₦airaland Forum

ycat:
This list doesn’t even matter, the non Yoruba on the list brought their businesses there because Yoruba created the enabling environment. Lagos was not the only former capital and hasn’t been the capital in over 34 years. Lagos is Yoruba ingenuity.

LAGOS was ruled by the British as from 1861 which Yoruba ingenuity are you talking about

christistruth01:
His Western Region lasted till after independence in 1967 and all of Lagos was returned to Awolowo and Yorubas at independence

It was with their permission that FG continued to use it as Federal Capital

The entire coast of Lagos was under the control of the Western Region for Security reasons

The Western region,likewise the northern region and Eastern region were ruled by whites - the colonial authorities for most part of its existence

babat89:
Enter street go talk that one.

Una go collect se!
De watch.

Nothing can change it,no threat no intimidation,until Nigeria ends ,LAGOS belongs equally and fully to all Nigerians. LAGOS doesn't belong to Yorubas alone.

rinzaugustine:
Yours definitely not mine

Your cup of tea

rinzaugustine:
wow that must be a very inhabitable place no one wants to go or you live in….enjoy your cave wouldn’t pray for anyone to find themselves there

Your cup of tea

Burob:
with all due respect, u are yapping nonsense, Lagos is yoruba land, just like London is Albion land.

OK na

DoTheNeedful:
Lagos has been a commercial hub before Nigeria (before any relationship between East and West) was founded in 1914. As far back as 1800's, Lagos was a thriving hub for slavery. Lagos would have been at moderately great city, even if it was not a capital.

Keep repeating whatever you like to yourself. It is not going to help you in any way. All I see is arrogance.

LAGOS was not the only thriving commercial hub in today's Nigerias coast, Calabar was,bonny was, etc,LAGOS only achieved it's status because the British took control of it in 1861 and subsequently made it the capital of Nigeria in 1914 before the federal government of Nigeria took over .Yorubas never had any exclusive contribution to LAGOS in making it a booming metropolitan city prior to 1999

Burob:
please when the binis conquered Eko before the Portuguese arrived in Lagos in 1472, who were the occupants?

The settlement in the land by the Awori people, the conquest of the Awori by the Benin Kingdom, and the exploration of the land by the Portuguese.

If there wasn't any increased migration by settlers to those areas during the oil boom in the 70s those areas will be more or less jungles today.the settlers built up those places ,yes land rights belong to the awori but administrative rights is not exclusive to them

DoTheNeedful:
The pride in this post is a problem. The Yorubas did not call the British, the Nigerian State or anyone to develop the place. Besides, it is not everyone that fancy a mega city like Lagos. Some people are just okay having their peace and quiet in smaller towns.

Secondly, Lagos stopped being the capital of Nigeria since 1991. I don't know why people like you have this sense of entitlement to another person's land.

Lastly, if not for posts like yours and the thousands of people like you, we would not be having this conversation. Everyone would be minding their businesses. As far as I know, nobody would chase you out of the house or businesses you built in Lagos. However, arrogantly saying Lagos is not owned by the Yoruba might make you lose it all.

The foundation laid by Lagos being the capital of Nigeria for over 70years cannot be wished away by the Yorubas ,every Nigerian as a special stake in LAGOS like they do in Abuja .unless Nigeria is divided, Lagos is an entitlement for every Nigerian .if the capital is moved from Abuja tomorrow ,Abuja will still and must remain as an entitlement of every NIGERIAN.

I repeat once again Yorubas cannot ,and do not have exclusive ownership of LAGOS. LAGOS is an entitlement of every single NIGERIAN. Maybe apart from the Fulani who aren't NIGERIANS.

Burob:
can’t u Obidients comprehend, Lagos Island is the FG.

Did the FG develop shomolu, agege or ilasa maja?

Those places were settlements built by settlers ( of all tribes including yorubas) that trooped in to Lagos because LAGOS was the capital.there was and is no foundational development in those areas by any Yoruba authority until very recently.

