₦airaland Forum

Christistruth03:
The Ijebu,Ijesa, Igbomina , Ogbomosho and Ibadan will take it up

They were already Traders before the Katakata of the Civil War burst

If you go to Ghana and the Ivory coast you will find the Ogbomosho and the Igbomina People still trading there

that would be nice then

Nice. If they can transit into a civil rule in a very short period of time as maintained, that wouldn't be a bad idea. The only panacea to corrupt civil rule is by the military checking them and their excesses otherwise, they'd throw a country into a dungeon and the masses would be dying on the stress. I know know why they're so wicked. I doubt akpabio knew he'd be so exposed to the world when making that reckless comment at a time when Nigeria is bleeding and people can hardly go to where they earn their stipends daily due to subsidy removal with zero palliatives in place. That's wickedness.

My Niger friend said their leader made lots of mistakes so he must go. We've not had such guts in Nigeria yet. Nobody will tell us when we'd begin to chase them away. We're not ready yet.

HBB1:
Nobody will feel anything!

That's the truth. The onus is on our people to begin learn trading in all areas now, if we don't want to be going to onitsha to buy parts and materials at exorbitant costs with customs taxes.

Any day these people break away from Nigeria, the entire continent will feel it. They're everywhere.

Sadly, my people are just envying them for nothing, instead of learning from their business prowess so they too can fill the vacuum after they leave...cos leaving is inevitable. Any doubting Thomas should
note today's date.

They're the most travelled of all tribes in Africa

The earlier African leaders acknowledge that world Bank loan is a Greek gift to enslave them perpetually, the better.

Kalashnikov49:
No need ...You have alot of mizcreants that support the dinosaur in AsoRock from hebadan and Osun.

Tajudeen
Mufutau
Femi
Abdulkarim


even all those zombies on Nairaland like

Helinus
seunmsg
legendhero
omenka

can actually be recruited.

. You get bad mouth lol

Rootprof:
There is something they are not telling us. The kind of interest the UN is showing directly and through their errand country Nigeria prove that there is something in Niger they want. Let the white leave we black alone. They are nothing but exploiters robbing Africa. It's time Africa country prove their sovereignty.

Good and sensible post

Ikaeniyan0:
Shettima is right. Cars on the street of Lagos have reduce. You can drive from ipaja to Oshodi, oshodi to Victoria island, in less than 50 minute since the subsidy removal. It was not possible before the removal of subsidy.

Is that a gain or pain to Lagosians? I know of a man who used to work at idumota as blacksmith. He can't afford the daily fare anymore. The little he takes home daily isn't there anymore. How would he feed his family? You're truly an ika eniyan, according to your moniker.

The subsidy must go, yes..but there must be palliatives in place before you do that as a reasonable leader. He could have borrowed money to get those palliatives first, before removing the subsidy, knowing fully well that he would still get the money later through the recovered proceeds from subsidy and used it to settle the loan. Jonathan the clueless one didn't even handle his subsidy regime this way.

The way you guys are defending this blunder from the government is really unimaginable

She probably went to tell him his economic policy is catastrophic, with one usd hitting over 900 naira, what they said they'd reverse when it was 250 naira in 2015 under Jonathan administration.

sarkinbauchi:
Umaru Musa Yar'auda.

The good men who mean well for Nigeria never live long or get the Presidency

i didn't hesitate to give him my like. He even acknowledged the fact that, election that brought him to power was rigged for him, unlike tinubu who said the election that brought him to power was free and fair, despite the International observers negative comment on the same election and the massive rigging and violent attacks unleashed at the various centres nationwide by his supporters.

That's the difference between a leader and a power robber. May his soul continue to rest in peace. God knows best

9jatriot:
This guy never fit sleep since the day wen dem nominate El Rufai to be minister.

Remember he's also a Muslim like El-Rufai. No sane Muslim would want that extremist who had been handed a ban by USA and UK over his body bag and reckless religous comments to be on a ministerial list . We want peace in Nigeria

Rikidony:
I respect Ribadu for this

The only man in politics I've had my respect for since the obj days is Nuhu Rinadu. He's the only politician who can willingly resign over character assassination.

How can someone banned by the USA and UK be confirmed as minister? When the president travels to these countries on an official trip and he included elrufai on the entourage list and these countries unequivocally turns down his name, wouldn't that be catastrophic and a dent to our country's name?

