• Source: Timeline of Ibadan

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.
1900 – Lagos-Ibadan railway begins operating




20th century


1913 – Ibadan Grammar School established.
1916 – Moor Plantation established near Ibadan.
1929 – Government College founded.
1947 – Economic protest.
1948 – University College of Ibadan and its Botanical Garden established.
1949 – Nigerian Tribune newspaper begins publication.
1951 – Ibadan Peoples Party organized.
1952 – Population: 459,196.
1954 – Nigerian Records Office headquartered in Ibadan.
1955
Historical Society of Nigeria founded in Ibadan.
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).
1960
Liberty Stadium opens.
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research headquartered in city.
1961 – Mbari Writers and Artists Club formed.
1962 – University of Ibadan active; Institute of African Studies founded.
1963 – Population: 627,380.
1965 – Cocoa House built.
1967 – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture headquartered in city.
1975
Population: 847,000.
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 – Yinusa Ogundipe Arapasowu I 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).
2024
Oyo State coup attempt by Yoruba separatists




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






External links



"(Ibadan)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Ibadan)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Ibadan)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Ibadan)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Ibadan)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Ibadan)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
"Ibadan, Nigeria". BlackPast.org. US. 8 March 2011.
"Nigeria: Ibadan". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 25 February 2006.

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