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the distance very from Lagos to Abuja by road is 774km, which will take a car about 9 hours(putting all conditions in place).
Questions:
1.How many days did it take him to get to Abuja?
2. Who was following him and observing him to know if he did not take transport at one point in time.
3. When night falls on him along the forest on his way trekking, was he sleeping on the main road or in the forest?
4. Was he strictly on water or Glucose? cos of pyruvic acid formation in the muscle that could result to cramp during long distance trekking.
He should answer all these questions and more to come before he can convinced me he actually trekked from Lagos to Abuja.

meforyou1:
Oba of lagos, mr akiolu, is a confirmed benin empire subject

Very correct.... he is indirectly from Edo according to history.

baby124:
Please respect yourself. Lagos has indegenes, just like any other place in Nigeria. Dont disrespect Lagosians. Thanks.

There is nothing like Oba of Benin. Before the Benin people came, the indigenes were there. When they were kicked out, the indigenes were still there.

Enough of your shameless display of Stu8pidity. There is no where in the world that is a no man's land. Stop the delusion and accept reality so that if future you will not be taken by surprise.

This 'Orue' know history of Lagos at all? please abreast yrself with Google about Lagos before spewing trash.

dayo23:
They are wasting there time, lagos is not for PDP experiment! We Yoruba have decided what is best for us, it is our land.













Ambode 2015
Next Governor of Lagos

Which land? I think u are sick in yr brain. Are u speaking for the whole Yoruba? which I think u are not anyway. Are there no Yorubas that voted for PDP? why spewing nonsense.

kolomax:
Are you fvcking kidding or adulting me OP did you just mention igbo as part of those whom own Lagos Is like saying igbo's are the owner of PH

Did u read the history before concluding? Did anyone said Igbos are the owners of Lagos? we are only trying to clarify the notion of the igbos playing a part to the existence of Lagos today.

CHM11:
Nice..I didn't see where mallams came into this beautiful history...all I see is south south nigeria and south west and obviously the south east people have history relating to majority of the south south too....


I still don't understand why mallams keep leading us since 1940!!!..they have become masters of 'DIVIDE AND RULE' and we here in the south keep falling into their play like sheep every time....
Kaaaaai...abokis are smart oh

Obviously, other tribes especially the Igbos in terms of trade has contributed to the development of today's Lagos not mainly the Yorubas as people are meant to believe

You can see the binis have a very good contributions to the existence of Lagos as an entity. Even the first king of Lagos was from Benin. Although the first inhabitants of Lagos are the Aworis, but today so many different tribes has occupied Lagos to the extent that the Aworis are not fully recognized.

HISTORY OF LAGOS
Lagos is the largest city and former capital of Nigeria
and the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa.
LOCATION
Modern-day Lagos is now a state in South-Western
Nigeria. It is bounded on the west by the Republic of
Benin, to the north and east by Ogun State with the
Atlantic Ocean providing a coastline on the south.
AREA
Lagos has a total of 3,577 square kilometers; 787
square kilometers is made up of lagoons and creeks
including: Lagos Lagoon , Lagos Harbour, Five Cowrie
Creek, Ebute-Metta Creek, Porto-Novo Creek, New
Canal, Badagry Creek, Kuramo Waters and Lighthouse
Creek.

THE NAME LAGOS

Lagos means "lakes" in Portuguese, the language of
first European-settlers known to visit the
settlement,then already inhabited by the Awori
people, in 1472. [1] From the first contacts with the
region until the early 20th century, another
Portuguese name for the city that was
interchangeably used was Onim, [2] finally
abandonned in favor of Lagos.
Prior to Lagos being adopted, the settlement was
called Eko by its Kingdom of Benin conquerors, which
stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or
Eko ("war camp".

Founding of Lagos

According to the oral history of Lagos, at some point
around 1300-1400 CE, the Oba (King) of the Benin
Empire - who used to send trade expeditions to
Ghana, where spices were traded - heard from one of
his traders complaints about the way she was being
treated by the Awori who lived in the area of current
day Lagos. The Oba of Benin then sent a trade
expedition by sea to engage with the Awori people,
who nonetheless declined to engage and attacked the
mission sent by Benin.
Upon hearing this as the mission returned to Benin
City, the Oba of Benin commanded the assembling of
a war expedition, led by Ado, a Benin Prince, which
headed to the settlement of the Awori (current-day
Lagos; then called Eko by the Benin people) and
demanded an explanation.
On getting there, Ado and his army were more than
well received - the Awori from Lagos asked Benin
Prince Ado to stay there and become their leader.
Ado agreed, on the condition that they surrendered
their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the
Awori people of Lagos agreed.
Upon hearing this, the Oba of Benin gave his
permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to
remain in Eko with the Awori. The Oba of Benin later
sent some of his chiefs, including the Eletu Odibo,
Obanikoro and others, to assist Ado in the running of
Eko.