Elrufai antecedents are as bad as that of his ogas...the likes of Tinubu and akpabio. I remember the body bag comments and his fuelled religous violence in Kaduna . You don't want to confirm such a controversial person as minister.

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.

I heard your story. What is the meaning of Iga Oshodi Buku in Nupe? At least, Nupe came to Lagos and settled according to your claim and Oshodi in lagos was from Nupe, not edo. I am waiting

jonapeters:
I can't understand the reason the dollar is still very high

It's politics. In Bangladesh and other poor countries, dollar dey fall. Na only for naija e dey rise. In the neighbouring Benin Republic, flights are cheaper to any destinations across the globe but here, the reverse is the case. They claimed fuel was being smuggled into Benin which was one of the reasons for shortage in local supply . Are you aware Benin Republic, despite the removal of subsidy from petrol in Nigeria, still sells petrol lower than Nigeria per liter ? Just check how much fuel sells in all African countries. Until there's a replica of what's going on in Niger right now in Nigeria., we'd not realise how much these thieves called leaders have milked us. Many of them would run away and never come back

Nigeria aor was a pure scan. We all know that. You can imagine how much they'd have shared from that repatriated funds and employment they'd have generated of they had allowed it work. Apc has really messed Nigeria 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.

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?

Serves them right. Niger isn't Nigeria. They should stop meddling in other people's affairs. Shebi na we no fit treat our corrupt politicians Bleep up because of tribalism and bigotry, that are already killing Nigeria.

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.

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

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.

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

Middleborn:
This is the situation.

Nigeria is poised to start the supply of Gas to Europe, who will pay billions in $$$ for this favour. Russia, who just cut off their Gas supply to Europe would do everything to thwat Europe's plan to get Gas from Nigeria by gaining control over countries along the path of the Gas pipeline from Warri Nigeria, supplying Europe. Niger is the perfect country for Russia to distabilize in order to jeopardize the Gas project.

For Russia, its pay back. For Nato, its survival. Winter is coming and Europe will need Nigerian Gas to power their heat systems. For Tinubu, its about making billions from the Gas deal, anything that would stand in the way of this deal, Tinubu will destroy. All of these will come at the expense of the lives and properties in Northern Nigeria. So expect a war in the scale of the Russia and Ukraine war in that region. if the war starts and is sustained for months, don't be suprised if the Gas terminal at Warri is bombed by Russian Drones. When this war begins, it will be difficult to stop....Now is the time to stop it by all means. But my thought is that the powers behind Tinubu are so strong, he cannot call the shots, he cannot stop the war even if he wants to. Europe will freeze to death during the winter if they don't get the Gas from Nigeria. When lives in Europe are threatened, NATO will flex its muscles...i just hope Nukes will not be deployed...God abeg na your hand we dey.

Russia had said they won't meddle in the affairs of Niger,.neither wouid they go into war with any country that opposes the coup. Always watch the foreign news media. Our local media are so biased for fear of being sanctioned by the federal government, should they bring up clean reportage.

On the gas thing, it will take years to be completed. The coup has nothing to do with Russia involvement at all. The president had overstayed his welcome. The country didn't like his style of government. My friend and business partner in Niger said they supported the coup so, let the junta come up with programmes and events that will lead to speedy transition of government into a civil rule as they maintained last night.

See my partner's reaction in the screenshot below about the coup. Maybe Nigerians would understand better and stop politicising the coup the way their corrupt leaders have brainwashed them

FreeStuffsNG:
They are closing airspace ECOWAS had placed a blockade on since last week. Truly, things have changed in Africa.
If it's before, the coupists will not be this jittery and scared. Even the head of the coupists had been holed up and away from the public out of fear of a counter coup while the legitimate President he overthrew is not perturbed.
Niger will be alright las lad. Ecowas will not go to war with Niger, Niger is bigger than a few handful of coupists.

ECOWAS could shut their airspace against Niger but that doesn't mean the region can't enter Niger by land, using the ECOWAS charter which guarantees free movement of persons and goods within the region. I think Niger did the right thing. Sokoto is just 6 hours away from Niger.

