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Ibadan (UK: / ɪ ˈ b æ d ən /, US: / ɪ ˈ b ɑː d ən /; [5] 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 3,649,000 as of 2021, and nearly 4 million within its metropolitan area.
Oyo 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.
The Ibadan Republic or the Ibadan Empire [2],was a powerful Yoruba state in present-day Nigeria, emerged in the 19th century following the collapse of the Oyo Empire. Initially a war camp in the 1820s, [ 3 ] Ibadan evolved into a major military power after its decisive victory against the Ilorin Emirate in 1838 at the Battle of Òsogbo .
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
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Bodija District Ibadan Nigeria Bodija is a district in Ibadan , Oyo State , Nigeria . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The district gained prominence with the development of like-named highbrow, a leafy residential estate created by the Western Nigeria Region after the independence of 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. [6] 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
Robert A. Jones (1882–1949), also known as "Taffy" was a Welsh man who worked in southern Nigeria between 1910 and 1944. He was a member of Ibadan Native Authority in 1923 as a road engineer, where he remained until his retirement to Wales. [4] He is also ascribed as being the engineer who built the Manor House in Iseyin. [5]