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Okuku, Osun State

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Okuku is a town in the Odo Otin Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria. [1]

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Cyril Hammond Elgee

Cyril Hammond Elgee (18 October 1871 – 17 August 1917) was a British colonial administrator in Nigeria, based in Ibadan at the time when the basic colonial institutions were being established.

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Iba, Osun State

Iba is a community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ọṣun State, Nigeria.

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Ibadan

Ibadan is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Ife

Ife (Ifè, also Ilé-Ifẹ̀) is an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.

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Ijesha

The Ijesha (written as Ìjẹ̀ṣà in Yoruba orthography), are a sub-ethnicity of the Yorubas of West Africa.

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Ikirun

Ikirun is a town in Osun State, Nigeria.

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Ilorin Emirate

The Ilorin Emirate is a traditional state based in the city of Ilorin in Kwara State, Nigeria.

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Ivor Frederick Wentworth Schofield

Ivor Frederick Wentworth Schofield CMG (5 July 1904 – 25 September 1979) was a British colonial administrator in West Africa.

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Jalumi War

The Jalumi War, also called the Battle of Ikirun, was a battle that took place on 1 November 1878 in the north east of present-day Osun State, Nigeria.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Odo Otin

Odo Otin is a Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria.

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Oduduwa

Oduduwa, was not only the first ruler of a unified Ife, but also the progenitor of various independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland, and is today venerated as "the hero, the warrior, the leader and father of the Yoruba race".

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Olagunsoye Oyinlola

Omoba Ọlagunsoye Oyinlọla (born 3 February 1951) became governor of Osun State in Nigeria in May 2003, and was reelected in 2007.

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Osun State

Osun (pronounced; "O'Shoon") is an inland state in south-western Nigeria.

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Osun State University

Osun State University is a multi-campus university established by Osun State Government under the administration of Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

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Otin River

The Otin River is a river in Osun State, Nigeria.

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Oyo Empire

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire of what is today Western and North central Nigeria.

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West Africa Time

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa; with countries west of Benin instead using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; equivalent to UTC with no offset).

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okuku,_Osun_State

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