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Timeline Of Lagos
The following is a :City timelines, timeline of the History of Lagos, history of the metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria. Prior to 19th century * 1472 - Ruy de Sequeira of Portugal names area "Lago de Curamo." * 1600 - Ashipa becomes Oba of Lagos, Oba. * 1630 ** King Ado (Lagos Oba), Ado in power. ** Iga Idunganran built (approximate date). * 1669 - King Gabaro in power. * 1704 - King Akinsemoyin in power. * 1749 ** Eletu Kekere becomes Oba. ** King Ologun Kutere in power. * 1775 - Adele Ajosun becomes Oba. * 1780 - Osinlokun, Eshilokun becomes Oba. 19th century * 1829 - Oba Idewu Ojulari in power. * 1837 - Oba Oluwole in power. * 1841 - Akitoye becomes Oba. * 1845 - Oba Kosoko in power. * 1851 - Reduction of Lagos, British bombardment of Lagos. * 1852 - British Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852, consulate established. * 1853 - King Dosunmu in power. *1859- The CMS Grammar School, Lagos, CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oluwole
Oluwole is a common Nigerian given name of Yoruba origin. It is a masculine name meaning "The prominent one enters (the house)." Notable people with the name include: As a name * Christopher Oluwole Rotimi Nigerian Army Brigadier General * Oluwole Akinyele Agbede Nigerian professor * Oluwole Olayiwola Amusan Nigerian academic * Oluwole Soyinka Nigerian playwright * Oluwole Oluwatosin Nigerian Philosopher * Oluwole Babafemi Familoni Nigerian Academic * Oluwole Olumuyiwa Nigerian architect * Winston Oluwole Soboyejo American scientist * Timothy Oluwole Obadare Nigerian televangelist * Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade Nigerian singer * Festus Oluwole Segun Nigerian clergy * Stephen Oluwole Awokoya former minister of education in Nigeria * Stephen Oluwole Akinola Nigerian Pentecostal pastor As a surname * Isaac Ladipo Oluwole Nigerian medical practitioner * Oba Oluwole former Oba of Lagos The Oba of Lagos, also known as the Eleko of Eko, is the Nigerian traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos Chamber Of Commerce And Industry
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry is a non-profit organization that promotes the interests of the business community in Lagos, Nigeria. It provides a platform for businesses to express their opinions and concerns regarding legislative or other measures affecting trade, industry, commerce, and agriculture. The organization also represents the views of the Lagos business community on the economy as a whole. Its main goal is to support the growth and success of businesses in Lagos by advocating for their interests and providing resources and support. It boasts over 1,500 members with the current Director General being Chinyere Almona. Founded on December 5, 1888, it was incorporated in 1950 as a non-profit making organization, Limited by Guarantee under the Companies Act of 1948. The Lagos Chamber of Commerce is the pioneer chamber of commerce in Nigeria. Its prestigious Commerce House building which houses its offices is located in Victoria Island, where most Nigerian corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyekan I
Oba Oyekan I (died September 30, 1900) reigned as the Lagos Monarch from March 1885 - September 30, 1900. He ascended the throne about a month after the death of his father Oba Dosunmu. Prince Oyekan vs. Chief Apena Ajasa incident In 1883, Oba Dosunmu, Oyekan's father called a meeting to heal tensions between Chief Apena Ajasa and Chief Taiwo Olowo however Chief Ajasa was threatening to the Oba and other chiefs. On viewing Apena Ajasa's threatening stance, prince Oyekan slapped Chief Ajasa adding that Ajasa should not insult the Oba at Iga Idunganran (the Oba's palace). Oba Dosunmu disapproved Oyekan's actions and cursed him saying ''"The boy who has thus acted should be lost"''. Chief Taiwo Olowo, Chief Apena Ajasa's rival, was delighted by Oyekan's action and countered Oba Dosunmu's imprecation saying ''"The boy shall not be lost but he will live a long life of prosperity"'' Decline in influence of the Obaship during Oyekan's reign The Obaship declined both financially and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos
Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos (MBHS Lagos) is a secondary school for boys located in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Founded in 1878, it was the second secondary school established in Nigeria. History The leaders of the Methodist community, including Charles Joseph George, met in 1874 to discuss founding a secondary school for members of their communion as an alternative to the CMS Grammar School, Bariga Lagos. After a fund-raising drive, construction of the building commenced and the Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos building was completed in June 1877. On March 14, 1878 the new school was formally opened, with Rev. W. Terry Coppin as the first principal. In April 1878, the first batch of students were taken in. There were 12 names on the roll. Among the 12 boys was George Stone Smith, the first on the list and therefore the Senior Foundation Scholar. There were also six mission agents-in-training. By the end of the year the number on roll had increased to 23 boys and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British Empire, British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was Lagos Treaty of Cession, annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus (1839), HMS ''Prometheus'' who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry. Oba of Lagos, Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelled "Docemo" in British documents) resisted the cession for 11 days while facing the threat of violence on Lagos and its people, but capitulated and signed the Lagos Treaty of Cession. Lagos was declared a colony on 5 March 1862. By 1872, Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading centre with a population over 60,000. In the aftermath of prolonged wars between the mainland Yoruba people, Yoruba states, the colony established a protectorate over most of Yorubaland between 1890 and 1897. The protectorate was incorporated into the new Southern Nigeria Protectorate in February 1906, and Lagos became the capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos Treaty Of Cession
