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Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by BabaRamota1980: 7:47pm On Jan 07, 2017
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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Eedrisa(m): 7:48pm On Jan 07, 2017
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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by madenigga(m): 8:03pm On Jan 07, 2017
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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by PedroJP(m): 8:06pm On Jan 07, 2017
No man's land. When it's time for its destruction, we will destroy it together. Simple truth.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 8:08pm On Jan 07, 2017
PedroJP:
No man's land. When it's time for its destruction, we will destroy it together. Simple truth.

Maybe right after your own ancestral homelands have been destroyed. Simple fact.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by hola106(m): 8:11pm On Jan 07, 2017
b4 nko
Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 8:14pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Maybe after your own ancestral homelands have been destroyed. Simple fact.

What's up minority? I can see you are doing a great service to the afonjas. cheesy
A. K. A the chief afonja spokesman. cheesy

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 8:35pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
What's up minority? I can see you are doing a great service to the afonjas. cheesy
A. K. A the chief afonja spokesman. cheesy

Here he comes .... chanting the word 'Afonja,' as if it puts money in his pocket. What happened? shocked E be like say the Afonja people don cook something for you chop, abi?

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 8:43pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Here he comes .... chanting the word 'Afonja,' as if it puts money in his pocket. What happened? shocked E be like say the Afonja people don cook something for you chop, abi?

The way you bootlick afonjas ass is just legendary. I guess it puts money in your pocket. Else you are a free for all afonja spokesman. grin

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by BabaRamota1980: 8:47pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Maybe right after your own ancestral homelands have been destroyed. Simple fact.

Nature has taken care of their ancestral land....one third of it is sunk into gulley already. They shall be wiped out soon.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by BabaRamota1980: 8:49pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:


What's up minority? I can see you are doing a great service to the afonjas. cheesy
A. K. A the chief afonja spokesman. cheesy

Look at minority that abandoned his ancestry and homeland calling someone who is still attached to their homeland a minority.

Newsflash: Ibo is no longer a majority in Nigeria.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Sibrah: 8:50pm On Jan 07, 2017
The usual suspects will soon mix pepper 'n aboniki and nnastúbætæ endlessly over the simple info.
Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 8:53pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
The way you bootlick afonjas ass is just legendary. I guess it puts money in your pocket. Else you are a free for all afonja spokesman. grin

And the way you rant about them all over NL, is also legendary. You need them to give you attention, in order to feel normal. If you have not mentioned their name in one day, e be like say your market no go sell. How about this? Shall I ask them to give you the title of Afonja Attention Seeker 1 of Nairaland?

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 8:55pm On Jan 07, 2017
BabaRamota1980:


Look at minority that abandoned his ancestry and homeland calling someone who is still attached to their homeland a minority.

Newsflash: Ibo is no longer a majority in Nigeria.
Got presents for you little emotional lad wink

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by BabaRamota1980: 9:00pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:

Got presents for you little emotional lad wink

you do give a fvk otherwise you wont be commenting in this thread. Show you dont by vacating the thread right away.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 9:01pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


And the way you rant about them all over NL, is also legendary. You need them to give you attention, in order to feel normal. If you have not mentioned their name in one day, e be like say your market no go sell. How about this? Shall I ask them to give you the title of Afonja Attention Seeker 1 of Nairaland?

You need to get a life outside bootlicking afonjas asses on NL.
Promote your own people boi.
It sucks real poo seeing the kind of life you live on NL.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 9:03pm On Jan 07, 2017
BabaRamota1980:


you do give a fvk otherwise you wont be commenting in this thread. Show you dont by vacating the thread right away.
LOL. Trying hard to get noticed.??

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 9:06pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
You need to get a life outside bootlicking afonjas asses on NL.
Promote your own people boi.
It sucks real poo seeing the kind of life you live on NL.

Promote my own people, kwa? cheesy How does it affect you, if I promote my own people or not? shocked Are you seeking for citizenship in my own clan, in case your proposed republic fails to materialise? With the way you chant Afonja like a toddler, I thought you would have turned to them for help, since you are the Afonja Attention Seeker 1 of NL. Anyway, let me know exactly what you want from my own people, so that I can know how to help you! wink

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 9:20pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Promote my own people, kwa? cheesy How does it affect you, if I promote my own people or not? shocked Are you seeking for citizenship in my own clan, in case your proposed republic fails to materialise? With the way you chant Afonja like a toddler, I thought you would have turned to them for help, since you are the Afonja Attention Seeker 1 of NL. Anyway, let me know exactly what you want from my own people, so that I can know how to help you! wink

Seriously, it's sickening seeing the way you live your life you promote and asslick afonjas boothole while your ethnic group is nowhere to be found today. No achievements, no recognition.
Why not stand out and make difference in your minority clan??
Mr. Afonja spokesman grin

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 9:52pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
Seriously, it's sickening seeing the way you live your life you promote and asslick afonjas boothole while your ethnic group is nowhere to be found today. No achievements, no recognition.
Why not stand out and make difference in your minority clan??
Mr. Afonja spokesman grin

Nah... all the asslicking of the Afonja butthole has been done, (and is still being done) strictly by you on this thread. If you have not mentioned their name in one day, things do NOT go well for you. undecided You chant the word 'Afonja' in every single post, trying to get their attention. Yet, they have not given you a single prize for your efforts. sad How sad. But then, that is the way of the world, isn't it?

