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This topic is not necessary.

just abandon the hausa fulani slaves with their delusion.

I wonder why Onaheze Ndigbo didn't protest against the bill making yoruba compulsory in Lagos?

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Flagilator:
HISTORY OF LAGOS
Lagos (Yoruba: Èkó) is a city in the Nigerian state of Lagos.
The city, with its adjoining conurbation, is the largest in
Nigeria, as well as on the African continent. It is one of the
fastest growing cities in the world and also one of the most
populous urban agglomerations in the world. Lagos is a
major financial centre in Africa; the mega city has the
highest GDP, and also houses one of the largest and busiest
ports on the continent.
Lagos initially emerged as a port city which originated on a
collection of islands, which are contained in the present day
Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa,
Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa; the islands are separated by
creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon,
while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands
and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to
100 km (60 mi) east and west of the mouth. Due to rapid
urbanization, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to
include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-
Ifelodun and Surulere. This led to the classification of Lagos
into two main areas - the Island, which was the initial city of
Lagos, before it expanded into the area known as the
Mainland. This city area was governed directly by the
Federal Government through the Lagos City Council, until
the creation of Lagos State in 1967, which led to the splitting
of Lagos city into the present day seven Local Government
Areas (LGAs), and an addition of other towns (which now
make up 13 LGAs) from the then Western Region, to form
the state.
Lagos which was the capital of Nigeria since its
amalgamation in 1914, went on to become the capital of
Lagos State, after its creation. However, the state capital
was later moved to Ikeja in 1976, while the federal capital
also moved to Abuja in 1991. Even though Lagos is still
widely referred to as a city, the present day Lagos, also
known as "Metropolitan Lagos", and officially as "Lagos
Metropolitan Area" is an urban agglomeration or
conurbation, consisting of 16 LGAs, including Ikeja, the state
capital of Lagos State. This conurbation makes up 37% of
Lagos State's total land area, but houses about 85% of the
state's total population. The population of Metropolitan
Lagos is approximately 20 million as at 2015.
Lagos was originally inhabited by the Awori subgroup of the
Yoruba people in the 15th century, who called it "Oko".
Under the leadership of the Oloye Olofin, the Awori moved to
an island now called Iddo and then to the larger Lagos
Island. In the 16th century, the Awori settlement was
conquered by the Benin Empire and the island became a
Benin war-camp called "Eko" under Oba Orhogba, the Oba of
Benin at the time. Eko is still the native name for Lagos.
Lagos, which means "lakes", was a name given to the
settlement by the Portuguese. The present-day Lagos state
has a high percentage of Awori, who migrated to the area
from Isheri along the Ogun river. Throughout history, it was
home to a number of warring ethnic groups who had settled
in the area. Following its early settlement by the Awori
nobility, and its conquest by the Bini warlords of Benin, the
state first came to the attention of the Portuguese in the
15th century.
Portuguese explorer Rui de Sequeira visited the area in
1472, naming the area around the city Lago de Curamo.
Another explanation is that Lagos was named for Lagos,
Portugal – a maritime town which, at the time, was the
main centre of Portuguese expeditions down the African
coast.
In Britain's early 19th century fight against the transatlantic
slave trade, its West Africa Squadron or Preventative
Squadron as it was also known, continued to pursue
Portuguese, American, French, and Cuban slave ships and
to impose anti-slavery treaties with West African coastal
chiefs with so much doggedness that they created a strong
presence along the West African coast from Sierra Leone all
the way to the Niger Delta (today's Nigeria) and as far south
as Congo. In 1849, Britain appointed John Beecroft Consul
of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, a position he held (along
with his governorship of Fernando Po) until his death in
1854. John Duncan was appointed Vice Consul and was
located at Wydah. At the time of Beecroft's appointment,
the Kingdom of Lagos (under Oba Kosoko) was in the
western part of the Consulate of the Bights of Benin and
Biafra and was a key slave trading port. In 1851 and with
pressure from liberated slaves who now wielded political
and business influence, Britain intervened in Lagos in what
is now known as the Bombardment of Lagos or Capture of
Lagos resulting in the installation of Oba Akitoye (and the
ouster of Oba Kosoko) who signed Treaty Between Great
Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852. The signing of the 1852
treaty ushered in the Consular Period in Lagos' history
wherein Britain provided military protection to Lagos.
Following threats from Kosoko and the French who were
positioned at Wydah, a decision was made by Lord
Palmerston (British Prime Minister) who noted in 1861, "the
expediency of losing no time in assuming the formal
Protectorate of Lagos". William McCoskry, the Acting Consul
in Lagos with Commander Bedingfield convened a meeting
with Oba Dosunmu on July 30, 1861 aboard HMS
Prometheus where Britain's intent was explained and a
response to the terms were required by August 1861.
Dosunmu resisted the terms of the treaty but under the
threat to unleash violence on Lagos by Commander
Bedingfield, Dosunmu relented and signed the Lagos Treaty
of Cession on August 6, 1861.
The remainder of modern-day Nigeria was seized in 1887,
and when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was
established in 1914, Lagos was declared its capital,
continuing as such after the country's independence from
Britain in 1960. Along with migrants from all over Nigeria
and other West African nations were the returnee ex-slaves
known as Creoles, who came from Freetown, Sierra Leone,
Brazil and the West Indies to Lagos. The Creoles contributed
to Lagos' modernisation and their knowledge of Portuguese
architecture can still be seen from the architecture on Lagos
Island. Electric street lighting was introduced in the city in
1898. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the
1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom.
Before the creation of Lagos State on 27 May 1967, Lagos,
which was the country's capital had been administered
directly by the Federal Government as a Federal Territory
through the Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs, while the
Lagos City Council (LCC) governed the city. Lagos, along
with the towns from the then Western region (Ikeja, Agege,
Mushin, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry), were eventually
captured to create Lagos State. Lagos city was split into the
present day seven Local Government Areas(LGAs), while the
other towns now make up 13 LGAs in the state. Lagos
played the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital
until 1976, when the state capital was moved to Ikeja. Lagos
was adversely affected during Nigeria's military rule. Also,
on 12 December 1991, the seat of the Federal Government
was also formally relocated to Abuja. However, Lagos still
remains the financial centre of the country, and also grew to
become the most populous conurbation in the country.

