The first Housing estate in Nigeria was the Bodija Housing Estate, Ibadan.

The Ibadan Housing Estate was birthed in 1959 when the regional government decided to increase the number of modern houses available in the city. The Estate was built on a 400-acre of land in the area known as Bodija. At the time, the location of what is now Bodija was outskirt of the city of Ibadan.

All the houses in the Estate had all the basic amenities: light, water, garden etc; however the difference was in the number of rooms and the quality of materials used to build the structures and the architectural designs. The Estate project housed 3 types of structures for different classes of people.

The first type of houses were priced at £1,200 for lower income folks; and the initial deposit was £50. The second type of houses available in the estate project were houses priced at £1,650; and an initial deposit of £200 was required before the houses could be occupied. The third type of houses cost £3,000 and an initial deposit of £650 was required. As you may have guessed, the highest priced houses were the houses that were more than a story building.

Most of the houses were occupied by white-collar workers and professional people. Few persons in the older and more congested parts of Ibadan jumped on the opportunity of buying even the lowest priced houses.

The picture in this throwback post was the largest house available in the Estate and it sold for £3,500.

(Bodija Housing, c. 1959)
�: Nigeria Nostalgia Project (NPP)
�: Mabogunje: The Growth of Residential Districts In Ibadan (1962)

God bless western nigeria
God bless Yorubaland

This was how you people trended first story building until proofs/evidences revealed that it is in Igboland.
Anyways, I will reserve my comment until due investigations then I'll get back to you people

BKayy:
This was how you people trended first story building until proofs/evidences revealed that it is in Igboland.
Anyways, I will reserve my comment until due investigations then I'll get back to you people

You can do your research and stop saying what you don't know

And this is a town some people will be comparing with thier yesterday town

Bodija.. very quiet and peaceful way back..

Oyinlomobambam:
And this is a town some people will be comparing with thier yesterday town

This doesn't change that fact that Oba is far more developed than the whole of Ibadan.
Besides, Onitsha is almost 400 years older than Ibadan

Oyinlomobambam:
And this is a town some people will be comparing with thier yesterday town

Oyo State is ghosted and deserted .. apart from few environment in Ibadan and of Ogbomosho.. the rest is nothing

I’m talking of the entir Oyo State and capital.

BKayy:

This doesn't change that fact that Oba is far more developed than the whole of Ibadan

The DONT travel .. Dey still the believe as their grandfathers told them.. NBS statistics ain’t helping matters

Asgard73:

The DONT travel .. Dey still the believe as their grandfathers told them.. NBS statistics ain’t helping matters

They fool themselves and believe their lies that's why they are making mockery of themselves online

BKayy:

This doesn't change that fact that Oba is far more developed than the whole of Ibadan.
Besides, Onitsha is almost 400 years older than Ibadan

Make I laugh you small

Asgard73:
Bodija.. very quiet and peaceful way back..

Still quiet and peaceful

Oyinlomobambam:




Make I laugh you small

Thanks for accepting without arguing blindly like your friends in the other trends that end up learning the bitter way

I get am before no be property .

BKayy:

Thanks for accepting without arguing blindly like your friends in the other trends that end up learning the bitter way

I am not here to argue but to learn with fact

Danzakidakura:
I get am before no be property .

Did you even know the usefulness of history?

Oyinlomobambam:


I am not here to argue but to learn with fact

If you can't afford to come to Oba and see for your self due to business or time, you can compare the two from their video in YouTube sha. The difference is clear. Oba is miles ahead of Ibadan in all aspect

BKayy:

If you can't afford to come to Oba and see for your self due to business or time, you can compare the two from their video in YouTube sha. The difference is clear. Oba is miles ahead of Ibadan in all aspect

Well, I am just hearing Oba for the first time on Friday due to Kubana party... But am always open to learn. I will check

Oyinlomobambam:


Well, I am just hearing Oba for the first time on Friday due to Kubana party... But am always open to learn. I will check

You are welcome

BKayy:

You are welcome

Where is Oba, what is the name of the University in the town (village)?

Buckeyemedia1:
Where is Oba, what is the name of the University in the town (village)?

State = Anambra (for now)
University = Tansian
Thank you

Oyinlomobambam:



Did you even know the usefulness of history?

are you saying the your government don't know the important that they exclude it from your school time table ?

BKayy:

If you can't afford to come to Oba and see for your self due to business or time, you can compare the two from their video in YouTube sha. The difference is clear. Oba is miles ahead of Ibadan in all aspect

That village is ahead of Ibadan? Let me not waste my time on you this Sunday evening, tales by moonlight? Nonsense.

BKayy:
This was how you people trended first story building until proofs/evidences revealed that it is in Igboland.
Anyways, I will reserve my comment until due investigations then I'll get back to you people

You guys were still living in mud huts at the time being talked about.

Buckeyemedia1:
That village is ahead of Ibadan? Let me not waste my time on you this Sunday evening, tales by moonlight? Nonsense.

No need arguing the truth my dear doubting Thomas. Oba is far ahead of Ibadan and there is nothing you can do about it for now or at least for the next 5 years until you start upgrading

BKayy:

State = Anambra (for now)
University = Tansian
Thank you

Please never compare a city to a town, you’ve been in the village for too long.

BKayy:

This doesn't change that fact that Oba is far more developed than the whole of Ibadan.
Besides, Onitsha is almost 400 years older than Ibadan

no need to reply tribal bigots like you who don't realize that the economy of Lagos State alone is larger than all the economies of the south eastern states put together

BKayy:

This doesn't change that fact that Oba is far more developed than the whole of Ibadan.
Besides, Onitsha is almost 400 years older than Ibadan

You guys are really entertaining with your tomfoolery. I'm still waiting for when you guys will come up with "Biafra TV was the first television station in Africa". Can't put anything beyond you clowns.

Oyinlomobambam:



Did you even know the usefulness of history?

They don't. Hang "ego" on a pig and they'll trample on their parents to please the pig.

HedwigesMaduro:


You guys were still living in mud huts at the time being talked about.

This is Enugu decades before that year in the picture

Danzakidakura:
are you saying the your government don't know the important that they exclude it from your school time table ?

YES because I always preach to remove religion studies and return history.

You talking as if you even believe in useless Nigeria government

BKayy:

No need arguing the truth my dear doubting Thomas. Oba is far ahead of Ibadan and there is nothing you can do about it for now or at least for the next 5 years until you start upgrading

This is how you know them, Liars, claiming other people’s property, Tansian University (TANU) is located in Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, not Oba which is in Idemili South Local Government Area, una not get University for the village.