Ogun State is a state in southwestern

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. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders

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to the south,

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and

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to the north,

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to the east, and the Republic of

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to the west. Abeokuta is both Ogun State's capital and most populous city; other important cities in the state include Ijebu Ode, the royal capital of the

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, and Sagamu, Nigeria's leading kola nut grower. Ogun state is covered predominantly by rain forest and has wooden savanna in the northwest . Ogun State had a total population of 3,751,140 residents as of 2006, making Ogun State the 16th most populated state in Nigeria In terms of landmass, Ogun State is the 24th largest State in Nigeria with land area of 16,762 kilometer square. Nicknamed the "Gateway to Nigeria", the state is notable for having a high concentration of industrial Estates and being a major manufacturing hub in Nigeria. Major factories in Ogun include the Dangote Cement factory in Ibese, Nestle, Lafarge Cement factory in

Ewekoro Ewekoro is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Itori, at . It has an area of 594 km and a population of 55,156 at the 2006 census. The postal code A postal code (also known locally in var ...

, Memmcol in Orimerunmu, Coleman Cables in Sagamu and Arepo,

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in Agbara, amongst others. Ogun State is predominantly

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, with the Yoruba language serving as the lingua franca of the state. The dominant religions in Ogun State are Islam and Christianity although a certain amount of traditional religion is still practiced. Ogun State is noted for being the almost exclusive site of

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production. Ogun is also home to many icons in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.

Governor

The current governor is

Dapo Abiodun Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun (born 29 May 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since 2019. He won the 2019 general elections under the platform of the All Progressive Congress. He was the board Chai ...

, A member of the All Progressives Congress, who heads the Executive Council of Ogun State. On Wednesday May 29, 2019, Abiodun was sworn in as the fifth governor of Ogun State at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Kuto, Abeokuta.

Local Government Areas

Ogun State consists of twenty

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. They are: *

Abeokuta North Abeokuta North is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akomoje, near Abeokuta. It has an area of 808 km and a population of 201,329 at the 2006 census. The local government area includes the O ...

Akọmọjẹ * Abeokuta South Ake * Ado-Odo/Ota Ọ̀tà *

Itori *

Ifo Ifo is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ifo at .It has an area of and a population of 698,837 at the 2006 census "Adebami-Tella". The postal code of the area is 112. Transportation Ifo is conn ...

Ifo *

Ijebu East Ijebu East is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria bordering Lagos State and Lagos Lagoon Lagos Lagoon is a lagoon found in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, the most populous city in Africa. The name ''Lagos'' means 'lakes' in Portuguese ...

Ọ̀gbẹ̀rẹ̀ *

Ijebu North Ijebu North is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ijebu Igbo at . It has an area of 967 km² and a population of 284,336 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 120. The loca ...

Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó * Ijebu North East Atan * Ijebu Ode Ìjẹ̀bú-Òde * Ikenne Ìkẹ́nnẹ́ * Imeko Afon Imẹkọ * Ipokia Ipokia *

Obafemi Owode Obafemi Owode is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Owode at . It has an area of 1,410 km² and a population of 228,851 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 110. Historical ...

Owódé-Ẹ̀gbá *

Odogbolu Odogbolu is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Odogbolu at in the north-west of the Area. It has an area of 541 km and a population of 127,123 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the a ...

Odògbólú * Odeda Odẹda *

Ogun Waterside Ogun Waterside is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is the only area of the state with a coastline on the Bight of Benin and also borders Lagos Lagoon. Its headquarters are in the town of Abigi at . Other towns and villages in ...

