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	Ibadan - LoveToKnow 1911
		Ibadan is the capital of one of the Yoruba states and enjoys a large measure of autonomy.
		Ibadan long had a feud with Abeokuta, but on the establishment of the British protectorate the intertribal wars were stopped.
		A British resident and a detachment of Hausa troops are stationed at Ibadan.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ibadan (262 words)

	Ibadan — FactMonster.com
		Ibadan was founded in the 1830s as a military camp during the
		The city came under British protection in 1893, and was the capital of Nigeria's former Western Region.
		Sade - Sade (Helen Folsade Adu) singer, songwriter Born: 1/16/1959 Birthplace: Ibadan, Nigeria Grammy...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0824804.html (163 words)

	Ibadan
		Ibadan is the second-largest city in the country, and is a major commercial, industrial, and administrative centre.
		Ibadan is the largest city of African origin south of the Sahara.
		Ibadan ruled the empire of the same name in the late 19th century.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0004326.html (297 words)

	IBADAN : Encyclopedia Entry
		Ibadan, surrounded by seven hills, is the largest city in Nigeria and the whole of Africa (larger than both Lagos and Cairo in geographical size).
		Ibadan grew into an impressive and sprawling urban center so much that by the end of 1829, Ibadan dominated the Yorùbá region militarily, politically and economically.The area became a British Protectorate in 1893 and by then the population had swelled to 120,000.
		Ibadan and its environs before the dissolution of the Western Region, Nigeria was the home of the most sophisticated and liberal scientific and cultural community on the continent of Africa; as personified by the immortalized Ibadan School.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Ibadan (1289 words)

	UNHCR - Nigeria: Information on the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) subgroup at the University of ...
		A professor of African politics at the University of Texas in Austin was not aware of a protest at the University of Ibadan by members of a MOSOP subgroup (15 May 1996).
		The source added that protests on Nigerian university campuses, on issues of national importance, usually spread quickly from one campus to another and by way of example mentioned the annulment of the 12 June 1995 elections, or incidents in which a student is killed (ibid.).
		The source added that it is unlikely a MOSOP subgroup exists at the University of Ibadan, which is in the west of Nigeria, far from Rivers state in the south (ibid.).
	www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3ae6ab8e64.html (548 words)

	De:Bug Texte: Ibadan
		In einer Talsohle, zwischen den Steppen und den Wäldern der nigerianischen Provinz Oyo, liegt Ibadan, eine Stadt von 3,8 Millionen Einwohnern.
		Ibadan steht für organischen Deephouse mit einem Hang zur polyrhythmischen, synkopierten Perkussion und gelegentlichen esoterischen Elementen.
		Aus dieser Grundhaltung entwickelte Ibadan in den letzten Jahren eine reduzierte Ästhetik.
	www.de-bug.de /texte/4409.html (609 words)

	Ibadan 1960 John Picton
		Ibadan is a modern city: it always was; and 'Ibadan is Sweet' (ie is a happy place) is the title of a well-known starch-resist indigo-dyed cloth, made using a technique developed in Ibadan some time after its mid-19th-century foundation.
		Much of this did not happen in Ibadan (Lagos, Zaria, Oshogbo, Nsukka, Ife, etc) but much of it did, particularly through the Mbari artists and writers club founded in Ibadan and in journals such as Odu and Black Orpheus published in Ibadan; and in any case Beier was employed by Ibadan university.
		Ibadan was, in addition, the (temporary) site both of Nigeria's first tertiary-level fine art department, which was moved to Zaria in the 1950s, and its first national museum, founded by Kenneth Murray (Onabolu's protege and Enwonwu's teacher), which opened in Lagos in 1957.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /cath/ahrc/events/2004/0923/abs/picton.html (352 words)

	Ibadan Ilorin War 1840
		Ibadan's [influence extended] to the north-east, where it came into conflict with Ilorin.
		With the shift in population to the forest fringes the importance of cavalry had diminished, and the wars during the rest of the century were fought by armies of infantry with arms imported from the coast rather than the north.
		After the battle, the only uses the Ibadan had for the captured Ilorin horses were as food and as supplies of horsehair for tying on their amulets (1921: 288).
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/india/ibadanilorin1840.htm (311 words)