Since the majority of Nigerien supported the junta, then no country should meddle in their affairs. They're a sovereign state and can choose to leave ECOWAS and nothing would happen. What gladdens my heart was the fact that, the military junta said they'd speed up transition into a democratic rule so democracy could be restored. That's a good move which has also allayed the fears of many, of any possible military return. Nothing like democracy, even though some countries, including Nigeria has abused it.

If the military could check them by staging a coup that would jettison them , bringing up mew breeds that can move the country forward, arresting and jailing our corrupt politicians, then return to the barracks thereafter. That won't be a bad idea.

Acekidc4:
So Na Yoruba Man be the Foreign Minister of Benin Republic 🤔 Good 🤗

Yorubas are in Benin Republic.

Fugazy2023:
This are igbos in Niger.
Nigeria and Ecowas MUST restore democracy back to Niger even if it requires military intervention

Play the video again, remove that earpiece blocking your ears and listen to their tongue. My friend who's a citizen of Niger is in support of the coup 100%. Stop unnecessary atrack on these ibo people. If care isn't taken, the same would happen here with the manner our politicians are cheating the poor.

See the below

Sonnetoshodi:
Hello everyone.

I've been celibate for 10 months. Till I had sex couple days ago.

Before that time, I saw my self as God's favorite.

But now I just feel like God and I had a quarrel.
It hurts so bad, cause it's now like I don't know how to go to him.

A week now I've not said my night or morning prayers.

Has God left me? Can we still be close?
Have I don't something unpardonable.

That's what happens each time you indulge in sin. Remember your body is the temple of the Almighty? What happens when you throw feaces inside your well-furnished apartment? It's same feeling. To even pray would be very difficult for you. Sexual sin is very dangerous.

Let me share a brief experience with you. It happened early this year. I was traveling to the south south to see a client. There's this girl I once assisted, she called and said, she'd like to accompany me to the south south anytime I planned to travel cos she was kinda stranded in Lagos. I now said I'd be travelling in a few days.

In short, we travelled together. Her destination was farther than mine but I told her I would drop her off in delta and give her a fare to proceed her yourney which she gladly accepted and appreciated. Before I got to Benin, I noticed my engine belt had cut off. The socket of my AC pulled out. So, the belt which linked the ac to the engine and alternator was dangling and cut off in the process. We spent over 3 hours fixing the belt and ac socket cos the roadside mecho who agreed to help had to travel a distance . By the time we took off, it was already getting late. I was like, how would I overcome this temptation with this girl? By the time we got to asaba, it was already late for her to proceed and I didnt have a plan to lodge her in the hotel where I was going to stay. I pitied her condition and asked if she couid be in same room with me, no strings attached. She gladly accepted.

We had dinner and went to sleep. In the night, this girl was always rolling towards me. I'd shift and she'd reach for my hand and place hers on it. My body moved and suddenly I remembered my covenant with God. I had to control myself. Talking of beauty, she had it , good shape and all. The following morning she pretended as if nothing happened. We departed the hotel. I went for my meeting while she proceeded with her trip.

My meeting was successful as I got the big contract with 80% mobilisation, I also picked a cheque for the completed one and brought it home. She obviously was set up against me by the devil so I could miss that opportunity. I had lost several of such opportunities in the past, before I dedicated my life to Christ. One thing would lead to another after a sexual encounter and I'd lose that job.

If it were some randy men who couldn't control themselves, I'd have missed that opportunity. I have been so sensitive to such gimmicks of the devil such that, even if I'm going to the embassy for my visa appointment, if any lady calls me, I'd not pick until after I'm done with my visa appointment. Women aren't bad, people shouldn't get me wrong but they easily get used by the devil to bring men down. Many mighty men of old had fallen as a result of their inability to control their flesh. Its still happening today

AntiChristian:
He who is without sin....

Christianity is so funny and full of contradictions!

That's what makes you an anti Christian. Cos you can't be for Christianity and say otherwise. Nothing new.

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.

Lol. Yea

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.

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.

Just 159m usd debt? This is quite embarrassing. It's high time our politicians cut down on their allocations, especially the national assembly and focus on removing all these embarrassing debts from the face of Nigeria worldwide. Amazingly,they're the beneficiaries of all these nonsense when they were governors of their respective states. They continued when they became senators and reps members.

