Interesting educational fact about Ibadan that you need to know

1. Ibadan is the third Largest city in Africa after Cairo
and Johannesburg.

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

3. Ibadan is the Home of Nigeria Army 2nd Division

4. Ibadan City alone has a 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, Plateau, Ekiti, Yobe and Zamfara (2006 census)

5. 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, the Nigerian Constitution stipulate 14 L.G.A for provision to create a state

6. 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)

7. Ibadan has 5 metropolitan L.G.A namely Ibadan
North, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan
South-West and Ibadan South-East

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

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

10. 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

11. Ibadan hosts the very first University in Nigeria and
the first and the best Zoological Garden nationwide (in the University of Ibadan campus)

12. Ibadan covers a total Area of 3,186 sq. km (1,195sq miles) close to the whole of Lagos State 3,348 sq.km

13. Ibadan has 7 Federal Constituencies as against constitution stipulation of 6 to create a state

14. Ibadan puts Oyo State as the 4th largest economy in Nigeria. Ibadan is Nigeria’s 3rd cheapest city to live.

15. Ibadan has a Federal Airport (Alakia), boarding passengers to cities like Kano, Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt etc.

16. Ibadan has 4 Government Reservation Areas (GRA,as we call them) – Iyaganku, Jericho, Onireke, and Agodi.

17. Ibadan hosted the first Housing Corporation in Nigeria that built the first housing estate in Nigeria,Bodija Housing Estate.

18. Ibadan has the oldest Surviving Newspaper in Nigeria (Tribune Newspaper). Ibadan hosts the first TV station in the whole of Africa 1959 as WRBC, later WNTV/WNBS and now NTA Ibadan

19. Ibadan has 7 Television stations (Galaxy as the first private station in Nigeria 1996, NTA, AIT, MiTV, BCOS, Channels Ibadan and Silverbird Ibadan)

20. Ibadan has a whopping 14 Radio stations operating in the same city; namely Fresh FM, Splash FM, Inspiration, Premier FM, Oluyole FM, Lagelu FM, Star FM, Space FM, Diamond/UI FM, Naija FM, Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM etc.

21. Ibadan hosts Mapo Hall, one of only 2 Town Halls in Africa of Greco-Roman architectural style.

22. Ibadan’s 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.

23. 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.

24. Ibadan hosted the first fruit canning factory in Nigeria, Lafia Canning Company, established and owned by the Western Nigeria Development Corporation, and supplied by the citrus and pineapple farm of Apoje, near Ijebu Igbo (in present day Ogun State).

25. Ibadan is the only city in Nigeria that has over 15 Federal Tertiary Institutions/Research Institutes.

26. Ibadan has the first stadium and International Stadium in Nigeria (1945) the Liberty Stadium (now Obafemi Awolowo Stadium) with 35,846 capacity.

27. Ibadan is the home of Book Publishers, having over major 20 printing companies i.e. Oxford University Press, Ibadan University Press, Heinemann, Evans, Spectrum, Bounty, Odua Press, Macmillan etc.

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

29. Ibadan to Oyo is the first motorable road in Nigeria 1905 built by Sir Percy Girouard
The busiest road in Nigeria after Lagos-Abeokuta expressway is Lagos-Ibadan followed by Abuja-Kaduna expressway. An Ibadan man, Mr Taiwo Akinkumi designed Nigeria Nation Flag (1959)

30. Ibadan has the first tallest building in Africa, “Cocoa House” 1952. Ibadan hosts the first set of Secondary schools in Nigeria.

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

32. Ibadan is the fastest growing city in Nigeria (NBS).