Things you need to know about the secret of Oyo

The Sekere (traditional percussion instrument) - originated from Oyo
Oyo may be a town in Oyo State, Nigeria, based because the capital of the Oyo Kingdom within the decennium and legendary to its folks as ‘New Oyo’ (?y? Atiba) to tell apart it from the previous capital to the north, ‘Old Oyo’ (?y?-Ile), that had been deserted as a results of rumors of war. Its inhabitants are principally of the Yoruba folks, and its ceremonial ruler is that the Alaafin of Oyo.
The major market within the town is Akeesan market, conjointly referred to as Oja Oba (King’s market) thanks to its shut proximity to the Alaafin’s Palace, that is opened on a day to day not like the opposite marketplaces, like Ajegunle market, that is opened for a five-day interval, and Sabo market (five days).
‘Oyo town’, because it is lovingly referred to as, is understood for the high academic pedigree of the recent St Andrew’s school, Oyo (SACO), that was one among the primary higher establishments in Federal Republic of Nigeria. it's home to several secondary faculties, together with the illustrious Olivet Baptist highschool and federal women school, and a number of tertiary establishments like Federal school of Education (Special), Federal faculty of Survey, Emmanuel Alayande school of Education, and a non-public in hand university by the Anglican Church of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo (ACU)
The city has 3 LGAs viz: Atiba LGA, headquartered at Offa-Meta; Oyo East LGA, headquartered at Kosobo; and Oyo West LGA, headquartered at Ojongbodu.

THE EMBLEMS


The Lion - symbolises the fearless nature of the Oyos

The turtle (Ajapa) - the royal pet, symbolises longetivity and reselience

The Biu-Mandara or Sango drum - is related to Sango, the deified third Alaafin of Oyo United Nations agency is worshiped because the god of Thunder and Lightning

The Equestrian figure (the somebody on horseback) - symbolises the military enlargement of the Oyo Empire through the employment of Calvary from the ordinal to the seventeenth century.
According to His grandness, Alaiyeluwa Oba Dr. Làmídì Oláyíwolá Atanda Adéyemí III , the recent Oyo Empire existed while not break for 600 years. That’s quite spectacular, you know. particularly after you understand that a lot of of the foremost common empires, just like the illustrious geographic area, failed to half of that.