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The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of western Nigeria, a majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State, that is Ogun Central Senatorial District. Ogun Central Senatorial District comprises six local government areas : Abeokuta North , Abeokuta South , Ewekoro , Ifo , Obafemi Owode and Odeda local ...
The Alake, Egba Government Officials, and the Lagos Colony Governor . The Egba United Government (EUG) was a short-lived but significant government established in the late 19th century by the Egba-Egbado people, a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group, in what is now South-western Nigeria and Eastern Benin.
The Egba people's original homeland in the Egba forest was established by Yoruba migrants from elsewhere. According to The History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, Eso Ikoyi chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egbas joined him in founding a new community - the confederacy of towns that became known as Orile Egba - in the forest after they left the nascent Oyo empire in around the ...
The Egba people's original homeland in the Egba forest was established by Yoruba migrants from elsewhere. According to The History of the Yorubas by Samuel Johnson, Eso Ikoyi chiefs in the retinue of the first Alake of the Egba joined him in founding a new community - the confederacy of towns that became known as Orile Egba - in the forest after they left the nascent Oyo empire in around the ...
A short oral history of Egba in Iyewa Egbado langauge by Elegbede Fausat Agbeke, a native speaker on the 25th of May 2021 at Abeokuta in, Ogun state. Date: 25 May 2021: Source: Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc: Author: Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc: Permission (Reusing this file)
Within a short period, the Egba people had overthrown Oyo's control and declared their independence. [24] In present-day Nigeria, Lisabi is a revered historical figure, particularly among the Egba people. His story is taught in schools, and his role in Egba's history is celebrated through cultural events, monuments, and storytelling. [19]
Before the creation of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate, Egba territory and people is bordered by the Ketu (Benin) in the West, the Lagos Colony in south, Ijebu in the east, and Oyo, Ibadan and Isoya near Ile Ife in the north. The people are directly connected to the Ogun River, but detached from the swampy coast of Lagos. Through the Egba ...
It was ultimately proven in 1921 that there were good grounds for the protest by the people who were against State ownership of native lands. [3] Edun facilitated a good relationship between the white merchants and the Egba people, and he was pivotal to the modernization of administration and civilization in the land.