Timeline of Ibadan explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Prior to 20th century

• 1835 – Oluyole becomes Olubadan.
• 1851 – Anglican Church Mission established by David Hinderer.^{[1] [2]}
• 1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating

20th century

• 1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
• 1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.^[3]
• 1929 – Government College founded.
• 1947 – Economic protest.^[4]
• 1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.^[5]
• 1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
• 1952 – Population: 459,196.^[7]
• 1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.^[8]
• 1955
  • Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.^[9]
  • Isaac Babalola Akinyele becomes Olubadan.
• 1957 – Black Orpheus literary magazine begins publication.
• 1958 – Nigerian National Archives headquartered in city.
• 1959 – Western Nigerian Government Broadcasting Corporation (WNTV) television begins broadcasting (later NTA Ibadan).^[10]
• 1960
  • Liberty Stadium opens.
  • Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.^[11]
• 1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.^[12]
• 1962 – University of Ibadan active; Institute of African Studies founded.^[13]
• 1963 – Population: 627,380.
• 1965 – Cocoa House built.
• 1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.
• 1975
  • Population: 847,000.^[14]
  • David Jemibewon becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 1976
  • City becomes capital of Oyo State.
  • Akinyele, Lagelu, and Oluyole semi-urban local governments created.
• 1982 – Leventis United football team formed.
• 1989 – Egbeda, Ido, and Ona Ara semi-urban local governments created.
• 1991 – Ibadan North, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan South-East, and Ibadan South-West urban local governments created.
• 1999 – becomes Olubadan

21st century

• 2003
  • Ibadan Internet Exchange commissioned.
  • Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja becomes governor of Oyo State.
• 2007 – Oyekunle Ayinde Olukotun becomes Olubadan.
• 2011
  • Abiola Ajimobi becomes governor of Oyo State.
  • Population: 2,949,000 (urban agglomeration).^[15]
• 2024
  • Oyo State coup attempt by Yoruba separatists^[16]

See also

• Ibadan history
• List of Olubadan
• Timelines of other cities in Nigeria: Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt

References

This article incorporates information from the Yoruba Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Book: Reuben K. Udo. Geographical Regions of Nigeria . 1970. University of California Press. Ibadan . registration. 34+ . .
    • Book: . Ibadan: The 'Penkelemes' Years, A Memoir, 1946–1965 . 0413686701 . 1994 . Methuen . registration .
  • Book: Ruth Watson . 'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan': Chieftaincy and Civic Culture in a Yoruba City.. Oxford: James Currey . 0-85255-454-0 . 2003 .
• Web site: Ibadan . Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003 . United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London . 2003 .
• Book: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . . Dickson Eyoh . Routledge . 0415234794 . 2003 . Ibadan, Nigeria.
• Book: Encyclopedia of African History . Fitzroy Dearborn . 978-1-57958-245-6 . . 2005. Ibadan.

External links

• Web site: (Ibadan) . . UK . (Bibliography of open access articles)
• Web site: (Ibadan) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Ibadan) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Ibadan) . . . Germany . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Ibadan) . Connecting-Africa . . Leiden, Netherlands . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Ibadan) . . (Bibliography)
• Web site: Ibadan, Nigeria . . 8 March 2011 . US .
• Web site: . Nigeria: Ibadan . https://web.archive.org/web/20060225012759/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.tcl?place_id=6671 . dead . 25 February 2006 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Toyin Falola. Ann Genova. Historical Dictionary of Nigeria . 2009. . 978-0-8108-6316-3 .
2. Web site: Hinderer, David, Nigeria, Anglican (CMS) . www.dacb.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916030408/http://www.dacb.org/stories/nigeria/hinderer_david.html . 2011-09-16.
3. Book: Julius O. Ihonvbere . Timothy Shaw . Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition . 1998 . Africa World Press . New Jersey, US . 978-0-86543-642-8 . registration .
4. Book: Tom G. Forrest. The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise . 1994. University of Virginia Press. 978-0-8139-1562-3 .
5. Web site: Garden Search: Nigeria . . London . 30 August 2015 .
6. Web site: Ibadan (Nigeria) – Newspapers . . Chicago, US . Global Resources Network . 30 September 2014 .
7. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
8. Book: . Saheed Aderinto. Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History . 2010. University Rochester Press. 978-1-58046-358-4.
9. Book: Gloria Chuku . The Igbo Intellectual Tradition: Creative Conflict in African and African Diasporic Thought . 2013. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-31129-0 . Kenneth Dike: the Father of Modern African Historiography . 137–164 .
10. Book: Louise M. Bourgault . Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1995. Indiana University Press. 0-253-11309-1.
11. Web site: History of NISER . Government of Nigeria . 30 September 2014 .
12. Web site: Guinea Coast, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 30 August 2015 .
13. Book: Robert W. July. An African Voice: The Role of the Humanities in African Independence. 1987. Duke University Press . US . 0-8223-0769-3 . Chapter 9 . registration. 192+ .
14. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
15. Book: The State of African Cities 2014 . 10 September 2015 . 978-92-1-132598-0 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195641/https://unhabitat.org/the-state-of-african-cities-2014/ . 2014-09-10 .
16. Web site: The Curious Journey Of Woman Who Declared Yoruba Independence From Nigeria . Ibrahim Adeyemi . HumAngle . 23 April 2024 . 29 September 2024 .