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Guys, please no derailing, please please please, if you want to fight about who owns Lagos, open a new thread for that, this thread is not for what you guys are brewing here abeg.



@topic


Who is the author of "A short story of EPE"?


[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=705689.msg8648291#msg8648291 date=1309794270]The first badagry mission should be cms- someone correct this if wrong.

Cms as in anglican mission.[/quote]Tilapia my foeind, you're right  

Heheheheh UBA, i dey laff, you're about to go into extinction.

Loan you don't give

Customer service none existence

Friendly staffs for where

Nothing nothing, una just dey compete with RCCG for who get branches pass,

Yeye bank,

I give you just 2 years to pack up if you dare restrict your Minimum balance to 25k

Rubbish!!!

Eko Ile:
Don't you mean Iga Eyo?

Iga eyo is where Eyo is the HQ of Eyo masquerades, like Iga Eyp Onireke, Iga Eyo ologede, Iga Eyo Adimu or Iga Idunganran.




Eyo masquerade @ Iga Idunganran back in 1912
[img]http://2.bp..com/_bDcpR_wJ7hk/S-EBBRv1q_I/AAAAAAAAD3E/--dNnpdnINA/s1600/eyo.jpg[/img]

Nah, you're wrong, Oga has to do with a region, her heritage, a region in Lagos, Oga sounds like a name of the founder of Ikorodu. Does Ikorodu Oga ring a bell?

http://www.ikoroduoga.net/history.html

catso:
But my question is that, how are they going to detect anyone carrying bomb or any illegal material?
I passed 2ru this very road on Sunday though the holdup was not that terrible, but no one stopped our vehicle or conduct any search.
If we were carrying anything, there is no way they can detect that.

By praying they come out to confess and repent.

aguiyi:
^^^

naijababe:
Typical of trades on US holidays. Me, I dont bother on such days anymore.

. Na u get liver pass jare. No mind jelly Honeric.

Why you wey no be jelly honeric no trade? hehehehe, you be jellyjelly naijababe

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=705689.msg8648136#msg8648136 date=1309792815]Oga in lagos should mean the same as it does elsewhere, which is boss.[/quote]Wrong, it's not the same pronunciation with "boss", it has something to do with a masquerade/dance or something of sort.

Egbin thermal station is located where?


The first christian mission that arrived in Badagry in 1842 was?



The Epo masquerade is popular among which people of Lagos' origin?

jerryben12:
The name 'Lagos' came from the word lagoon because the state is located by the lagoon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_Lagoon

Where the name came from is no longer an issue and no you may be wrong, that's not why the Portuguese named Eko Lagos, they also have a city named Lagos, does that also mean it's because its located by the lagoon?

Eko Ile:
1: The leader of Lagos youth movement (LYM) is? Kofo Abayomi


2:  The first hospital in Lagos is the?  Massey street dispensary/Hospital

3:  Oga in Lagos is associated with? Need more specificity

4: The current Lagos commissioner for youth, sports and social development is? Answered already

5: Who founded the weekly news paper "eko akete"? Adeoye Deniga in 1922

First newspaper in Nigeria and the first none white newspaper in Africa was Iwe irohin fun awon agbe ati Yoruba in 1859.

I think the No 3 (Oga) has to do with a festival or something of sort just like the Eyo, Epo e.t.c

Which colonial governor of Lagos set up a sanitary board in 1899?

^^^

Me and Gold? do i look like CBN?

afam4eva:
A guy named H. S Freeman.

Is it Epe or Iganmu? i'm not sure.

Nice one bro.


@ topic


1: The leader of Lagos youth movement (LYM) is?


2: The first hospital in Lagos is the?

5: Who founded the weekly news paper "eko akete"?

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=705689.msg8647645#msg8647645 date=1309789345]People are conjecturing binis must have either left lagos or blended into the locals because they've been told lagos was bini territory.

So to explain the total absense of benin in lagos, they're coming up with all sorts of explanations for the fact that benin was never significantly there in the first place. Interesting.

