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Ibadan (UK: / ɪˈbædən /, US: / ɪˈbɑːdən /; [ 4 ] Yoruba: Ìbàdàn) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 2,649,000 as of 2021, and over 3 million people within its metropolitan area. It is one of the country ...
Oyo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria.Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. [8] Oyo State is bordered to the north by Kwara State for 337 km, to the southeast by Osun State for 187 km, partly across the River Osun, and to the south by Ogun State, and to the west by the Republic of Benin for 98 km.
LGA District / area Postal code Villages Afijio: Akinmorin / Jobele: 211102: Aba Ibadan; Aba Kasia; Akinmorin; Alapadi; Anfelerin; Bali; Basi; Ekewa; Eleko; Elepe ...
University of Ibadan. " Recte Sapere Fons " (To think straight is the fount of knowledge). [2] The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was once a college of the University of London. The college was established in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the ...
The University College Hospital, Ibadan was initially commissioned with 500 bed spaces. Currently, the hospital has 1,000 bed spaces and 200 examination couches with occupancy rates ranging from 65 to 70%. The hospital, at inception in 1957, before the Act of Parliament, had two clinical Departments (Medicine and Surgery).
National Museum Road, Ibadan South West, Oyo State, Nigeria. Coordinates. 7°23′06″N 3°52′08″E / . 7.384937°N 3.868776°E. / 7.384937; 3.868776. Type. Ethnographic museum. The Ibadan National Museum of Unity is an ethnographic museum in Aleshinloye Ibadan, Nigeria. The museum is dedicated to the culture of the different ethnic ...
The Lagos–Ibadan Expressway is a 127.6-kilometre-long (79.3 mi) expressway connecting Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State and Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. [1] It is also the major route to the northern, southern and eastern parts of Nigeria. [2] The expressway is the oldest in Nigeria, commissioned in August 1978 during the Military era, under ...
Ibadan, a city-state and proto-empire that was founded in the 1800s by a polyglot group of refugees, soldiers, and itinerant traders after the fall of Ọyọ, largely dispensed with the concept of monarchism, preferring to elect both military and civil councils from a pool of eminent citizens. The city became a military republic, with ...