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Henryyy:
Seasoned gutter? Yet you all are on our highways hawking gala in Lagos traffic. Yet you all troop in on a daily in search of a better life your pig sty SE denied you. Yet you are on nairaland wailing about the Yoruba language bill which was passed because it spells doom for you all. Yet you keep chanting "no man's land" just to feel among. And you open your mouth to call Lagos seasoned gutter. Very funny. Is there any gutter more filthy and disgusting than Onitsha which happens to be the commercial capital of the SE? Is there a more uninhabitable region than SE? Please spare me the crap and stop crying like galagos in my mentions. You got nothing meaningful to say. The only resources you posess are a loud mouth and empty chest. Now be gone.

The above junk would have been considered a wasteful endeavor if the ill-informed troll's forbearers did not take up arms to force Ndigbo back into Nigeria. If Ndigbo really have any value for the trash called Lagos why would they decide to leave Lagos and Nigeria entirely? I had wished most Nigerians such as the above poster knew the essence of logic.

hollah123:
it is a gutter but the life of u an your fellow ipobaboons can never be complete without visiting the gutter. even when u people come back from Lagos n go back to your erosion laden landlocked hole u go n form big boy there just because u went to Lagos n many of them will start calling u Lagos boy. we saw more than enough during my service year in ebonyi, Lagos is like London to an average igbo man. u fit swear say u no get family for Lagos?

I guess you and ilk are all for the so-called restructure. It will start with the construction of Lagos and Abuja, which were erected with collective resources of Nigerians, in the defunct eastern region and midwestern region respectively. When these are completed, we shall see if the trash called Lagos could exist beyond a week of English calendar.

Dedetwo:
I guess you and ilk are all for the so-called restructure. It will start with the construction of Lagos and Abuja, which were erected with collective resources of Nigerians, in the defunct eastern region and midwestern region respectively. When these are completed, we shall see if the trash called Lagos could exist beyond a week of English calendar.

if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
land grabber oshi
go to hell

Dedetwo:
There are many dingbats in the zoo called Nigeria. There was a time Ndigbo wanted to stay faraway from Yari.ba, Hausawa, Fulde, Kanuri and other mushroom ethnicities in the zoo called Nigeria. It must be told that the punks from the mentioned ethnic nationalities precipitated an internecine war of attrition against Ndigbo and the easterners. If Ndigbo wanted to grab the seasoned gutter called Lagos, why would they want to stay away from it? Have the ninnies suddenly and quickly forgotten the slogan of "One-Nigeria"?

