Thursday, September 1, 2016

What You Dont Know About Ibadan.

In case you don't know....................

*Ibadan is the third Largest city in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg     (Wikipedia)

*Ibadan is the third most populous city in Nigeria after Kano and Lagos

*Ibadan is the Home of Nigeria Army 2nd Division

*Ibadan city alone  has the Population of 3,720,643 people (2006 census),  with this more populous than States like, Enugu, Gombe, Osun, Cross-River, Sokoto, Ondo, Kebbi, Edo, Benue, Bayelsa, Abia, Kwara, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Taraba, Pleatue, Ekiti, Yobe and Zamfara (2006 census)


*Ibadan has 11 recognised Local Government Area with an Average of 338,462 people per L.G.A as against 150,000 people per L.G.A of Fed constitution recommendation, thou constitution stipulate 14L.G.A for provision to create a state

* "Ibadan North" L. G. A. is one of the first four most Populated L.G.A in Nigeria with 856,988 people and Oluyole 734,377  people (2006 census )

*Ibadan has 5 metropolitan L.G.A namely Ibadan North,
Ibadan North-West, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan south-West and Ibadan south-East

*Ibadan has 6 Urban L.G.A namely Egbeda, Oluyole, Ona-Ara, Lagelu,Akinyele and Iddo

Ibadan has its oldest L.G.A as Oluyole L.G.A and Lagelu L.G.A

*Ibadan is the Capital of Western Colonial Administration 1893 and also western Region since 1939

*Ibadan operates the most orderly and peaceful monarchy system anywhere in the whole universe

*Ibadan hosts the very first University in Nigeria and the first and the best zoological garden nationwide

*Ibadan cover a total Area of 3,186sq kill (1,195sq miles) close to the whole of Lagos State 3,348sq kil

*Ibadan has 7 federal constituencies as against constitution stipulation of 6 to create a state

*Ibadan puts Oyo state as the 4th Largest Economy state in Nigeria

*Ibadan is Nigeria 3rd cheapest city to live in Nigeria

*Ibadan has a  Federal Airport (Alakia), boarding Passenger to city like Kano, Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt  etc

* Ibadan has the oldest Surviving Newspaper in Nigeria (Tribune Newspaper)

* Ibadan hosts the first TV station in the whole of Africa 1959 as WRBC now NTA Ibadan

* Ibadan has 7 Television stations (Galaxy as the first private station in Nigeria 1996, NTA, AIT, MiTV, BCOS, Channels Ibadan and Silver bird Ibadan)

* Ibadan has whooping 14 Radio stations operating in the same city; namely fresh fm, splash fm, inspiration fm, oluyole fm, Lagelu fm, star fm, space fm, Diamond/U.i fm, naija fm, Radio Nigeria, Amuludun fm etc

*Ibadan is the only city in Nigeria that has over 15 Federal Tertiary Institution/ Federal Institutes; namely:

University of Ibadan, 1948.
Nigeria Institute for  social and Economic Research (NISER)

*Institute for  Agric Research Training (I.A.R&T) Moor Plantation

National Institute of Horticulture (NIHORT)

 National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI) 1978

National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI)

Institute of forestry and Research Institute (IFRI)

 University College Hospital (UCH) 1948

Federal School of Statistics

Federal school of Hygiene

Federal Co-operative college

Fed College of Agric,1921

Fed college of Forestry

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(Global Institute) IITA

COCOA Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)1976

National Institute of Science Laboratory technology(NISCLT)

* Ibadan has a number of Private higher Institutions of learning  such as
Lead city University

Ibadan City Polythetnic

BOLMOL Polytechnic

Tower Polythetnic

Al-Ibadan College of Education

Mufu Lanihun College of Education

*Ibadan has  the Largest Supermarket In Africa (Shoprite Ibadan ring-road branch)

*Ibadan has an International Stadium, Liberty Stadium with 35,846 capacity 1945

*Ibadan is the home of book Publisher, having over major 20 printing companies i.e Oxford, University Press, Spectrum,  Bounty, Macmillan etc

*Ibadan hosts the Regional Headquarter of Central Bank Of Nigeria Dugbe, under which state like Ondo,Delta, Ogun, Kogi,Edo Ekiti, Ilorin, and Oyo operate

*Ibadan to Oyo is the first motorable road in Nigeria 1905 by Sir Percy Girouard

*The  busiest road in Nigeria after Lagos-Abeokuta expressway is Lagos-Ibadan followed by Abuja-Kaduna express road

*An Ibadan man,  Mr Taiwo Akinkumi designed Nigeria Nation Flag (1959)

*Ibadan has the first tallest Building in Africa, "Cocoa House" 1952

*Ibadan hosts the first set of Secondary schools in Nigeria

 St Anne's School Molete 1868,

Ibadan Grammar School 1913,

Ibadan boy High School 1938,

Government College Ibadan 1927,
Queen school Ibadan 1956,
St Patrick high school 1962,
 Ibadan city Academy 1946
Wesley College 1905,
St Theraser Girl school 1932,
Yejide High school 1956,
Loyola high school 1954,
 Lagelu high school 1960's

*Ibadan is the city with the highest number of Professors in the whole of Africa

*Ibadan is the fastest growing city in Nigeria (NBS)

Oya who talk say Ibadan peeps are not mouthed..😜😜😘

Lemme see thumbs up from Ibadan people jawe

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