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wolesmile:
For you info, he is a direct descendant of Tinubu. He is the son of Kafaru, a former commissioner in Lagos and a younger brother to the late Iyaloja. His mother is the one from iragbiji, not the father.
Regardless of whatever Kafaru's children say, they all know BAT is the first born of their father. Google Wale Tinubu, owner of OANDO and see the resemblance with BAT. No one needs tell you they are of the same blood.

Lol
From your write up, it is safe to say that the Iyaloja, BAT's rumored mother, is his aunt.
One lie leads to many lies.
Choose one story and stick to it.

Lagos was named after a city in Portugal called Lagos..the word Lagos is Portuguese for city of lakes ..

I thought Seun Kuti was more intelligent than this. Is he saying this because his family are returnees?

AbdulMagaji:
She was part of the calamity that befell Nigeria because those slaves would have cursed the land tire and Lagos was the seat of power then.

Until a woman seats as a president in Nigeria, thats when the calamity would be broken and Nigeria will be free.

Don't mind freeandfair247. Alhaja tinubu isn't tinubu's biological mother.

She just gave tinubu her daughter's name after the girl died so that Tinubu can help continue her hard drug business in the United States

I think Seun's point is that Lagos cannot be separated from its slave trade past. and an administrative centre for the British colonists.

millionaireman:
Yoruba land is nearest to Lagos. So for convenience sake, one may say Lagos is part of Yoruba land.
But it's absolutely absurd to say Yorubas own Lagos, whereas Lagos is a cosmopolitan city started by slave returnees including the Binis that still lay claim to being the first inhabitants of Lagos.

Did they also import the land ?

omohayek:
Are you so lazy you can't do a quick Google search to receive the answers you pretend to seek? Go ahead and keep waiting for his adoption papers to be waved in your face - I'm sure that will happen right after you personally receive Obama's long-form birth certificate ...

Thankfully I am neither a lazy nor a blind follower. Unfortunately your favourite Google does not have copies of his adoption documents. Are you his family member? Have you seen the documents? If you cannot give us proof, them it will be very safe to call you, A VERY LAZY YOUTH.

Moh247:





Largos vs Lagos vs Lagoon

Bright of Miafra vs Biafra

Nigga Area vs Nigeria

Zaria vs Zazzau


Facts...

What is Lagos, and who are Lagosians

Lagos is a Cosmopolitan state with over 37 LGA, 100s of indegeneous Villages and Traditional rulers under the Guidance of Eleko Oba ridwan

Ikorodu, Ibeju,Lekki, Oworonshoki, Oshodi, Iba, Alimosho, IsaleEko (Island) Mushin , Okokomaiko, elegushi, EtiOSA etc

All this community are villages occupied by Yorubas, especially Egun, Iwori, Ilaje and other fishing and trading tribes


During the abolition of Slave trade, Two cities allowed British Navy free pasage to bring in intercepted slaves , LAGOS and FREETOWN , slaves got freedom, new identity and ability to start a fresh hence the likes of Herbert Macaulay , Wellington, Vivoh and many slave names in Isale eko

Long before British or Portuguese, Since the advent of Water transport, Eko, Lagos and environs and Ijebu played a critical roll in Yoruba Trans Atlantic trade, Ibadan traders bought farm product from Ekiti, Ondo, Oke Ogun, Ijesa , Osogbo etc , sold it to Ijebu , Ijebu traded with Eko people and Eko people sold directly at the beaches to any sailor



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Lagos have 20 LGAs stop confusing us

Yoruba originally named Lagos “ EKO
That’s what Yoruba call it till day, and it’s not everywhere in Lagos state that it’s Lagos,
Lagos is Lagos Islands 🏝 and not inclusive of Ikate, it’s Ebute Meta and Adeniji, Isale Eko etc

Lagos is a Portuguese word meaning Port, Lake or wetlands

Parachoko:
He's wrong


Lagos is a Portuguese word and I think it has something to do with lagoon or so

its a Portuguese word which means Lake from the word Lagoon,it was not or never mean Slave area or anything

o42austino:
Lagos is a Portuguese word meaning Port

And port means Ebute , that’s the name Yoruba gave Lagos, Eko ko wan lo ni Ebute Meta as grandma use to say” Bank W is from Ebute Meta , you are only confused because you don’t under the meaning of Eko, Ebute

Eko oni baje oo! Eko Baje ti

martin123:
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has claimed that Lagos State is not part of Yoruba land.

Akiolu’s statement is coming barely a week after he publicly humiliated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at an event.

In a statement from Akiolu’s palace, the monarch traced the historical background of the state and why it should not be regarded as part of Yoruba land.

