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OlaoChi:
Ife is the source of yorubaland. That alone makes all obas less than the ooni

BOMBSHELL!!!!
Lagos is NOT Yoruba Land.
~ Oba Akiolu.

Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. Also reading from factual Historical books.

Let me share this Knowledge with you all on Eko/Lagos.

Modern-day Lagos was founded by Prince Ado, the son of the Oba of Benin, Prince Ado was the First Oba of Lagos, the son of the Bini King, Prince Ado, named the town Eko until the Portuguese explorer Ruy de Segueira changed the Maritime town to Lagos, which at that time from 1942 was Portuguese expedition center down the African Coast.

It was a major center of the slave trade until 1851. 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, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its Capital due to the struggle of the Bini King.

Lagos experienced growth pro to the British Colonial rule and even more rapid growth during the Colonial rule throughout the 1960s, 70s, continued through the 80s and 90s till date. Thanks to the Awori's, Bini's, Yoruba's, migrants across the Nation and World at large, as no particular group of people can take the Glory alone.

Lagos is made up of Lagoons and creeks. The Lagos lagoon, Lagos Harbour, five cowne creeks. Ebute-Metta creeks, Porto-Novo creeks, New canal, Badagry creeks, Kuramo waters and Light house creeks.

The Awori's and Bini's are known to be the first settlers of the Eko Land. The Awori's are speakers of a distinct dialect close to that of the Yoruba Language with a rich Bini mixture. Traditionally, Awori's were found in Ile-Ife, they were known to be the Bini's who followed their self exiled Prince, the first son of the Ogiso (now called Oba) of Benin Kingdom, whose Step-Mother was after his head.
The Exiled Benin Prince Izoduwa known to the Yoruba's as Ooduwa (Oduduwa) was made ruler of the Ife people due to his Powers and followers from the Great Benin-Kingdom.
Izoduwa (Ooduwa) was made the First King of Ile-Ife in 1230 AD. His followers from his father's Kingdom in Benin are the today's Awori people who settled in Eko now called Lagos.

In the 1300, the King of Benin-Empire heard from one of his traders who was a settler in Eko on how the Bini's were treated by the Awori's who lived in their area. Upon hearing this the King of Benin commanded the assembling of a War expedition, lead by his Son Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori's and demanded and explanation.

On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Awori's asked the Bini Prince to stay and become their leader. Ado agreed on the condition that they surrender their sovereignty to the Oba of Benin, to which the people agreed.
Hearing this, the King of Benin gave his permission for Prince Ado and the expedition to remain in Eko.

The Oba of Benin sent some of his chiefs including the Eletu, Odibo, Obanikoro and others to assist his son Oba Ado in the running of Eko. From the crowing of Prince Ado as the First Oba of Lagos (then called Eko) Lagos served as a major center for Slave- trade from which the Awori's, the Oba of Benin and his son the Oba of Lagos and all the children/descendants who took over as his successors for over four centuries supported the trade.

The Oba of Benin was head of the Benin-Empire which are present day Western, Southern and Eastern Modern- day Nigeria.
The King never obliged anyone to speak the Bini language as he believed everyone was entitled to their own choice of language.

The name Eko was given to it by the First King of Lagos Oba Ado, the young and vibrant Prince from Benin. Eko was the Land now known as Lagos Island, where the king Palace was built. The palace is called IDUNGARAN meaning "palace built on pepper farm" Oba Ado and the Warriors from Benin together with the early Bini's settlers in Eko and the Awori people settled in the Southern part of Eko called "Isale Eko". "Isale literally means bottom ". Must have been used to indicate downtown (as in down town Lagos)

Until the coming in of the Benin's 1300AD , Lagos geographical boundary was Lagos mainland, Lagos Island, the seat of the Oba of Lagos then consisted of a pepper farm and fishing post. No one was living there.

About 1450 AD some Yoruba's who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-State and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in very large numbers thereby surpassing the numbers of the Awori's and Bini's. (Hence Yorubas claim to own Eko due to their numbers).