Burob:
they do, quite obvious that u did not comprehend what Reno wrote, & u just read.

They simply do not,the whole of LAGOS was built on the foundation of colonial authority and Federal government authority not on Yoruba authority

DoTheNeedful:
What do you mean by this? If it lasted only for six years, what would that mean? Eastern Region, Western Region and Northern Region are just some colonial administrative areas that has nothing to do with the ownership, indigeneship or ethnic composition of any geographical area.

Narratives like this is one of the main reasons why certain people from the SW are getting hostile to Non-Yorubas in Lagos.

What it means is that the claim That Yorubas built LAGOS is false,LAGOS was built by the FG of Nigeria

DoTheNeedful:
Who told you there was nothing? Even if there was nothing, it does not mean that those places where "no man's land" like some of you like to claim.

While this current seeming disharmony in Lagos is unfortunate, it is the hateful narrative of calling Lagos "no man's land" or disrespectful and vile narrative like calling Lagos State Benin land that is causing recent problem.

What is the big deal in everyone minding his business and living peacefully?

Yorubas do not have exclusive rights to LAGOS. It's a creation of Nigeria like Abuja is

aribisala0:
And you think you make that point by saying The Western region only lasted 6 years? Did the Western Region last only 6 years?
You seem confused

Why and how is that point relevant to my post that you quoted?

LAGOS is a creation of the British and the FG not Yorubas. Until Yorubas rule equal or gets up to a significant ( over half) the number of years of foreign( colonial n FG) rule in LAGOS .it remains a non Yoruba created metropolis

rinzaugustine:
There is no city or remote village or town anywhere in Nigeria and west Africa you don’t find an igbo man..impossible

There's no Igbo man in my village

aribisala0:
I am not able to respond to an infinite number of random things
Do you have a point?
You said Western region lasted for 6 years?
Now you are saying something else and then throwing in random other stuff

What is your point?

My point is that there was never really any direct control of Yorubas over LAGOS since it fell in 1861

aribisala0:
not true
You don't know Nigerian history and you don't know that you don't know
Anyway how is that relevant? WESTERN REGION existed before Lagos State
What is your point?

Western region was created from 1939 to 1967,prior to that Lagos served as the capital,it started from the island,but all land areas outside of the island was under British control extending to the whole of current NIGERIA.

Western region rule was by the British like all other regions, native Western region rule only started after independence to 1967. After LAGOS was created in 1967 it served as the capital of Nigeria.

The FG being within the enclaves of LAGOS as a state,extended development efforts more to LAGOS, than any other state

Have always said this but NIGERIANS will keep giving excuses for these old elites,how the people want free things and why we must pay neck breaking prices etc.

There's enough money to do the necessary things in the country ,the old elites simply don't do and want to do anything for the country.

DoTheNeedful:
Illiterate calling other people illiterates. The hallmark of literacy is being able to learn, unlearn and re-learn. From what you wrote, you know little about history, but you are still arrogant in your ignorance to the point of calling someone better informed than you illiterate.

If you didn't know. Lagos Island was the capital of Nigeria 50 years before Lagos State was created from the Western Region in 1967. Lagos Island has FCT minister until 1991 when the capital was moved, and it was not under Lagos State government. The control of Lagos Island came under Lagos State in 1991 when the capital was moved, since it was too tiny to be a state on its own.

The main reason many people misunderstand the dynamic between Lagos/Lagos Island and Lagos State is because of the word "Lagos". The misunderstanding would have been minimized if Lagos State had adopted another name entirely.

Enugu and Kaduna States are both named after Enugu and Kaduna, which are also towns in those states. It is a similar dynamic between Lagos Island and Lagos State.

Native Western region rule lasted only six years

DoTheNeedful:
There is no history rewriting. The problem is that some of you don't even know history at all.