Lagos as a tributary to the Benin
Empire

From the crowning of Ado as its first Oba, Lagos
(then called Eko) served as a major center for slave-
trade, from which then Oba of Benin Ado and all of
his successors for over four centuries benefitted -
until 1841, when Oba Akitoye ascended to the throne
of Lagos and tried to ban slave-trading.
Local merchants strongly opposed the intended move,
and deposed and exiled the king, and installed
Akitoye's brother Kosoko as Oba. [3]
At exile in Europe, Akitoye met with British
authorities, who had banned slave-trading in 1807,
and who therefore decided to support the deposed
Oba to regain his throne. With the success of the
British intervention, in 1851 Akitoye was reinstalled
as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however, British
influence over the kingdom had become absolute, and
ten years later, in 1861, Lagos was formally annexed
as a British colony.
Colonial Lagos as capital of Nigeria
The British annexed Lagos as a colony in 1861. The
remainder of the Benin Empire - i.e, modern-day
Nigeria - were seized by the British in 1887, and
when the British established the Colony and
Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914, Lagos was declared
its capital.
Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria
obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos
was therefore the capital city of Nigeria from 1914
until 1991, when it was replaced as Federal Capital
Territory by planned city of Abuja, built specifically for
such purpose.
Currently
Until today, the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the
Kings in Lagos State and his status is different from
other Oba's most of whom were later given back their
crowns and staff of office only within the last 40
years. Those who got their crowns back were the
original land owners (Olofin's children). Modern-day
Lagosians have so intermingled that no single tribe or
people can claim it even though the predominant
language is Yoruba.
The present day Lagos state has a higher percent of
this sub-group who allegedly migrated to the area
from Isheri along the Ogun river. History has it that
the Awori were actually from Ife, the cradle of
Yorubaland. The Awori people are a peaceful people
initially not taken to warfare. Due to war, those from
the hinterlands, like the Ekiti, ran towards Isheri,
which at that time had more than one Olofin
(Alafin)who were heads of settlements about
1400AD.
With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of
them scattered again, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado,
others to Ebute Metta i.e. three landing places -
Oyingbo, Iddo Island and Lagos Island (Eko). The
Olofin that brought those who went to Ebute-Metta
was Ogunfunminire later known as Agbodere. With
the full commencement of the war about 2000 moved
to the nearest island of Iddo, others to Otto Awori or
Otto Ijanikin towards modern-day Badagry. Those
from Ekiti Aramoko came to Ebute-Metta, Iddo and
then Ijora.
After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin
became the name used to remember him while a title
of Oloto was given to his successor. With one of his
sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted
ways to what is known as visible settlements in
present-day Lagos.
Until the coming of the Benins, Lagos's geographic
boundary was Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat
of the Oba of Lagos, then consisted of a pepper farm
and fishing posts. No one lived there. The name Eko
was given to it by its first king, Oba Ado, during its
early history; it also saw periods of rule by the
Kingdom of Benin.
Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island
where the king's palace was built. The palace is
called Iga Idunganran, meaning "palace built on the
pepper farm". Oba Ado and the warriors from Benin,
as well as some of the indigenous people who sought
safety, settled down in the southern part of Eko called
"Isale Eko", Isale literally meaning bottom, but must
have been used to indicate downtown (as in
Downtown Lagos).

Notable events

The first king of Lagos, Oba Ado, apart from having
two sons also had a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat
Ologun Kutere , who later became king. Shokun his
brother, who was more aggressive and whom the
Erelu suspected could plan a palace coup, was given
a chieftaincy title, "Onile-gbale", and a palace just
behind the king's palace. This was the first time that
a Chief would be appointed and installed at the same
time as a King's coronation. See also http://
www.eraffoundation.org/erelukuti.php
Oba Akitoye who ceded Lagos to the British was oba
Kosoko's uncle. Oba Akitoye was the first Oba not to
be buried in a Bini. Prior to this, all the Kings of lagos
were buried in Bini. They passed on taxes to the Oba
of Bini until the British came and explained that there
was no need to send taxes to Bini anymore especially
as the Binis themselves were paying taxes to Britain.
It was during his reign that the direct influence of the
Binis on Lagos ended.
Oba Kosoko believed in the slave trade and was at
loggerheads with the British, hence his dethronement
and flight, first to Badagry and later to Epe, Nigeria
where he founded kingdoms that still exist today.

