Ogere Remo Explained

Official Name:Ogere Remo
Other Name:Ogere, "Omo Onipakala a gbe ni madehin"
Settlement Type:LGA and Town
Pushpin Map:Nigeria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nigeria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nigeria
Subdivision Name1:Ogun State
Subdivision Name2:Ikenne
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:WAT
Utc Offset:+1
Coordinates:6.7833°N 37°W
Postal Code Type:3-digit postal code prefix
Postal Code:121
Iso Code:NG.OG.IP

Ogere (also referred to as Ogere Remo or Ogere-Remo or Ogere - Remo), is an ancient town in the present Remo Division of Ogun State, Nigeria. The town was founded circa 1401 A.D. Ogere is part of the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The ancestral home of the Yorubas is Ile-Ife. Oduduwa is the ancestral father of all the Yorubas at home and in the diaspora.

The people of Ogere are Yorubas of the Remo stock. They hailed from the ancestral home “Lagere in Ile-Ife” in two different emigrations led by Olipakala and Lowa-Lida respectively. The two are Ile-Ife crowned Princes.

Location

Ogere is situated in a hilly area. The topography of the town justifies the biblical saying which states that “A town that is situated on hills cannot be hidden”.

Ogere is one of the old thirty three towns that made up “Remo Kingdom”. It is in the South-West of the Kingdom.

Ogere has boundaries in the North with Ajura (an Egba Town), in the South with Iperu-Remo, in the East with Ode-Remo and in the West with Sagamu Remo.

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Ogere anthem

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UFDC.
  2. News: FRSC battles 24-hour gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway . The InfoStride.
  3. News: I listen to country music before going to bed - 80 year old accountant. The Punch.
  4. Web site: Ikenne Remo. 21 August 2013 .
  5. News: Follow due process to avoid sanctions - Ogun tasks forestry. The InfoStride.
  6. News: traditionalists dare ogun festival over oro.
  7. Web site: Aladura Nigerian religion. Encyclopedia Britannica. en. 2020-02-17.