Abigi * Remo North Ìṣarà-Rẹ́mọ * Sagamu
(Shagamu) Ṣàgámù * Yewa North
(formerly Egbado North) Ayetoro * Yewa South
(formerly Egbado South) Ilaro The main ethnic groups in Ogun State are the Ẹgba, Ijebu, Remo, Egbado, Awori and the Egun peoples.There are also sub groups like the Ikale, the Ketu, the Ohori and the Anago Ogun State is divided into three senatorial districts: Ogun Central, Ogun East and Ogun West. Ogun Central consists mostly of the Egbas that occupies six local governments: Abeokuta North (Akomoje), Abeokuta south (Ake), Ewekoro (Itori), Ifo (Ifo), Obafemi owode (Owode ẹgba) and Odeda (Odeda). Ogun East consists mostly of the Ijebus and the Remos that occupies 9 local governments: Ijebu East (Ogbẹrẹ), Ijebu North (Ijebu Igbo), Ijebu North East (Attan), Ijebu ode (Ijebu ode), Ikenne (Ikenne remo), Odogbolu (Odogbolu), Ogun waterside (Abigi), Remo North (Ilisan Remo) and Sagamu (Sagamu). Ogun West consists mostly of the Yewas (formerly Egbados) that occupies 5 local governments: Ado odo Ota (Otta), Imeko Afon (Imeko), Ipokia (Ipokia), Yewa North (Ayetoro) and Yewa South (Ilaro).

Educational facilities

Ogun state has three federal secondary schools; Federal Government Girls' College, Sagamu and Federal Government College, Odogbolu and Federal Science and Technical College, Ijebu-Imushin. Ogun state has one Federal University; the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) and one Federal college of education, FCE Osiele (both at Odeda Local government area), one state government college of education, named after the late Nigerian educationist of international repute Augustus Taiwo Solarin in 1994 as Tai Solarin College of Education (TASCE), (formerly known as Ogun State College of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, one Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro). One is named after late Nigerian business mogul and winner of June 12, 1993 election, Basorun Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), formerly known as Ogun State Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, Another Gateway Polytechnic Saapade, Remo (GAPOSA), Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Ijebu-Igbo (Aapoly) (formerly known as 'The Polytechnic Ijebu-Igbo) it was name after Chief Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya who was a Nigerian politician, lawyer and activist. Two state government universities:

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(formerly known as Ogun State University), and the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijebu Ode. Ogun State has a total of nine registered

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, the highest of any state in Nigeria. It has five private universities. Amongst others are Chrisland University, Abeokuta Bells University of Technology in

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and

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in Ilisan-Remo, which was the first private university in the country. The state has two major government hospitals: the

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at Abeokuta, and the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu. The

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( NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp is located at Sagamu Local Government area of the state.

Tertiary institutions

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic entrance gate, Abeokuta, Ogun state

, Ilisan Remo * Bells University of Technology, Ota * Chrisland University, Abeokuta * Christopher University, Lagos Ibadan ExpresWay Makun, Sagamu *

, Ota * Crawford University, Igbesa * Crescent University, Abeokuta *

Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro is a polytechnic based in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is a professional accountancy body in Nigeria. I ...

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta is one of the higher institutions of learning owned and run by the Federal government of Nigeria. History The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, or FUNAAB, was estab ...

* Hallmark University, Ijebu Itele * McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo * Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere * Mountain Top University, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway *

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, Kobape, Abeokuta * Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese, Ijebu Ode *

* Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode

Think tanks

* African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS)

Notable religious places

* The Bilikisu Sungbo Shrine, Oke-Eiri, near Ijebu-Ode. It was declared a part of the national heritage in 1964, and is believed by the Ijebus to be the burial place of the fabled Queen of Sheba. It serves as a place of pilgrimage for Yoruba traditionalists, Yoruba Muslims and Yoruba Christians alike. * The

Church of the Lord (Aladura) The Church of the Lord (Aladura) is an African Initiated Church founded by Josiah Olunowo Ositelu in 1925, and inaugurated in 1930 in Ogere Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Ositelu was born on 15 May 1900 at Ogere, ?ijebu-Remo, Ogun State in Nigeria. ...

Ogere Remo Ogere (also referred to as Ogere Remo or Ogere-Remo or Ogere - Remo), is an ancient town in the present Remo Division of Ogun State, Nigeria. The town was founded circa 1401 A.D. Ogere is part of the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. ...