Oba Ado fell in-love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief, they had two sons and also a daughter Erelu Kuti, who begat Ologun Kutere who later became King.

Oba Akintoye descendant of Prince Ado whose mother was the First Queen from Awori ascended the throne as Oba of Lagos in 1841, he attempted to ban Slave-trade with the help of the British, but the Local merchant, the Awori's, Bini's and a few Yoruba's who was already integrated and married to Awori's and Bini's strongly opposed the intended move, and disposed and exiled the King and installed Akintoye's brother Kosoko as Oba, at exile in Europe, Akintoye met with British Authorities who had earlier banned Slavery in 1807 the British decided to support the deposed Oba to regain his throne.

With the Success of the British intervention in 1851 Akintoye was reinstalled as Oba of Lagos. In practical terms, however the British influence over the Benin-Empire had become absolute, and then years later in 1861 Lagos was formally annexed as a British Colony.
This lead to the fight of the British and the Bini King, the leader of the Benin-Empire for years, which finally lead to the fall of the Empire and the capturing of Oba Ovonramwen.

Oba Akintoye of Lagos was the first Oba not to be buried in Benin. Prior to this all the Kings of Lagos were buried in Benin. They passed on taxes to the Oba of Benin until the British settled in.

Until today the Oba of Lagos is the head of all the Oba's in Lagos because the Bini's believe that wherever they or their offspring are they are senior. The Status of the Oba of Lagos is different from other Obas most of whom were given back their crowns and staff of office only within 40years ago.
Those who got their lands back was the original land owners they were mostly descendant of Prince Ado others children of the Olofin.

COPIED

Mere coincidence, no sango power there.

Supadupaman:
Reasons why I go to church late.. Skip title skip offering skip seed sowing skip anything fiscal! B'cos with all the wealth at the disposal of the pastors they can never help you.. I regret been a pentecostal member..

Stop regretting my friend. Quit the church and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is what I am doing. No God in today's church oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I will win the best miracle man of God award. Watch out.

You know her to be a bad girl from your youth days, yet after getting married, you still remain her close friend to the extent that she could spend sometimes with u in your matrimonial home ? Hmmmmmm! I smell lies . And i smell dollars.

[quote author=gidimafia post=55649326][/quote]Marijuana causes cancer the way HIV cause AIDs. Lying Mohammed! Please tell another story jor. Enough of this bullcrap

gypsey:
I smoke ganja but I managed to run my own business my doctor smokes ganja too some time we share ganja, does that mean we are both irresponsible?

I smoke ganja too and my wife is happy about it because Igbo makes me become a very reasonable husband. So long it helps me keep my family and business together,plus it keeps me regularly healthy, I don't even care about what the Pope says about Igbo.

You ain't really living if you ain't taking weed. I am over 40 and I started smoking weed two years ago, and i can categorically tell you that since i started smoking , my life has witnessed tremendous positive transformation;healtwise and behaviorally. I am now a more loving and reasonable husband. I hardly get pissed off by wife's womanly mistakes anymore. Igbo is the best leave created by God. SK is good folks.

sonmvayina:
A sacrifice to end all sacrifice
..problem though, while will God, sacrifice his son to himself to appease himself, so that he can forgive his servants..

The man Jesus was neither God nor a son of God but a mystic of some sort who was murdered by the Jews for his truthful disposition which they saw as a threat to thier tradition. His death didn't take any death or sins away. He died a physical death not spiritual death. If his death took death away, it would have been the physical death for only spiritual death can pay for spiritual death and physical death takes away physical death. All the balderdash were all said by Christ followers to give some credence to the claim that he was God. Christ prayed like you and I, to a supreme God whom he claimed sent him some message. Unto Thee I Grant

somadinho10:
I have said it before and I will continue to say it...... The problem we the southerners have are the north, can you believe the three southern presidents were by accidents, our major problem is disunity and trust, igbos will never seek for secession had Lord lugard not joined us with those people that should have been joined with Niger and Chad I'm sorry to call any tribe but the yoruba people are the only reason this people always hold us for ransom, remember how awolowo,abiola, and recently Tinubu were used and dumbed.. ...... .. I call for a United south

With you, we stand. A united south is the only antidote to this odoreferous malady called one Nigeria!

