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Oyo, Oyo State

Index Oyo, Oyo State

Oyo is a city in Oyo State, Nigeria. [1]

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  1. 43 relations: Access Bank plc, Adebayo Faleti, Afijio, Ajayi Crowther University, Akesan, Alaafin, Atiba, Babajide David, City, Death and the King's Horseman, Egba people, Fela Sowande, First Bank of Nigeria, Gbenga Oloukun, Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC, Ibadan, Ilorin, Köppen climate classification, List of A1 roads, List of Nobel laureates, Monsurat Sunmonu, Najeem Olukokun, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, Olaniyi Afonja, Old Oyo, Owode Market, Oyo East, Oyo Empire, Oyo State, Oyo West, Quadri Aruna, Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian), States of Nigeria, Tropical savanna climate, United Bank for Africa, Wande Abimbola, West Africa Time, Wole Soyinka, Yoruba language, Yoruba people, Yoruba Revolutionary Wars, Zenith Bank.

  2. 1830s establishments in Africa
  3. Cities in Yorubaland
  4. Populated places in Oyo State

Access Bank plc

Access Bank Plc, commonly known as Access Bank, is a Nigerian multinational commercial bank, owned by Access Bank Group.

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Adebayo Faleti

Adebayo Mosobalaje Faleti (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster, Africa's first stage play director, Nigeria's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa - Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on television and radio alike, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood film director and actor.

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Afijio

Afijio is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Ajayi Crowther University

Ajayi Crowther University (also known as ACU) is a private, faith-based university located in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Akesan

Akesan is the mythical founder of Iperu, an ancient town in Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria.

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Alaafin

Alaafin, or The custodian of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire and present-day Oyo town of West Africa.

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Atiba

Atiba is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Babajide David

Babajide David Akintola (born 13 January 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Death and the King's Horseman

Death and the King's Horseman is a play by Wole Soyinka based on a real incident that took place in Nigeria during the colonial era: the horseman of a Yoruba King was prevented from committing ritual suicide by the colonial authorities.

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Egba people

The Egba people are a subgroup of the Yoruba people, an ethnic group of western Nigeria, a majority of whom are from the central part of Ogun State, that is Ogun Central Senatorial District.

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Fela Sowande

Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and composer.

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First Bank of Nigeria

First Bank of Nigeria is a multinational bank and financial services company with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Gbenga Oloukun

Gbenga Oluokun (born 14 June 1983) is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country.

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Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC

Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC also known as GTCO PLC is a multinational financial services group, that offers retail and investment banking, pension management, asset management and payments services, headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

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Ibadan

Ibadan is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. Oyo, Oyo State and Ibadan are Cities in Nigeria, Cities in Yorubaland and Populated places in Oyo State.

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Ilorin

Ilorin is the capital city of Kwara State located in the North-central region of Nigeria, although dominated by Yorubas, it is classifiedas North-central state due to its emirate system of traditional rule. Oyo, Oyo State and Ilorin are Cities in Nigeria and Cities in Yorubaland.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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List of A1 roads

A list of roads designated A1, sorted by alphabetical order of country.

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List of Nobel laureates

The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.

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Monsurat Sunmonu

Monsurat Olajumoke Sunmonu (born 9 April 1959) is a Nigerian politician who served as a senator representing Oyo Central senatorial District between 2015 and 2019.

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Najeem Olukokun

Najeem Olaitan "Kunle" Olukokun (born 27 December 1990 in Oyo) is a Nigerian footballer, who is currently playing for Shooting Stars Sports Club.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Obafemi Awolowo University

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal university in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

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Olaniyi Afonja

Olaniyi Mukaila Afonja (born 14 October 1974), well known as Sanyeri, is a Nigerian comedian, actor and film maker.

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Old Oyo

Old Oyo, also known as Oyo-Ile, Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo is the site of a ruined medieval city that was once the capital of the Oyo Empire in what is now modern-day Nigeria. Oyo, Oyo State and Old Oyo are Cities in Nigeria and Cities in Yorubaland.

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Owode Market

Owode Market is a large market in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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Oyo East

Oyo East is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Oyo Empire

The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa.

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Oyo State

Oyo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria.

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Oyo West

Oyo West is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Quadri Aruna

Quadri Akinade Aruna (born 9 August 1988) is a professional Nigerian table tennis player.

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Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)

The Rev. Samuel Johnson (24 June 1846 – 29 April 1901) was an Anglican priest and historian of the Yoruba.

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States of Nigeria

Nigeria is a federation of 36 states.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer").

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United Bank for Africa

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is a multinational pan-African financial services group headquartered in Lagos Island, Lagos and known as Africa’s Global Bank.

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Wande Abimbola

Chief Ògúnwán̄dé "Wán̄dé" Abím̄bọ́lá (born 24 December 1932) is a Nigerian academician, a professor of Yoruba language and literature, and a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University).

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West Africa Time

West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa.

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Wole Soyinka

Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde "Wole" Soyinka (Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé "Wọlé" Ṣóyíinká,; born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language.

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Yoruba language

Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá,; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria.

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Yoruba people

The Yoruba people (Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire) are a West African ethnic group who mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.

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Yoruba Revolutionary Wars

The Yoruba Revolutionary Wars, also known as the Yoruba Civil Wars, were a series of conflicts that engulfed the Yoruba-speaking areas of West Africa from approximately 1789 to 1893.

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Zenith Bank

Zenith Bank Plc is a major financial services provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa, headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos.

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See also

1830s establishments in Africa

Cities in Yorubaland

Populated places in Oyo State

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo,_Oyo_State

Also known as Oyo Yorubas, Oyo, Nigeria, Oyo, Oyo.