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The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by BlackViper(op): 8:28am On Oct 23, 2025

FOUNDATIONAL LAGOSIANS - 1891

Lagos (or Eko Tribe): 23.6%
Popo (Ogu-Badagry axis): 15.9%
Oyo: 11.6%
Ijebu: 11%
Awori: 9.26%
Egba: 6.05%
Ijesha: 4.32%
Egbado: 3.63%
Nupe (Tapa): 1.86%
Hausa: 1.86%
Krooma (Liberians): 1.37%
Ekiti (Efons): 1.76%
Ilorin (Other Yorubas): 1.43%

#StatiSense
(1891 Population Census, Payne)

https://x.com/StatiSense/status/1674431493236723712?t=oP5vIBnKmJ0BUtRu2NQRbA&s=19

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by chatinent: 8:46am On Oct 23, 2025

That means that the people who claim to own Lagos today are not even from Lagos!

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Ttalk: 8:47am On Oct 23, 2025

Pls show me the population of the Igbo there or I won't accept it

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by masterfactor(m): 9:12am On Oct 23, 2025

The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Commentor: 10:02am On Oct 23, 2025

Yet they want to call it no man's land.

huh

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Softmirror: 10:02am On Oct 23, 2025

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

Ojukwu's father is very much responsible for the Migration of Igbos to Lagos with his transportation business. If not lol 😂😂😂😂

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Wealthoptulent(m): 10:02am On Oct 23, 2025*

OHH i bet its before the ALGAMATION and ROAD linked THE 3 REGIONS innit?
NO BENIN ore road that gave LAGOS out to NO MAN's LAND

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Nwaikpe: 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

Commentor:
Yet they want to call it no man's land.

But it is clear that everyone there was from different places.
Meaning there is absolutely nothing like "Lagosian" but a confederation of people from different places.

Abi you decided to overlook the stats and just make a comment?

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by DMCA: 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

72.65% na Yoruba.

Where those people wey develop lagos? grin

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Nazgul: 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

Did Nigerian exist in 1891?

What would an Igbo man be doing in Lagos around that time?

The Almaganation of Nigeria took place in 1914. Meaning no Igbo man had any business in yourba land before then.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Ojuntana: 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

All these figures are not reliable
People generally shied away from census in the colonial period

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Toluwanise247(m): 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

The igbo’s don’t exist then ?

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by hafeeanubasy: 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

They only knew about the existence of Lagos when

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Kingluqman(m): 10:03am On Oct 23, 2025

Yeast nor dey this data grin

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by tctrills: 10:04am On Oct 23, 2025

chatinent:
That means that the people who claim to own Lagos today are not even from Lagos!

That tells you that change is the only constant thing. A lot has changed since 130 years. Ownership has been changing hands. And it is a good thing.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by anonimi: 10:04am On Oct 23, 2025

BlackViper:
https://x.com/StatiSense/status/1674431493236723712?t=oP5vIBnKmJ0BUtRu2NQRbA&s=19[/quote]Oshodi is the Tapa/Nupe area of Lagos

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Nwaikpe: 10:04am On Oct 23, 2025

Not everything is sentimental.

Some things are just logical.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Ojuntana: 10:05am On Oct 23, 2025

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

You mean Lagos started to exist in 1891
I am surprised there are no Binis in Lagos but there are Hausas and Nupes

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by anonimi: 10:05am On Oct 23, 2025

chatinent:
That means that the people who claim to own Lagos today are not even from Lagos!

Who exactly are those who claim to own Lagos today but are not from Lagos huh

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Commentor: 10:06am On Oct 23, 2025

Nwaikpe:
But it is clear that everyone there was from different places.
Meaning there is absolutely nothing like "Lagosian" but a confederation of people from different places.

Abi you decided to overlook the stats and just make a comment?

Is there a single homogenous society?
grin

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by AndroBlaze: 10:06am On Oct 23, 2025*

For those who keep wondering why Yorubas who can trace their identity from other states carry Lagos matter "ontop their head", this is a scientific/historic lesson why, as you can clearly see they have outnumbered the people who now solely claim "Eko" for ages ( which again becomes clearer when you understand that Eko actually means "camp" )

Also, if you understood history, you will know that Ibadan is also another melting pot of Yorubas from everywhere.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Emeskhalifa(m): 10:06am On Oct 23, 2025

What's this sponsored bs?

Deliberately omitted the Igbos or what's this?

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Commentor: 10:06am On Oct 23, 2025

Ojuntana:
All these figures are not reliable
People generally shied away from census in the colonial period

They couldn't even approximate.

Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by tctrills: 10:06am On Oct 23, 2025

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

Again a lot has changed since almost 150 years ago. The modern Lagos has a very different tribal mix. And the new guys are not playing. They are peacefully, legally but aggressively buying up and taking over and it is a good thing. We encourage and endorse it.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by Ttalk: 10:07am On Oct 23, 2025

Nwaikpe:
But it is clear that everyone there was from different places.
Meaning there is absolutely nothing like "Lagosian" but a confederation of people from different places.

Abi you decided to overlook the stats and just make a comment?

Go over it again because your comment shows you can read and understand at first attempt

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by MatrixCircle: 10:07am On Oct 23, 2025*

masterfactor:
The people that called LAGOS a no mans land was not even part of the Lagos right from inception. People from the south East has no history with people from the South West.

Because they was no Nigeria then, the South East was a country of its own then known as Republic of Biafra with strong economy and trade and no need to come to Lagos, until Nigeria was later created and that Biafran buoyant economy with Sapele and Rivers seaports were destroyed out of envy, their seaport was destroyed to favour Lagos. So they moved to Lagos to use the seaport to import and export their goods, and so doing there developed Lagos to what it is today.

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Re: The Results Of The 1891 Census Of Lagos Indigenes by forgiveness: 10:07am On Oct 23, 2025

Lagos was a Cosmopolitan city as at 1891. It already had Street lights, tram, train, electricity, buildings, houses, port, bridges etc long before it became Parton Nigeria.

Nigeria was developed through the money generated from Lagos. Fact.

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