Get to know Ibadan better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like city or metropolis.
Ibadan meaning
A city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria.
Synonyms of Ibadan
Using Ibadan
- The main meaning on this page is: A city, the state capital of Oyo State, Nigeria.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, ibadan often appears in combinations such as: in ibadan, of ibadan, the ibadan.
Context around Ibadan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ibadan
- In this selection, "ibadan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ido, north, east, north, land and south stand out and add context to how "ibadan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include olubadan of ibadan land and 19 in ibadan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ibadan" sits close to words such as cartoons, clinched and greenville, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ibadan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They must have met at University College Ibadan, UCI- now University of Ibadan. (13 words)
Went to Ibadan and now there's a confirmed case of Covid -19 in Ibadan. (15 words)
According to him, the University of Ibadan instilled in him the values of public service. (15 words)
He prayed for the repose of the monarch’s soul and urged the Governor and the people of Ibadan land to take solace in the successes recorded during Oba Mohood Lekan Balogun’s short but highly impactful tenure as the Olubadan of Ibadan land. (44 words)
A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside. (39 words)
Ogunsanya also noted that since the 4G was first launched in Ibadan in February this year, the positive feedback from users, friends and other stakeholders in Ibadan have been excellently attesting to the speed of the network. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Oyo South senatorial district has nine local government areas, viz: Ibarapa North, Ibarapa East, Ibarapa Central, Ido, Ibadan North, Ibadan South-East, Ibadan South-West, Ibadan North-East and Ibadan North-West.
A suspect in the case of an Ibadan-based Instagram cloth vendor, Adeshina Olayinka, popularly called Khadi, who died at Wetland Hotel, Akobo, in Ibadan, is in police custody, according to a source in the hotel.
The minister made the appeal during a visit to the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, August 25, 2023.
A survivor of the explosion which occurred in Ibadan, on Tuesday, Mr Abiola AbduIsalam, said he jumped from a storey building on Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Ibadan, where the explosion happened, to save his life.
He prayed for the repose of the monarch’s soul and urged the Governor and the people of Ibadan land to take solace in the successes recorded during Oba Mohood Lekan Balogun’s short but highly impactful tenure as the Olubadan of Ibadan land.
One of the Ibadan Mogaji’s, who is also the Coordinator, Ibadan Compound Peace Initiative, Nurudeen Akinade said the late monarch was a grassroots mobiliser.
They must have met at University College Ibadan, UCI- now University of Ibadan.
He could not say when work would be completed on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line and Ibadan to Kano.
Taiwo Egunjobi has released the first teaser for his debut feature film, a love story 'In Ibadan' and it's a beautiful ode to the ancient city of Ibadan where it is set.
Three children of the same parents were in the early hours of Friday burnt to death at their residence situated at the last bust stop, behind Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Went to Ibadan and now there's a confirmed case of Covid -19 in Ibadan.
He said: “The bus marked KRE-495 XA was coming from Ibadan while the tanker with registration number LND-868 XN was inbound Ibadan from Lagos.
An Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, has fixed Feb. 12 for hearing on a suit filed by Chief Adebayo Oyediji, challenging the installation of Oba Saliu Adetunji, as the Olubadan of Ibadan land.
Chairman, Ibadan Carpenters’ Association, Ibadan North Local Government Area, Mr Abdul-Akeem Olanrewaju, who confirmed the incident to journalists, disclosed that the inferno was reported to have started at about 2 am.
Ogunsanya also noted that since the 4G was first launched in Ibadan in February this year, the positive feedback from users, friends and other stakeholders in Ibadan have been excellently attesting to the speed of the network.
According to Atiku, the President had claimed in 1999 to have attended St. John’s Primary School in Aroloya, Lagos State, before proceeding to Children’s Home School in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
According to him, the University of Ibadan instilled in him the values of public service.
Adepoju gave the warning at the 20th Outreach of the August Girls’ Assembly, one of the largest gatherings of girls in Ibadan, Oyo State.
A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside.
Along the line, I gave my life to Jesus on the campus of the University of Ibadan, and my intended plan took another turn.
Common combinations with ibadan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in ibadan 68×
- of ibadan 48×
- the ibadan 13×
- ibadan the 12×
- ibadan on 12×
- ibadan oyo 12×
- ibadan and 11×
- ibadan in 6×
- college ibadan 5×
- ibadan while 5×