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Iba, Osun State
Iba is a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria. Location Iba is in the Ifelodun Local Government Area in the northeast of Ọṣun State a few kilometers northeast of Ikirun, east of Inisa and southeast of Okuku. History The Jalumi War of 1 November 1878 took place in the hilly country of the northeast of Osun State in the area that includes Ikirun, Iba, Inisa, Okuku and Eko-Ende. It was one of the series of civil wars in Yorubaland between 1793 and 1893. The town is mentioned in a report of 1911 of a visit by the resident Captain Cyril Hammond Elgee and the Ibadan chiefs to hear a boundary dispute between Iba and nearby Okuku. The dispute was unresolved until the late 1930s. The ruling house of Iba claims that they came from Ife long before the people of Ikuku came to the region. In 2011, a dispute over which ruling house should become the next traditional ruler, or Eburu of Iba, became a subject of litigation after the demise of Oba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osun State
Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun State and to the west by Oyo State. Named for the River Osun—a vital river which flows through the state—the state was formed from the southeast of Oyo State on 27 August 1991 and has its capital as the city of Osogbo. Of the 36 states of Nigeria, Osun is the ninth smallest in area and nineteenth most populous with an estimated population of about 4.7 million as of 2016. Geographically, the state is divided between the Nigerian lowland forests in most of the state and the drier Guinean forest–savanna mosaic in the north. The major geographical features are rivers including the state's namesake, the River Osun which bisects the state's interior before forming much of the state's southwestern border with Oyo State and flowing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ifelodun, Osun State
Ifelodun is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ikirun. Ifelodun has an area of 114 km and a population of 96,748 at the 2006 census. The LGA headquarters in Ikirun are about 10 minutes drive north of Osogbo, the state capital. There are twelve wards, mostly agrarian. Crops include kolanut, palm oil Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 33% of global oils produced from ..., root crops and fruit. Towns include Ikirun, Iba, Eko-Ende, Eko-Ajala, Obaagun, Dagbolu, Seke, Fidibomi and Oluode. Neighboring local governments are Olorunda, Odo Otin and Boripe. The postal code of the area is 231. References Local Government Areas in Osun State Local Government Areas in Yorubaland {{Osun-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa Time
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa. West Africa Time is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+01:00), which aligns it with Central European Time (CET) during winter, and Western European Summer Time (WEST) / British Summer Time (BST) during summer. As most of this time zone is in the tropical region, there is little change in day length throughout the year and therefore daylight saving time is not observed. West Africa Time is the time zone for the following countries: * (as Central European Time) * * * * * * (western side only) * * * (as Central European Time) * * * * (as Central European Time) * Countries west of Benin (except Morocco and Western Sahara) are in the UTC±0 time zone. Civil time in most of those countries is defined with reference to Greenwich Mean Time (now an alias for UTC±0, rather than an independent reference). References See also * Central European Time, an equivalent time zone covering most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikirun
Ikirun is a town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Ifelodun Local Government Area. It is an historical city that derived its name from the first ruler of the town called Akinorun. Basetan was the first settler and founder of present-day Ikirun. He was a hunter and in one of his hunting expeditions, he came across another settlement nearby in Igbo Irele headed by Akinorun. Basetan convinced Akinorun to join him in present-day Ikirun. However, because Basetan was a hunter who used to go on long hunting sprees, he left the day-to-day administration of the settlement in the care of his new friend, Akinorun with the understanding that he would, whenever he was around stand in as the deputy. With this arrangement the rulership was progressively ceded to Akinorun and his descendants with Basetan as the Eesa (deputy), up to the present time, comes from the Basetan lineage. In recognition of this arrangement, whenever a new Akinrun is installed he mandatorily spends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inisa
Inisa is a city in Osun State in the south-western Nigeria. It is in the Yoruba cultural and ethnic region of the country, and is a trading center for cocoa and other agricultural products grown in the surrounding area. Its population as of 2007 was 180,553. Inisa had been from time immemorial, a warrior community. She was deeply involved in the struggle for the survival of Yoruba race during the period of internecine wars and particularly, during the onslaught and incursions of the Fulani into Yorubaland in the 19th Century. Inisa people participated actively in the series of the wars. They fought in the Osogbo Osogbo (also ''Oṣogbo'', rarely ''Oshogbo'') is a city in Nigeria. It became the capital city of Osun State in 1991. Osogbo city seats the Headquarters of both Osogbo Local Government Area (situated at Oke Baale Area of the city) and Olorund ... war of 1840, the Jalumi War of 1878, the Ofa war (1886-1890) and the Daparu war. The Ofa war resulted from the desire of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okuku, Osun State Okuku is a city in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria. Okuku is about north of Ikirun. It is the birthplace of Olagunsoye Oyinlola (born 1951), governor of Osun State in Nigeria from 2003 to 2010. Osun State University has a campus at Okuku, the location of the College of Management and Social Sciences. It is also the place of origin of the Late rinceChief Justice T.A Irinoye of the defunct Gongola State 927 - 1992 Origins Okuku is populated by Yoruba people. Tradition says it was founded by Oladile, a direct descendant of Oduduwa. He and his brothers Alara, Ajero and Orangun left Ile-Ife at the same time. Oladile settled at a place near the Otin River called Iko-Ikin, meaning "clump of palm nuts". The name evolved into Kookin. Kookin was a large a prosperous town, a center for iron working. Around 1760 Kookin lost a battle with the Ijesha. The survivors moved a few kilometers north from the ruins of Kookin and founded the settlement of Okuku. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [W |
