₦airaland Forum

MemphitzDgreat1:
All because he is in support of your man, Tinubu.... Reno is now right about everything now, yea?

Tueh!!🤮

do you want to know the history of Yorubas more than the Yorubas? Everything Reno said is the absolute truth. The former FCT ended at yaba, while the rest of the mainland was under the western region govt of Awolowo and most of the the infrastructure including the Ikeja and ilupeju estate was developed by him…..you can’t rewrite our history and downplay the achievements of the Yorubas in the development of Lagos…..btw proudly Lagos.

cjfavour:
These are the names you’ll see supporting every bigotry and rubbish posts.

These are the names that are blocked

Wutinky:
You don’t know what you are saying, entire Lagos was build with Niger delta oil, you can’t just wake up to rewrite history, it will never work, and please stop listening to lies, ire oo

so your 5plot of potopoto caveland was not also built by Niger delta oil? You clowns can only wail on SM, you can never rewrite our history to suite your warped narrative…when Awolowo was busy developing the western region, your ancestors were busy coveting our achievements, no wonder azikiwe wanted to be premier in the west after seeing the level of development and the advantage the western region had as we were far ahead of the rest of the country building infrastructure with cocoa money now soup don land, you economic migrants that know nothing about the foundation of our development and progress want to rewrite our history? It will never work, so continue telling yourself that lie if it helps you sleep well at night, btw proudly lagos

Mrexcell:
Hungry paid activist supporting rubbish so other states that have yorubas named after their streets should also start renaming them with indigenous names because they want to preserve there heritage where is the spirit of unity and one nigeria u always preach in ur posts?

practice what you preach in your 5plot of potopoto land first, Lagos won’t be used to practice your one Nigeria nonsense😂😂😂 people that still segregate amongst themselves with Osu and wawa nonsense are here telling us about oneness and unity😂😂😂bunch of hypocrites 😂😂😂

Riskymarvelous:
just to remind you that if Igbo people carry their properties comot for Lagos go their State just know say nothing dey Lagos again than government properties I'm a yoruba guy so stop your tribalism bigot now

No tribe was mentioned, even the person talking claims to be of some Lukumi tribe. But typically, a chest beater must come out to make empty threats. The South East generates the least revenue in IGR and tax. Here are top businesses in Lagos, not to mention fintechs. But it's a free world.

Two different things.
Abuja was built from the scratch for the purpose of moving the capital there, it’s like a cripple that depends on Lagos for survival, and can never take care of itself.
Lagos was a self-made rich city that pays its own bill, takes care of the entire Nigeria and still act as the nanny state for Nigeria. Even the British described it as “the richest, where the money is” way back before independence.

esnbrutality:
So Lagos Island alone was the administrative capital of NIGERIA right. This administrative capital is situated in where?

So invariably..Abuja as FCT ..is wrong. So Mataima is the administrative Capital of NIGERIA abi?

Chai...chai...Chai!!!!!!..

God go help una.

National Theater is on Lagos Island
FESTAC city is on Lagos Island
Ojo Military barracks is on Lagos Island
Apapa port is on Lagos island
Tin Can port is on Lagos island

For those of you that said Lagos ports were a point of trade before the colonial masters. I hope you know it was Badagry port that was the point used then. Badagry was the major trade point and the military govt built the other new ports that are used in Lagos as we speak.

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.

Image123:
No tribe was mentioned, even the person talking claims to be of some Lukumi tribe. But typically, a chest beater must come out to make empty threats. The South East generates the least revenue in IGR and tax. Here are top businesses in Lagos, not to mention fintechs. But it's a free world.

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.

The point was to the fellow threatening to go to his village. The stats remind him of his insignificance in the scheme of things.

esnbrutality:
So Lagos Island alone was the administrative capital of NIGERIA right. This administrative capital is situated in where?

So invariably..Abuja as FCT ..is wrong. So Mataima is the administrative Capital of NIGERIA abi?

Chai...chai...Chai!!!!!!..

God go help una.

Ma da were lohun....lol
Don't mind the mad man

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

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

Slytiger:
I am always eager to read from Reno Omokri. I have learnt a lot from his tweets and post on Facebook.

Modified: After reading this, it is surely another banger.

I am ancestrally from Ifako Ijaiye, and I even see myself more closer to an Ogun man from Sango, Ajuwon, Ijoko e.t.c than say a Lagosian from the Island sef.

Majority of present day Lagos state was part of the Western region.

Exactly. Lagos outside of lagos island was part of western region back in the day. They were 2 separate entities.

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

To be honest, I didn't know this too, till my dad educated me on it some years back.

ycat:
Two different things.
Abuja was built from the scratch for the purpose of moving the capital there, it’s like a cripple that depends on Lagos for survival, and can never take care of itself.
Lagos was a self-made rich city that pays its own bill, takes care of the entire Nigeria and still act as the nanny state for Nigeria. Even the British described it as “the richest, where the money is” way back before independence.

LAGOS was that way because it was ruled and controlled by the British from 1861

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

That didn't stop it from being the property of the Natives the British found there

Biodun1929:
Exactly. Lagos outside of lagos island was part of western region back in the day. They were 2 separate entities.

There was nothing in the so called Western region part of Lagos, it was all villages,Lagos started expanding because the FG developed LAGOS

SageTravels:
So what this man is saying is Abuja is not Capital only Central Area is the capital of Nigeria.