The statement reads: “Coming from the palace, with what I was told by my late paternal grandmother who is a descendant of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and 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 centre 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 prior 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 Yorubas 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, led by his son, Prince Ado, which headed the settlement of the Awori’s and demanded explanation.

“On arriving Eko, Prince Ado and his Army were more than received. The Aworis 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 Aworis, 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 the head of the Benin Empire which are the 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 Idugaran 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 Yorubas who hailed from Isheri in Ogun-state and Ekiti were allowed by the King to settle in Eko during a war, they came in a 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 begot Ologun Kutere who later became King.”

Stop rewriting history with fake news and fake history.

Lagos was a farm and commercial point of the Oyo Empire and was occupied by Yoruba warriors and it extended into benin republic and Togo.

Yorubaland and Yoruba people does not end in Nigeria or Lagos, it ends in Togo and some parts of Ghana.

When the Portuguese came they traded with Yorubas in the places now called Lagos, Cotonou and Porto Novo.

Lagos, cotonou and Porto Novo used to be one whole Yoruba farm and commercial point.

Lagos was called Oko.

sukkot:
binis and yorubas are the same people. About 60 percent of yorubas are binis. It’s the same people. For example the commisioner for transport for Lagos state and the senator representing Lagos east are yorubas today from ikorodu but 400 years ago they were called binis . This is why in ikorodu they have 2 chieftaincy titles , one to recognise their Bini ancestry called The OLISA king title of ikorodu. What’s my point ? YOU ARE Making no point

Yorubas and Binis are not the same people and will never be the same people the day Nigeria dis-integrates the Binis will have their own independent country.

Stop rewriting history with fake news and fake history.

Lagos was a farm and commercial point of the Oyo Empire and was occupied by Yoruba warriors and it extended into benin republic and Togo.

Yorubaland and Yoruba people does not end in Nigeria or Lagos, it ends in Togo and some parts of Ghana.

When the Portuguese came they traded with Yorubas in the places now called Lagos, Cotonou and Porto Novo.

Lagos, cotonou and Porto Novo used to be one whole Yoruba farm and commercial point.

Lagos was called Oko.

HNICEARTH:
Seun kuti is an omo ale. How can he refer to asiwaju's lagos as slave coast? Such bold disrespect and abuse of the yoruba culture and land. No real omoluabi will dare say such a thing.

#SAYNOTOBIGOTRY

But he is right .. as painful as it is .. he is right..most of the big lagos families were mostly slave traders .. back then it was big business .. selling your people for money.. ooh sorry .. it still is

codemaniacs:
Yorubas and Binis are not the same people and will never be the same people the day Nigeria dis-integrates the Binis will have their own independent country.

Stop rewriting history with fake news and fake history.

Lagos was a farm and commercial point of the Oyo Empire and was occupied by Yoruba warriors and it extended into benin republic and Togo.

Yorubaland and Yoruba people does not end in Nigeria or Lagos, it ends in Togo and some parts of Ghana.

When the Portuguese came they traded with Yorubas in the places now called Lagos, Cotonou and Porto Novo.

Lagos, cotonou and Porto Novo used to be one whole Yoruba farm and commercial point.

Lagos was called Oko.

i am talking to you as a Yoruba man whose ancestry 400 years ago was called Bini. My family is part of the Olisa royal Bini family in ikorodu but we are called Yoruba today. Understand that I am speaking to you as an ancestral Bini man but today called Yoruba from ikorodu

christistruth01:
Lagos means Lagoon in Portuguese

There is a Town called Lagos in Portugal

Don't mind them. This is exactly how fake news is spread. Some parents will go home and tell their kids...their kids will grow up believing Lagos is No man's land. Lagos is Eko and Eko is Lagos

Which originally belong to the people of Benin kingdom

omohayek:
Exactly - and this is something anyone could easily verify by looking it up in a Portuguese-English dictionary. Besides, even if it were true, so what? Does the fact that English-speakers use the word "Germany" to refer to Deutschland now mean that Germany belongs to the British? Or does "Sverige" being called "Sweden" mean the Swedes are living on UK soil? A place having different names in different languages says absolutely nothing about who its indigenous inhabitants are or how it was founded.

Seun Kuti is just revealing his own ignorance and laziness by circulating this ridiculous, low-IQ piece of propaganda born of some semi-literate IPOB sympathiser.

Absolutely!
From Ransom - Kuti to Anikulapo -Kuti.

