Tag: Ibadan


  • Ibadan Empire had its history started early in 1829 while Oyo Empire was tethered along political cracks and rising infightings. Dissident soldiers vacated in the company of extracts from Ile Ife, Oyo and Ijebu in a manner that smashed through the dangling crisis. The fragmentation arose because the Owu was sacked. Before Lagelu and his sympathisers…

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  • Oluyole Private International Comprehensive College is a secondary school in Ibadan, established in September 2005 to complement the success of its primary school precursor. The school is part of the Nickdel Schools inspired by Mr. & Mrs. Adeleke. As one of the new generation schools, counseling is given some attention and the so-called Pastoral Care…

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  • Remi Babalola is a banker and politician from Ibadan. Remi was born in 1964 into a polygamous family with little means, where education wasn’t much of a priority. His value for education apparently developed from his mother’s drive in funding even her female children’s education up till the tertiary level. Remi studied at the Lagos…

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  • University of Ibadan, established in 1948, is Nigeria’s premier University. Courses in Sciences, Arts, Engineering, Social Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine and Law are offered, and degrees are awarded. The first set of Graduate students were awarded Post Graduate degrees in 1952, in affiliation with the University of London, and the school, after attaining its independent status,…

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  • Government College Ibadan was founded in 1929 by Selwyn McGregor Grier and V.B.V. Powell. The school had, after some uncertainty, settled in its first site; Apata Ganga in Ibadan. Government College has a rich history in Cricket. From its performance at competitive examinations in the years after Nigeria’s independence, the school had achieved renown. Like…

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