Oyo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous...
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Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo. Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in contemporary Nigeria. Since the...
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Oyo is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. It was founded as the capital of the remnant of the historic Oyo empire in the 1830s, and is known to its people...
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governors of Oyo State, Nigeria. Oyo State was formed in 1976 when Western State was divided into Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states. Nigeria States of Nigeria List of...
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The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa. It was located in present-day southern Benin and western Nigeria (including the South West zone and...
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18th-century alaafin, or king, of the Oyo people in what is now Nigeria. Coming to the throne shortly after the Oyo subjugation of neighboring Dahomey,...
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Ogbomosho (redirect from Ogbomoso, Oyo State)
Ogbomosho (also Ogbomoso and Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́) is a city in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. It was founded in the mid 17th century. The population was approximately...
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Ibadan (redirect from Ibadan, Oyo State)
the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population...
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The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Oyo comprises three Senators representing Oyo South, Oyo Central, and Oyo North. It has fourteen Representatives...
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Oluyole Local Government is a Local Government Area in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in a growing suburb called Idi-Ayunre. This Idi-Ayunre...
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Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo also known as FCE OYO was established on 5 October 1977, as Federal Advanced Teacher's college (Special)....
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Alaafin (category Alaafins of Oyo)
of ruler of empire. He ruled the old Oyo Empire, which extended from the present-day Benin republic to Nigeria, originating from states in the South...
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governor of Oyo State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Oyo State, Nigeria, after the governor of Oyo State, and...
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to the Oyo Empire include Koso, Bara, and Ipapo Ile, both cities in Nigeria. The inspiration for the metropolitan, urban center that Old Oyo was comes...
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This is a list of villages and settlements in Oyo State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given)...
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Oyo can refer to: Oyo Empire, a former Yoruba state that covered parts of Nigeria and Benin, or the capital city Oyo State, a present-day state of Nigeria...
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The Oyo Mesi is the privy council of Oyo, a Yoruba traditional state in Southwestern Nigeria. It dates to the medieval period, when it served as the government...
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The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Oyo State was held on 25 February 2023, to elect the 3 federal Senators from Oyo State, one from each of the state's...
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The Oyo State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Oyo State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 32 members elected...
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Emmanuel Alayande College of Education (category Nigeria articles missing geocoordinate data)
Education and Oyo State College of Education also known as EAUED is a state-owned University of Education located in Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria but recently...
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Oyo. The region now consists of nine states, across three geopolitical zones: Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo States. Oyo State...
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region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Empire, and the Oyo Empire. Islam reached Nigeria through the Bornu Empire between...
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Osun State (redirect from Osun State, Nigeria)
formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Osun is the ninth smallest...
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Ọranyan (category Alaafins of Oyo)
legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Oyo empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants of Oduduwa, he became...
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Ajayi Crowther University (category Christian universities and colleges in Nigeria)
located in Oyo State, Nigeria. Ajayi Crowther University, was founded as a CMS Training Institution in Abeokuta in 1853. It relocated from Lagos to Oyo in 1920...
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Lamidi Adeyemi III (category Alaafins of Oyo)
Dethroned & Banished from Oyo Kingdom by Obafemi Awolowo". 20 April 2017. "Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi Turns 70". The Nation (Nigeria). 3 November 2009...
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Iseyin (redirect from Iseyin, Oyo State)
Iseyin is a city located in Oyo, Nigeria. It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) north of Ibadan. The city was estimated to have a population of 236,000, according...
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Ibadan forest of horror (category Nigeria articles missing geocoordinate data)
trafficking and ritual sacrifice located in Soka forest in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The building was discovered on March 22, 2014, by a group of motorcycle...
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The Old Oyo National Park is one of the national parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria. The park is 2,512 km2...
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are thirty-six states in Nigeria. Eight states are in Yorubaland. This is a list of States of Nigeria located in Yorubaland Oyo State Ogun State Kwara State...
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