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New postWara, also called warankasi, is the soft white cow's-milk cheese of Yoruba land, and vendors on the road through Oyo town sell it fried in clear cellophane at roadside stalls, markets and motor parks. Fresh wara is traditionally kept in its whey, while the fried pieces are eaten with pepper sauce or tucked into bread…
The National Museum in Oyo sits in the Alaafin's palace grounds, right beside the palace quarter most visitors come for. A 2022 visitor found the compound overgrown and the gate looking shut, and in late 2025 the heritage commission's director-general promised a turnaround after calls for infrastructure upgrades…
The Oyo to Ogbomoso stretch of the Ibadan to Ilorin highway has been a long, unfinished dualisation job. The federal government ended the first contract in February 2025 and approved a new contractor in March, and no completion date has been published. If you head north to Ogbomoso or Ilorin, expect slow sections and…
Oyo State bars commercial motorcycles statewide between 10.30 pm and 5.30 am under an executive order signed in June 2026, and that includes Oyo town. Okada are fine for short daytime hops, but after dark you may find none, and riders who break the rule risk having their bikes impounded. Locals head back before late…
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