Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the west. Abeokuta is both Ogun State's capital and most populous city; other important cities in the state include Ijebu Ode, the royal capital of the Ijebu Kingdom, and Sagamu, Nigeria's leading kola nut grower. Ogun state is covered predominantly by rain forest and has wooden savanna in the northwest. Ogun State had a total population of 3,751,140 residents as of 2006, making Ogun State the 16th most populated state in Nigeria In terms of landmass, Ogun State is the 24th largest State in Nigeria with land area of 16,762 kilometer square.
Oba Otudeko CFR is a Nigerian businessman who serves as the founder and chairman of the Honeywell Group. He was a former chairman of FBN Holdings and founder of the Oba Otudeko Foundation. As of June 2017, his estimated net worth was US$550 million.
Sagamu or Ishagamu is an agglomeration of thirteen towns located in Ogun State along the Ibu River and Eruwuru Stream between Lagos and Ibadan, founded in the mid 19th century by members of the Remo branch of the Yoruba people in south-western Nigeria. The 13 towns are: Makun, Offin, Sonyindo, Epe, Ibido, Igbepa, Ado, Oko, Ipoji, Batoro, Ijoku, Ijagba and Latawa. It is the capital of Remo Kingdom, and the paramount ruler of the kingdom, the Akarigbo of Remo, has his palace is in the town of Offin.
Gbenga Daniel is a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ogun State, Nigeria from 29 May 2003 to 29 May 2011.
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state owned and operated university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 29 May 2001, in honour of Chief (Dr.) Olabisi Onabanjo, whose efforts as the then civilian governor of Ogun State gave birth to the university. Meanwhile, many students still refer to the institution as OSU, an acronym for the former name.
Chief Bola Kuforiji-Olubi was a Nigerian traditional aristocrat, accountant, banker and politician, she was minister of commerce and industry in 1993 during the Interim National Government of Chief Ernest Shonekan. In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, she held that of the Otunba Ayora of Ijebu-Ode.
Reuben Adeleye Abati is a Nigerian Journalist, Politician, Television Anchor and Newspaper Columnist. He was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Deputy Governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2019 Gubernatorial election. Abati was Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria between Year 2011 and 2015. He was previously a newspaper columnist and the chairman of the editorial board of the Nigerian newspaper The Guardian from 2001 to 2011. He is a graduate of Theater Arts from the University of Calabar. Equally important, Reuben Abati is a Senior Research Associate with the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Cultural Studies and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo was governor of Ogun State in Nigeria from October 1979 – December 1983, during the Nigerian Second Republic. He was of Ijebu extraction.
Ago-Iwoye is a city in Ogun, Nigeria and formerly of the now-defunct Ijebu Kingdom. It is located in the Ijebu North Local Governmental Area and the main town comprises seven contiguous districts: Ibipe, Isamuro, Idode, Odosinusi, Igan, Imosu, and Imere. The main campus of Olabisi Onabanjo University is located 7 km west of the city. In 1963, the town had a population of 14,718; by 2013, it was estimated to be about 190,000, with 40,000 of those being university students.
Harris Otadafevwerha Deodemise Eghagha was a Nigerian general who was appointed military governor of Ogun State, Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo, handing over power to the elected governor Olabisi Onabanjo at the start of the Nigerian Second Republic.
Fatiu Ademola Akesode was a Nigerian professor of paediatrics, educational administrator, and former vice chancellor of Lagos State University Lagos State, Nigeria.
Olusoga Sofola is a Nigerian Professor of Physiology and former Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University. He is currently the treasurer of Nigerian Academy of Science. He was formerly an academic staff at the University of Lagos, where he taught Physiology. He served as Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos before he rose to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics). In 2009, he was appointed as Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde was the immediate past vice chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye Ogun State,. His tenure started in May 2017 and ended on October, 2022. Professor Agboola Ayodeji Johnson succeeded Professor Ganiyu Olatunji Olatunde as the new chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University.
Biyi Afonja is a Nigerian academician and retired professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan. He is the first Nigerian to be President of African Statistical Association.
Segun Okeowo was a Nigerian educationist who is best known for being the president of the National Union of Nigerian Students at the forefront of the Ali Must Go protests.
The 1979 Ogun State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. UPN candidate Olabisi Onabanjo won the election.
Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi was the first Nigerian professor of medicine. He was the pioneer head of University College Hospital, Ibadan and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.
