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Between 1877 and 1893 the Yoruba Civil Wars occurred, and Abeokuta opposed Ibadan, which led the king or alake of the Egba to sign an alliance with the British governor, Sir Gilbert Carter.
Chief M.K.O Abiola was a prominent Nigerians from Abeokuta North.
Nigeria 1918, was granted for service during a revolt by the Egba people between Abeokuta and Lagos known as the Adubi War.
He is a grandson of Phillip Bamgbose and Theresa Fatola Adeogun of Ajale Compound Igbajo, Osun State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, and of Henry Isaac Kobina-Badu Williams, of Cape Coast, Republic of Ghana and Joanna Olasumbo Williams of Itesi, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The son of Abeokuta chief, Alani Bankole, he was a businessman before being elected to the House.
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta came into existence on 21 April, 1983, when the state hospital, Idi-Aba, was handed over to the federal government by the then state Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba for development into a federal tertiary health institution for the people of Ogun State and Nigerians in general.
The Ogun River leading to Abeokuta was not safe for canoe traffic, with travelers at risk from Egba robbers.
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In his Annual Report for 1863, Freeman said that trade had almost stopped altogether due to the by war between Ibadan and Abeokuta.
Madam Efunroye Tinubu was an active adversary of the British Colonial Government of what is now Nigeria that was banished by it from Lagos to her native Abeokuta.
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, tertiary learning institution in Abeokuta, 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 to the south.
At the handing over ceremony on that day, the Ogun State Military Governor, Navy Captain Oladeinde Joseph, commended the Nigerian Navy for bringing a model secondary school to Abeokuta.
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The Nigerian Navy Secondary School Abeokuta, is a secondary school located in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
The Olowu of Owu, Oba (King) Dr. Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu II (Amuroro Ruling House) ended the conferment of Ogboni traditional titles in Owu Abeokuta because the Ogboni culture is alien to Owu culture.
Plays on Nigerian TV included the very successful comedy Owo Tabua (Plenty Money), which was syndicated on NTA, Ibadan, Lagos Television (LTV 8) and Ogun State Television, OGTV, Abeokuta.
He bags a Doctor of Science (Hons) from University of Maiduguri and awarded a Doctor of Science and International Relations (Honoris Causa) for his contribution to public service by the Crescent University (University of Islamic Mission for Africa) Abeokuta, Nigeria in September 2012.
Reuben Abati, born November 7, 1965 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, is Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.
In 1851, she led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta.
He attained the professional graduation in Veterinary Medicines and a Masters(Hons) in Microbiology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
The British Council has also established academic link programme between FUNAAB and the University of Reading, and the University of Edinburgh, primarily, though not exclusively, in the areas of Plant and Animal Breeding and Seed Technology and Genetics, respectively.
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The current Chancellor is His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Joseph Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, a renowned and retired Professor of Medicine of the University of Ibadan.
He met the Bashorun of Abeokuta, who told him that the recent robberies of traders' property were due to the war with Ibadan.