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ednut1:
you can google the African countries that have changed names. Britain as used currently was given to them by the Romans who colonized them for 400 years. They never changed the name and became world power themselves. Development of a country is not by name.

Gold coast was changed to Ghana ( an empire in present day mali/ Senegal) . Dahomey changed to Benin(an empire based in present day Nigeria). Both countries named after empires that has nothing to do with them. Abeg go rest

He likes fighting losing battles. He doesn't seem to understand how the world works. The monarchy in England today was actually German in its roots. The British people are not losing sleep over that

SarkinYarki:
Benin had underground drainages? 🤣🤣 Yet 2000 years later they don't know how to make underground drainage again x🤣🤣🤣

Is Edo state an autonomous state in Nigeria?

The major ethnic groups of Nigeria will not do stuffs you are recommending,they were saved by the British, they owe their allegiance to the British.

okpouman:
The major ethnic groups of Nigeria will not do stuffs you are recommending,they were saved by the British, they owe their allegiance to the British.

They are the real reason Nigeria can never grow.

okpouman:
The major ethnic groups of Nigeria will not do stuffs you are recommending,they were saved by the British, they owe their allegiance to the British.

the igbos fought the British, eko fought the British, sokoto did (emir was beheaded) , benin were in alliance with Portuguese for 300 years, efiks were in bed with the Portuguese /dutch/british, ijebu fought the British too. Many of the bigger and smaller tribes appealed to the British for help . E.g oyo empire who was facing attacks from the Dahomey in the west, ekiti in the east and ilorin/sokoto in the north 😩. Stop generalizing

Obaaderemi2:
He likes fighting losing battles. He doesn't seem to understand how the world works. The monarchy in England today was actually German in its roots. The British people are not losing sleep over that

they will cry so much but still depend on the so called colonialist technology for survival 😂. Others that were also colonized have move on and are doing well e.g arabs, Singapore, parts of china, usa etc. na name change in a place he can’t afford to rent or buy go develop Nigeria abi 😂

ednut1:
the igbos fought the British, eko fought the British, sokoto did (emir was beheaded) , benin were in alliance with Portuguese for 300 years, efiks were in bed with the Portuguese /dutch/british, ijebu fought the British too. Many of the bigger and smaller tribes appealed to the British for help . E.g oyo empire who was facing attacks from the Dahomey in the west, ekiti in the east and ilorin/sokoto in the north 😩. Stop generalizing

Eko did not fight the British, only ijebu did,igbos did not fight the British, only the anioma and aro did,all the coastal tribes traded with the Europeans including ijebu so it makes no difference .

The igbos appealled to the British for help to save them from the aro( their own people), the Yorubas appealled to the British to save them from themselves.

That is what I mean.

No minority except the efiks ever appealled to the British, so they owe no allegiance to the British

ednut1:
they will cry so much but still depend on the so called colonialist technology for survival 😂. Others that were also colonized have move on and are doing well e.g arabs, Singapore, parts of china, usa etc. na name change in a place he can’t afford to rent or buy go develop Nigeria abi 😂

Stop reasoning like a slave.

China also adopted “so called colonialist technology”.

Do you see them naming Shanghai or Beijing Queen Victoria and Shakespeare?

Or struggling to speak English?

Who told you that to adopt a “foreign” technology, you must worship the foreigner and hate yourself?

okpouman:
The major ethnic groups of Nigeria will not do stuffs you are recommending,they were saved by the British, they owe their allegiance to the British.

Saved how by the British?

What are you talking about?

Kemetian:
So annoying and irritating to see the nicest part of Lagos named after Queen Victoria, a racist invader and thief who presided over the invasion, bombardment and destruction of Great Benin in 1897, burning the city down and looting the Oba's palace after its bombardment.

Benin city had multi-storeyed residences and public monuments, had underground drainage and streetlights 300 years before London. The Benin kingdom had a wall that was 4 times longer than the Great Wall of China. Only visible in rural areas now, with the British having destroyed the grand walls around the city proper.

Today the famous Benin bronzes are displayed in museums across Europe and are in private collections, sold for millions of dollars.

Now tell me something.

Have the British ever apologised to you for what they did?

What are you doing naming your best area in your biggest city ''Victoria Island''?

For what?

What does 'Victoria' have to do with that place?

I've never seen a country in Africa that needs an IBRAHIM TRAORE like Nigeria,

Why GOD sent him to Burkina Faso instead of Nigeria, I will never know.

Pitiful.

