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2 unusual facts about Oyo State


Boy Scouts of Nigeria

There is a national community development project at Igbo-Ora, in Oyo State, which includes fish farming, agriculture and a training center for Scouts from all over the country.

Paul Suru Maforikan

He was Oyo State Evangelist for 10 years before being appointed a Deputy Pastor in December 2002.


Elechi Amadi

Born in 1934, in Aluu in the Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria, Elechi Amadi attended Government College, Umuahia (1948-1952), Survey School, Oyo (1953-1954), and the University of Ibadan (1955-1959), where he obtained a degree in Physics and Mathematics.

Issa Hayatou

On November 3, 2007, Hayatou was awarded an honorary degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Kiki Omeili

Her Father Charles was a banker with First Bank Nigeria and retired as a General Manager, while her mother Maureen was the Controller of Prisons in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.


see also

Chinyere Ike Nwosu

As governor of Oyo State, he upset the power balance of the traditional rulers by making the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, permanent chairman of the Oyo State Council of Obas.

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

In 1987, Governor Adetunji Olurin, then the military governor of Oyo State, received to a request by the Governing Council of the Polytechnic Ibadan to establish a state university.

Lukman Olaonipekun

Lukman Olaonipekun is a Nigerian photojournalist born on December 7, 1975 in Itesiwaju Local Government, Oyo State, Nigeria.