Interesting. Good work OP

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ni ojuelegba o my people dey dere, my people suffer, dem dy pray for blessing eeh ni ojuelegba o


#positivevibes

Nice and educative post

4r

Where u de go.

madridguy:
Following....

Honestly we need to send back these Onitcha and Aba people back to the horrid erosion land lock region they come from. Isi-flats!

Ojuelegba

Ojubo-Elegbara (the shrine of Elegbara, who in Yoruba cosmology, means esu while Ojubo means home or shrine of a deity).

The Sacred Profanities of a West African Crossroad,” Esu has always been the principal deity of the original land owners of Lagos, the Aworis. The researchers continue: “As the principal crossroads in Lagos, Ojuelegba soon became the consecrated site for the worship of Esu. Prior to urbanisation, Ojuelegba had the “stone” of atonement, made of lateritic earth with cowrie shells marking the eyes and mouth of Esu in which cult officials pour daily offerings of palm oil to maintain’s Esu’s problematic coolness. With increasing congestion at Ojuelegba, Elegba cult officials decided to move the shrine to its current site on Apapa road, where the worship of Esu continues to this day in relative peace, and the descendants of the Awori fishermen remain at their trade. Till the present time, each Sunday, devotees of Elegba (no longer purely Aworis) congregate to worship the god of threshold.”

Lagos THE HONGKONG OF NAIJA. WOW IKEJA REALLY EDUCATIVE

Op you forgot to mention Oshodi, Apapa,Mile 2 and Ajegunle.


Take note.

Naptu.come oooo,come and ,clarify this claims ooo,but op agindigbi is in ikeja not lagos island where the war happened

thesicilian:

Sounds quite idiotic that you have to name your own town after a visitor's beard. Didn't the place have a name before the colonial masters came? Were there no villagers dwelling there?!

. It is history fool!

@op, your head dey there. it's quite educative. much love

Good one OP...

Now tell us about...

Shomolu

Mushin

Agege

Ojo

Bariga

Oshodi

Lekki

Ifako

Ketu

Ikorodu

Badagry

Gbagada

Oworo

Alapere

Ijegun

Ikotun

Festac

Satelite

Ajegunle

Akoka

Yaba

Makoko

Ijora

Badia

Orile

realtalk19:



http://omgvoice.com/lifestyle/original-meaning-areas-lagos/?geoip&country=GH

That Ojota history is incorrect, Ojota had and still has the shrine of Esu whose other name is Ota and that was why it used to be called Oju Ota before it metamorphosed into Ojota. Your story on Ikeja is quite amazing and I appreciate it cos I am hearing it for the 1st time

wow nice one

Ikorodu

guy below, wat do u have to say?

Outofsync:
And at the end some people will say Lagos is not a Yoruba state

it belongs to the igbo nau... una sixth state

Tunbolity:

That Ojota history is incorrect, Ojota had and still has the shrine of Esu whose other name is Ota and that was why it used to be called Oju Ota before it metamorphosed into Ojota. Your story on Ikeja is quite amazing and I appreciate it cos I am hearing it for the 1st time

Most of the points by the Op are just figments of his imagination. Look at that Ikeja nonsense up there. So the Akeja of Ikejaland is a king of Ikorodu and Epe joint administration? Ikeja is an Awori name.. .

What's dis one saying?
Abiule awon egba, a gin din gbi, ebute met.....abeg gerrarahia jare!!
Will it reconcile churchill n tonto?

wahabian:
Ikorodu

Ikorodu was derived from the two word OKO-ODU Meaning the farm (OKO) of (ODU) a kind of plant.

1bkaye:
The Victoria one particularly annoys me

Why does it annoy you?

Nigeria (Niger Area) should annoy you more

shinarambo1:

Ikorodu was derived from the two word OKO-ODU Meaning the farm (OKO) of (ODU) a kind of plant.

shinarambo was derived from?

moblix:
Not completed,were is ajegule

Aje in Yoruba means Profit and gunle means settlement. In other words Ajegunle means where all Lagos profits settles, that's the. reason why different amazing talents are found in Ajegunle.

Small correction on no 5 - Epetedo
In 1862 King Akintoye with the help of the British govt chased King Kosoko to Epe. He left with his loyal followers, He established a small kingdom in Epe (Eko Epe) b4 returning to Lagos Island some years after. On their return they settled in the present EPETEDO = Where Epe people settled.

wahabian:


shinarambo was derived from?

deeptechcool:


Most of the points by the Op are just figments of his imagination. Look at that Ikeja nonsense up there. So the Akeja of Ikejaland is a king of Ikorodu and Epe joint administration? Ikeja is an Awori name.. .

Nah he is right about this...... Lagos Island/Iddo, Isheri, Badagry and Epe experienced earliest peopling hence Ikeja was more of administrative seat of the real divisions.

That's why when these Igbos call Lagos a "No man's land" I just laugh because only Yoruba people have historical, cultural and traditional facts about this land the Igbos know Nada.

deeptechcool:


Most of the points by the Op are just figments of his imagination. Look at that Ikeja nonsense up there. So the Akeja of Ikejaland is a king of Ikorodu and Epe joint administration? Ikeja is an Awori name.. .

Ikeja means Ikorodu and Epe joint administration, you can take that to the bank. It was developed under the then Western region.

Ibeju-lekki??

ibeju means to rest right?

What da hell is lekki?

Very interesting and educative piece.
Thank you OP.

Nice research!