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Ibadan is the second largest city in Nigeria and the capital of Oyo State. It has a population of 3,300,000. Local industries include food processing and cigarette manufacture.

Ibandan was founded by the Yoruba in 1750. It became a Yoruba military headquarters in 1929 and came under British rule in 1893 as part of the Niger River Delta Protectorate.

It is host to Nigeria's first university, the University of Ibadan which was founded in 1948 as part of the University of London. Nearby there is the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture. Sport: Ibadan has a 40,000 capacity stadium and a footbal professional team, The 3SC Footbal club. Company in ibadan include Afprint Nig, Africola, Globacom,NTC Ibadan, Nigeria breweries, Coca Cola breweries, Nigeria tobacco company, west africa print e.t.c Television and radio station in Ibadan include, NTA Ibadan, Galaxy Television Ibadan,Oyo state Televison, Bcos, Fm Ibadan, Radio Nigeria Ibadan. Hotels in Ibadan include Lafia Hotel - Ibadan,Davies Hotel ,Premier Hotel Oremeji Mokola, Trans Nigeria Hotel,Summit Hotel,Kakanfo Inn Hotel, D'Rovans Hotel e.t.c A new University is now in Ibadan, call City University Ibadan. Ibadan has an Airport, and could be use to get to anywhere in the world.


Ibadan has an airport and is on the railway linking Lagos with Kano.