YORUBA TOWNS&GENEAULOGY OF THEIR NAMES:
Did You Know That----
OSOGBO was coined out of Oso igbo (Wizard of the
Forest). This was as a result of earlier settlers who
surprisingly met a man at the River Osun river and
they referred to as ‘Wizard of the Forest’ Oso igbo
which led to the name Osogbo.
IGBOMINA came from ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’ meaning ,
it is the flag-bearer that knows the road. During the
olden days’ war, The Ajagunla (Ọrangun of Ila) was
the flag bearer, who carry the Flag, known as ‘Ogbo’,
this Ogbo helped in directing other warriors to the
right roads. ‘Ologbo lo mọ ọna’ later become
‘Igbomina’
IBADAN originated from ‘Ẹba-Ọdan’ which means
between the forests and the plains. Before 1829
Lagelu, the Jagun (commander-in-chief) of Ifẹ and
Yoruba's generalissimo, left Ile Ifẹ with some people
from Ifẹ, Ọyọ and Ijebu to found a new city at Ẹba-
Ọdan.
IGBOHO is from ‘Igbo ti nho’ meaning 'Whispering
Forest'. When Fulanis in conjunction with Afonja
military, destroyed the old Ọyọ Empire, Ọyọ people
dispersed into the forest and to avoid being noticed,
they communicated by whispering to one another.
The people settled close to the area noticed that the
forest was making unidentified noise and tagged the
place as ‘Ibi ti igbo ti nho’ which became Igboho
today.
OGBOMOSHO was generated from ‘Ogbori Elemọshọ’
when Sọun Ogunlọla, a great hunter, who later
became the first Sọun of Ogbomọshọ, helped the old
Ọyọ Empire to kill Elemọshọ and brought his head to
Alaafin. People began to refer to the settlement of
Sọun Ogunlọla as ’Ibi ti wọn ti gbe Ori Elemọshọ’.
ỌYỌ was from ‘Ibi ti Ẹsin ti yọ’, where the horse
slipped. When Oranmiyan left Ile Ifẹ to found his
Kingdom elsewhere, the Oracle told him to stop and
establish his kingdom wherever his horse slips (yọ).
Ibi ti esin ti ‘yọ’ is now known as Ọyọ.
EKITI was derived from ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’, Mountainous
land. When the descendants of Agbonniregun baba
Ifa and some other people left Ile Ife to found a new
kingdom, they decided to settle at where they saw
lots of mountains and they said this is ‘Ilẹ Olokiti’
which later transformed to Ekiti.
IKEJA was named after an Awori hunter known as
Akeja Onigorun, he was a successful hunter who was
famous within the Awori clan of the Yoruba people
hence the present name Ikeja the state government
seat of Lagos
BADAGRY came into being around 1425 A.D. The area
known as Badagry was founded by a farmer who had
his farm on the peninsular named Agbede. The farm
was later known as Agbede’s farm. Agbede’s farm
was referred to as Agbedegreme, which was later,
coined into Agbadarigi by the Yoruba alien and
eventually pronounced as Badagry by the European
slave merchants when the coast of Badagry was
discovered and opened to the New world.
ILE IFẸ got its name when Oduduwa arrived the
settlement now called Ile Ifẹ, It was believed that
Oduduwa came with a giant cock and parcel of sand.
The cock then spreads the sand and the land further
expands, meaning Ilẹ fẹẹ (land expands).
In Yorubaland, gbogbo nkan lo ni bo ṣe jẹ.

Very educative

Wa about Akure.

That's so freaking cool and educative. Thanks for that.

Nice one, Op! But please include sources for further research. Many thanks

nice. I was expecting to read 50% of the names