The Premier Hotel, Ibadan, a subsidiary of Odu'a Heritage Company, is one of the oldest and most prestigious hotels in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...

. Its central location on the peak of Mokola Hill gives it a unique visibility hundreds of miles away, both day and night –due in part to its white cladding and bright lighting. The hotel is the most visited in the city of

and is known for hosting expatriates, heads of states, and other foreign dignitaries.

History

Premier Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in

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. It is situated on the top of Mokola Hills and about 14 km from the

Ibadan Airport Ibadan Airport is an airport serving Ibadan, the capital of the Oyo State of Nigeria. It was commissioned by Joseph Wayas, a former senate president of Nigeria, in June 1982. Airlines and destinations See also *Transport in Nigeria *List of a ...

Oyo state Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...

. The hotel has about 87 bedrooms.

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