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<\/p>\nIbadan is the third Largest city in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the third most Populous city in Nigeria
\nafter Kano and Lagos<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the Home of Nigeria Army 2nd Division<\/p>\n
Ibadan City alone has a population of 3,720,643
\npeople (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)<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 11 recognized Local Government Area
\nwith an Average of 338,462 people per L.G.A as against 150,000 people per L.G.A of Fed constitution recommendation, the Nigerian Constitution stipulate 14 L.G.A for provision to create a state<\/p>\n
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Ibadan North\u201d 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)<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 5 metropolitan L.G.A namely Ibadan
\nNorth, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan South-West and Ibadan South-East<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 6 Urban L.G.A namely Egbeda, Oluyole, Ona-Ara, Lagelu, Akinyele and Iddo<\/p>\n
Ibadan has its oldest L.G.A as Oluyole L.G.A and Lagelu L.G.A<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the Capital of Western Colonial
\nAdministration 1893 and also Western Region since 1939, Ibadan operates the most orderly and peaceful monarchy system anywhere in the whole universe.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosts the very first University in Nigeria and the first and the best Zoological Garden nationwide (in the University of Ibadan campus).<\/p>\n
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Ibadan cover a total Area of 3,186 sq. km (1,195sq miles) close to the whole of Lagos State 3,348 sq.
\nkm<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 7 Federal Constituencies as against
\nconstitution stipulation of 6 to create a state<\/p>\n
Ibadan puts Oyo State as the 4th largest economy in Nigeria. Ibadan is Nigeria\u2019s 3rd cheapest city to live.<\/p>\n
Ibadan has a Federal Airport (Alakia), boarding
\npassengers to cities like Kano, Lagos, Abuja, Benin,Port Harcourt etc.<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 4 Government Reservation Areas (GRA, as we call them) \u2013 Iyaganku, Jericho, Onireke, and Agodi.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosted the first Housing Corporation in
\nNigeria that built the first housing estate in Nigeria, Bodija Housing Estate.<\/p>\n
Ibadan has the oldest Surviving Newspaper in
\nNigeria (Tribune Newspaper)<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosts the first TV station in the whole of Africa 1959 as WRBC, later WNTV\/WNBS and now NTA Ibadan<\/p>\n
Ibadan has 7 Television stations (Galaxy as the first private station in Nigeria 1996, NTA, AIT, MiTV, BCOS, Channels Ibadan and Silverbird Ibadan).<\/p>\n
Ibadan has a whopping 25 Radio stations operating in the same city; namely Fresh FM, Splash FM, Inspiration, Agidigbo FM, Premier FM, Oluyole FM, Lagelu FM, Star FM, Space FM, Diamond\/UI FM, Naija FM, Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM etc.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosts Mapo Hall, one of only 2 Town Halls in Africa of Greco-Roman architectural style.<\/p>\n
Ibadan\u2019s house-numbering, system for postal delivery using the cardinal points, N, S, E, W, SW,SE, NW, and NE is the only one of such postal codes in Africa, designed by the British.<\/p>\n
Ibadan has the Bower Tower, designed by British Colonial Officer Taffy (also designed the Mapo Hall) is the only structure of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa, located on top of the city in the Agala Forest.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosted the first fruit canning factory in
\nNigeria, Lafia Canning Company, established and
\nowned by the Western Nigeria Development Corporation, and supplied by the citrus and pineapple farm of Apoje, near Ijebu Igbo (in present day Ogun State).<\/p>\n
Ibadan consists of several almost-independent, self-sustaining big communities:
\n\u2022 The City itself
\n\u2022 University of Ibadan campus
\n\u2022 The Ibadan Polytechnic campus.
\n\u2022 The University College Hospital (UCN) community.
\n\u2022 The Moor Plantation Community, including the
\nIAR&T campus.