Lagos was established by the portuguese as a trading base which became an exclusively slave port. Benin, in conjunction with the portuguese. Or under the direction of the portuguese/ some other african potentate, had a small military base there to facilitate slave transportation. When benin ceased to actively engage in the slave trade to ghana especially, it's outreaches reduced especially as the portuguese themselves were pushed out of west africa by the dutch and had to go further south to angola and elsewhere. Areas closer to india.

The portuguese influence in west africa waned after a while, due to many factors. They moved to brazil and angola instead, among other places.[/quote]Do not be afraid, Lagos is not going to be taken away from the Yorubas by anyone okay?

while you're cooling down your nerves, you can read the article i posted below, it's on the LAGOS STATE OFFICIAL website.

I don't want us to derail this thread please Tpia.




@topic

The cowries on the Lagos state coat of arms symbolizes what?

afam4eva:
Which Binis are you referring to? The present day binis or the old binis. There's a possibily that some bini people remained in Lagos and mixed with the Yoruba people.

Do we have 2 binis?

@topic


Who was the first British governor of Lagos?

Urakoloye was known to be the founder of which area of Lagos?

Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was originally called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: "cassava farm" or Eko ("war camp", by its Bini conquerors. History has it that the Oba of Bini sent various trade expeditions to Ghana where spices were traded and one of his traders complained about the way she was being treated by the Awori's. The Oba of Bini then sent a trade expedition by sea. Ironically, the leader of the expedition arrived in the evening at a time when the people who were predominantly fishermen were either wading into the water or getting into their boats to gather their catch. He declined to engage them further and returned to what is now called Benin City where he reported to the Oba of Bini that they were attacked. This prompted the Oba of Bini to constitute a war expedition led by Ado, a Bini Prince to go to Lagos and demand an explanation. This was over 650 years ago. However, on getting there, they were well received. The people were so enamored with Ado they asked him to stay and lead them. He agreed on the condition that they surrendered their sovereignty to the Oba of Bini to which they agreed. The Oba of Bini was told this and he gave his permission for the expedition to remain. The Oba of Bini later sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist Ado in the running of Eko. Till 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 and have various classifications. Suffice it to state that those who got their crowns back were the original land owners. These were Olofin's children. Moreover, 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 probably respective settlements about 1400AD. With the fleeing people from the hinterlands most of them scattered again to different places, some to Iro, to Otta, Ado, others to Ebute Metta i.e three landing places - Oyingbo, Iddo 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. The Olofin was said to have 32 children. His own known children are Olumegbon, Aromire, Oloto, Oluwa, Oniru, Onisiwo, Onitoolo, and Elegushi. Ojora, Onikoyi and Mogiso were not his biological children. After the demise of Agbodere, the name Olofin became the name used to remember him while a title of Oloto was given to his seccessor. With one of his sons becoming the Oloto his other children parted ways to what is known as visible settlements in the present day Lagos. Aromire whose name means defeated the river or became the river's friend is likely to be the first to cross being said to have swam across the river. It is possible that his real name is not Aromire but due to the feat he became known as such.

Until the coming of the Bini's, Lagos's geographic boundary was what is known now as Lagos Mainland. Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing posts. No one lived there though. 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.[1] Eko was the land area now known as Lagos Island where the king's palace was built. The Palace is called Iga Idunganran which, translated means 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 literarily meaning bottom, but must have been used to indicate downtown (as in Downtown Lagos).


http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/index.php?page=subpage&spid=14&mnu=null

afam4eva:
The bini people may have left lagos because  then  it was just like every other place. In the past people moved a lot. I heard that Igbos used to be located in the middlebelt before they moved southwards.

I think you're wrong, the Binis are in Lagos and in large numbers, but are very quiet and respecter of other people's land/culture, we do not speak our language to intimidate or disrespect our host, but we are good at holding on to our own beliefs and culture while learning other people's own.

bigdoo:
This is simply man-made problem.  Boko Haram + Buhari = PROBLEM FOR NIGERIA

That guy baddddd, Jona should arrest him for causing road block

Urakoloye was known to be the founder of which area of Lagos?

