flyover30:
am Bini,but this mata nor concern IBO.Onitsha is still our colony. make una embrace unity.

laudate:

And Akiolu's claims have been refuted by more knowledgeable people using historical evidence.

FisifunKododada:


I do not support that nonsense. The people that would benefit most from state of residence are the wandering jews from the potorpotor republic. Their region is damaged beyond repair so they have turn nomads going everywhere and calling people's homelands nomanlands. We even have Northern-Igbos now.

superstar1:


At its peak, the Kingdom of Yorubas stretched from Ore down to part of Ghana, from Lokoja to Sabe in Benin Republic, From Jebba down to Igbokoda.

Our forefathers were warriors and military machine that either conquer you or annihilate you totally.

meforyou1:
yes he has. We are not talking of all those oluwole guys from osogbo. We are talking of core Lagos

FisifunKododada:


Go to Wyoming in America and tell them the land belongs to California - see how they will throw you out forcefully without hesitation. Traditional land ownership is a world wide phenomenon. Africa's problems are caused by corruption and inept leadership.

Xda59:


Based on the evidences provided so far, Lagos belongs to bini. What does etiosa, eko, oshodi etc mean in yoruba?

Dirkcoyt:


who told you oduduwa is from Benin? if you don't know history stop distorting existing one! I hate the fact you keep alluding to the Benin baseless izoduwa claim which is the work of revisionist! Benin have been trying to claim every part Of southern Nigeria with unfound rhetoric.

mmsen:


Wyoming is a different state and they have private land ownership. That's an odd comparison.

Corruption is everywhere.

Africans are too rooted to their nonsensical past to see the potential of their future.

Traditional, undocumented land ownership is a recipe for chaos and unnecessary disputes. Make it clear who owns the land on paper - whether it is held on trust or by an individual. Land being held on say so is stupid. Especially within a sovereign country, which Nigeria is and which these tribes are not.

FisifunKododada:


And the Oba of Bini knows nothing about this generation of Yorubas - so we are even. If he chooses to be silent then he is giving tacit support. O pari!

Xda59:


If oduduwa is not from benin, then where did he come from? He fell from heaven right?

Xda59:


Based on the evidences provided so far, Lagos belongs to bini. What does etiosa, eko, oshodi etc mean in yoruba?

Malawian:

Naaaa,forget the tales by moonlight your fathers told you, after killing thousands of you and fearing that the Yoruba people we came to liberate could become "monuments" like those stones in Ore,we simple retreated to Edo state,and when their people also refused to fight for their freedom, we helped them declare a republic of Benin before returning to the east to roast your 3rd marine commandos in onitsha crossing. Read your history. At least, the Edos had a republic for at least 24 hours, but what republic has the Yoruba ever had in their god forsaken slavish lifetime?

Habakus:

I seriously find it distasteful how you've been mentioning the revered monarch of Benin flippantly in your comments.
You need to exercise some restraint.

ProWalker:
Why is it only on NL that we read this kind of unpopular news?

Malawian:

Why can't your Yoruba people remain in your ogbomoshorr caves?

liberalsinnerx:
Biafraans are willing to offer help to Edo to drive these afonja cancer out of Lagos and chase them with koboko to their rustic, muddy states of Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Ekiti. Greedy Land grabbers.

Xda59:


If oduduwa is not from benin, then where did he come from? He fell from heaven right?

Oloripelebe:
Thesame way Onitsha belongs to bini according to Nnamdi Azikwe

wtfcoded:

ur mumu don reach level 10.
Go n do proper research about onitsha.

lastmaster:
chest beater

macof:


Eti osa - edge of the lagoon

Eko - means camp in bini, also means farm in Awori

Oshodi - a Yoruba corruption of a Tapa name. The founder of Oshodi was a Tapa man from modern Niger state, he was a slave but grew through the ranks

sophoccles:


That old man is not ashamed to spew a lot of rubbish on national media just because of politics. He is an "agba-iya". He said he is Bini, he said he is also Awori.But even a child knows that Awori & Bini are never the same.

Nobody is disputing the fact that the Bini once maintained a military garrison on Lagos Island at the height of their powers, which is why the "Eleko" did not and should not wear a crown, he was never from any royal lineage, he was simply a war chief, a garrison commander.

If Bini actually settled Lagos the so called indigenes (including the garrulous Chief Ajayi-Bembe) would actually bear Bini names. But they eventually withdrew, leaving the land for the aboriginal inhabitants - the Awori. It's the same way you see relics of Roman civilization/administration in parts of Britain today. Do we now say the Romans own Britain?

Oloripelebe:


Argue with Azikwe

wtfcoded:

no need at all.
Just go n argue with the mumu person that fabricated that lie.

poseidon12:
Interesting piece of history. I didn't know that Lagos belongs to the Bini and not Yoruba. The Bini need to be more assertive in reclaiming what is there own.

Born2Breed:



Those that really own Lagos know where they are from....the slaves returnees and migrants from border states laying claim to what they have no true knowledge about also know themselves.

Kudos Ajayi-Bembe for educating those trying to re-write history.