According to the governor, the move was in recognition of his contributions to education and public service.Announcement made ...

The Students’ Union Government of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, has appealed to the Oyo State House of Assembly to reject Governor Seyi Makinde’s recent pronouncement to rename the institution.PUNCH Online ...

“Ibadan was and is still the leader of all towns and villages in Yoruba land. Rev. Samuel John in his book, ‘The history of the Yoruba’, pointed out that the agreement of August 15, 1893 on ...

Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, alongside alumni bodies, on Friday, rejected the renaming of the institution ...

Suffice it to say that Ibadan is the child of Yoruba history and it came from the crucible of the Yoruba internecine wars which actually began 1797 with Oyo/Owu attack on Apomu and terminated with ...

As a child growing up in Ibadan, I benefitted from this artistic ecosystem. Wives of expatriate university lecturers in a bid to use their spare time productively started a children’s playgroup ...

Ibadan history might have hit a turning point on Sunday August 27, 2017 but it is evident that something refreshing has been added to the culture to reinvigorate it as depicted in the words of ...

Some indigenes of Ibadan, ... The group urged voters in Oyo South senatorial district not to vote for people whose identity, family and ancestral history are not known in Ibadan.

The 19th-century Yoruba wars between 1825 and 1893 as well as the Military Jihad from Sokoto instigated a southward move for many Yoruba communities in search of more secure locations. This ...