Ogunbowale Oladayo

The ancient city of ‘Ibadan’ got her name from “Eba Odan” meaning ‘by the edge of the meadow’. Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State in South west Nigeria has over the years grown into a modern-day urban centre and is also arguably Nigeria’s largest city by geographical area. If you are visiting Nigeria and especially the Southwest, do well to stop by in Ibadan to take in the ambience as you check out the top 10 tourist attractions in the city at a surprisingly very affordable cost. So, here are my top 10 places of interest to visit in Ibadan, capital city of Oyo State, Nigeria… 1. Agodi Gardens Agodi gardens, formerly known as Agodi Zoological and Botanical Gardens was created in 1967. Although unfortunately destroyed by the Ogunpa flood disaster in 1980, it experienced a major makeover in 2012 by the Oyo State Government, and was reopened in 2014. Coveering about 150 acres (61 ha), the location of the garden at the heart of the city and right behind the State Government Secretaria

Oladayo Ogunbowale is a Media and Communications professional. His experience spans across Media/Communication project design, incubation, developing media campaigns for social causes and policy development for organizations and government agencies. He has completed a series of high level training on Fact checking with ICFJ AfricaCheck, Africa Resilience Network and the US Consulate general, Lagos, respectively. In 2022, he was certified as an International trainer by the United States Institute for Peace (USIP), after completing the mandatory ‘Training-of-Trainers’ session in Kigali, Rwanda. Until January 2020, he led the Business Development Unit, was a Program producer and News analyst at Metropolitan Broadcasting Services, owners of Nigeria's premier business radio; IBR 92.5FM and IATV. In February 2019, he was among selected broadcast journalists in Nigeria that was trained by former CNN senior producer and Howard University Professor; Prof Jennifer Thomas during a media pr