Timeline of Ibadan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1835 – Oluyole becomes Olubadan.
• 1851 – Anglican Church Mission established by David Hinderer. ^{[1] [2]}
• 1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating

20th century

• 1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
• 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan. ^[3]
• 1929 – Government College founded.
• 1947 – Economic protest. ^[4]
• 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication. ^[6]
• 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
• 1952 – Population: 459,196. ^[7]
• 1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan. ^[8]
• 1955
  • Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan. ^[9]
  • Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
• 1957 – Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication. ^{[1] [10]}
• 1958 – Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city. ^[8]
• 1959 – Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan). ^[11]
• 1960
  • Liberty Stadium opens.
  • Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city. ^[12]
• 1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed. ^[10]
• 1962 – University of Ibadan active; ^[13] Institute of African Studies founded. ^[14]
• 1963 – Population: 627,380. ^[15]
• 1965 – Cocoa House built.
• 1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1975
  • Population: 847,000. ^[16]
  • David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 1976
  • City becomes capital of Oyo State. ^[13]
  • Akinyele, Lagelu, and Oluyole semi-urban local governments created. ^[17]
• 1982 – Leventis United football team formed.
• 1989 – Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created. ^[17]
• 1991 – Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created. ^[17]
• 1999 – Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I  [ yo ] becomes Olubadan

21st century

View of Ibadan, 2016

• 2003
  • Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
  • Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 2007 – Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2011
  • Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
  • Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration). ^[18]
• 2024
  • Oyo State coup attempt by Yoruba separatists ^[19]

See also

• Ibadan history
• List of Olubadan
• Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt

References

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2. "Hinderer, David, Nigeria, Anglican (CMS)". www.dacb.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-16.
3. Julius O. Ihonvbere; Timothy Shaw (1998). Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition . New Jersey, US: Africa World Press. ISBN   978-0-86543-642-8.
4. Tom G. Forrest (1994). The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise. University of Virginia Press. ISBN   978-0-8139-1562-3.
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8. Toyin Falola; Saheed Aderinto (2010). Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History. University Rochester Press. ISBN   978-1-58046-358-4.
9. Gloria Chuku, ed. (2013). "Kenneth Dike: the Father of Modern African Historiography". The Igbo Intellectual Tradition: Creative Conflict in African and African Diasporic Thought. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 137–164. ISBN   978-1-137-31129-0.
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11. Louise M. Bourgault (1995). Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN   0-253-11309-1.
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13. "Our History", The Official Website of the Oyo State Government, Government of Oyo State, 29 January 2012, retrieved 30 August 2015
14. Robert W. July (1987). "Chapter 9". An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence . US: Duke University Press. p. 192+. ISBN   0-8223-0769-3.
15. Udo 1970.
16. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
17. "Detailed Information of the 33 Local Governments in Brief", The Official Website of the Oyo State Government, Government of Oyo State, 11 April 2013, retrieved 30 August 2015
18. The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN   978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
19. Ibrahim Adeyemi (23 April 2024). "The Curious Journey Of Woman Who Declared Yoruba Independence From Nigeria". HumAngle. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

This article incorporates information from the Yoruba Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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• P.C. Lloyd; et al., eds. (1967), In the City of Ibadan: a symposium on its structure and development, London
• G.A. van der Knapp (1967), "Lagos en Ibadan; een stadsgeographische vergelijking", Kroniek van Afrika (in Dutch), vol. 7, ISSN   0023-4893
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• Wole Soyinka (1994). Ibadan: The 'Penkelemes' Years, A Memoir, 1946–1965 . Methuen. ISBN   0413686701.
• Simon Heap (1997), "'Jaguda Boys': Pickpocketing in Ibadan, 1930–60", Urban History, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 324–343
• Ruth Watson (2003). 'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN   0-85255-454-0.
• "Ibadan". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Ibadan, Nigeria". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN   0415234794.
• Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Ibadan". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN   978-1-57958-245-6.

External links

• "(Ibadan)". Directory of Open Access Journals . UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
• "(Ibadan)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
• "(Ibadan)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
• "(Ibadan)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa . Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
• "(Ibadan)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
• "(Ibadan)". AfricaBib.org . (Bibliography)
• "Ibadan, Nigeria". BlackPast.org . US. 8 March 2011.
• "Nigeria: Ibadan". ArchNet . Archived from the original on 25 February 2006.