know

E come be on top wedding matters..

Guess other people were marrying on top trees with European Lagos the only whites in Africa/ Nigeria

Empty drums

Tochi3:
....and Lagos shall never be for sale..insha Allah

FreeStuffsNG:
You are so wrong. But I know you will not take corrections so I will not bother to enlighten you. Please face your own history, you can't be revising history of other people please. Nothing like Oshodin in Lagos. It is Oshodi, has always been Oshodi. Don't disrespect that family please. What you're doing is disrespectful.

GreaterFuture:
unnecessary spendings and wastage in weddings, Even in those times?
As far back as the early 1900's...

CaptainFM1:


Are all these names you listed here not slaves owner's names? Nothing Africans in those names and certainly nothing Nigerian nor Yoruba either. Just think about it!

AmotekunSW:


Those were the Yorubas who took Brazilian names as they were in the Brazilian quarters of Lagos (which still exists till today).

The fact that you Igbos can't trace your history does not mean that others suffer from the same misfortune.

Eriokanmi:
What's the meaning of Oshodi in yoruba, as am now seen as someone distorting history, please can you tell me? Then I'd believe you.

Maybe you could help further by telling us the meaning of the following:

Iga
Iduganran
Idumagbo
Idumota
Eko...

FreeStuffsNG:
Lagos high society weddings of the 1920s, By Tayo Agunbiade

IMPRESSIVE


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/613824-lagos-high-society-weddings-of-the-1920s-by-tayo-agunbiade.html

CaptainFM1:


They may not necessarily have meaning but stories about the names. I'm not historian but my late dad had told me story about how the name Eko came about.

Eriokanmi:
True but Eko is an edo word. Bini people who were the early settlers gave it that name, not us. That doesn't make lagos an edo territory anyway. Till date, if any bini man or woman is coming to lagos, they'd say they're traveling to Eko.

Those places in lagos with yoruba names are clear. We know their meanings. Lagos was just a meeting point where slave buyers and sellers used to meet. It was a very small settlement before it became a city and developed by the egbas and others from yoruba and other regions. Fishing was the major occupation of those settlers.

Those distorting history for their selfish gains should continue. But people can't be fooled all the time. Most of those who call themselves lagosians today are liars, including tinubu himself. He knows his origin. Even madam Tinubu whose name many of them adopted as their father's name today was an egba woman. You see? The below are the pictures of the old Eko, now lagos, as taken from baba jakande's house on my recent visit.

CaptainFM1:


So many names for our dear Lagos.
If you say Bini people gave her Eko,
Who gave her "Eko Akete"?
Who gave her "Aromisa-Legbelegbe"?
Who gave her "Eko-Wenjele"?

Irrespective of whatever names people give the Authentic name is "Lagos" as registered in Nigeria constitution.

FreeStuffsNG:
Great! Updated. Thank you for sharing.
Amen! And you too sir. Updated. Thank you for sharing!

Rossikk:


HONESTLY NIGERIANS ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT.

LOOK AT THE MOR.ON PROUDLY LISTING THE SLAVE NAMES OF HIS ANCESTORS!

HE HAS NO CLUE HOW THEY ACTUALLY GOT THOSE NAMES.

SLAVE OWNERS IN THE AMERICAS FORCED THEIR SLAVES TO ADOPT THE SURNAME OF THE SLAVE MASTERS FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES IN CASE THEY ESCAPED!

IN MANY CASES, THOSE SURNAMES WERE BURNISHED INTO THE BACKS OF THE SLAVES WITH RED HOT IRON RODS AS THEY SCREAMED IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN.

THOSE ARE THE NAMES THIS DUNDERHEAD IS PARADING WITH PRIDE ON NAIRALAND!

GOD, PLEASE SAVE YOUR CHILDREN IN AFRICA FROM THEIR LOST CONDITION.

THEY ARE GLORIFYING THE NAMES OF THEIR ENSLAVERS AND KILLERS.