Main article: Oba of Lagos

Ashipa (1600–1630) died on the way back to
Benin
King Ado (1630–1669) first King of Lagos
King Gabaro (1669–1704)
King Akinsemoyin (1704–1749)
Eletu Kekere (1749)
King Ologun Kutere (1749–1775)
Adele Ajosun (1775-1780 & 1832-1834)
Eshilokun (1780–1819)
Oba Idewu Ojulari (1819–1832)
King Oluwole (1836–1841)
King Akintoye (1841-1845 & 1851-1853)
Oba Kosoko (1845–1851)
King Dosunmu [Docemo] (1853–1885)
Oba Oyekan (1885–1900)
Oba Esugbayi Eleko (1901-1925 & 1932)
Oba Ibikunle Akitoye (1925–1928)
Oba Sanusi Olusi (1928–1931)
Oba Falolu (1932–1949)
Oba Adeniji Adele (1949–1964)
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II (1965–2003)
Oba Rilwan Akiolu (2003–present)

Colonial-era
Main article: Lagos Colony
Modern-day Lagos was founded by the Bini in the
sixteenth century. It was later called Eko. The
Portuguese explorer Ruy de Sequeira who visited the
area in 1472, named the area around the city Lago de
Curamo ; the present name is Portuguese for "lakes".
An alternate explanation is that Lagos was named for
Lagos, Portugal - a maritime town which at the time
was the main center of the Portuguese expeditions
down the African coast and whose own name is
derived from the Celtic word Lacobriga.
Flag of Lagos Colony
It was a major centre of the slave trade until 1851,
when Great Britain , which had abolished slavery in
1807, bombarded and established a treaty which
ushered in the British Consular Period.[4] Lagos was
annexed by Britain via the Lagos Treaty of Cession in
1861 ending the Consular Period and starting the
British Colonial Period. The remainder of modern-day
Nigeria was seized in 1886[ citation needed ]
POST COLONIAL
Lagos street, ca. 1910
When the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was
established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital.
Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the
1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic
boom prior to the Biafran War. This continued
through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date.
Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from 1914 - 1991
when the capital was moved to Abuja . Abuja is a
capital like Washington, DC in USA and Brasilia in
Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to
be a capital.
In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President
and other government functions moved to the newly
built capital. This was as a result of intelligence
reports on the safety of his life and what was later to
be termed his hidden agenda, which was the plan to
turn himself into a civilian president. He finished what
was started by the Murtala/Obasanjo regime. The
change resulted in Lagos losing some prestige and
economic leverage. However, it has retained its
importance as the country's largest city and as an
economic centre.
In 2002, accidental explosions killed more than 1,000
people. In 2012, 163 people died when a McDonnell
Douglas MD-83 crashed into a local furniture works
and printing press building.
SOURCE: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lagos

Ishilove:
This just leaked on twitter. Click on the link below to listen to the supposed audio recording of an alleged speech attributed to the Lagos monarch, HRH Oba Rilwan Akiolu, which has inflamed nerves in Lagos state especially.

The Alleged Audio Recording
https://soundcloud.com/chxta-bee/oba-akiolu-speaks-mp3


The twitter page
www.nairaland.com/attachments/2284534_obaspeech_jpeg7a31a8b98b109f64e3f0c348f02bc4fd


https://mobile.twitter.com/jag_bros/status/585118020806270976?p=v
https://soundcloud.com/chxta-bee/oba-akiolu-speaks-mp3

I feel so disappointed for the threat towards the Igbos from a supposed renowned Royal father. His ancestors has told him Lagos belong to Agbaje and now he's afraid of loosing the election. He's a disgrace to Traditional rulers in Nigeria. I didn't even know his name not until today cos he's irrelevant. People hear Obas like Oba of Benin, Ooni of Ife, Sultan of Sokoto Olu of warri. These are true Royal fathers that don't mix tradition with politics. Hell will not break loose if Agbaje wins Lagos weather he likes it or not.

blaizze:
Please what can cause foul smelling menstruation blood. I just noticed it last month on the last day of my period. The smell was so bad that I felt everyone could perceive it. I took some antibiotics and it stopped. but yesterday my flow started and this time it is worse!!! its really so frustrating.
has anyone experienced this before and what did you do. I cant go to the hospital right now cos I don't have enough money. maybe next week. Please I need help urgently. Please help me.

Sweetheart you definitely have an infection which could be caused by either Candida albicans. Maybe candidiasis of the virginal or virginitis which is a fungi infection as a result of the purulent smell observed with discharged. But I will advice you see a doctor or gynaecologist.

sold sold sold sold sold sold sold sold....

kingthreat:
Just saw this on Mighty George's (Brilla FM) Facebook page. Says it was a 15 minutes operation in broad daylight. No police within sight.

https://www.facebook.com/gessien1?fref=nf

Fashola will say again that the whole police were deployed to welcome president Jonathan this time around.