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=705689.msg8647434#msg8647434 date=1309787899]@ topic

during the era of the pepper trade, who was lagos engaging in trade with - was it the portuguese?

Why is there relatively little information about this period.[/quote]Maybe because Lagos was under the rule of the Binis then so most of the activities got recorded under the Bini "history"?

afam4eva:
He founded the Ahmadiyya Movement i think.

step1:
Anwar -Ul-Islam movement of Nigeria founded in 1916

http://www.anwarulislam.com/beginning.asp

You're both right, the former is the new name while the latter was the old name.


[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=705689.msg8647393#msg8647393 date=1309787585]@ honeric01

the portuguese town called lagos was a shipping and slave port which also supplied many of the sailors who visited the gulf of guinea- lagos in particular.

Its not yet clear if lagos was also named for that town.[/quote]Well you're also not clear nor sure, so lets wait until we find someone with a clearer reason.

6: Which Muslim missionary society was founded by L B Augusto in Lagos?

step1:
At OP I have a question

Why did the Bini people leave Lagos around the 19th century ?

You can ask anyone, not necessarily me, it's meant for the public and those with answers would surely respond.

jason123:
Sorry if you think it is tribal but I just have to speak the SIMPLE TRUTH. If I do not say it, any person will . . .
I am out!!! Once again, I apologise . .

You could be saying the truth but for peace sake, I wouldn't want you to continue in this pace before the thread is hijacked by tribal E-warriors who can eat up a whole mountain without leaving their chairs/bed/computer.

step1:
Jason was absolutely right with his post and I see nothing wrong in it. What was your question again?
Maybe I can answer it

He might be right but for peace sake, it should not be discussed here.


Scroll downward.

I think today is best suited for scalping, no major movement is expected today or am i wrong? i have been in the market since last night and all i see is snail walk

I am still waiting for answers to the rest of my questions o,

jason123:
Lagos is a Yoruba man's land. If anything then, Edo. But it is not a NO MAN's land.

You see, it is this type of silly propaganda that makes people insecure and react violently. How can you go to another man's land, live in peace and later decalre it a no man's land since they do not disturb your presence there??

We have had a capital (Calabar) before Lagos yet Calabar is not a no man's land but GREEDY people will call Lagos a no man's land. This foolish talk lead the the death of Hausas in Lagos.

My Igbo neighbours, respect is reciprocal. Respect the owners of the land and inturn, you shall be given respect. Because the Yorubas are calm does not give you the license to bully them. One day, they will be pushed to the wall (if this continues) and we will all regret it.

This is my opinion . . .

Please do not TURN this to a tribal war thread, be careful.

;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

afam4eva:
How did the Portugese name "Lagos" come about.

The trade friendship they had with the binis who were coming to Lagos to trade then?

Or they named it after Lagos (their own city name too) because of the familiarity?  

Nayah:
honerico lol this is too easy be clear if that was not for me I'll handle it no pb

Maybe if you answer my question, i might answer yours too

Do you like being told what i said?

1: The leader of Lagos youth movement (LYM) is?


2:  The first hospital in Lagos is the?

3:  Oga in Lagos is associated with?

4: The current Lagos commissioner for youth, sports and social development is?

5: Who founded the weekly news paper "eko akete"?

This thread is dedicated to those who knows or wants to know more about Lagos's history.

On this thread, you can only do 2 things, [b]ask [/b]or [b]answer [/b]a question that is [b]ONLY [/b]on Lagos state (past and present issues/info/occurrence).


Hope we all find this thread to be beneficial at the end of day.

Regards

^^^^^^Nayah

If you liked what i typed, then yes for you, but if not, then its for some girls who like to hear such words

Agreed

Wow, now you look SOOOO hot!!!

So help them God, dem zombie, dem zombie