₦airaland Forum

madridguy:
Face your region and leave Lagosian alone... Na by force?

omoredia:
Lagos is our own. U go back to ur ilorin where u came from. U came as transporters doing inter-state work as agberos, conductors and motor boys. Now u want to claim what has never been urs and will never be

happney65:
The true owners of Lagos. Not one yeye that came from ìrágbìjí claiming ownership of Lagos

Shuke

cucumbar:
so person title na Yeye.

If I call sombody here Yeye , dem go hide my comment and ban me .😃

Mindlog:
Only perverts do describe teenage girls as sexy..

PepeXKermit:
Vivian fowler girls were the creme of the crop that year. Sexy sweet and rich parent girls. I remember when they were off bode thomas before they went to ikeja....

abiodunbright:
First time I am seeing someone from my area on nairaland. I was born and raised in bode Thomas I stay on Johnson street, my house is opposite their hostel.

benardtotti:
Her son Tunde Fowler worked for and got popular thanks to the so called iragbiji person you detest so much .

omoredia:
Ok since u are ignorant what is the meaning of Eko, Obalende, Oshodi, Idumagbo, Idumota? Are those yoruba names?

Dotherightthing:
Haba! Don't be a dollarrrd!!

Eko - Native Lagos name for bush

Obalende - Where the king pursued me to

Oshodi - One that goes against the popular way/thought

Idumagbo - Idu knows ram

Idumota - Idu knows Ota

What are your own definitions?

Dotherightthing:
Haba! Don't be a dollarrrd!!

Eko - Native Lagos name for bush

Obalende - Where the king pursued me to

Oshodi - One that goes against the popular way/thought

Idumagbo - Idu knows ram

Idumota - Idu knows Ota

What are your own definitions?

omoredia:
So anybody that is not Benin and to a lesser extent Awori has no historical or cultural claim to Lagos.

clockwisereport:
Which Igbo man became governor in Bayesla?

Who told you Delta and Rivers are not their roots?

omoredia:
Ok since u are ignorant what is the meaning of Eko, Obalende, Oshodi, Idumagbo, Idumota? Are those yoruba names?

Konquest:
Your post here made absolutely NO sense and is highly offensive to everyone that is an indigene of Lagos Island and the 20 LGAs of Lagos State. What's wrong with some of you from the South East of Nigeria with your careless posts? Desist from this irresponsible politicking and RESPECT the memories of a fallen "Iroko tree."

Besides, as a man who has a vast knowledge of advanced history from the archives and global geopolitics, I can affirm here and now that the ancestral origins of most Yoruba returnees who resettled mainly on Lagos Island and Abeokuta after returning from Brazil, Cuba, United States via Liberia, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, etc, from the mid-1800s are largely from the Yoruba interior in terms of ancestry. Oyo, Egba, Ijesa, Yewa, some Ijebu, some Ekiti, Owu, etc. So, the Ajayi Crowthers, Macaulays, the Vaughans, the Fowlers, the royal Haastrophs of Ijesaland, Moores, Da Rochas, Da Silvas, Pinheiros, etc, were originally from Oyo, Egba, Ijesa, Yewa, etc, BUT only started naturalizing from the late 1800s as "indigenes" of Lagos Island even though their true origins are from the interior States... The Aworis being the ORIGINAL land owners of Eko or Lagos Island. There are pre-colonial and post-colonial Nigeria books which contain the true Victorian era history of Eko (Lagos Island) and the entire Yoruba country. Period.

I will be taking major actions soon.

aswani:
I have told you, leave Benin people out of your nonsense. Benin people have no issues with Yoruba and vice versa, must you Obidients cause problems where none exists.

beyondPen:
Which roots? Don't allow the people of Delta and Rivers here you.

omoredia:
When we weigh the historical evidence (oral tradition + documented history + linguistics), the Benin/Edo origin of “Eko” as a “war camp” is considered stronger than the Awori/Yoruba “camp/settlement” version.