Those who seek the attention of the Afonjas as desperately as you do, hardly ever get it. My advice?? Try harder, I am sure that one day they would wake up and notice you. You also need to stop being a hater. It doesn't get you anywhere.

As for my minority clan, they are not complaining to you, are they? wink Your childish gibes cannot diminish them in any way. I cannot say the same for your people though, as they whine incessantly about everything on earth. The truth is, the way you are responding to every post I make on this thread shows you secretly envy me and you wish to be in my shoes. cool Can't help you with that though. Sorry...

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by GMBuhari: 9:52pm On Jan 07, 2017
Yeye pipu knows it's not a no man's land

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Klinee: 9:58pm On Jan 07, 2017
Lagos is no man's land pls!!!!!!!
Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 10:09pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Nah... all the asslicking of the Afonja butthole has been done, (and is still being done) strictly by you on this thread. If you have not mentioned their name in one day, things do NOT go well for you. undecided You chant the word 'Afonja' in every single post, trying to get their attention. Yet, they have not given you a single prize for your efforts. sad How sad. But then, that is the way of the world, isn't it?

Those who seek the attention of the Afonjas as desperately as you do, hardly ever get it. My advice?? Try harder, I am sure that one day they would wake up and notice you. You also need to stop being a hater. It doesn't get you anywhere.

As for my minority clan, they are not complaining to you, are they? wink You childish gibes cannot diminish them in any way. I cannot say the same for your people though, as they whine incessantly about everything on earth. The truth is, you are responding to every post I make on this thread because you secretly envy me and you wish to be in my shoes. Can't help you with that though. Sorry...

This is outrageous @ the bolded... Hahaha.
Can you prove this?
Get a life man. No one will want to be like people who enslave themselves by themselves serving slaves enslaved by fulanis up north.

If I should identify you and qualify you. I will do so and categorize you under sub afonja category... . Seriously, you need to look into your life and stop playing second fiddle to slaves.

My 2 cents though wink

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 10:19pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
This is outrageous @ the bolded... Hahaha.
Can you prove this?
Get a life man. No one will want to be like people who enslave themselves by themselves serving slaves enslaved by fulanis up north.

If I should identify you and qualify you. I will do so and categorize you under sub afonja category... . Seriously, you need to look into your life and stop playing second fiddle to slaves.

My 2 cents though wink

Why are you so obsessed about my life?? undecided What does it have to do with you?? shocked Let me guess... you secretly wish to be me, right? And since you mentioned slavery, the only slave I can see on this thread is you. You chant the word Afonja incessantly like a slave, and you keep following me around and trying to pin labels on me. I have made 6 posts on this thread so far, and you have responded to every single one of them, except one. What does that tell you? You secretly wish to be me, because you are jealous of me. Sorry, it won't work. Everyone can see that the reason you are doing all this, is just because you envy me. Get a life, man!! sad

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Noblecx: 10:32pm On Jan 07, 2017
laudate:


Why are you so obsessed about my life?? undecided What does it have to do with you?? shocked Let me guess... you secretly wish to be me, right? And since you mentioned slavery, the only slave I can see on this thread is you. You chant the word. Afonja incessantly like a slave, and you keep following me around and trying to pin labels on me. I have made 6 posts on this thread so far, and you have responded to every single one of them, except for one. What does that tell you? You secretly wish to be me, because you envy me. Sorry, it won't work. Everyone can see that the reason you are doing all this, is just because you envy me. Get a life, man!! sad

Really?!? LOL... You funny o... grin
Enjoy your foolery boy.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 10:57pm On Jan 07, 2017
Noblecx:
Really?!? LOL... You funny o... grin
Enjoy your foolery boy.

And you should enjoy your ignorance.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by obaloppelujo(m): 12:45am On Jan 08, 2017
Lagos : pride of yorubas

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by laudate: 2:12am On Jan 08, 2017
There is an interesting book written about Lagos titled POSSESSED, and the author is the former Attorney-General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore. Even though I have lived in Lagos for many years, I guess I still do not know enough about the city. Shasore's book contains interesting aspects about the city of Lagos, from its history down to its political antecedents from the 19th to the 20th Century.

