text: A daminɛ na, Yoruba jamanadenw ka kabila dɔ tun bɛ yen, Lagos yɔrɔ in bɛ kɛ gunw dalajɛlen ye kɔji dogolen dɔ kɔnɔ Atlantiki Kɔgɔji kɔnɔ, min bɛ Benin kɔgɔjida dancɛ la. Pɔritigalikaw bɛ gɛrɛ o mara la  ani a fɔra ko u ye dugu tɔgɔ da ka ɲɛsin Lagos kurunboli yɔrɔ ma, taamaw bɔra yɔrɔ min na ka taa Afiriki. A minɛna Benin masaya fɛ san  na walima , Lagosi tun bɛ mara masakɛw fɛ, wa a kɛra jɔnfeere yɔrɔba ye  . San 1861, tubabu y’a kɛ koloni ye ani k’a tɔgɔ da ko Protectorate of Southern Nigeria min sigira senkan san 1914. A tora faaba ye Nizeriya ka yɛrɛmahɔrɔnya waati la san 1960.