Thieves no dey gree apologise like that nah

Christistruth03:
Queen Victoria was a good friend of the Yoruba Nation who helped to end the Kiriji Wars , save Yorubas being carried off to slavery , ended the slave trade and even adopted a Yoruba girl (Aina Bonetta Forbes) as her daughter

Victoria Island Stays

You guys said you never received help from anyone, that you did everything yourselves including your wars...

okpouman:
Eko did not fight the British, only ijebu did,igbos did not fight the British, only the anioma and aro did,all the coastal tribes traded with the Europeans including ijebu so it makes no difference .

The igbos appealled to the British for help to save them from the aro( their own people), the Yorubas appealled to the British to save them from themselves.

That is what I mean.

No minority except the efiks ever appealled to the British, so they owe no allegiance to the British

🥱

Kushites:
Saved how by the British?

What are you talking about?

alaafin of oyo. He will later go on to sign the treaty that placed all of Yoruba land under the British 🥱

ednut1:
alaafin of oyo. He will later go on to sign the treaty that placed all of Yoruba land under the British 🥱

The Alafin of Oyo NEVER signed a treaty handing over a SINGLE INCH of Yorubaland to the British.

Not ONE INCH.

Don’t come in here and invent your own history, you British agent.

Alaafin of Oyo did sign treaties with the British, but these were often under duress or framed as "protection" treaties.

These treaties did not represent a free or voluntary "handing over" of Yorubaland, but rather part of Britain’s systematic colonisation strategy across Nigeria.

That “letter” you posted was written under duress by the Alaafin. The British were the ones arming Dahomey to fight him, so he had no choice but to sign “protection treaties” which the British twisted into colonial takeover.

ednut1:
🥱

there was no war with eko,the oba akitoye invited the british to drive out oba kosoko,that led to the bombardment of eko,it wasnt a war

Kushites:
Saved how by the British?

What are you talking about?

the british saved the major tribes from self destruction via internecine warfare and aggressive internal slavery

Kushites:
The Alafin of Oyo NEVER signed a treaty handing over a SINGLE INCH of Yorubaland to the British.

Not ONE INCH.

Don’t come in here and invent your own history, you British agent.

Alaafin of Oyo did sign treaties with the British, but these were often under duress or framed as "protection" treaties.

These treaties did not represent a free or voluntary "handing over" of Yorubaland, but rather part of Britain’s systematic colonisation strategy across Nigeria.

That “letter” you posted was written under duress by the Alaafin. The British were the ones arming Dahomey to fight him, so he had no choice but to sign “protection treaties” which the British twisted into colonial takeover.

anyhow you frame it,the oyo alafin signed it and never opposed the outcome

okpouman:
the british saved the major tribes from self destruction via internecine warfare and aggressive internal slavery

And they ended up enslaving/killing millions and shipping them to America to endure the most sub-human form of treatment then proceeded to murder thousands as they fought to exercise control through the Royal Niger Company

The slavery still exists in a different form going by the statement you made. smh

Firstcitizen:
And they ended up enslaving/killing millions and shipping them to America to endure the most sub-human form of treatment then proceeded to murder thousands as they fought to exercise control through the Royal Niger Company

The slavery still exists in a different form going by the statement you made. smh

they saved them from internecine warfares in the late 19th century which is after the they abolished slavery which the major tribes were big participants in

Christistruth03:
Queen Victoria was a good friend of the Yoruba Nation who helped to end the Kiriji Wars , save Yorubas being carried off to slavery , ended the slave trade and even adopted a Yoruba girl (Aina Bonetta Forbes) as her daughter

Victoria Island Stays

Lol
I was expecting stuff like this..
Always defending lubish..
Once you point out one of their blunders, they go defensive.
If the name was Lawrence Anini, ypu would be here saying stuff like "Anini was a good inlaw to us. He didn't kill anyone when he stole and he always distributed all he stole in the market place, so the name stays!!)
Just coupling all sorts of naive arguments to maintain the status quo.

okpouman:
they saved them from internecine warfares in the late 19th century which is after the they abolished slavery which the major tribes were big participants in

They saved who from warfare. How many innocent people did they murder with the Gatlin gun as they sought to forcibly take control of Kingdoms they did not own whilst they revered and protected theirs?
They abolished slavery? After benefiting immensely from it while members of the house of Lords still maintained plantations with slaves after abolition.

How many subsequent destructive wars did they cultivate in Africa when they carved out territories without consulting inhabitants?

Seems you recently got to know the meaning of the word internecine and can't wait to use it in the most subservient manner. Everyone with cheap data can now come online to yap like they lost their ability to reason.

Firstcitizen:
They saved who from warfare. How many innocent people did they murder with the Gatlin gun as they sought to forcibly take control of Kingdoms they did not own whilst they revered and protected theirs?
They abolished slavery? After benefiting immensely from it while members of the house of Lords still maintained plantations with slaves after abolition.

How many subsequent destructive wars did they cultivate in Africa when they carved out territories without consulting inhabitants?

