THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EGUN PEOPLE. The Egun people are an ethnic group located majorly in Lagos and Ogun state, the Southwestern part of Nigeria. The people are also referred to as Ogu people. They are also found in neighboring West African countries, notably the Republic of Benin and Togo.
At well over eighty years of age and 42 years on the throne, Oba Akran of Badagry, His Royal Majesty, De Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi 1 is no longer that vibrant young man who ascended the throne of his forefathers in 1977, but he no doubt retains that royalty and grace associated with the stool.
Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Lekki, one of the most beautiful cities in Nigeria, is located in the eastern part of Lagos State. The city is a naturally formed peninsula joined to its west Ikoyi and Victoria Island districts of Lagos.
1. Badagry, a coastal town by the Lagoon, was established in 15th Century. The name Badagry was said to have been evolved from the dual corruption of Agbedegreme (which means Agbedeh's farm in “Ogu” language) to Agbedagari and Agbedagari to Badagry by Yoruba settlers and European slave traders respectively.
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Ojo is a Local Government Area and town in Lagos State, Nigeria. Ojo is located on the eastern section of the Trans–West African Coastal Highway, about 37km west of Lagos. It is part of the Lagos Metropolitan Area.
Ijanikin is an area located in Oto-Awori district of Ojo Local Government Area. It is a suburb of Lagos which lies along Badagry express way and in close proximity to Agbara, Ojo, Igbesa and Ijegun. The traditional ruler of Ijanikin town is Onijanikin of Ijanikin.
Henry Ajomale is a Nigerian politician, technocrat and former Commissioner for Special Duties, Lagos State, Nigeria. He is currently the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Lagos State chapter.
The founders created a coastal village they called Eko. In the 1760s, Portuguese traders settled there and began using Eko as a port for the slave trade, renaming it Lagos after the coastal city in Southern Portugal that had the greatest trading links with Africa.
Lagos received a particularly low rank in the category of stability due to "continued threat from groups such as Boko Haram." Kidnapping remains a significant risk, and Lagos state reported the highest number of crimes in the country in 2016. The city also scored poorly on education and health care.
The fact that Lagos is owned by the Yoruba cannot be controverted and this is so, notwithstanding the Bini connections with Lagos. I say this because the history of the Edo themselves is intrinsically interwoven with the cradle of the Yoruba in Ile Ife.
Lagos; city; metropolis; urban center; port.
According to extant political records, “Lagos is to the people of Nigeria, what the head is to the body of an individual.” Prior to the Portuguese name of Lagos being adopted, Lagos was originally called Eko, which stems from either Oko (Yoruba: “cassava farm”) or Eko (“war camp”), by its Bini conquerors.
Eri, the god-like founder of Nri, is believed to have settled the region around 948 with other related Igbo cultures following after in the 13th century. The first Eze Nri (King of Nri), Ìfikuánim, followed directly after him.
Oba of Lagos
He is among the first class obas in yorubaland and is seen as a powerful figure in the hierarchy of traditional rulers in Nigeria.The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has claimed that Lagos State is not part of Yoruba land. The remainder of modern day Nigeria was seized in 1886 when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established in 1914 Lagos was declared its capital due to the struggle of the Bini King.
