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.
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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