• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council
Ogunyomi Oluwole (APC)
Area
• Total
2,087 km2 (806 sq mi)
Population
(2006 census)
• Total
181,826
Time zone
UTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix
111
ISO 3166 code
NG.OG.EN
Yewa North (formerly Egbado North) is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria bordering the Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are in the town of Aiyetoro (or Ayetoro) at7°14′00″N3°02′00″E / 7.23333°N 3.03333°E / 7.23333; 3.03333 in the north-east of the Area.
It has an area of 2,087 km2. Among the twenty Local Governments in Ogun state, it has the largest expanse of land with a size of 200,213.5 hectares and it has a population of 281,826 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 111.[1]
Yewa North has 11 wards namely: Ayetoro Ward I,Ayetoro Ward II, Idofi Ward, Sunwa Ward, Ijoun Ward, Eggua Ward, Ohunbe Ward, Igbogila/Ibese Ward, Joga-Orile/Ibooro Ward, and Imasayi Ward.
^"Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
the Yewa which comes from the Yewa River which in turn comes from the Yoruba goddess Yewa. Yewa occupy four Local Government Areas, Yewa South, Yewa North...
YewaNorth (formerly Egbado North) is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria bordering the Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are...
the Yewas (formerly Egbados) that occupies 5 local governments: Ado odo Ota (Otta), Imeko Afon (Imeko), Ipokia (Ipokia), YewaNorth (Ayetoro) and Yewa South...
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Yewa South, (formerly Egbado South), is a Local Government Area in the west of Ogun State, Nigeria bordering the Republic of Benin. Its headquarters are...
North East, Ijebu-North/Waterside/Ijebu East,Remo,Abeokuta South, Abeokuta North, Egbado South and Ipokia, Ogun East, Imeko Afon/YewaNorth, Ado-Odo/Ota...
I) was elected as Speaker of the House while Oludare Kadiri (APC-Ijebu North I) and Yusuf Sherif Abiodun (APC-Ado Odo Ota I) became Deputy Speaker and...
Upon the opening of the 8th State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi (APC-YewaNorth I) was elected as Speaker of the House while Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo...
North I Solaja Bowale Olayinka Ijebu East Oyenuga Adejuwon Olufowobi Ijebu North East Otukoya Olujimi James Abeokuta North Ojodu Olayiwola Jamiu Yewa...
Member of the House of Representatives ( Eighth Assembly) representing YewaNorth/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency of Ogun State. Moshood Abiola was twice...
level. The Yewa River runs through the area from North to South, with its tributaries, the rivers Oyan and Oha. The LGA is bounded in the north by Oyo State...
who was a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing YewaNorth/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency, Ogun State, from 2015–2019. He was the...
2007, he contested the Ogun State House of Assembly seat of Egbado North (now YewaNorth) but lost.[citation needed] In 2011 he re-contested under the platform...
Adegoke Adeyanju of the All Progressives Congress (APC) representing YewaNorth 1 and was seconded by Adeniran Ademola also of the APC representing Sagamu...
Shelter Watch Initiative 2006 [citation needed] Award of Excellence, NYSC, YewaNorth 2009 [citation needed] Award of Excellence, Christian Association of Nigeria...
Ogun Waterside, Remo North, and Sagamu. Comprising the local government areas of Ado-Odo/Ota, Imeko Afon, Ipokia, YewaNorth, and Yewa South. Comprising...
1979. Born on May 5, 1931, Oyagbola is a native of Igan Alade, a town in YewaNorth local government area of Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria where she was...
Influential Young Nigerians by Avance Media in 2016. Olude is from Imasayi in YewaNorth Local Government in Ogun State; he started his education at Iganmode Grammar...
State. The town is the administrative seat/headquarters of Yewa (formally known as Egbado) North Local Government Area. It is connected to Lagos by road...
Ajayi born in Ake, Abeokuta on 2 November 1961, a native of Igan Alade in YewaNorth Local Government area of Ogun State Nigeria. He is the pioneer Bishop...
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Ohori areas are bound by various Yoruba subgroups to the North, East and South. Egbados (Yewas) are to be found towards the East, the Ifonyins bound them...
was the Anglican Bishop of Yewa in Province One of the Church of Nigeria in 2000. He was the first Bishop of Egbado (now Yewa) Diocese, enthroned on 2 November...
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