	Ibadan travel guide
		Ibadan is the capital city of Oyo State, Nigeria and the largest city in fl Africa.
		The University of Ibadan, the first university in the country and where the distinguished Nobel prize winner Prof.
		The city is fast becoming cosmopolitan with the advent of Lebanese and Asian businessmen in particular, though it is far behind cities like Lagos (the commercial capital), Abuja(the country's new capital) and Port Harcourt (the capital of Rivers State and where there is a lot of oil wealth).
	www.world66.com /africa/nigeria/ibadan (515 words)

	Ibadan, Nigeria
		Ibadan is the second largest city in Nigeria and the capital of Oyo State.
		Ibadan was founded by the Yoruba in 1750.
		Ibadan's Liberty Stadium has a capacity of 40,000 and is the home of the 3SC (Shooting Stars) professional football club.
	www.creekin.net /c5365-n137-ibadan-nigeria.html (221 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ibadan (Nigeria Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Ibadan was founded in the 1830s as a military camp during the Yoruba civil wars and developed into the most powerful Yoruba city-state.
		In 1840, Ibadan forces defeated Fulani invaders from the north at the battle of Oshogbo, thus protecting S Yorubaland from attack.
		The city came under British protection in 1893, and was the capital of Nigeria's former Western Region.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Ibadan.html (227 words)

	IBADAN. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ibadan was founded in the 1830s as a military camp during the Yoruba civil wars and developed into the most powerful Yoruba city-state.
		In 1840, Ibadan forces defeated Fulani invaders from the north at the battle of Oshogbo, thus protecting S Yorubaland from attack.
		The city came under British protection in 1893, and was the capital of Nigeria’s former Western Region.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ib/Ibadan.html (125 words)

	St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, Ibadan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The priory, which is the formation house of the Province, and the related Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology are the greatest and most important Dominican venture in the Province and in Africa as a whole.
		Ibadan was not the first choice for a novitiate.
		Kenny was assigned to Ibadan in September 1971 and spent part of each year teaching in the Seminary and helping with the liturgical development of the Dominican Community.
	www.diafrica.org /nigeriaop/50book/ibadan.htm (1712 words)

	MAN_FROM_IBADAN
		In demand not only for the tracks on his Ibadan imprint but for his awesome DJing and production talents, Sydenham has proven that the world is his.
		Born in Ibadan, in the Oyo province of Nigeria north of Lagos, Sydenham moved to New York in the early '80s.
		His homeland is recovering from the oppressive dictatorship of Sani Abacha (who died in 1999) but a recent visit left Sydenham optimistic.
	www.ibadanrecords.com /bio01_jeromeinter.html (1021 words)

	allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Ibadan Elders Wade Into Oyo Crisis, Task Obasanjo On Peace (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CONCERNED Ibadan elders, yesterday, rose from a meeting in Ibadan calling on President Olusegun Obasanjo to direct all the law enforcement agents in Oyo State to join hands with Governor Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja to restore peace and tranquility which have eluded the ancient city of Ibadan in the past four years.
		This was the part of the resolutions of the Ibadan elders who assembled in the city to find a lasting solution to the orgy of violence that has engulfed the city shortly after the assumption of office of the governor in 2003.
		To this end, the group under the aegis of Assembly of Ibadan Indigenes promised that all the aggrieved parties in the crisis would be prevailed upon to toe the path of peace to enhance the socio-economic development of the state.
	allafrica.com /stories/200701300075.html (349 words)

	Ibadan, Nigeria, Pictures
		Ibadan, city in southwestern Nigeria, capital of Oyo State.
		Inhabited mainly by the Yoruba, Ibadan, which has an airport and is on the railroad line linking Lagos with Kano, is a major transit point between the coast and areas to the north.
		The University of Ibadan (founded as a college of the University of London in 1948 and as an autonomous university in 1962) and several libraries and research institutes are located in the city.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Nigeria/Ibadan_city.html (253 words)

	Faculty of Law l The University of Ibadan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The law programme at Ibadan was meant to contribute its quota to the production of qualified legal personnel to combat the problem of acute shortage of qualified personnel on the Bench, Ministries of Justice, Court Registries, Government Departments, the Armed Forces and the Police, Industries and the Institutions of higher learning as teachers and administrators.
		The law programme at the University of Ibadan started in October 1, when the Department of Law was established within the Faculty of Social Sciences with an intake of 43 students.
		At the inception of the programme in the University of Ibadan, the original idea was to prepare mature students who have already taken first degree in other disciplines for meaningful and effective careers in law.
	www.ui.edu.ng /facultyoflaw.htm (1108 words)

