₦airaland Forum

jneutron4000:
We are strongly behind you Grandson.

jneutron4000:
We are strongly behind you Grandson.

jneutron4000:
We are strongly behind you Grandson.

adadike:
south west, that south east made. We developed Lagos and the entire south west, so I will face south west if I want to. Olosi, okobo!

macof:
People of Lagos know their roots. Thank you for your concern.

Those who are descended from Bini know themselves,
Those who are descended from Ife who own the lands know themselves
Those descended from Ekiti, Oyo and other parts of yorubaland know themselves

One thing is certain, no matter the case, native Lagosians are yoruba

Mkokelvin:
History has been taken from us. There is problem.in the Land.

Africans Must Wake Up.

All Obas of Lagos trace their lineage to Ashipa,a war captain of the Oba of Benin. Ashipa was rewarded with title of Oloriogun (or War leader) and received the Oba of Benin's sanction to govern Lagos. Some Benin accounts of history have the Ashipa as son or grandson of the Oba of Benin. Other accounts note that Ashipa is a Yorubacorruption of the Benin name Aisika-hienbore(translated "we shall not desert this place".

Ashipa received a sword and royal drum as symbols of his authority from the Oba of Benin on his mission to Lagos. Additionally, the Oba of Benin deployed a group of Benin officers charged with preserving Benin's interests in Lagos. These officers, led by Eletu Odibo, were the initial members of the Akarigbere class of Lagos White Cap Chiefs.

Prior to the arrival of the British, the Oba of Benin had "the undisputed right to crown or confirm the individual whom the people of Lagos elect[ed] to be their King".

The defeat of Oba Kosoko by British forces on December 28, 1851, in what is now known as the Bombardment of Lagos or Reduction of Lagos, or locally as Ogun Ahoyaya or Ogun Agidingbi (after boiling cannons), put an end to Lagos' s former allegiance to the Oba of Benin.

Kosoko was therefore the last Oba of Lagos to remit annual tributes from the people of Lagos to the Oba of Benin. Oba Akitoye, who was re-installed to the throne by the British, "seized the opportunity of his restoration under British protection to repudiate his former allegiance" to Benin and rebuffed subsequent tribute requests from the Oba of Benin.

Previous rulers of Lagos have used the titles of Ologun (derived from Oloriogun), Eleko and, most recently, Oba of Lagos.

The current Oba of Lagos, His Highness Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has served in the position since May 2003.

TAO11:
Thank you bro!

But I noticed bro that you appear to be waivering between two mutually exclusive thoughts.


You appear one one hand to be willing to concede that the story of the man Oduduwa literally dropping from the sky could not possibly have been "completely true" (or factual).

While you also on the other hand seem to want to (at the same time) hold on to the story as true, just because other people ("even the Bible" ) have some similar fantastic stories and lots of people do not contest these stories.

May be the story is true and may be it is not, but my argument is simply that we need to stop saying that it is TRUE just BECAUSE other cultures, religions, and civilizations also have similar fantastic stories which many people accept as true.

And also to stop saying that it is TRUE just BECAUSE it has been so passed down to us.

No, these two do not in any way constitute evidence upon which to really accept the story (or any story for that matter) as TRUE.

If the story is indeed true, then it should be because available EVIDENCE says so.

But unfortunately or fortunately, available EVIDENCE as examined by scholars of Yoruba History as shown demonstrably that that story, as it is, is actually not the case.

I hope to share some light below, in due course, on why this foregoing contrary conclusion is the case.

Cheers!

“The trend in the account is that the account always witnessed huge inflow from Lagos State Government in the above-scheduled accounts managed by the respondent (Adesanya),” the investigator said.

He said the commission received an intelligence on the transfers, analysed it, and found it worthy of investigation.

olaolulazio:
Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Federal Ministry of States and Local Governments Affairs

To be head by Ambode

Why did they stop it in d first place

Kanu said that the RevolutionNow is a laudable initiative and must be commended by all lovers of freedom.

"What Sowore did in calling for a revolution in Nigeria is the highest form of bravery. Protests should continue and if need be intensified, especially in Yorubaland, until Omoleye Sowore is set free."

sebali:
Tagging it a revolution maybe unwise but truth is Nigerians need to protest against the government in power; unemployment and insecurity is on the high, useless and unproductive policies dished out every now and then, "a fulanized nepotism.
I pray the turn out is encouraging just to let the government know Nigerians are unhappy.

franchasng:
without being told, you ought to have know what I wanted to type was Ladoke Akintola.....I was using mobile phone then, and my phone seems to be on auto correct whenever I type Akintola, it completes it with Akintola Williams

wolesmile:
Just so you know...


Sowore declared his intention to contest for presidency...
Sowore rejected every coalition that could possibly unseat the disastrous ruling party...
Sowore spent more time attacking the candidacy and personality of the ruling party's strongest opposition than making his manifestos known....
Sowore was confident of winning the presidential election though he didn't ensure he had party agents in majority of the poling units...
Sowore lost election and hibernated in a hurry...
Sowore want to lead a revolution just after the release of ministerial list...



Sowore na guy man

Lagosss1:
it is foolish to give cash for causes like this. create a trust in her name. they will pay he a stipend till she dies. for instance dropping a million in a trust will earn her around 10k monthly until her death, after which the trust can be disbanded on say her burial

Mk12:
do dead people still earn retirement?

Ikenna0b:
It is a pattern I've noticed lately. I agree with their "sai Buhari" that they are clueless and lazy. The intellect of your average Niggerian is equivalent to that was a snail

StOla:
There is no right I enjoy as a Nigerian who is not Igbo, that Nigerians that are Igbos do not also enjoy.

What the Igbos have been prevented from achieving is their gluttonous desire to have everything to themselves alone.

They have simply found it derogatory and frustrating that they need the approval of others to have their way, while other tribes do not suffer from the arrogance that considers compromise and intertribal alliances as necessary for progress in a heterogeneous nation.