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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Sanchez01: 8:03am On Nov 23, 2016
Intrepid01:


Bros I do not know of historical records you have stated but I doubt if you are right on the simple reason that you are wrong about your story on 'Alausa' ....Go to Lagos radio the right pronouncuation is "the owner of awusa' ....Awusa is that local fruit you eat and your mouth taste bitter if you drink water afterward....it has nothing to do with the Northerners AT ALL....
LOL... My Yorùbá is perfect. The Awusa you're referring to is Walnut. And yes, the pronunciation of Alausa is more like saying 'oni (owner) + awusa (walnut)' = walnut owner (alausa).

That is the pronunciation they want every one to adopt, hence, the reason radio Lagos and LTV presenters stress the 'walnut owners'. The transition of names from Abule Tapa, to Abúlé Jogúnosinmi and then to Alausa is clearly significant. Historically, it was said that the Hausas at the time fell back from a war and ran to the Oba of Isheri. Later received pardon and went back to their villages up north to bring more of their relatives. 'Alausa' was said to have been given to the king at the time, hence the name change. However, you can see many of them around the area till date, none has built a single thing as they cannot afford the luxuries.
Ike I earlier mentioned, we're all suffering and struggling over this historical viewpoints because our record keeping culture is horrible.

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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by kojae(m): 8:11am On Nov 23, 2016
acenazt:
Just as Washington D.C.
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by kojae(m): 8:12am On Nov 23, 2016
how about that?
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by izito(m): 8:35am On Nov 23, 2016
Alausa sounds igbo to me......meaning land of the hausas.
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by ednut1(m): 8:52am On Nov 23, 2016
martyns303:


The phrase "joint administration". But no, u would rather sit and spew trash when u don't have a contrary answer.
no such thing as joint administration.Go and read ur secondary school government textbooks if u hv offered d subject grin. tomorw we will hear about ikoyi and badagry joint adminstration grin angry
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by obontami: 9:37am On Nov 23, 2016
Rubbish angry
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by martyns303(m): 9:40am On Nov 23, 2016
ednut1:
no such thing as joint administration.Go and read ur secondary school government textbooks if u hv offered d subject grin. tomorw we will hear about ikoyi and badagry joint adminstration grin angry

Why are you trying so hard to come across as knowledgeable when in actuality every word you've said so far portrays you as the very opposite?

Please furnish me with the textbook you are refering to...... Internet Albert Einstein
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 10:12am On Nov 23, 2016
jesuspikinjp:



stop giving that flattie attention, the little boy only trying to turn the Topic to tribal bash.
I don't know why people would just ignorantly claim they know "facts" just to stir up tribal dissent.

And for what Nairaland popularity It's pathetic, really
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 10:13am On Nov 23, 2016
This thread is becoming intresting.

Never knew we had history experts on Nairaland.
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Belmot(m): 10:41am On Nov 23, 2016
martyns303:
I guess like myself, most people never knew this.
Lalasticlala, seun mynd44 a little education for Nl please.
@op even your post is not complete..... It is Ikorodu,Ketu and Epe joint administration (IKEJA)
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by martyns303(m): 10:45am On Nov 23, 2016
ednut1:
no such thing as joint administration.Go and read ur secondary school government textbooks if u hv offered d subject grin. tomorw we will hear about ikoyi and badagry joint adminstration grin angry
Belmot:
@op even your post is not complete..... It is Ikorodu,Ketu and Epe joint administration (IKEJA)

Belmot can you please explain ednut1?
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Belmot(m): 10:53am On Nov 23, 2016
martyns303:



Belmot can you please explain ednut1?
Who has time explaining to 1diots? Just learn to ignore them.
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by ednut1(m): 11:00am On Nov 23, 2016
Belmot:
Who has time explaining to 1diots? Just learn to ignore them.
cry cry angry grin cheesy
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Sanchez01: 11:02am On Nov 23, 2016
Perhaps this could clear the air, somehow.

LAGOS HORIZON NEWSPAPER                
                                                                                        Pages 8-9, August 15-22, 1989

                                                                                                    ALAUSA
                                                                                              The mix of ironies

The name naturally conjures the image of a spectacle akin to the “sabos” in all major towns in the country – pious of Mallams praying on goat skin under the shade of trees; an over made-up milk maiden serving “fura” to an embroiderer who, needle in hand, sits with a “babanriga” he is in a hurry to finish; or a “tuwo” seller splashing some stew on the white stuff with her wooden ladle.