Cefa which we used to exchange for a huge amount of naira (1000 naira used to be exchanged for over 10,000 cefa as of 2015) has now overtaken naira in value. From this simple analogy, only sensible Nigerians could imagine how badly managed our economy had been in 8 years.

Firstly, they cited low crude sales as the reason for the drop in naira value. Later they said they now had enough crude to sell but the price was very low per barrel. But now, they realise both huge sales and good price per barrel. They only make noise when the opposite is the case. Despite enjoying the good side of the crude sales and making huge amount of money daily in USD, naira still keeps dropping value. Its only the debt owed they've not cited as a reason for the free fall of the naira then Nigerians would be asking them if the previous administrations too didn't borrow.

This is expected when you put a square peg in a round hole. Sadly, the same people praising buhari and defending him when he took office in 2015 are already at it again. The moment buhari left, they changed their tunes and began to condemn him as if they weren't his fans anymore. Something is really wrong with nigerians

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.

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...

TemplarLandry:

Standing up for their distant cousins.

That shows you that the so called United Nigeria is a hoax. Everyone will bear its father's name someday.

Chyma231:
[ I see Rhodes here 😂😂😂😂]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

It's not Lawanson but Lawson . Lawanson is the yorubaic pronunciation of Lawson.

2mch:
Oshodi is not an Edo word but Nupe. More than likely Oshodi impregnated someone in Edo. He has many concubines and bastard children all over the country. But Oshodi is Nupe. It is Oshodi, not Oshodin.

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.

Has anyone here read of the Adebisi Idikan and family in Ibadan? Has anyone read of the historic wedding of one of his daughters which shook the entire Yorubaland at that time and attended by Britons and colonialists? Had anyone learnt of this man, who once paid the taxes of the entire men in the ibadan city for years to the colonialists in that era? His house was the best and most expensive in ibadan during his day's.

His friend happened to be the father of the first lawyer and first medical doctor in the old oyo empire, including ibadan.

While lagos has always been known for feferities and societal events, cheered by the big and mighty, we can't conclude that more of such great events weren't taking place in towns and cities outside Lagos in that era. During this time, only Lagos Island, Ebute Metta, Yaba and some adjoining places in Apapa formed Lagos while other places were full of water and tick forest. Most of the areas which now form part of lagos used to be part of the Ogun state land. Agege, the entire alimosho, Berger, Ojodu, olowoora, etc, used to be Ogun state even Ketu down to Ikorodu used to be Ogun territories. While some other parts were inhabited by the binis. Some of these areas are the Igas on the island, Oshodin( now known as oshodi). Oshodin is actually an edo word. It doesn't have any meaning in our tribe and language. Some people in order to gain relevance in Lagos gave themselves that name oshodi. Same as Docemo( a white name) now called Dosunmu. Iga Iduganran are bini words. Madam Tinubu was originally from egba. She never had a child to herself. People came.and adopted that name as their surname, just to gain relevance. It's a woman's name. As powerful as she was, one of her husbands (the borno man who was one of her workers) had to bear her name as his last name

Meanwhile, Ibadan, the so called brown roofed city was the most civilised of all cities in west Africa as of then. Those brown roofs were owned by the rich ones who came from far and near to settle in Ibadan the way they do in Lagos today. If your father had an iron sheet on his roof in those days, then he must be rich because during that era when Iron sheets were trending, only about 25% of all the buildings in Nigeria had iron sheets coverings on their roofs. They were mainly covered with bamboos. You hardly see the brown-roofed buildings in several of the present day towns and cities, except in some villages where those who built in the cities during the era also built houses the way many also do today.

While Lagos could be termed a place for societal events, Ibadan had witnessed several of such historical events too, similar to what the OP put up. Back then, Lagos used to be 2nd home of the egbas. Those mentioned in that lagos wedding were originally from egba in what is now called Ogun state. They came and settled here and became part of us. My maternal side ( the Jakandes) came from Kwara, the igbomina area of kwara.

Those praising lagos should remember that a tree doesn't form a forest. Other tribes too contributed immensely towards the development of our great state. I wonder why people hardly talk of the likes of ojukwus and other families. The man who once owned the largest transport company in Africa. The man who once owned limousine and other exotic cars, yet unlettered. God bless Lagos. God bless Nigeria and Nigerians.