I am Nigerian and I would want to introduce the rest of the world to IBADAN.Home of the brave Home of the heros.
ibadan and the most populous city in the state of Oyo with a population of over 3 million. It is the third most populous city in Nigeria, it is the Nigeria largest city by geographical area . At the time of Nigeria's independence in 1960, Ibadan was the largest and most populous city in the country, and the second most populous in Africa after Cairo.
Islam and Christianity are the dominant religions practiced in Ibadan with the overwhelming majority of the core Ibadan City Center inhabitants being Muslims. Christianity is also spread all across this core city to the suburbs.
Ibadan is host to Nigeria's premier higher institution of learning, The
University of Ibadan also known has the premier University . Established as a college of the University of London in 1948, and later converted into a self dependent university in 1962, It has the distinction of being one of the premier educational institutions in Africa. Other higher educational institutions in the city include; The Polytechnic, Ibadan , Lead City University , Federal college of Animal health and Production Technology, Federal College of Forestry, Highland College of Technology, Samonda,Federal School of Statistics, Tower Polytechnic, Ibadan, Ibadan City Polytechnic, Citigate Polytechnic, NIIT University among others.