Nigeria shall be rich again. Blow more whistle let our money be collected back from crooks. But I suspect only tinubu can own that kind of money in Lagos. Or, could it be Obanikoro? If not one of the two , who else? Nigerians are animals. Only animals can behave like this. Hoard dollars to make your people suffer ? Can a man created by God do that ? I doubt. We blacks were created by the devil himself

Nigeman:
Dear Nairalanders,

We need stop tribal bashing on nairaland. People outside Nigeria don't know who is Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba. In South Africa today, Igbos and Yorubas are massacred daily. Do they differentiate between the two tribes? We need to wake up and see one another as Nigerian. No tribe is free from crimes and reason why we need must stop accusations and counter accusat
ions.
Let us join hands to stop tribalism.

God blesses you. The most mature mind on Naira Land.

Philinho:
I see her employing first class soon.....A university owner who starts with HND is now employing professors

Oyedepo only has OND in architecture, but he has many professors working for him . What of Atiku, the same thing. Atiku has just OND in local government education.

blank:
You work in a bank and write like this? Could barely understand you.

Where did he say he works with a bank? I was the one that said i worked with a bank. Go, I pray thee, and treat your malaria before it seriously affect your brain. You are somehow beside yourself. Pele oooo

Sirpaul:
when you fail you will surely have excuses...............

Failing in school is not the ultimate failure, but failing in life. From what i could decipher, the lady is very successful in her life , even more than you with a first class. Poverty can make you have low grade, but it can never quench your urge for success. I am a living testimony.

The iPad and iPhone you hold in your hand were created by a school drop out. In the 80s when those who reaso like you took over Apple from a school failure, Apple was in ruin until they were forced to recall the school failure . Since his return, Apple has become a bluechip company .

Polyphony:
i disagree. I graduated with second class upper division. my target was first class but, along the way, i developed interest in music production. I had the best grades in my first year. thing is, I lost interest in my course of study (computer science) and focused more on learning how to compose music.
I'm happy that I followed my heart and things are going well for me.

Gbam. Which first class are we talking about self? First class from Nigeria universities? Those things are mere rubbish being given to those who can cramm very well . Look at most of them after school, they don't even have the ability to think. Good students graduate with low grades in Nigeria because they tend to make some difference by not just memorising what they were told in school and pour them back to their lecturers . I'm a witness.

iyamchee:
Ogbeni......
Forget all that English....
A person who bagged first class knew what he was doing.....
You and i know that you cannot buy a first class degree....
The highest money can buy you is a Second Class Lower....
If you were the CEO of a company, who would you pay more attention to? A first class graduate or Third class

My former boss has a first class in economics and i have a second class lower. However, whenever he was issued a query from head office , I usually answered the query for him as he certainly do not know how to put his thought on paper. To add to it, since the bank asked us to go home, he hasn't been able to use his head to think of what to do to help himself. But look at me today, even before the bank asked us to go, I was able to use my brain and created some really good stuff for myself. What matters is the brain, not the paper.

anthonypeters:
Its as simple as that

From what she is saying, she doesn't need any idiat to employ her. Who employed dangote ? Who employed Otedola etc? It is because of this dark mentality of getting a good certificate for employment that is making poeple to buy first and second class certificate and at the end, when they are given the job, they mess up everything and the nation pays for it. Let me ask, how many first class graduates can actually put their thought on paper the way she did ? Until we change our mentality, we will remain backward.

LionDeLeo:
What's the duration of silence to be observed for the two emboldened?
Meanwhile, even if he meant "men of god" what exactly is wrong with the English, grammatically and otherwise?

