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Ondo

19 local governments · 9 stories

9 stories

01 Legend · Ondo

The festival when the king plaits his hair

Igogo festival, Owo →
02 Lost history · Ondo

Aiyetoro, the fishing town that put every penny in one common purse

Aiyetoro and the Holy Apostles →
03 Lost history · Ondo

The market quarrel that cost Akure its freedom

The Akure–Benin War of 1818 →
04 People · Ondo

The schoolteacher who sent a hunter into the forest of spirits

Fagunwa and the first Yoruba novel →
05 Legend · Ondo

The town that lived on top of the hill for eight hundred years

Idanre Hill and its nine wonders →
06 Custom · Ondo

Oke Maria, the windy hill in Oka Akoko where pilgrims climb to pray

Oke Maria, Oka Akoko →
07 Legend · Ondo

The twin who was sent away and came back a king

Pupupu and the founding of Ondo →
08 Legend · Ondo

The water kingdom that says it was in Ife before Oduduwa

Ugbo and the oldest-throne quarrel →
09 Lost history · Ondo

Agbabu 1908, the oil strike Nigeria forgot

Nigeria's first oil strike, at Lekki Lagoon →