Idiroko
Idiroko is a town in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, at the border with Benin. It is possible to walk to the border crossing on the edge of town.
Understand
It is located in Ipokia local government. Majority of its occupants are of Yoruba ethnic group and the language spoken majorly there is Yoruba although some of its occupants speak English on average.
Get in
You can get in the town by bus or car. There are bus terminals in the state. You would easily get a bus from any part of the state to this town. You need to enter Ipokia local government first before you now take a bus to this community.
Buy
You can purchase most of your goods at any local store, but you just need to be able to bargain well in other to get a fair deal.
Eat
There are several local restaurants in this town although you just have to be careful so as to avoid food poisoning.
- Chicken Republic Idiroko, 120 Idiroko Rd, Oju Ore 112212, Ota, ☏ +234 908 890 7529.
- Domino's Pizza Ota, 38 Idiroko Rd, 112104, Ota, ☏ +234 908 742 0792.
- Segard's Kitchen, Task Oil, opposite olamitide filling station, Idiroko, ☏ +234 803 091 6348. They sell local foods mostly.
- Happy People Corner, Custom Barracks Road.
- Le Restaurant de L'Intégration, 112101, Idiroko.
- Comfort Guest House, Ajegunle off Idiroko Road, 111103, ☏ +234 803 306 5032.
- ColdStone Creamery, Sango Ota-Idi-Iroko Rd, 112101.
Drink
You would mostly get drinks from local bars, restaurants or hotels in the area
- ColdStone Creamery, Sango Ota-Idi-Iroko Rd, 112101.
Sleep
Most of the hotels in the area are between 2-3 stars. They are relatively cheap though.
- Mercyland Guest House Limited, Ipokia, Road, Idiroko, ☏ +234 80-5783-8944.
- Shalom Plaza Hotel, Durojaiye Aloa Way, Idiroko.
- Rollykings Hotel and Suites, ☏ +234 817 009 6136.
- Eko Premier Hotel, Oju Iroko St, 112101, Idiroko, ☏ +234 906 367 5211. This is a 3-star hotel
Connect
For most locations in Idiroko, you would likely find coverage of the 2G/3G/4G mobile networks. Signal strength might diminish further away from the city center, and you might occasionally experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers in the remote areas of the city. Different networks tend to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.
MTN, 9Mobile, Airtel (Zain) and GLO are all available service providers. So if you are planning a visit to Idiroko, like you would do for many other places in Nigeria, you should probably consider having multiple SIM cards, preferably for all the mobile service providers, since you can't tell which will be more stable and reliable at a time in your location during your visit. If you decide not to get all the stated SIMs, it would advisable to have at least an MTN Sim. MTN has a particularly wide coverage and is the least likely to have network problems.
Airtel is another service provider which is fairly satisfactory for all you might need to connect to the world, including rates and network reliability. Of course, Glo (or Globacom) boasts of fast network speed for internet browsing activities, only that you might not be able to enjoy the privilege in some locations. And 9Mobile (formerly Etisalat) usually performs well in internet browsing speed, but has locational limitations, plus data rate is fairly higher.