ORIKI IBADAN

Ibadan mesi Ogo, nile Oluyole. Ilu Ogunmola, olodogbo keri loju ogun. Ilu Ibikunle alagbala jaya-jaya. Ilu Ajayi, o gbori Efon se filafila. Ilu Latosa, Aare-ona kakanfo. Ibadan Omo ajoro sun. Omo a je Igbin yoo,fi ikarahun fo ri mu. Ibadan maja-maja bii tojo kin-in-ni, eyi too ja aladuugbo gbogbo 


logun, Ibadan ki ba ni s’ore ai mu ni lo s’ogun. Ibadan Kure! Ibadan beere ki o too wo o, Ni bi Olè gbe n jare Olohun. B’Ibadan ti n gbonile bee lo n gba Ajoji. Eleyele lomi ti teru-tomo ‘Layipo n mu. Asejire lomi abumu-buwe nile Ibadan. A ki waye ka maa larun kan lara, Ija igboro larun Ibadan.

9 FUN FACTS ABOUT IBADAN

1. Located at the hub of Ibadan’s commercial centre, Cocoa House is the first skyscraper in Nigeria.

2. Ibadan has several well stocked libraries for all of the bookworms and information lovers who still prefer a book in hand as opposed to reading from screens and monitors. One of the most famous is Kenneth Dike Library in the University of Ibadan.

3. Rich in agriculture, Ibadan has a zoological garden and several botanical gardens

4. The golf course at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is said to be the best golf courses in Nigeria.

5. Ibadan is home to the first television station in Africa.

6. The Bower Memorial Tower to the east on Oke-Aare (Hill) can be seen from practically any point in the city. It also provides an excellent view of the whole city from the top. Try taking a trip up there as well as capturing the scenery through pictures.

7.The adire (“tie-dye”) cloth dyed locally in large pots of indigo is popular in the city.

8.Of the city’s six parks, the most important is Agodi Garden.

9. Okebadan Festival is an age-long festival observed by the people of Ibadan to celebrate unity where they sing humorous songs that portray the history of Ibadan people like;

Baba to nlo-Hey old man going Jawajawa epon -You are with dangling scrotum
Kiki sooki-Full of chalk.