1 hr of 'silented '

Piercy:


And the Lord said it was finished bros as I dy see your matter eh on top the transformer way I climb so broda... Abeg eh tamper justice with mercy please.. Brother.. You didn't just kill English you beheaded it.. Chai

Fellow Naira landers please let's hold a minute silent for the death of English language

Mr I-too-know. What is a minute silent? Were you to write a minute of silence?

That statement though Stupid enough to be a menace, it is certainly not obtuse enough to be innocuous.

felixomor:
He never said u cant meet a wife through Facebook...

No, but he said u will lose her through YouTube . Now, tell me what that supposed to mean.

EzigboNwanma:
Ok, so how about this? types of sacrifices?

That is advance mmm.

[quote author=osayuwamwen post=55195810][/quote]Is building a house an investment? How much can you realise in that your house in a whole year? Can you make up to just 500k in a year ? Rice sellers can make more than that in six months with money not up to what u are sinking in that house. U ain't definitely building that house in leki or VI , it is certainly in a remote area where a room won't be up to 2,000 naira. Is that an investment? Is that what you will use to give your children a better life ? Or u just want to join landlord association to pamper your ego. Think , man.

jay7:
I can't just help but laugh after going through the comments here, most of the people commenting here are probably still in school and are still been cater for by there parents so they know little about marriage, what is the minimum wage in Nigeria? "18,000". Let me use teacher's as an example there are some states where they pay teacher's less than 50,000 and they still went ahead to marry and enroll there kids in private school's, to the OP you will not remain on that salary scale for life my advice to you is if the lady is the understanding type plealse go ahead and marry her.

Don't mind naira land kids. This is why i will never ask question about my life on a forum like naira land ? When i married in 2010, my salary was 54,856 naira, and my wife was earning 10k in a private hospital here in Ogun state. We were managing like that till 2014, when God opened our ways. But today, i have cars a business of mine , and a mansion to call a home. If i had allowed my salary to barr me from marrying my lovely girl , maybe by now I would have still be poor. Just be focused , cut your cloth according to your cloth, plan your life , look out for business opportunities wherever you are , don't compete with anybody, avoid owambe , at least for now . In the next few years , you will come here to pay homage to us.

However, you must ensure she is a woman that listen to sense, she must not be owanbeic , she must not be an iPhone lover . If she possesses these attributes, you can SURELY make it with that salary. Let me shock you, when i wanted to start my business in march 2014, i was only having 20k in my account, but just as the saying goes, when there is a will , there will always be a way, someone who wasn't a really a friend of mine , lent me 200k, after a while , i was able to walk to another aquitance of mine to lend 100k, as the business was expanding, i burrowed another 500k . Within a year, i repaid all the money with interest and gifted myself with a beautiful car to call a ride. My brother, don't listen to kids, plan your life , do good and let God handle the rest. Meanwhile, remember, God won't do for a man what he can do for himself. So , as you pray, think more of solutions , when doing this, you will be able to see and recognise God's mensager whenever he comes your way. Talking from experience bro.

avalanche25:
dis guy is too childish
He need an override mechanism to rest his system

Men are really watching. Very soon ,he will be reset

Chairman, NCAN , Sambisa forest chapter. We hereby salute our southern brothers. They have shown us the type of unity they seek.

So, davido papa no dey upon his boast of his dad's wealth . Hmmmm

[quote author=ivandragon post=55018392]I think Sahara Reports were set up by people who had most likely used them in the past to sell half truths.

it is mind boggling that SR couldn't have carried out some very basic but germane preliminary checks on their own.

well, I sincerely hope they can keep exposing our thieving politicians, but with more truth & less bias...[/quote

No , I don't think with this 5bn naira dangling on thier neck, they still have the capacity to( expose ) lie against anybody.

Chai! I wish buhari himself has an o'level certificate, this would have nailed Dino Melaeya

This is hilarious and at the same time , lugubrious.