The Treaty of Cession, 6 August 1861 or the Lagos Treaty of Cession was a treaty between the British Empire and Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelt 'Docemo' in English documents) wherein Dosunmu, under the threat of military bombardment, ceded Lagos Island to Britain, whilst retaining the title and powers of Oba, subject to English laws. Background In Britain's early 19th century fight against the Atlantic slave trade, its West Africa Squadron The West Africa Squadron, also known as the Preventive Squadron, was a squadron of the Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. Formed in 1808 after the British Parliament passed ... 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Lagos
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Lagos in Nigeria. History Background The origin of the Archdiocese of Lagos dates back to the effort of Irish and French missionaries of the Society of African Missions (SMA) to plant the seed of Catholicism in West Africa. The first venture by SMA to establish an African Mission in West Africa began in 1858 under the leadership of a Lyon based father, Melchior Joseph de Marion Bresillac. A member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, Bresillac had spent time in India and his desire for the new society was to spread the church and train Africans as priests to continue the work of the mission. The proposal was originally opposed by Pope Pius IX but with Bresillac's determination, the propaganda prefect approved the mission. When the mission's objective was granted in 1856, Dahomey was chosen as location. In November 1858, when the first batch of missionaries sailed for West Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMS Grammar School, Lagos
The CMS Grammar School in Bariga, a suburb of Lagos in Lagos State, is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. For decades it was the main source of African clergymen and administrators in the Lagos Colony. Foundation The seed funding for CMS Grammar School, Lagos was made possible by James Pinson Labulo Davies who in April 1859 provided Babington Macaulay with £50 (equivalent of ₦1.34 million as of 2014) to buy books and equipment for the school. With the seed funding Macaulay opened CMS Grammar School on 6 June 1859, which made it the first secondary school in Nigeria. In 1867, Davies contributed another £100 (₦2.68 million as of 2014) toward a CMS Grammar School Building Fund. Other contributors to the CMS Building Fund were non Saros such as Daniel Conrad Taiwo AKA Taiwo Olowo who contributed £50. Saro contributors also included men such as Moses Johnson, I.H. Willoughby, T.F. Cole, James George, and Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dosunmu
Dosunmu (c. 1823 – 1885), referred to in British documents as Docemo, reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1853, when he succeeded his father Oba Akitoye, until his own death in 1885. He was forced to run away to Britain under the threat of force in August 1861. Accession Dosunmu's accession to the throne broke with tradition in that he was appointed Oba by British Consul to Lagos Benjamin Campbell following Britain's intervention in Lagos affairs following the Reduction of Lagos in December 1851. Campbell had learned about Oba Akitoye's death on 2 September 1853 from CMS agent C.C. Gollmer but withheld this information from the paramount chiefs, instead inquiring from them who Akitoye's heir should be. In unison, the chiefs agreed that Dosunmu was the rightful heir and only then did Campbell relay the news of Akitoye's death to them. Campbell then informed Dosunmu about his accession to the Obaship followed by hasty accession ceremonies at the palace. The next day, Dosunmu was offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Between Great Britain And Lagos, 1 January 1852
The Treaty Between Great Britain and Lagos, 1 January 1852 was an agreement between Great Britain (represented by Commodore Henry William Bruce, Commander of the British Navy's West Africa Station and John Beecroft, British Consul in the Bights of Benin and Biafra) and Oba Akitoye, the newly installed Oba of Lagos. The treaty was signed following British victory during the Reduction of Lagos. British anti-slavery measures and naval bombardment of Lagos in 1851 In Britain's early 19th century fight against the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, its West Africa Squadron, or Preventive 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reduction Of Lagos
The Reduction of Lagos or Bombardment of Lagos was a British naval operation in late 1851 that involved the Royal Navy bombarding Lagos (in present-day Nigeria) under the justification of suppressing the Atlantic slave trade and deposing the King ( Oba) of Lagos, Kosoko, for refusing to end the slave trade. Many intersecting interests provided the Government of the United Kingdom with the impetus for military action against Kosoko. These interests included British desires to replace the slave trade with an alternative "legitimate" trade, British missionary interest in spreading Christianity, and fears that some Lagos residents, known as the Saro people, who were liberated from Atlantic slave trade, would be persecuted and re-enslaved. The British eventually deposed Kosoko and replaced him with Akitoye, who previously lost his throne to Kosoko and asked the British to help him return to power. In return, Akitoye promised to end the slave trade. In 1852, Akitoye and John Beecroft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
