Visit this city only if you have to. Ibadan is enormous, ugly and plagued with crime. If you do find yourself there, visit the Dugbe market (one of the country's largest) and the university.
The university guesthouse also has a small market space where local traders bring cloth and other items (this market is less daunting than Dugbe, but it doesn't match Dugbe's variety). The university area once was known for its bookshops, but this is no longer the case, and the university's zoo should be avoided at all costs, as it is awful and the animals are kept in poor conditions. For a view of Ibadan's old, brown, stucco buildings, climb Mapo Hill in the old quarter of the city.
80 mi/130 km northeast of Lagos.