Redemption Camp The Redemption City formerly known as Redemption Camp is the camp ground and international headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), a Pentecostal Evangelical mega church in Mowe, Ogun State of Nigeria. It has the geographical ...

(Lagos Ibadan Express Road) *

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, (Canaanland, Km. 10, Idiroko Road, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria)

Notable people

Abraham Adesanya Chief Abraham Aderibigbe Adesanya (24 July 1922 in Ijebu Igbo – 27 April 2008) was a Nigerian politician, lawyer, activist, welfarist, and liberal progressive. He was the son of a famous and powerful traditional healer, the late Oloye Eze ...

(1922–2008), politician * Adebayo Adedeji (1930–2018), economist *

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(b. 1953), lawyer, investment banker * Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II, film producer, Olowu of Owu kingdom * Adewale Oke Adekola *

Afolabi Olabimtan Afolabi Olabimtan (11 June 1932 – 27 August 2003) was a Nigerian politician, writer, and academic. He was born in Ogun State and was later the senator for Ogun West from 1999 to 2003. He died in a motor accident in August 2003. Olabimtan a ...

* Anthony Joshua * Babafemi Ogundipe *

Babatunde Osotimehin Babatunde Osotimehin (6 February 1949 – 4 June 2017) was a Nigerian physician, who served as Minister of Health, and in 2011 became the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, holding the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the ...

* Bisi Onasanya *

Bola Ajibola Bolasodun Adesumbo "Bola" Ajibola, KBE (born March 22, 1934)Mielle K. Bulterman, Martin KuijeCompliance with judgments of international courts/ref> was Attorney General and the Minister of Justice of Nigeria from 1985 to 1991 and a Judge of the ...

* Bola Kuforiji Olubi * Bosun Tijani (b. 1977), Entrepreneur * Olu Oyesanya *

Cornelius Taiwo Cornelius Olaleye Taiwo (27 October 1910 – 8 April 2014) was a Nigerian educator and lawyer. Early life and education Taiwo was born on 27 October 1910, at Oru-Ijebu in Ogun State, Nigeria, to Isaac and Lydia Taiwo. He started school shortly ...

* David Alaba, son of George Alaba, a prince of Ogere Remo * Dimeji Bankole * Ebenezer Obey, jùjú musician *

Ernest Shonekan Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (9 May 1936 – 11 January 2022) was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim Head of State of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. He was titled Abese of Egbaland from 1 ...

* Fela Kuti (1938–1997), multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, political activist, Pan-Africanist * Fireboy DML, singer *

Femi Okurounmu Femi Okurounmu was elected Senator for the Ogun Central constituency of Ogun State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the Alliance for Democracy (AD) platform. He held office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. Ok ...

, politician *

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, businessman, politician * Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900–1978), educator, women's rights activist * Funke Akindele (b. 1977), Actress * Gbenga Daniel (b. 1956), politician *

Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (; 25 November 1915 – 19 September 2015), popularly known as HID, was a Nigerian businesswoman and politician. Biography Born to a modest family in the small Ikenne community of Ogun State in Nigeria, she a ...

(1915–2015), businesswoman and politician * Hubert Ogunde (1916–1990), actor, playwright, theatre manager and musician * Ibikunle Amosun (b. 1958), politician, senator, Governor of Ogun State in 2011–2019 *

Idowu Sofola Chief Idowu Sofola, SAN, MON (29 September 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Nigerian jurist, Bencher and president of the Nigerian Bar Association. He was Previously the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers. Early life Chief Idowu was born ...

(1934–1982), jurist, President of the Nigerian Bar Association in 1980–1982 * Joseph Adenuga (b. 1982), aka Skepta, British musician and record producer * Jubril Martins-Kuye (b. 1942), politician *

K1 De Ultimate K1 De Ultimate (born Wasiu Omogbolahan Olasunkanmi Adewale Ayinde Marshal , 3 March 1957), is a Nigerian Fuji musician. He popularized a brand of the fuji genre based on the work of the fuji creator Ayinde Barrister known as Talazo fuji that a ...

