Ayo Akinfe
I have always regarded the 1851 capture of Lagos as the date when the British colonisation of Nigeria began. That was the year when John Beecroft the British consul of the Bights of Benin and Biafra, lined up his naval gunboats off the coast of Lagos and forced Oba Akintoye to sign a treaty of protection handing over the...
Ayo Akinfe
Do you know that the first ever Eyo Festival in Lagos was held on the 20th of February, 1854, to commemorate the passing of Oba Akintoye. Yet in 168 years we have not been able to make it a money spinner like other global festivals
Since 1854, Eyo has been used to pay homage to the reigning Oba of Lagos. However, now,...
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