\n\u2022 The IITA community
\n\u2022 CRIN community
\n\u2022 The Nigerian Railway compound and living quarters
\n\u2022 The Odogbo Barracks community of the Nigerian
\nArmy
\n\u2022 The Lead City University campus
\n\u2022 The religious communities of Immanuel College and the Dominican Community.<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the only city in Nigeria that has over 15
\nFederal Tertiary Institutions\/Research Institutes,
\nnamely:<\/p>\n
University of Ibadan, formerly University College,
\nIbadan,1948 (Nigeria\u2019s Premier University).
\nNigeria Institute for Social and Economic
\nResearch, (NISER)
\nInstitute for Agricultural Research and Training
\n(I.A.R &T) Moor Plantation
\nNational Institute of Horticulture Research and
\nTraining (NIHORT)
\nNational Cereal Research Institute (NCRI) 1978
\nNational Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI)
\nForestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)
\nUniversity College Hospital (UCH) 1948, including School of Nursing.
\nFederal School of Statistics 10. Federal School of Hygiene
\nFederal Co-operative College
\nFederal College of Agriculture,1921
\nFederal College of Animal Health and Production Technology
\nFederal College of Forestry .
\nInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA (an international\/global Institute)
\nCocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)1976
\nNational Institute of Science Laboratory
\nTechnology (NISCLT)
\nIbadan Polytechnic (owned by Oyo State) but started as the National College of Science and
\nTechnology
\nIbadan has several private higher institutions of learning such as:
\n\u2022 Immanuel College of Theology
\n\u2022 Lead City University \u2022 Ibadan City Polytechnic
\n\u2022 BOLMOL Polytechnic
\n\u2022 Dominican University
\n\u2022 Tower Polytechnic
\n\u2022 All-Ibadan College of Education
\n\u2022 Mufu Lanihun College of Education *Ibadan has the Largest Supermarket in Africa (Shoprite Ibadan Ring-Road branch).<\/p>\n
Ibadan has the first stadium and International
\nStadium in Nigeria (1945) the Liberty Stadium (now Obafemi Awolowo Stadium) with 35,846 capacity.<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the home of Book Publishers, having over major 20 printing companies i.e. Oxford University Press, Ibadan University Press, Heinemann, Evans,
\nSpectrum, Bounty, Odua Press, Macmillan etc.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosts the Regional Headquarter of Central
\nBank Of Nigeria, Dugbe, under which states like
\nOndo,Delta, Ogun, Kogi,Edo Ekiti, Ilorin, and Oyo operate.<\/p>\n
Ibadan to Oyo is the first motorable road in Nigeria
\n1905 built by Sir Percy Girouard.<\/p>\n
The busiest road in Nigeria after Lagos-Abeokuta
\nexpressway is Lagos-Ibadan followed by Abuja-
\nKaduna express road.<\/p>\n
An Ibadan man, Mr Taiwo Akinkumi designed Nigeria Nation Flag (1959).<\/p>\n
Ibadan has the first tallest building in Africa, \u201cCocoa
\nHouse\u201d 1952.<\/p>\n
Ibadan hosts the first set of Secondary schools in
\nNigeria.
\n\u2022 St. Anne\u2019s School, Molete 1868,
\n\u2022 Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, 1913,
\n\u2022 Ibadan Boys High School, 1938,
\n\u2022 Government College, Apata, Ibadan 1927,
\n\u2022 Queen School, Apata, Ibadan 1956,
\n\u2022 St Patrick Grammar School 1962, \u2022 Ibadan City Academy, Eleta, 1946,
\n\u2022 Wesley College, Elekuro, (a teacher training college)1905,
\n\u2022 St. Theresa\u2019s Girl School, Oke-Ado, 1932,
\n\u2022 Yejide Girls Grammar School, Kudeti, 1956,
\n\u2022 Loyola College, Agodi,1954, \u2022 Lagelu Grammar School, Agugu,1958
\n\u2022 Igbo Elerin Grammar School, via Ibadan, 1957.<\/p>\n
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Ibadan is the city with the highest number of
\nProfessors in the whole of Africa.<\/p>\n
Ibadan is the fastest growing city in Nigeria (NBS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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