One would expect to find “suya” kilns, kolanut warehouses, ram markets, lorries, trucks and trailers and probably, hear at least five times before the end of the day, sonorous voices filtering from the public address systems of nearby mosques, calling the faithful’s of Islam to worship.

Paradoxically, the town called Alausa which, translated, literally means “Hausa Settlement” presents a totally different picture from the pre-conceived image.

There is not a single Hausa man living in it as a bonafide resident – not even the ubiquitous provisions sellers often found roosting as “megadis’” at the frontage of the homes of the rich and private firms’ premises.

It took five days of diligent search, of trudging on its dirt roads and sometimes sleazy streets, snout-poking into the people’s homes and combing all the nooks and corners to confirm this curious fact.

Each second, each tread turned out to be nothing but an excursion into a world of ironies – a world in which startling discoveries were to be made everywhere the beam of flashlight was directed.

The town called Alausa is in the real sense, no town as such. It is one of the settlements which, until quite recently, existed as separate entities in the geographical areas that have come to be known as Lagos metropolis.

The exigencies of modernisation and imperatives of expansion, occasioned by population growth of the city had fused all into one whole.
Located at the north-eastern fringe of Ikeja Local Government, the community, according to one of its leaders, occupies an area of above seventy acres. It is bound in the east by Oregun and in the west, from the Agindingbi, by Ogba.

Its precincts also extend to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway toll-gate and all the areas now occupied by Eleganza Industries, 7Up Bottling Company and the Lagos State Secretariat Complex.

As a matter of fact, Alausa – the appellation alternatively used for Lagos State Secretariat derives from the name of the community founded over 200 years ago.

Oral traditions diverge on the origin of the name of the town.
Pa Dauda Odewale, an octogenarian and descendant of one of the three patriarchs who founded the town got its name from two war refugees, a Nupe man and an Hausa, who sought shelter from the early settlers – Jogunosinmi, Odewale and Bashorun.

The northerners were said to have fled the war-front (Ogunsope Ayinbokoru war) and ran to Akiola, a local chieftain at Oke-Isheri Olofin (present Isheri). Akiola refused to harbour them but prevailed on his friends and neighbours (the trios) who were trying to establish a settlement of their own to give them refuge.

Over the years, the population of the “foreigners” tripled that of the inhabitants as they were later joined by their friends and relations. It was not long before the settlement, formerly variously called “Abule Jogunosinmi”, “Abule Odewale” or “Abule Bashorun” after their founders came to be known as “Abule Tapa” (Nupe post) and much later “Alausa” or “that of Hausas”.

Pa Odewale recalled meeting some of Hausas’ festivals and cultural activities in his youth days. They used to beat their drums and blow animal horns. Some wore charms and stabbed themselves with knives without drawing any blood or causing any injury.
He remembered some of their leaders’ names to be “Me Turari and Suya Ogunda Meta”.

Another octogenarian called Pa Buraimoh said it was through one of the three progenitors and the first Baale of the community that the Hausa came.

Buraimoh was a horse trader who supplied Europeans and wealthy African coastal chiefs with horses for their wheel carts (a means of transportation in fashion then). To case his trade, Bashorun had stable hands, expectedly, Hausas, who were also responsible for bringing the horses from the North.

Their population soon grew enormously and a space had to be provided for them at the outskirts of the town precisely, the spot where the Lagos State Broadcasting Corporation (LSBC complex) now stands. The place was known then as “Oke Dadi”.
The Baale and his court appointed a “Seriki” (Leader) to adjudicate civil cases among them while serious cases had to be brought to the Bale's attention.

In the simplest of senses, the Hausas’ continued living in the community was at the pleasure of the Baale, who began, perhaps not too – wrongly, to be called “Olu Alausa” (owner of the head of the Hausas).

Alausa was popularised by traders’ of the period who used to drop by to hire the Hausas as porters to help to carry their goods to and fro the coast to Lagos.