When you have read Olasupo Shasore’s Possessed A History of Law and Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos, 1861-1906, you would no longer be in doubt regarding the special status of Lagos within the Nigerian context. undecided

While it has never been in question that the Kingdom of Lagos by far predates modern-day Nigeria, it has perhaps never before come out so glaringly that Lagos was indeed an independent, sovereign nation-state before the British invasion and bombardment of 1851, more than half a century before the term Nigeria was coined by Flora Shaw. wink

To do justice to the subject matter, the author divides the book into eight chapters, namely, The Lagos Kingdom in the Law Courts, 26 Upper King Street – Legal and Traditional Settings, Bombardment and War on Lagos 1851, The 19th Century Treaties, To Do Justice to this Place – Legal History, Challenge To Authority – The Eleko, Land and Property Ownership, and The Sun Sets on The Colony of Lagos. He goes further to add an ‘Afterword’ and ‘Appendices’ as well as reproduce pictures and documents that not only embellish the work but also aid the reader’s understanding of facts.

The beauty of Shasore’s account lies essentially in its close attention to detail – no detail is too minute to escape the thorough researcher in him. The author records that by 1850, Lagos had an estimated population of 30,000 people who predominantly spoke the Oyo dialect of what was to be later widely referred to as Yoruba. The small port city-state was a monarchy ruled by the Ologun (or possibly Eleko or later Oba), and its political power structure rested on this dynastic line, a line that had by this time been in continuous rule for over 200 years. And so, Lagos is not a ‘no man’s land’, and to continue to bandy such falsehood reflects “poor learning, ignorance and mischief”. sad

The contribution of Lagos to the making of modern Nigeria comes out clearly in Possessed. Having severed itself from the Benin Kingdom and asserted its independence by discontinuing the payment of tributes to the Oba at Benin, and having by this time acquired great prominence and wealth, Lagos proved too powerful to be challenged by any local authority. It took only the superior naval power of Britain to subdue Lagos, but not without stiff resistance from the Lagos Africans.

The British bombarded Lagos in 1851, and in 1861 took active possession of the island city-state with the fraud called the Treaty of Cession of 1861. With the establishment of formal authority, it became, effectively, The Crown Colony of Lagos, “with a flag, its own constitution, government and subjects, some 53 years before the establishment of Nigeria”. wink

The need to harness the resources of Lagos would in 1906 lead to its forced amalgamation with the Southern Protectorate, and in 1914, the absence of funds to run the Northern Protectorate necessitated the creation of Nigeria through amalgamation in order, it would appear, to run the whole country with resources from Lagos. undecided

So, whether in the pre-colonial, colonial or post-colonial era, Lagos played – and continues to play – “a prominent, inevitable, eminent role” in West African trade and society as well as in the making of modern Nigeria. As Shasore argues, “Without Lagos and the events that led to intervention in its internal affairs, the entire atmosphere for amalgamation may not have been contrived. In some ways, Lagos is the mother city.

http://naija247news.com/2014/10/book-reviewpossessed-a-history-of-law-and-justice-in-the-crown-colony-of-lagos-1861-1906/

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by olasmith10(m): 6:12am On Jan 08, 2017
Funny and unintelligent assertion by the " No Man's land" singers
How can a grown adult decides to act like a kindergarten pupil @ d full glare of the public..Geographical components includes; Human geography that is to say, the peculiarities of the people living in a particular area that makes them differ in all ramifications from others, we also have regional geography which explains why river Niger will be River Niger and not river ogbomosho, river ikot Ekpene and Sundry others. It talks about Places, locality et al..regional geography was meant to naturally check-balance, reduce the probability and end the eventuality of confusion, but unfortunately, that purpose has been defeated among the " No man's land " singers

Lagos is located at the lateral western quadrant which falls into the south west category of 8 cardinal point and automatically placed it a Yoruba state( that's the only region in Nigeria where Yoruba tribe comes from).
The only medium where Lagos can at least reasonably fit into your " No man's land" hallucinations is if ( and thats a very big "if"wink you guys can insert a new element into the 8 cardinal points where ur unintelligent assertion can become the 9th component.
Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by Horlufemi(m): 6:55am On Jan 08, 2017
laudate:


Why are you so obsessed about my life?? undecided What does it have to do with you?? shocked Let me guess... you secretly wish to be me, right? And since you mentioned slavery, the only slave I can see on this thread is you. You chant the word Afonja incessantly like a slave, and you keep following me around and trying to pin labels on me. I have made 6 posts on this thread so far, and you have responded to every single one of them, except one. What does that tell you? You secretly wish to be me, because you are jealous of me. Sorry, it won't work. Everyone can see that the reason you are doing all this, is just because you envy me. Get a life, man!! sad

This guy, you be boss.

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Re: Lagos Recorded As An Important Yoruba Commercial City In The 1800s by BabaRamota1980: 7:43am On Jan 08, 2017
Noblecx:


This is outrageous @ the bolded... Hahaha.
Can you prove this?
Get a life man. No one will want to be like people who enslave themselves by themselves serving slaves enslaved by fulanis up north.

If I should identify you and qualify you. I will do so and categorize you under sub afonja category... . Seriously, you need to look into your life and stop playing second fiddle to slaves.

My 2 cents though wink

talking of slaves that serve fulani

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