[1][2] It is located in the Ijebu North Local Governmental Area and the main town comprises seven contiguous districts: Ibipe (considered the leading settlement), Isamuro, Idode, Odosinusi, Igan, Imosu, and Imere.

"[3] Iwoye, also called Wojaiye, coexisted peacefully with surrounding areas for several centuries until the 1800s ushered in a 70-year period of fratricidal wars.

[3] They had a sizeable presence by the end of the 19th century and occupied villages alongside Hausa, Fulani, Tapa, and Yoruba communities.

[3] British colonisation began in the mid-19th century but became official in 1914, and Ijebu-Igbo, Imusin, and Ago-Iwoye were, "for administrative convenience, turned into political units," each under a designated baale.

"[3] Conversion techniques included forcibly baptising Muslim children, indoctrinating them at schools where they were away from their parents, and giving them Christian names.

[11] By the end of the 1920s, not long into colonial rule, Ago-Iwoye locals began discussing the revival of their traditional hereditary titles, including the Ebumawe.

[12] In his first 15 years as Ebumawe, he established a prison farm, Federal Safety Corps Divisional offices, a five-day marketplace, and a Rotary Club to "boost social activities in the town.

"[12] In 2017, he received an "Ambassador of Peace" award for his commitment to the town and its people, particularly the university community, from the National Association of Nigeria Students.

[9] Oba Adunugbe has also revived the traditional practice of age groups, called regberegbes, which ties together people born within a three-year period.

"[1] Oba Adunugbe has expressed interest in building factories in the area to usher in more commercialism, but said that the government would have to make those financial decisions.

[14] Dapo Abiodun, the Ogun state governor, shared plans in 2022 to "introduce a community-based water supply scheme called 'water kiosking'.

[17] Ago-Iwoye's economy is primarily agricultural; in 1963, twenty years before the university was established, it was estimated that 80-90% of the population worked on farms.

[7][1] Among the goods produced are yams, cassava, cocoyams, maize, melons, egusi, kolanuts, cocoa, palm oil, garri, bananas, and rice.

[24] The Aiye cult group, as they are also known, started as a Nigerian crime syndicate that eventually made its way into the highest societal positions and is now international.

[26] On 16 June 2005, a boy walking home from Wesley High School at night with a friend was shot dead by "the Vigilante Group.