But what came of the Hausas who give the town its name?
The last surviving generation, said an 80 year-old indigene and traditional pharmacist Alhaja Asaratu Bashorun (a.k.a Majekobaje), became extinct some 50 years ago. Others simply emigrated to other parts of the country.

Today there is nothing in the town to indicate that its landscape used to swarm with Hausas, save for one or two ancient and ramshackle bungalows said to have been built by two Hausa men.

The houses stand grotesquely on Odewale Street, as relics of their owners past.

The departure of the Hausas from their midst caused the natives of Alausa no grief. But one thing that caused them great sorrow and wracked their entire psyche was the loss of the sacred python, the symbol of the life and soul of the community.

“Olu Odo” or “Olodo” as it was called was said to be the source and controller of the Eleregun Stream on which the community depended for water. It was revered because it was said to be the snake that assisted the founding fathers to settle where they did.

The patriarchs who, married into the royal families of Onilegbale, Suenu and Aromire were ordered by the Ifa Oracle to sojourn and settle near a stream in order to have children.

During their journey, they came upon the snake and the stream in which it lived. It became the emergent clan’s god-head, regularly worshiped and offered sacrifices.

The stream course, Lagos Horizon discovered on the fact-finding mission, extended as far as Onigbongbo area of Maryland. People were forbidden to kill or ear its fish.

Violation of that taboo of then had disastrous consequences such as drought or mosquito invasion of the community. This normally called for propitiatory sacrifices to an angered Olodo.

Ironically, the snake which tried to protect the lives in and out of its water seemed unable to save itself from the tragic fate that befell it! Some 24 years ago, it was killed by fatal chemical wastes discharged from various industries in the area.


I hope with the above expose, the management of Radio Lagos, Eko FM, LTV will see it wise to change their stance on the distortion of history.
https://www.nairaland.com/814672/alausa-mix-ironies
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by yomexp(m): 11:59am On Nov 23, 2016
Sanchez01:

LOL... So you actually believed that? What is the relationship of Epe with core parts of Lagos? Epe that is on the outskirt and almost in Ogun state.

I haven't really thought about it before though but I know Alausa used to be 'Abúlé Jogunosinmi', which later changed to 'Abúlé Tapa' and much later to 'Alausa', due to the influx of the Hausas. Unfortunately, our poor record keeping culture would be a primary reason why the name Ikeja may not really move us since its origin is unknown to almost all Lagosians.

IKEJA is said to be named after an Awori hunter known as Akeja Onigorun. He was a successful hunter who was celebrated within the Awori clan of the Yoruba people, hence the present name Ikeja the state government seat of Lagos. This is just one of the many stories backing the origin however, no octogenarian or historian till tomorrow has been able to come on TV to explain the name. Again, it goes ahead to show how bad we are at keeping records as a people.
brother you are wrong on Alausa. Actually it is a corruption of the Yoruba word ALÁWÙSÁ. ÁWÙSÁ being a fruit - walnut; so u can make your inference from there. Alausa has absolutely nothing to do with the Hausas. ok?
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by yomexp(m): 12:07pm On Nov 23, 2016
Intrepid01:


Bros I do not know of historical records you have stated but I doubt if you are right on the simple reason that you are wrong about your story on 'Alausa' ....Go to Lagos radio the right pronouncuation is "the owner of awusa' ....Awusa is that local fruit you eat and your mouth taste bitter if you drink water afterward....it has nothing to do with the Northerners AT ALL....
ÁWÙSÁ (Walnut)
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by yomexp(m): 12:17pm On Nov 23, 2016
Sanchez01:
Perhaps this could clear the air, somehow.


https://www.nairaland.com/814672/alausa-mix-ironies
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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by oyetpel(m): 12:19pm On Nov 23, 2016
acenazt:
Just as Washington D.C.
District of Columbia
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by yomexp(m): 12:32pm On Nov 23, 2016
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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Sanchez01: 12:37pm On Nov 23, 2016
yomexp:
This story is fasle because i lived most of my life in Oregun and if you know Oregun very well you will know it just a stone trow from alausa. In alausa there isn't one single Hausa settlement or village, No landmark to suggest that the hausa ever settled there and the whole of the place doesn't even have Hausa or even Islamic influence at all. So where is this huasa narrative coming from? by the way alausa, oregun all the way to ojota is populated by The AWORI people
1. Before you debunk this story, what you should have asked was 'when was this?' Fall back to Wikipedia and you'd realize that most of these happened well over 50 years ago. This isn't something that took place yesterday.