THEY ARE TOTALLY LOST.

KAI.

Eriokanmi:
Not true. The word Oshodi in nupe could mean a different thing, same way Ife( love) in yoruba also means different things in different tribes. Ife in ibo is different from ife in yoruba.

I used to see Jide too on ibo buses but jide in ibo is different from jide in yoruba. You see. Even in same yoruba, the word Ife has different meanings and pronunciation. Oshodin and oshodi are same pronunciation. The only difference is the "N" . Edos were the first occupants in Lagos and we're not disputing that. not Nupe. All the Lagos Obas used to be taken back to edo for burial until about 150 years ago. Their regalia till date is similar to that of bini chiefs. Most of the names given to compounds on Lagos Island had edo meaning. Oshodin or orshodi and iga aren't yoruba words but that of Edo. That oshodi is also a nupe word doesn't make it relevant in the lagos formation, neither does it mean same thing.

It's also never mentioned in history that nupe were among the early settlers in Lagos. If you had mentioned kwara, kogi and some parts of middle belt regions as places where Nuoe had settled in the early days, I'd have said you're right.

FreeStuffsNG:
Lagos has never been for sale. The assets of these families, these highly prosperous, educated and wealthy Lagos families are still standing till today

Here's a very educative read of the Lagos most of you don't know.

TKE Phillips is the first Pharmacist in Nigeria,
Edmund Macaulay (Sir Kitoye Ajasa) is the 1st Nigerian to be Knighted , Chief Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams CMG (14 July 1855 – 15 March 1915) is Nigeria's first Lawyer called to the English bar on 17 November 1879, while Dr JC Vaughan alongside his colleagues formed the Lagos Youth Movement(NYM) which later became Nigeria Youth Movement here in Lagos that fought with other groups for Nigeria's independence.

From Darocha to Bank-Anthony , Shitta-Bey , Randle, Vaughan , Macaulay , Oluwa, Kosoko, Dosunmu , Abina, Alakija, Ashogbon, Ojora, Tinubu , Sasegbon, Sasore etc, Lagos is never and has never been for sale. Proudly one of the descendants of these illustrious families. We are grateful to God for our forebears sacrifices and the virtues of patriotism they handed down to us.
Shout out to these Yoruba families;
Vaughan
Willoughby
Petgrave
Phillips ,
Roberts,
Simpson,

Eriokanmi:
Not true. The word Oshodi in nupe could mean a different thing, same way Ife( love) in yoruba also means different things in different tribes. Ife in ibo is different from ife in yoruba.

I used to see Jide too on ibo buses but jide in ibo is different from jide in yoruba. You see. Even in same yoruba, the word Ife has different meanings and pronunciation. Oshodin and oshodi are same pronunciation. The only difference is the "N" . Edos were the first occupants in Lagos and we're not disputing that.not Nupe. All the Lagos Obas used to be taken back to edo for burial until about 150 years ago. Their regalia till date is similar to that of bini chiefs. Most of the names given to compounds on Lagos Island had edo meaning. Oshodin or orshodi and iga aren't yoruba words but that of Edo. That oshodi is also a nupe word doesn't make it relevant in the lagos formation, neither does it mean same thing.

It's also never mentioned in history that nupe were among the early settlers in Lagos. If you had mentioned kwara, kogi and some parts of middle belt regions as places where Nuoe had settled in the early days, I'd have said you're right.

AmotekunSW:


Those were the Yorubas who took Brazilian names as they were in the Brazilian quarters of Lagos (which still exists till today).

The fact that you Igbos can't trace your history does not mean that others suffer from the same misfortune.

2mch:

You are dragging my wife’s direct ancestor name. Are you crazy? Benin is not the only other subgroup in Lagos. Northerners were also there. Oshodi is pure Nupe.

ImperialYoruba:


I am actually disputing this claim of Edo being first in Lagos. This is untrue.

What you all refer to as Edo in history is a revision, and only a highlight of political turf definitions in independent Nigeria.