All you need do is go back in time and resurrect Zik of Africa to include Awolowo's proposed secession clause and we'll all be chummy. You cannot put us in a mess and want to tuck tail and bail. Nigeria is not igbo land where you're severely lacking in foresight and never count the cost of missions before undertaking them.

If only Azikiwe had as much sense as Awolowo, we wouldn't be in this mess. Blame your fellow kinsman for your chagrin.

Dedetwo:
I guess you and ilk are all for the so-called restructure. It will start with the construction of Lagos and Abuja, which were erected with collective resources of Nigerians, in the defunct eastern region and midwestern region respectively. When these are completed, we shall see if the trash called Lagos could exist beyond a week of English calendar.

This your post is below your level na guy.
Envy,jealous,hate and inferiority complex are all written over it

Basic123:
I wonder why Onaheze Ndigbo didn't protest against the bill making yoruba compulsory in Lagos?

Because they are Yoruba Muslim slaves. Even in slavery, there are levels.

Belafonte:
Because they are Yoruba Muslim slaves. Even in slavery, there are levels.

Not only yoruba Muslims and Christians too people like Awolowo,benjamin Adekunle and Obasanjo

Henryyy:
Seasoned gutter? Yet you all are on our highways hawking gala in Lagos traffic. Yet you all troop in on a daily in search of a better life your pig sty SE denied you. Yet you are on nairaland wailing about the Yoruba language bill which was passed because it spells doom for you all. Yet you keep chanting "no man's land" just to feel among. And you open your mouth to call Lagos seasoned gutter. Very funny. Is there any gutter more filthy and disgusting than Onitsha which happens to be the commercial capital of the SE? Is there a more uninhabitable region than SE? Please spare me the crap and stop crying like galagos in my mentions. You got nothing meaningful to say. The only resources you posess are a loud mouth and empty chest. Now be gone.

These are Yoruba hawking in Anambra state, they are at every nook and cranny of the state now...

patrick89:
These are Yoruba hawking in Anambra state, they are at every nook and cranny of the state now...

These are igbos hawking in Lagos traffic.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3923499_galas938x535_jpeg01391535dc096b16a24be2a35da00d23
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3913611_20160701183302_jpeg1de6aba49c6969b3e1735d7a01364e21
And the entire world knows they occupy all our highways now. What's your point?
P.S: I am not trying to shame these men hawking.It is far better and honorable than engaging in vices all in the name of money. But when some people come here to beat chest about owning 200% of multinationals or 700% of real estates in our home, we have to reveal the truth. Shalom.

Henryyy:
These are igbos hawking in Lagos traffic.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3923499_galas938x535_jpeg01391535dc096b16a24be2a35da00d23
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3913611_20160701183302_jpeg1de6aba49c6969b3e1735d7a01364e21
And the entire world knows they occupy all our highways now. What's your point?
P.S: I am not trying to shame these men hawking.It is far better and honorable than engaging in vices all in the name of money. But when some people come here to beat chest about owning 200% of multinationals or 700% of real estates in our home, we have to reveal the truth. Shalom.

Are these not those our igbo online billionaires?

I read through some threads on nl politics section, and I can't help but question the intellectual capacity of some posters.
Do you think this dick measuring contest makes any sense at all? What's the point in coming up with a post like this? Does it matter who developed Lagos? Why can't we focus on more important subjects?
Lagos is developed and it took the collective efforts of different Nigerians and more importantly, good leadership. It is high time we grow above ethnic and religious bigotry and start to come up with solutions that can solve our myriad of problems. Thank you

Dedetwo:
There are many dingbats in the zoo called Nigeria. There was a time Ndigbo wanted to stay faraway from Yari.ba, Hausawa, Fulde, Kanuri and other mushroom ethnicities in the zoo called Nigeria. It must be told that the punks from the mentioned ethnic nationalities precipitated an internecine war of attrition against Ndigbo and the easterners. If Ndigbo wanted to grab the seasoned gutter called Lagos, why would they want to stay away from it? Have the ninnies suddenly and quickly forgotten the slogan of "One-Nigeria"?

Igbos are merely reaping the fruits of One-Nigeria by making Lagos the latest Igbo state

Igbo amaka

Michael004:
Are these not those our igbo online billionaires?