	Olaniyan: Homicide detectives arrive Ibadan for investigation - Nigeria Daily News \| Nigerian News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		IBADANâ” HOMICIDE detectives from the Police Force Headquarters, Alagbon, Lagos have arrived Ibadan to commence investigation into the circumstances surrounding the assassination of Alhaji Lateef Olaniyan a.k.a Lati Osogbo,a political associate of Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu.
		The state government and Alhaji Adedibu are locked in a war of words over the murder of the slain politician with the two camps blaming each other for the untimely death of the deceased.
		However, as the detectives arrived Ibadan for the probe into the murder of Lati Osogbo, aides of Governor Ladoja are now living in fears of possible reprisal attack from the Molete axis of the state capital with some of them said to have moved out of their official residence.
	ndn.nigeriadailynews.com /templates/?a=4011&z=12 (303 words)

	Ibadan Sights
		The main attraction of Ibadan is the whole city and the locals.
		Of course there are particular places to visit such as the palace of the Olubadan (the King) of Ibadan and University of Ibadan which has a zoo, but this is more due to their historical and academic significance than anything else.
		Ibadan is still struggling with itself as to whether to be modern and cosmopolitan or ancient and conservative.
	www.world66.com /africa/nigeria/ibadan/sights (183 words)

	Africa Regional Centre for Information Science, University of Ibadan
		The outcome of this mission was the recommendation to establish two such schools, one at the University of Ibadan for the West African Sub-Region and the other at Addis Ababa University for East and Southern Africa.
		The University of Ibadan, Nigeria's first and only university until 1960, was founded in 1948 as a College of the University of London.
		ARCIS is an institute in the University of Ibadan.
	www.arcisng.net /aboutarcis.html (1617 words)

	Ibadan, Nigeria News
		Listen to Listen to report The state and national elections in Nigeria, scheduled to begin on April 14, are considered by almost everyone concerned to be the most important event in the country's history since...
		AFTER it was flagged off penultimate week in Lagos, Professor Niyi Osundare's 60th birthday marked last week at the University of Ibadan, and Lagos turned out to become a ceremony of life IT was indeed "a...
		IBADAN, Nigeria: The wail of six-week-old Quari Babaola cut through the air like the blade that had just sliced through his chin.
	www.topix.net /ng/ibadan (737 words)

	Public Citizen \| Publications - Risk-Related Behavior, Sexual Coercion, and Implications for Prevention Strategies ...
		We describe a survey of 300 young female apprentice tailors in a periurban community in Ibadan, Nigeria.
		The objectives were to assess HIV risk-related behavior in order to plan appropriate prevention interventions.
		A peer-education intervention within the context of a microcredit economic development program may reduce risk for HIV among women in Nigeria's informal economy.
	www.citizen.org /publications/release.cfm?ID=7215 (397 words)

	Ibadan Nigeria. Ibadan City Guide and Yellow Pages. Zip Codes
		Ibadan Nigeria Art, Music, Blogs, Events, Weather, and Maps.
		Talk with other people in Ibadan about local business, art, bands and more.
		Major Ibadan Attractions and Events are Transwonderland Amusement Park, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Dugbe Market,,
	www.helloibadan.com (205 words)

	IngentaConnect GSM usage at the University of Ibadan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of global system for mobile communications (GMS) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, emphasizing the nature and characteristics of the activities for which it is used, the factors that promote or beset its use, its benefits and the quality of services provided by the operators.
		A two-stage stratified sampling technique was adopted for selecting a sample of 456 staff and students of the University of Ibadan that form the target population.
		Also a number of inhibitors of effective GSM use in the University of Ibadan such as limited network coverage, unstable network and difficulty in making calls, etc. were identified.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/mcb/263/2006/00000024/00000004/art00009 (301 words)

	IITA \| About IITA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The main IITA station is sited on a campus of about 1000 hectares, near the town of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria.
		The site was chosen for its proximity to the University of Ibadan, one of the strongest universities in sub-Saharan Africa.
		Ibadan provides the headquarters and administrative center of IITA.
	www.iita.org /iitaold/about/ibadan.htm (284 words)

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