2. I already settled the Awori part and I'm not going back to it again.

3. So if you're say Oregun, this, Agidingbi that, note that urbanization is fast sweeping through some suburbs within Alausa and Ikeja. I believe you saw a post here where someone said there is 'Jogunosinmi'' which still very much looks like a typical village in Ikeja?

4. Your previous post on the 'walnut', tell me, what is the origin and how did the settlement around Ikeja come to be known as Alausa (Walnut owner)? Until you have a solid story to back this, DO NOT rubbish any story as touching this.

Caveat: As a Yoruba speaker, you should under that the Yoruba Language is a tonal language. It is very very easy to distort a word by changing its tone.
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by laudate: 1:42pm On Nov 23, 2016
dreamwords:
Awori is not yoruba

Noooo, they are Kalabaris. Abeg, swerve! sad

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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by agrovick(m): 1:51pm On Nov 23, 2016
MzLarem:
Says who?

Awori is so Yoruba and i know cos thats where i'm frm.
Emmmm
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Gernal8(m): 2:00pm On Nov 23, 2016
dreamwords:

Awori is not yoruba
but I think Awori dialect is somewhat similar in some instance to Yoruba, perhaps they only migrated
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 2:28pm On Nov 23, 2016
agrovick:

Emmmm
Are you clearing your throat or coughing? smiley
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 2:28pm On Nov 23, 2016
agrovick:

Emmmm
Are you clearing your throat or coughing? smiley
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 2:29pm On Nov 23, 2016
Gernal8:
but I think Awori dialect is somewhat similar in some instance to Yoruba, perhaps they only migrated
Awori is yoruba,my brother.

It all even started from Ile-ife sef

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Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by tunene66: 2:33pm On Nov 23, 2016
Ikeja can never be Ikorodu n Epe Joint Administration

The Epes are either Ijebus or of Eko (Lagos).Thats why u have the Oloja of Epe n the Elepe of Epe

The Ikorodus, if I am not mistaken are of the Remo group

While Ikeja is of Awori origin.

Remember that before 1967 Ikorodu, Epe Ikeja and Badagry were part of the old Western Region as divisions.

Ikeja gained prominence due to Industrial estate and GRA created by the Awolowo administration in the '50s and d airport built by the colonial administration

Aromire is one of the prominent patriarchs of Ikeja and if you go along the road from Awolowo road where Holy Trinity Hospital is, before you get to First Baptist Church,Ikeja on the right you will some shrines there


You may also know that First Baptist Church Ikeja was established in 1902
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by agrovick(m): 2:39pm On Nov 23, 2016
MzLarem:
Are you clearing your throat or coughing? smiley

Clearing my throat actually, I was gonna ask you about this thing with Awori ladies but then I thought it might be inappropriate on the worldwideweb lipsrsealed
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 2:40pm On Nov 23, 2016
agrovick:


Clearing my throat actually, I was gonna ask you about this thing with Awori ladies but then I thought it might be inappropriate on the worldwideweb lipsrsealed
Lol,go ahead and ask. We are all entitled to our opinion.

But note before you ask,there is

Majidun Awori

Badagry Awori

Ikeja Awori

Ketu Awori
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by agrovick(m): 2:48pm On Nov 23, 2016
MzLarem:
Lol,go ahead and ask. We are all entitled to our opinion.

But note before you ask,there is

Majidun Awori

Badagry Awori

Ikeja Awori

Ketu Awori


All these sub categories? Kilode

I learnt Awori ladies are usually blessed in the behind region, I've only come across one that I know and truly she garrit.

I wanna know if you garrit as well and if it's something prevalent among the ladies grin
Re: Did You Know IKEJA Is An Abbreviation? by Nobody: 2:52pm On Nov 23, 2016
agrovick:


All these sub categories? Kilode

I learnt Awori ladies are usually blessed in the behind region, I've only come across one that I know and truly she garrit.

I wanna know if you garrit as well and if it's something prevalent among the ladies grin
Lol grin

Me i don't know about that ooo and unfortunately i dont 'garrit' cry

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