The Ogun River (Yoruba: Odò Ògùn) is a waterway in Nigeria that discharges into the Lagos Lagoon. Ogun State of Nigeria is named after the river. The river...
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Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. As a Nigerian state, Ogun is the second most industrialised state after Lagos, with a focus on metal processing...
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Yemọja rules over the Ogun River in modern-day Nigeria and is responsible for creating all children and fish. Some sacred rivers have religious prohibitions...
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Yemọja (category Sea and river deities)
humanity. She is an orisha, in this case patron spirit of rivers, particularly the Ogun River in Nigeria, and oceans in Cuban and Brazilian orisa religions...
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Abeokuta (redirect from Abeokuta, Ogun State)
Abeokuta is the capital city of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria. It is situated on the east bank of the Ogun River, near a group of rocky outcrops in a...
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Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (redirect from Ogun State Polytechnic)
Ogun State, Nigeria. The Ojere campus is in the South-Eastern part of Abeokuta, covering about 960 hectares of rolling land bounded by the Ogun River...
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area of Ogun West Senatorial District, Ogun State, in south-west Nigeria, Africa. In 1995, the group's name was changed to Yewa after the Yewa River, the...
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Yorubaland (section Rivers)
into the Niger river. Some southward flowing rivers include; The Osun and Shasha rivers which empty into the Lekki Lagoon, the Ogun River and its major...
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majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State, that is Ogun Central Senatorial District. Ogun Central Senatorial District comprises six local...
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List of water deities (redirect from Sea and river deity)
Osun River. Olokun, an ocean orisha. In Yoruba Mythology he was the god of all waters. Yemoja, originally the orisha of the Ogun River (largest river in...
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Ogun may refer to: Ogun (also referred to as Ogún or Ogúm), an Orisha Ogun River, a river in southwestern Nigeria Ogun State, a state in southwestern Nigeria...
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This is a list of villages and settlements in Ogun State, Nigeria, organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given)...
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riverbank. Yemọja - a mother goddess; patron deity of women and of the Ogun river Yemowo - wife of Ọbàtálá and of the water. Said to be the original form...
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of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, a federal agency under the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Water Resources and one of the twelve River Basin...
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Ouémé River Okpara River Ogun River Oyan River Ofiki River Ona River (Awna River) Ogunpa River Osun River Erinle River Otin River Oba River Omi Osun...
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in present-day Southwestern Nigeria, which comprises the majority of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Lagos states, as well as parts of Kogi state...
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divided into six provinces, with three on the west side of the Ogun River and three to the river's east. Each province was supervised by a governor appointed...
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The Oyan River Dam is in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State in the West of Nigeria, about 20 km north west of the state capital Abeokuta...
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smaller barges and boats. It receives the discharge of the Ogun River and the Osun River. The sediments of the lagoon ranges from mangrove swamp to muddy...
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The Ogun State Executive Council (also known as, the Cabinet of Ogun State) is the highest formal governmental body that plays important roles in the Government...
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native to the rivers of West and Central Africa, in particular the lower Niger River basin, the Ogun River basin and the upper Chari River. It prefers muddy...
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Ota (alternatively spelled Otta) is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria with an estimated 163,783 residents. Ota is the capital of the Ado–Odo/Ota Local Government...
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local government area of Oyo State in the south west of Nigeria on the Ogun River. Reservoir capacity is 690 million m3. The dam was initiated by the military...
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Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Ogun comprises three Senators, representing Ogun East, Ogun Central, and Ogun West, and nine Representatives, representing...
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Ogun Waterside is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is the only area of the state with a coastline on the Bight of Benin and also borders...
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Magodo; Maryland; Onigbongbo; Government Reserved Area (GRA) Ikeja. Isheri/River Ogun – Cradle of Awori and Lagos indigenous population Lagos State Government...
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Chad Irrigation Scheme, Borno State, Kafin Zaki Dam Bauchi State, Ogun River Dam, Ogun State, Dadin Kowa Dam Bauchi State, Goronyo Dam Sokoto State, and...
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in Ago adopt Islamic names. During the Gbodo War, Elebu drowned in the Ogun River. It was also during the war that the eternal friendship of Prince Atobatele...
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The Shasha River or Sasa River (Yoruba: Odo Shasha) is a river in Lagos, Ogun and Osun States in Nigeria. The landscape varies from rainforest in the north...
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