Parachoko:
He's wrong


Lagos is a Portuguese word and I think it has something to do with lagoon or so

Don't go and think about South East.. Ope

Buikechukwu35:
because seun kuti is making sense you're now tagging him ipob, truly europeans removed chains from our hands and chain our mind,

No, I'm saying he's blindly recirculating propaganda created by IPOB sympathisers. If you can't see the distinction, the "chains" you're talking about are on your own mind and no one else's.

fasterwell:
Which originally belong to the people of Benin kingdom

Another mad man sighted😜😜😜😜

Parachoko:
He's wrong


Lagos is a Portuguese word and I think it has something to do with lagoon or so

Portuguese word for coastal lakes. It's significant because they traded slaves there

sukkot:
i am talking to you as a Yoruba man whose ancestry 400 years ago was called Bini. My family is part of the Olisa royal Bini family in ikorodu but we are called Yoruba today. Understand that I am speaking to you as an ancestral Bini man but today called Yoruba from ikorodu

The lineage of oba of benin throne are yoruba but benin people are different from yoruba. Only those who occupy the throne are yoruba

Actually u showed ur own ignorance. On to say u dey educated..u too smart to quickly look it up on the internet and yet u still dont get it.

I still know alot of adults in their 80s 90s that i can easily ask and get the full details their experience and knowledge about our history. Even in the United states they still try as much as possible to hide the history of Indians.

He only revealed Lagos history, if u dont like it argue with the same History!

Slavemasters gave u the internet, and they are still feeding u with what u read. U just dont type something on the internet and get the best result, u will have to do a reasearch and compare notes, i tell u go fear to travel abroad.

omohayek:
Exactly - and this is something anyone could easily verify by looking it up in a Portuguese-English dictionary. Besides, even if it were true, so what? Does the fact that English-speakers use the word "Germany" to refer to Deutschland now mean that Germany belongs to the British? Or does "Sverige" being called "Sweden" mean the Swedes are living on UK soil? A place having different names in different languages says absolutely nothing about who its indigenous inhabitants are or how it was founded.

Seun Kuti is just revealing his own ignorance and laziness by circulating this ridiculous, low-IQ piece of propaganda born of some semi-literate IPOB sympathiser.

omohayek:
Exactly - and this is something anyone could easily verify by looking it up in a Portuguese-English dictionary. Besides, even if it were true, so what? Does the fact that English-speakers use the word "Germany" to refer to Deutschland now mean that Germany belongs to the British? Or does "Sverige" being called "Sweden" mean the Swedes are living on UK soil? A place having different names in different languages says absolutely nothing about who its indigenous inhabitants are or how it was founded.

Seun Kuti is just revealing his own ignorance and laziness by circulating this ridiculous, low-IQ piece of propaganda born of some semi-literate IPOB sympathiser.

IPOB somehow has to come into the picture?

emee701:
The lineage of oba of benin throne are yoruba but benin people are different from yoruba. Only those who occupy the throne are yoruba

my family is royalty bruh. We on Wikipedia if you want me to pull it up for you. And there are millions of us like this. Called Bini 400 years ago but name changed to Yoruba today. The name Yoruba is not a very old name. It’s like british people were once part of the Roman Empire. They are Romans. But today they call themselves british. Name change. Name changes with time but the people remain the same

sukkot:
i am talking to you as a Yoruba man whose ancestry 400 years ago was called Bini. My family is part of the Olisa royal Bini family in ikorodu but we are called Yoruba today. Understand that I am speaking to you as an ancestral Bini man but today called Yoruba from ikorodu

Yoruba ancestry over 400 years ago was Yoruba not Bini.

Before they were called Yorubas they were called Egyptians.

Yoruba has never been called Bini. The only Bini in Lagos was the intermediary the Oba of Bini used to trade and communicate with the Yorubas.
Stop saying rubbish and rewriting history with false and nonsense info.

The Oba of Benin had an intermediary in Lagos who used to communicate with the Yorubas ( who was later called the Oba of a particular section of Lagos).

he was a person who traded with the indigenous Yoruba and more of an intermediary or secretary or diplomat of the Oba of benin and if the Yorubas wanted to do business with the Oba of benin he was the intermediary they will use... Lagos was called a farm ( Oko ) and also part of Ogun then the Portuguese came and called the part of Ogun they traded with Lagos.. and it was governed by warring Yoruba tribes that's why the Oba of Benin intermediary called it war camp ( eko ).. over time the intermediary stopped been a Bini indigene and Yorubas took over the post and changed it to Oba of Lagos..

From Ogun down to the borders of Togo and Ghana was mostly governed by Yoruba military/warrior women..

byteem:
But he is right .. as painful as it is .. he is right..most of the big lagos families were mostly slave traders .. back then it was big business .. selling your people for money.. ooh sorry .. it still is

Cantonese:
Seun Kuti just wants to trend. His information is completely wrong.

It's not completely wrong. He may have mistranslated the word "Lagos" which is a Portuguese word but he is not wrong in referring to lagos as a slave coast. It actually was. The europeans were buying slaves and othet comodities. And who were the Europeans trading with? Other "Nigerians".

https://www.britannica.com/place/Slave-Coast