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TrishaP:
Yeah right!..but luck wasn't on his side.

shit happens. If it were to be the lioness, the Buffalo would've gone down. Lions are not really hunters, its the lionesses that hunt for the pride.

TrishaP:
And the lion really thought he could take down the Buffalo alone. Funny!

Its called bravery...

angelcj:
[img]http://2.bp..com/-YcOT3VjkrCE/VNaAYrqb2VI/AAAAAAAEdfA/V41FwgX6fwk/s1600/2.jpg[/img]
26 year old twin sisters, Owami and Olwethu Mzazi from Vosloorus, South Africa recently got married to the same man, 51 year old Mzukiseni Mzazi.
When interviewed by a South African magazine, the sisters said they'd always known they'd marry same man as they have shared everything else together since they were born...

“We have always done everything together. We share everything. That is how our grandmother raised us. So when we decided to marry, we said any man that wants to marry one, will marry the other” Owami told Drum magazine.

See more on http://www./2015/02/photos-meet-south-african-twin-sisters.html

What I love about the whole thing is the simple traditional wedding. Just look at their dressing, very simple, unlike we Nigerians, Asho ibi must be sold because person wan marry Quests Elizabeth!!!

teemanbastos:
join the progressives




















































Buhari/Osinbajo

no be only progressive, Na retrogressive when it comes to Buhari/Osinbajo. Have u asked yrself why Buhari always use Pastor as his running mate? let me know cos dis harmattan strong for my side.

teemanbastos:
Mr. fishbone ,join the winninq team..!!

pls enlighten me with the winner team, I presume u mean JONATHAN'S team.

teemanbastos:
I cee u'v bkum a daft person just like ur Head, mr Jonathan.

Fool, is that how to write.Can u just read what u wrote..."Orue"

teemanbastos:
why is a phdian presido talking lyk a ignoramus? during the military regime, evry woman and weaklings were under cos Military isnt 4 weak people xo nt having a woman is nt an ideal criticism.. Afterall what Oduah d 255M Thief done 4 awa airport? Wat of allison madueke.??


Mugu talk.. U ave no enemies yet yhu teargassed tambuwal and oda lawmakers, u alxo withdraw tambuwal`s security details and did ntn to Ondo state HOA members who defektd to ur party?

They built prisons and they will surely build more for you and your bands.. Trash. Of course what will a man of integrity be doing in a prison? Y u dy fear. D institutions u built, did u fund them.. Aw many mnths did ASUU go on strike?

If the youths must redefine this country, why dnt u put them in top positions.. Aw many ambassadors are youths? Aw many ministers are youths? Anxa naw

C what your lieing president said again..Mend wanted to assasinate me on oct. 1 bkos they backed GMB yet yhu said MEND were nt responsible for oct. 1 bombings years ago when they were still your friends..pls sir xtop lieing to the youths, yhu dnt want good 4 us


The president gave Lame and weak criticisms..am expecting our amiable Lai Mohammed should give a 'mega dose' of replies which he and his cohorts wud 4ever nt be able to get over.

Chase them..and Sweep them away.

Buhari/Osinbajo.

What is this one saying? are u high on soup? present yr criticism very well like a learned person.

itsdumebi:
Timaya is really balling....he recently showed a mansion he acquired and now he has acquired a brand new lexus jeep which he showed off this evening on FB...congrats to him!
http://itsdumebi.com/timaya-buys-new-lexus-jeep-celebrate-new-year/

Poverty mentality dey worry us for Nigeria, person buy beans, them go put am for internet. Is Vehicle an asset? Pride is our second name.Do u know how many people that buys new cars everyday in Nigeria and don't show it? nonsense

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Extom:
Ok.






Signed: Extom
Secretary
Nairaland

OK on what?

Can someone pls explain to we Nigerians how Ghana top second most corrupt country in the world and Nigeria not included amongst the first ten. I saw this on the internet not me that wrote it.

sammieguze:
The kain tin glo de do ehn..... E tire person.

Glo bounce was initially advertised for 5k bounce to bounce and 30mb on 200 recharge.

Life was easy then but all of a sudden, they jacked the call rate to 11k per sec bounce to bounce and even the thirty meg that was hitherto valid for a week was reduced to just two days all without informing the customers. It is very bad.

I av etisalat though but seems their call rate is quite high.

Or....which package re you on etisalat please?

And how i their call rate?

to be sincere, I can't remember my package, just call customer care on 200, and request for the lowest call rate.

U guys are still using this useless network called Globacom, their internet crawling like snail, calls fluctuates like PHCN. I have decamped to Etisalat, de best in internet and cheap calls. GLO really show be pepper!!!!