Here’s why:


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1. Early Control of Lagos (15th–16th century)

Historical records show that the Benin Kingdom expanded westward during the reign of Oba Orhogbua (mid-1500s).

Benin warriors established a military outpost on Lagos Island to control trade routes and collect tribute.

The Oba of Benin appointed a military administrator (called an “Eletu Odibo”) to govern the area.

This aligns with the interpretation of Eko as a “war camp” in Edo.



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2. Oral History & Naming

Lagos oral tradition (especially from Benin sources) consistently states that the Oba of Benin named the settlement Eko when it became a military camp.

The Yoruba Awori were already living there, but the name “Eko” was imposed through conquest and administration, making it a political name, not just a descriptive one.



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3. Linguistic Strength

In Edo (Bini), Eko indeed directly translates to “camp” or “encampment,” often military in sense.

In Yoruba, ẹ̀kọ́ has meanings like to gather, to learn, or to be trained (also the word for pap/fermented maize meal). But the usage of Eko to mean “settlement” is less direct and less common.

This makes the Edo origin linguistically tighter.



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4. European Accounts

Early Portuguese records from the 15th–16th centuries confirm that the Benin Kingdom was administering Lagos (Eko) before colonial Lagos emerged.

They describe Lagos Island as a tributary state of Benin, not Awori, in terms of political control.



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Conclusion

✅ The Benin (Edo) origin of Eko as “war camp” is better supported by historical, political, and linguistic evidence.
⚖️ The Awori/Yoruba origin reflects the fact that they were the indigenous settlers, but their explanation of Eko as “settlement” is more cultural than historical.

So, historically: “Eko” = war camp (Benin Edo origin).
Culturally: Yoruba still claim it as “our settlement.”.

Dotherightthing:
You are just an ignnorrammus!

Nobody is denying Benin influence in Lagos.

Prior to the arrival of the Binis, the indigenes in Lagos used to be subject to attacks and slaves raids from the notorious Egun from Benin republic(Dahomey kingdom).

The Aworis appealed to the Alaafin of Oyo for protection but he couldn't oblige them for reasons best known him. I guess he too was contending with such attacks in his domain.

The Aworis then turned to the Oba of Benin for protection. He them came over and set up a monarchy in Lagos to displace the existing monarchy in return for protection from the Eguns.

The first king was Ado. The second was Ashipa. The third was Gabaro.

Unfortunately, Gabaro was childless and his sister was asked to marry the Ijesha high priest to birth the current line of Lagos kings.

This history and chart is openly displayed in the palace of the Oba of Lagos.

Nigeria was colonised by the British so much so that the we speak English, wear English clothes, and follow their religion.

Yet, does that make Nigeria British land Bini did not even have that much influence in Lagos.

PS: The Oba of Benin is also of Yoruba ancestry Ekaladerhan is a MYTH - a COCK and BULL story

Dotherightthing:
You are just an ignnorrammus!

Nobody is denying Benin influence in Lagos.

Prior to the arrival of the Binis, the indigenes in Lagos used to be subject to attacks and slaves raids from the notorious Egun from Benin republic(Dahomey kingdom).

The Aworis appealed to the Alaafin of Oyo for protection but he couldn't oblige them for reasons best known him. I guess he too was contending with such attacks in his domain.

The Aworis then turned to the Oba of Benin for protection. He them came over and set up a monarchy in Lagos to displace the existing monarchy in return for protection from the Eguns.

The first king was Ado. The second was Ashipa. The third was Gabaro.

Unfortunately, Gabaro was childless and his sister was asked to marry the Ijesha high priest to birth the current line of Lagos kings.

This history and chart is openly displayed in the palace of the Oba of Lagos.

Nigeria was colonised by the British so much so that the we speak English, wear English clothes, and follow their religion.

Yet, does that make Nigeria British land Bini did not even have that much influence in Lagos.

PS: The Oba of Benin is also of Yoruba ancestry Ekaladerhan is a MYTH - a COCK and BULL story