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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.
University of Ibadan gate. [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 University of London. [3] It became an independent university in 1962 ...
Most of the pioneer teaching staff were British expatriate educators from Gordonstoun in Scotland. The school is a co-educational Boarding and Day School admitting pupils aged 10 to 16. It was primarily established to meet world-class educational standards [4][5] for children of expatriates, living and working in Nigeria.
1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established. 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan. [3] 1929 – Government College founded. 1947 – Economic protest. [4] 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established. [1] [5] 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.
The Ibadan school of history was the first, and for many years the dominant, intellectual tradition in the study of the history of Nigeria. It originated at the University of Ibadan, in Ibadan, Nigeria, in the 1950s, and remained dominant until the 1970s. The University of Ibadan was the first university to open in Nigeria, and its scholars set ...
Oyo State. Government. • Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council. Oluwaseun Olufade (Onala) (PDP) Time zone. UTC+1 (WAT) Ibadan North is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters stood at Agodi in Ibadan. The postal code of the area is 200.
Saliu was born as the first of 17 children of Raji Olayiwola and Suwebat Amope Adetunji on 26 August 1928 [3] in Ibadan, Oyo State. He grew up learning vocational jobs until he took up fashion designing as a means of living after moving into Lagos. [4] While working as a fashion designer, Saliu delved into musical record marketing until in 1960 ...