(b. 1957), Fuji musician *

Kehinde Sofola Chief Kehinde Sofola, QC, SAN, MON, CON (10 March 1924 – 25 March 2007) was a prominent Nigerian Jurist and Minister of Justice during the Second Nigerian Republic. Early life and career Chief Sofola was born on March 10, 1924 as one of ...

(1924–2007), jurist * Kemi Adeosun (b. 1967), former Finance Minister of Nigeria *

Laycon Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah Agbeleshebioba (born 8 November 1993), known professionally as Laycon, is a Nigerian media personality, rapper, singer and songwriter. He is the winner of Big Brother Naija season 5 and currently the youth ambassad ...

(b. 1993), professional name of Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe, reality TV personality, rapper, singer and songwriter *

Mike Adenuga Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr (born 29 April 1953) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the fourth richest person in Africa. His company Globacom is Nigeria's second-largest telecom operator and also has a presence in Ghana ...

Moshood Abiola Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola , also known as M. K. O. Abiola (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. He was the Aare Ona Kankafo XIV of Yorubaland and an aristocrat of the Egba clan. M.K.O ...

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(b. 1943), businessman * Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987) *

Ola Rotimi Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi (13 April 1938 – 18 August 2000), was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors. He has been called "a complete man of the theatre – an actor, director, choreograp ...

* Olabisi Onabanjo *

Oladipo Diya Donaldson Oladipo Diya (born 3 April 1944) is a Nigerian general who served as Chief of the General Staff, (''de facto'' Vice President of Nigeria) under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1994 until his arrest for treason in 1997. ...

* Olamide * Olawunmi Banjo * Olusegun Obasanjo * Olusegun Osoba * Paul Adefarasin *

Peter Akinola Peter Jasper Akinola (born 27 January 1944, in Abeokuta) is the former Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He is also the former bishop of Abuja and Archbishop of Province III, which covered the northern and central parts of the country ...

Salawa Abeni Salawa Abeni Alidu (born 5 May 1961) is a Nigerian singer. An Ijebu Yoruba from Ijebu Waterside, in Ogun State, she began her professional career in waka music when she released her debut album titled, ''Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed'', ...

* Sara Forbes Bonetta *

Tai Solarin Augustus Taiwo "Tai" Solarin (20 August 1922 – 27 July 1994) was a Nigerian educator and author. He established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State in 1956. In 1952, Solarin became the principal of Molusi College, Ijebu Igbo, a p ...

(1922–1994), educator, author, civil rights activist *

Thomas Adeoye Lambo Thomas Adeoye Lambo, (March 29, 1923 – March 13, 2004) was a Nigerian scholar, administrator and psychiatrist. He is credited as the first western trained psychiatrist in Nigeria and Africa. Between 1971 and 1988, he worked at the World Hea ...

(1923–2004), scholar, administrator, psychiatrist, Deputy Director General of the World Health Organization *

Tunde Bakare Tunde Bakare, born 11 November 1954, is a Nigerian Prophetic-Apostolic pastor. He originally studied and practiced law, eventually opening his own firm, before leaving the field to work in ministry. He was a member and legal adviser at the Deep ...

(b. 1954), Prophetic-Apostolic Pastor, politician * Tunji Olurin (b. 1944), retired general * Wole Soyinka (b. 1934), 1986 The Nobel Prize for Literature laureate * Yemi Osinbajo (b. 1957), politician, lawyer

Tourist centers in Ogun state

* Olumo Rock * Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library

Major rivers

* Ogun River * Yewa River

Mineral resources in Ogun State

The following are the mineral resources in Ogun State: *Clay *Limestone and Phosphate *Bitumen *Kaolin *Gemstone *Feldspar

References

External links

*
Ogun State Government Homepage

Portal of Educational Institutions in Ogun State

Federal Government College, Odogbolu
*Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu-Igbo,https://aapoly.edu.ng/
Mercyland International Schools Homepage
*Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, Remo https://gaposa.edu.ng *List of NBTE approved State government owned Polytechnics in Nigeria htt
://net.nbte.gov.ng/state%20polytechnics
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