Lagos was capital before Lagos State was created. Lagos Island became the capital in 1914; Lagos State was created in 1967 from the Western Region. None of the extant area of Lagos was part of the Lagos State created in 1967. In fact, the total control of the former capital fell under Lagos State after the capital was moved to Abuja in 1991.

Native Western region rule lasted only six years

Skydivine:
Calabar was also former capital. But I have never heard anyone say Obudu or Ikom in the same cross river was part of the capital city.

However, say I gave you a 1000 naira single note and you went ahead and changed it into 10 different 100 naira notes, ( which you invested in viable 10 businesses) , will that belittle the fact that I contributed wholly to your different investments?

Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria, it was the capital if the Southern protectorate. LAGOS was the capital of the almagamated Nigeria from day one in 1914

DoTheNeedful:
What he typed is correct. The problem is that many of you are misinformed and arrogant in your misinformation. Lagos Island had been the capital of Nigeria for almost 60 years before Lagos State was created in 1967 from the then Western Region. Lagos Island had its own ministers like Abuja has until 1991.

The confusion stems mostly from the word "Lagos" in Lagos Island and Lagos State.

There was nothing in the so called lands outside the LAGOS island so called capita,it was just jungle,it was the FG that opened up all of the LAGOS land area not the so called Western region which rule lasted only about 6 years

aribisala0:
This is not about rabble rousing
I personally have said this ON NAIRALAND several times
I am not the only several others have said the same thing On Nairaland

Coincidentally I even mentioned it today before RENO

it is a fact
There is a difference between Enugu Town and Enugu state
Kano
Kaduna
Oyo Ondo Bauchi Katsina

So I don't see what the fuss is about

Now Gowon created 12 states in 1967 and that is when Lagos state was created

Prior to 1967

Ikeja =Oshodi Mushin Isolo Palm government etc
Badagry=Orile, Okoko axis
Ikorodu = Ketu Ojota et
Epe = Ibeju Lekki etc

Were all in the Western region

We have been singing this for Ever

Lagos. ended at the RAILWAY CROSSING AFTER OJUELEGBA

that was the boundary with Ikeja division of the Western Region

Western region lasted only for 6 years

christistruth01:
99% of Lagos State belongs to Awolowo’s Yorubaland parapo Western Region.
Do you see that tiny dot beneath Ikeja LG?
That was Lagos the Federal Capital

Awolowo lasted only for about 6 years

Mynd44:
He is actually right. More than 70% of what is now Lagos state was in the old western region.

Lagos as FCT is a very small part of Lagos state. I don't know how people still do not know this

Old Western region for how many years,the regions just lasted for six years,prior to that during the colonial times Nigeria was ruled by the British as a whole,there were no regional rule

Western region for how many years,6 years

garykoeman:
He is hated because of his tendency to always lie, also with his manipulative instinct, while also been a religious and ethnic bigo-t.

So religious and ethnic bigotry as suddenly become bad habits due to Peter Obi,when other presidents especially under APC like buhari practiced it and lied

Nigerians that don't understand empathy and sympathy.very harsh people,how can they understand a man like Peter obi

Slave making machine factory of the great indians

Nigeria is not and cannot be leaders of AFRICA.
A country that is not developed enough to host any major international worldwide sport tournament in multiple cities is a poor undeveloped country.

All these sugar dressing to cover up Nigerias backwardness must be exposed.

Nigeria is not developed neither developing, we must admit this fact.

Even local African tournaments Nigeria cant singlehandedly host it. The so called afcon 2027 is a joint bid and will most likely not succeed.

The Nigerian people must admit their inadequacies and recognise the state of the nation with its failed leadership.

From 1960 to 2025 they have failed
The babyboomer GENERATION has failed no cover ups
No sugar coating it's the cold truth.

This simply means the baby boomer GENERATION failed AFRICA, they can cover up ,pretend,deflect and blame the youths as much as they want like they always do but they set up the youths for failure. They set up the future generations of AFRICA. The younger generation have a lot of work to Do.