When Lagos was made the capital in 1914, it was just lagos island. The rest of Lagos was part of western region for many decades. Abuja's case is not the same.

christistruth01:
That didn't stop it from being the property of the Natives the British found there

Most of it was thick forest, nobody is disputing the native land rights but the fact that it was Yorubas that built LAGOS as alleged by some people.

LAGOS has native land owners,the awori and egun but LAGOS was built by Nigeria and NIGERIANS

Biodun1929:
When Lagos was made the capital in 1914, it was just lagos island. The rest of Lagos was part of western region for many decades. Abuja's case is not the same.

It started from Lagos island but was not restricted to Lagos island, Lagos expanded from there.Lagos mainland( surulere,ebutemetta,yaba etc) was also part of the capital,the far flung places like epe,ikorodu agege ( which were the western region) are even till today not mainstream LAGOS

DoTheNeedful:
He is correct. Lagos State was never the capital of Nigeria. The capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island, which had its own ministers, just like we have Wike as FCT minister now.

The main reason people mistaken Lagos State as a former capital is because of the confusion caused by the word "Lagos" in Lagos Island and Lagos State. If Lagos State had adopted a different name, the confusion wouldn't have been there.

Lagos Island and its environs became the capital of Nigeria in 1914. Whereas Lagos State was created in 1967 from the Western Region. Most of what is currently known as Lagos State today was part of the Western region. The administration of Lagos Island came under Lagos State after the capital was moved to Abuja in 1991.

To be fair to all, Lagos State benefit immensely from its proximity to the former capital. That is not unexpected. Even Virginia and Maryland benefit from their proximity to Washington DC. Nasarrawa State is benefitting and will continue to benefit from its proximity to Abuja.


When I hear people say, "Lagos is no man's land", I wonder which Lagos they are referring to.

Top notch comment..

No they were not part of the capital. Having a field office here and there does not make you the owner of the towns, the Fg was a tenant. They were Western region.

Technically, Lagos and Yorubaland in general was an occupied territory cos it was mostly under military rules that suspended the regional system of govt that was the basis of our joint independence.

In a real world, Yoruba should be getting reparations from Nigeria.

okpouman:
It started from Lagos island but was not restricted to Lagos island, Lagos expanded from there.Lagos mainland( surulere,ebutemetta,yaba etc) was also part of the capital,the far flung places like epe,ikorodu agege ( which were the western region) are even till today not mainstream LAGOS

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

Lolz. The irony.

fuckingAyaya:
This one doesn't talk about his own state, man ain't proud of his origin

Just like you guys.

ycat:
No they were not part of the capital. Having a field office here and there does not made you the owner of the place, the Fg was a tenant.

Technically, Lagos and Yorubaland in general was an occupied territory cos it was mostly under military rules that suspended the regional system of govt that was the basis of our joint independence.

In a real world, Yoruba should be getting reparations from Nigeria.

Festac,satellite town,Gowon estate,navy town Ojo, so many other places that were created by the FG which spread development outwards, are they Yoruba creations? The Yoruba has and had equal appropriate contributions to LAGOS as every other ethnicities in Nigeria

Our land was forcefully taken by military regime to build festac and the military barracks with our money. Apapa port was built before Nigeria and was primarily used for dumping former slaves before it was commercialized and the proceeds funded festac and other federal govt projects including the only other port which is Tincan . And yes Apapa was mostly used to ship slave before Badagry.

Sheuns:
National Theater is on Lagos Island
FESTAC city is on Lagos Island
Ojo Military barracks is on Lagos Island
Apapa port is on Lagos island
Tin Can port is on Lagos island

For those of you that said Lagos ports were a point of trade before the colonial masters. I hope you know it was Badagry port that was the point used then. Badagry was the major trade point and the military govt built the other new ports that are used in Lagos as we speak.

Yes they’re Yoruba creations because federal govt had no money of its own, it took our money as the richest region to build these for its own use. We were never compensated for the land, and just like the colonialists, the federal govt could only take the liquid loots along when it was time to leave, and never a physical structure and that was why you heard a few “handing over” ceremonies in the past, cos if Yoruba take federal govt to ICC as an occupying force, we will win.

okpouman:
Festac,satellite town,Gowon estate,navy town Ojo, so many other places that were created by the FG which spread development outwards, are they Yoruba creations? The Yoruba has and had equal appropriate contributions to LAGOS as every other ethnicities in Nigeria

How can you create existing towns with indigenous already in there before you came?
Just a question.
Just because you come and rent a room in a house does not make you the owner of the house. The federal govt was a tenant. Lagos was never up for sharing, it’s some people’s hometown which you were lucky to come to as greener pastures and refuge for your people. You and the federal govt came to Lagos because there was and still food available there, this is why you people can’t get over it 34 years after the capital was moved out.

okpouman:
Festac,satellite town,Gowon estate,navy town Ojo, so many other places that were created by the FG which spread development outwards, are they Yoruba creations? The Yoruba has and had equal appropriate contributions to LAGOS as every other ethnicities in Nigeria

Is it our fault now that British came to pillage and carried out a genocide on our land? Did we invite the British? Didn’t they see other places to rule and control before choosing us?
It’s because we offered what the rest of you couldn’t.

okpouman:
LAGOS was that way because it was ruled and controlled by the British from 1861

It’s Yoruba ingenuity because it’s better than what you have and you’re fixated on it.

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

Apologies!

Image123:
The point was to the fellow threatening to go to his village. The stats remind him of his insignificance in the scheme of things.