From 1960 backwards history speaks of Bini Kingdom. There was never anything known as Edo Kingdom.

So before going into contention on who was first settler in Lagos, first resolve yourself on which of the two will be your point of reference....an ancient Bini or a modern Edo.

Return here when you are ready, and cc me.

Eriokanmi:
Oshidin or oshodi may mean a different thing in nupe. That doesn't make nupe one of the early settlers in Lagos. Edo ( binis)and awori were early settlers here. You can distort history.

By the way, you can still voice your opinion without being sarcastic. Grow up

2mch:

Benin are not the early settlers. They were invited by Oyo’s as cousins to partake in living in Lagos. Awori own that part of Lagos and Oshodi is Nupe. Stop twisting history! The Oshodi of Lagos is purely Nupe and has absolutely nothing to do with Edo. You are still arguing stupidly when someone close to their family member is correcting you. You are overstating Benin stake in Lagos. Most Lagos families with English names have Awori origin but adopted English names.

Eriokanmi:
You are either a small boy by being uncivil in your post or you belong to the other side. You can't be more lagosian than I am. I was in my maternal family house this afternoon on the island and I took the below picture. Look at what's written on that ark. Iga Oshodi Buku of Lagos. It's written in Benin language. Iga means compound. Google will help you of the origin of the word oshodin which was later changed to oshodi by removing the letter n. They're a popular family in Benin citiy till date. Even if you also have that word in Nupe language, it can never mean same as what it means in Benin language. Oshodin in edo means the representative of an oracle and am sure it's not same meaning in nupe. It's not a yoruba meaning either. An oracle representative in yoruba language is called aborę, not oshodi.

Oba of lagos himself had corroborated this in the past. I remember when mc oluomo was showing interest in becoming the oba of oshodi and oshodi family fumed. It was never a rumour but the truth. Oba of Lagos told the so called oshodi family that they're fake lagosians as that name they gave themselves didn't belong to them . That they came and adopted it for relevance sake.

That said, the early settlers of the eko( now called lagos Island) are the binis while the early settlers of the other parts are the aworis. We're not disputing this. This topic centres on Eko( the lagos Island) not other parts of lagos

Can you ask your wife to tell us the meaning of Oshodi in nupe as you're now claiming it's a nupe name?

2mch:

Oshodi is Nupe and has always been. Just because something has a meaning in your language does not mean it is the same in other languages. Iga Oshodi Buku has nothing to do with Edo. The guy is Nupe, but you are still arguing and claiming you know better that he is Edo. Lmaooo. Something that is a well known Lagos history is what you are distorting.

Oba of Lagos is not more Lagosian than Oshodi family. They are more Lagosian than him and he will never say such. If he ever said such please provide the record. You just come from Edo state and start typing rubbish and making up stories. Lmaooo. Your so called Edo people met Lagos cosmopolitan and assimilated with bringing their culture. They are not what makes up Lagos. The Awori own Lagos outright. Your Oba does not own the land his palace sits on, what does that tell you?

That they are settlers who formed a system for their own people like Igbo and Hausa chiefs in Lagos today. They are not founders or early anything. They met everyone there that is there now. The Egba’s, Ijebu’s and Aworis.

Eriokanmi:
Are you sure you're a Nigerian? Lol. Binis( Benin people) are also called the Edos. I wasn't referring to edo as a state, but as a tribe. It's just like saying Oyo people and we still have a town called oyo.

There's a local government in Edo state called Orędo ( meaning edo origin) . It covers benin citiy and all her territories.

I'm at Iga Idungaran right now. I took a picture of an ark with Iga Oshodi Buku of Lagos written on it. Iga is an edo( benin) word meaning compound. Ibadan of lagos sef confirmed that binis were the first settlers in Lagos. Look at their chief's regalia in lagos. It's similar to that of edo/bini. All the Eko( Lagos) obas used to be taken to benin for burial in the olden days

mmsen:


Weddings have always been a waste of resources.