Seems you recently got to know the meaning of the word internecine and can't wait to use it in the most subservient manner. Everyone with cheap data can now come online to yap like they lost their ability to reason.

There's documented evidence that shows that the British were called in by the Yoruba elders themselves to intervene in the 16 years Yoruba civil war which was destroying Yoruba people and increased exponentially the number of Yorubas sold as slaves .the war was purely and totally instigated by Ibadan colonial ambition and the eastern Yoruba desire to free itself from Ibadan stranglehold,it had nothing to do with the British but it was the Brit that eventually settled it.

This was also the case with the aro of iboland

This is pure documented facts

okpouman:
There's documented evidence that shows that the British were called in by the Yoruba elders themselves to intervene in the 16 years Yoruba civil war which was destroying Yoruba people and increased exponentially the number of Yorubas sold as slaves .the war was purely and totally instigated by Ibadan colonial ambition and the eastern Yoruba desire to free itself from Ibadan stranglehold,it had nothing to do with the British but it was the Brit that eventually settled it.

This was also the case with the aro of iboland

This is pure documented facts

Just like they intervened in Benin and the Aba massacres.

I feel sorry for you though.

Firstcitizen:
Just like they intervened in Benin and the Aba massacres.

I feel sorry for you though.

my point is, the majority tribes are somewhat sellout

note: the Benin expedition was carried out by mostly foot soldiers comprised of Yoruba and Hausa infantry.

in other words,the majority tribes contrary to the posters disposition actually are comfortable in their cities names being named after British lords cos they became good ally's of the British

LagosOrigin:
They love there slave chain still hanging round there necks.

The same slave chain you cherish more than your true identity? You have to jettison your ancestral heritage via your name and adorn the ornamental logo of your slave masters.....your adopted name says it all.

okpouman:
the british saved the major tribes from self destruction via internecine warfare and aggressive internal slavery

What “self-destruction”?

Were they using nuclear weapons or exchanging intercontinental ballistic missiles?

The British saved nobody. They came to loot our resources.

They employed the same tactics then that they do TODAY.

If they want to target you, they arm and support your neighbour and rival to disturb you, so you come begging them for “protection”, and then they take over and seize your land, and claim you signed it over to them.

They were funding and arming Dahomey etc against Oyo etc, forcing the Alaafin to seek treaties with them.

The very same thing happened in Congo recently where the Congolese signed deals with the US to enable them benefit greatly from Congolese minerals in exchange for US military overseeing peace efforts, being the major supplier of weapons to rebel forces etc.

Same ol’ Same ol’…

And because you don’t study your history, you fall prey to their same tricks generation after generation.

One day you’ll wake up.

okpouman:
my point is, the majority tribes are somewhat sellout

note: the Benin expedition was carried out by mostly foot soldiers comprised of Yoruba and Hausa infantry.

in other words,the majority tribes contrary to the posters disposition actually are comfortable in their cities names being named after British lords cos they became good ally's of the British

So because other alien tribes which where not part of an entity or any country assisted the British in the murder of people and forcing of British rule on them, when they had a working political and economic system,including the desctruction and theft of ancient cultural artifacts,it is justifiable and right. The British did well.Well done. You sound like the native constabulary force that assisted the British. Same mindset. The British are gods that came to save the black race from self destruction and extinction.

Applaud yourself.

Kemetian:
What “self-destruction”?

Were they using nuclear weapons or exchanging intercontinental ballistic missiles?

The British saved nobody. They came to loot our resources.

They employed the same tactics then that they do TODAY.

If they want to target you, they arm and support your neighbour and rival to disturb you, so you come begging them for “protection”, and then they take over and seize your land, and claim you signed it over to them.

They were funding and arming Dahomey etc against Oyo etc, forcing the Alaafin to seek treaties with them.

The very same thing happened in Congo recently where the Congolese signed deals with the US to enable them benefit greatly from Congolese minerals in exchange for US military overseeing peace efforts, being the major supplier of weapons to rebel forces etc.

Same ol’ Same ol’…

And because you don’t study your history, you fall prey to their same tricks generation after generation.

One day you’ll wake up.

the ibadan on their own,launched a campaign of conquest on eastern yorubaland,assisting the nupe raiders to enslave the eastern yorubas.

the the okun appealled to the british for help,likewise the yoruba elders appealled to the british to help rein in ibadan.

the british were called in simple

likewise the igbo elders appealled to the british to help rein in the aro.no one compelled the ibadans or aros to enslave their people.they did it on their own whim

ednut1:
alaafin of oyo. He will later go on to sign the treaty that placed all of Yoruba land under the British 🥱

Good evening Sir and thank you so much

because the president of the biggest black nation in the world in france at every slight opportunity thats why.

Victoria is a beautiful name why change it ?