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Is lagos island not within or inside lagos state? The logic he used is not welcome . There was nothing like Nigeria capital lagos island anywhere in the book of history. Tomorrow you and omokri go say Abuja no b F.C.T na gariki b f.c.t. abeg eee

Obaofaba:
I love the way Reno is schooling them.

They love pushing false narratives to the extent that you'd think they are telling the truth.

Schooling them or stripping you of the little honour left of your 'heritage'. You people will rue the day you elevated sycophancy over common sense when BAT is done and becomes history. What a waste of free education by the sage Awolowo.SMH!

Ofunaofu:
Reno Omokri, the rábble-rousér, is now rewriting history by claiming that the former capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island and not Lagos.

Truly, Reno Omokri is now a mádmán, róaming aimléssly

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

Ofunaofu:
Reno Omokri, the rábble-rousér, is now rewriting history by claiming that the former capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island and not Lagos.

Truly, Reno Omokri is now a mádmán, róaming aimléssly

the guy is becoming childish. Every topic he claims master of.

supreme2014:
Is lagos island not within or inside lagos state? The logic he used is not welcome . There was nothing like Nigeria capital lagos island anywhere in the book of history. Tomorrow you and omokri go say Abuja no b F.C.T na gariki b f.c.t. abeg eee

those of us from Lagos get it



Before Reno I said it on Nairaland in 2013

aribisala0:
The British were in Bonny,Opobo,Buguma and Lagos and elsewhere in the coastal regions of what was to become Nigeria 111 years ago they chose to Build a bridge,Carter Bridge which is still there now. They did not build similar bridges elsewhere or designate any of these places Colony of Buguma or of Bonny etc and we are being told this was because of their "whims".
I don't agree.I do not argue that it was because of any special nous or talent of the people of Lagos either.They were lucky to be in the right place but if the British were to trade,as was their aim with the hinterland of Yorubaland,all the way up North in that part of the country they HAD no choice and so they invested heavily in Lagos building Ikoyi where they chose to live building the port at Apapa and a railline which ended at Iddo from Kano to boost their access to the North.

This Lagos ,this Colony of Lagos is not the same thing as Lagos State today which was created in 1967. We must distinguish the two. Lagos State as we know it now comprises Colony of Lagos and some parts of the Western Region e.g Mushin,Oshodi,Agege,Ikorodu etc. After Lagos was created Ikeja was its capital and The old colony Area remained as national Capital.

Lagos STate was not and never was the capital of Nigeria

Therefore when using the word "Lagos" it is important to to mix the two as they are distinct and there were rural communities in the state that did not have electricity when Obasajo came to power in 1999 and perhaps till this day.

This bridge below was built before 1914 when Nigeria was merged. Is it sensible to expect that there will not be significant progress after 100 years.Many places in Nigeria have no such bridge TODAY.How can we expect the two to be the same

Long before Reno
Is Enugu Not the capital of Enugu state are they the same.?
There is an Oba of Lagos

He is not the Oba of Lagos state just Eko.
So it is important to put THAT WORD EKO AT THE FRONT OF YOUR MIND
When you hear EKO IDUMOTA that is the former capital not far from the Palace of the Oba of Lagos


His kingdom was ceded to the British in 1861 by Oba Dosunmu as the Colony of Lagos

That is what became the capital of Nigeria in 1914
That is the history
So you need to know where his Palace and Kingdom are

Lagos state was created by Gowon In 1967 by adding Ikeja,Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry to Lagos the Federal capital

Wutinky:
Which part of Abuja is the capital? keep deceiving yourself, no Nigerian will listen to this your misinformation

Abuja was created as an FCT from Niger, Kwara, Kaduna and Plateau states. Abuja as a whole is the capital and it's still under development

Afonja2:
https://www.facebook.com/omokri/posts/pfbid0sh6yoasszzBBBCPAJftmMR4HEbQtxzF6hE23obup62n9eeckSmCvW8NdpZBamEXxl

Honestly, Reno is not but a misinformed person. No need wasting time and energy on him.

DoTheNeedful:
I understand the politics around this. However, Reno is mostly correct.

Like I posted earlier, Lagos State benefited a lot from all Nigerians. It is a center of excellence to many. We should all try to live peacefully with one another: Yoruba, Ijaw, Igbo, Hausa. I personally consider it home to all Nigerians, although the past few years have been crazy.

Now you're dodging my question.
I'm not after peace here- that's not my business. Stop deflecting

Let's get it clear please:

My question is simple, between 1967 and 1991 that Lagos State was capital, was it only the island that was capital? Badagiri, ojo, ekeja etc where under which state?

honeyB2018:
Honestly, Reno is not but a misinformed person. No need wasting time and energy on him.

He's not misinformed. He's doing it delibrately to engage obidient

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

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

That goes to show you how pathetic their sophisticated reasoning is

Ezmans:
Tomorrow Reno I'll tell some people that calabar was never Nigeria capital rather ibiono town in calabar

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

uchwar1:
They are just annoying, trying so hard to accept Reno's lies just to prove a point. Lagos Island is in Lagos state and the other part of Lagos state benefited as the capital of Nigeria. These clowns are here claiming something I don't understand.

It seems they're just delibrately annoying o. I don't even understand their argument.
I asked a simple question- as at 1967 was it only the island that made up Lagos State. that continued to be capital untill 1991?

Lagos was the capital of Nigeria both as Lagos Island (before 1967) as as Lagos State (till 1991)

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

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:
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

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

okpouman:
Western region lasted only for 6 years

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?

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

okpouman:
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

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?

Yes there's a difference between LAGOS and LAGOS STATE .. lagos was actually the capital of Lagos state 1967 before ikeja became the capital 1976.

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

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

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? My post was not about Yoruba but about Lagos city and not Lagos state being the capital of Nigeria

Why is it relevant assuming without conceding Yoruba never had direct control? How is that connected to the conversation?

okpouman:
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

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?

Wellprotected:
Yes there's a difference between LAGOS and LAGOS STATE .. lagos was actually the capital of Lagos state 1967 before ikeja became the capital 1976.

You are very wrong. There was nothing like Lagos State before 1967.

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

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

Ofunaofu:
Reno Omokri, the rábble-rousér, is now rewriting history by claiming that the former capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island and not Lagos.

Truly, Reno Omokri is now a mádmán, róaming aimléssly

ignorance is never an excuse.

okpouman:
Native Western region rule lasted only six years

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.