[b]In case you don't know....................
*Ibadan is the third Largest city in Africa after Cairo
and Johanesbourg
*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 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 1950 as WNBC 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 is Lagos-Ibadan followed
by Abuja-Kaduna express road
*Ibadan is the first city with an upstairs in Nigeria
(Built by David Hinderer)
*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 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 1956
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)
Kai proudly IBADAN GIRL JOOORR!!!![/b]
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[color =red]Who says Ibadan no get anything??? Oya tell me what your state has got?? #dancing#[/color]
