linearity:


You are putting the cart before the horse, The Portuguese first made contact with Lagos in 1472, through the Atlantic Ocean exploration. Oba Kosoko did not start his reign until 1845. I believe you would have noticed the similarity between the name 'Lagos, Nigeria' and 'Lagos, Portugal', another port city in Portugal. Lagos means lake in Portuguese and the Portuguese first named 'Lago de Curamo'.

Also, he did not fly slaves to America or Europe, it was the colonial masters that bought these slaves in exchange for the money he got. In 1472 when westerners first step into Lagos, it was no more developed than other port areas of Nigeria, which were further away from Europe.

I can't believe that, in the face of the overwhelming evidences, you are arguing against the fact that, Lagos was favored because of it's port city and proximity factors and the development of the region can be directly linked to the visit of the westerners.

DONGOYARO1:
The last time Nigeria broke up, the ibos were the one crying about starvation and dieing of kwarshiorkor.

RockHard:
Oshoko is being contradictory here. No other ethnicity stands to lose more than the SEasterners if Nigeria divides because their survival as a people is intricately linked to the rest of Nigeria than any other group. Not only do they depend on other regions for imports, the fact that they are mostly traders and migrants is actually a pointer to their vulnerability than strenght as they need a large enough market to thrive and be successful. Oshokomole must have been overly excited and high when he made that exaggerated statement.

OJUcrook:
Yeah I am sure this is what you mean by their ''enterprising spirit''

DONGOYARO1:
The last time Nigeria broke up, the ibos were the one crying about starvation and dieing of kwarshiorkor.

dienlmods:

A good friend will always be better than a bad brother, but nobody is being deceived...most of you almajiri and afonjas are diabolical hypocrites and myopic, your envy and jealousy are always so glaring. ...the simple fact is you all hate igbos, yet unable to fathom a Nigeria without igbos... you are all evil and demonic

hamzeiy:

i wonder oh..the guy might have a mental case of memory loss or someone that has lost the touch of reality

Nebuchadnezar:
[s][/s]
buhari is a terrorist

brimoknight:
Because they can walk miles with balls on their flat head or go to malaysia,singapore........ And come back in a casket?

sukkottt:
i believe you are the one mistaken. you are merging two eras and two peoples ( british and portuguese ) that have nothing to do with each other. after slavery was outlawed the portuguese left nigeria and the portuguese did not come to lagos to live. they didnt try to build or do anything but buy slaves. that was a different era. and the money from that trade was used by the lagos kings to develop lagos. and when slavery was outlawed the portuguese left. then a few decades after that is when colonialism by the british started and they found a favorable developed city in lagos to operate from and colluded with the kings of lagos. you need to brush up on your history bro

linearity:


At least, we both agreed on one thing, i.e. the westerners aka Portuguese made an in road first into Lagos through their slave trade. These Portuguese established a footprint that the British used to establish hold on Lagos. In the 1700s before the abolishment of slavery, Bight of Benin (Benin Republic) & Lagos (Nigeria) were the major ports in Africa and the last point before onward sailing to Europe, Calabar & Bonny were established later, but they were not as big as Lagos. Lagos was kind of a confluence as other small port cities ship into it, all these were established by the Portuguese.

When the British came, they landed on the same port, it was the already made port that attracted them, the Portuguese built the port to enhance their slave trades, the Lagos Obas did not build it.

There were no developments in mainland Lagos that attracted the British, they were leaving on their ships right at the port until they were able to build quasi-permanent shelters in mainland Lagos.

If you look at all the cities in West Africa that, the British first annexed e.g. Ouidah, Porto Novo, Freetown, Victoria, Badagry, etc; they are all port cities, first established by the Portuguese and used for docking their slave ships, the British merely re-used what the Portuguese built and left behind.

acenazt:
Fayose and that him multicolored lip no go stop dey talk anyhow. Those iPods go begin feel big

DONGOYARO1:
The last time Nigeria broke up, the ibos were the one crying about starvation and dieing of kwarshiorkor.

sukkottt:
they made no in-road. they only stayed at the port. its the british who made in-roads bro. lagos was developed before the british came. i have a book for you to read to get the real facts

linearity:


Can you list the developments in Lagos that attracted the British?

Don't get me wrong, Lagos had a way of live, an ecosystem, settlements, building, a system; just like any other city then; and Lagos' way of life might have been more 'sophisticated' compare to other cities then, because they were in closer proximity to the Portuguese when they were around.

Where I differ from you is, your assertion that wrongly stated that, it was these inland 'developments' and not the ports that attracted the British.

joyContraMundum:
Among we Yorubas, there're also those who "can go to malaysia, singapore....... And come back in a casket"..... So, what's your point?

It's very primitive to think in this manner.

Bujumbura:
Sorry big boys don't feel Big because they are already BIG.


We are BIG



#ProudlyIgbo

RockHard:


This has to be the silliest horse manure i have heard in a long while. Igbos aren't the ONLY ones into importation. And even if they are, na from heaven or space their imports dey come from?? How difficult is it to go to china and import container?? Guy abeg go rest.

maclatunji:
I hope whoever he was trying to impress are impressed.

carmag:


like seriously, in order not to waste your time just briefly tell me other tribes that are into importation as their major business and which type of materials do they major in

thanks..

carmag:


land/ property tax is not exempted from any individual or group of persons

have you ever heard a Yoruba man owns one square metre of land outside south west not to talk of developing it

igbos are not only gifted but they go out to conquer

lastchild:
if ibos will loose and Nigeria knows it then why can't they let them go?

Holding them shows that Nigeria can't survive without ibos and they know it

Aigbofa:


Expansionism itself connotes the existence of an economic base, and where would that be for the ibos if all your investments are not in iboland? Where are you expanding to?

RockHard:


Listen, this will be my last exchange with you, so listen good coz I won't waste my time schooling you after this. Your folks mainly import substandard merchandise. Following is the list of major Nigerian imports and their worth -- before some people come and claim that their substandard imported merchandise constitute the bulk of the revenues generated via SW ports.

Refined petroleum- 15% ($7.83-billion)
Cars- 3.4% ($1.75-billion)
Wheat - 2.8% ($1.46-billion)
Packaged medicaments - 1.4% ($752-million)
Rice - 1.4% ($706-million)
Concentrated Milk - 1.3% ($679-million)
Raw Sugar - 1.3% ($668-million)
Malt extract- 0.84% ($441-million)

Sources:
http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/import/nga/all/show/2014/

bareal:


Just as they have developed Lagos and other areas leaving the regions in the mud! Other regions are going to tax them heavily.

RockHard:
Oshoko is being contradictory here. No other ethnicity stands to lose more than the SEasterners if Nigeria divides because their survival as a people is intricately linked to the rest of Nigeria than any other group. Not only do they depend on other regions for imports, the fact that they are mostly traders and migrants is actually a pointer to their vulnerability than strenght as they need a large enough market to thrive and be successful. Oshokomole must have been overly excited and high when he made that exaggerated statement.