Nigerian City Celebrates Its Many Twins With Annual Festival

Twins Oladapo Taiwo (L) and Oladapo Kehinde, 21, pose for photographs during the annual twins festival in Igbo-Ora, southwest Nigeria, on Oct. 8, 2022. Sunday Alamba/AP Photo

IGBO-ORA, Nigeria—Twins appear to be unusually abundant in Nigeria’s southwestern city of Igbo-Ora.

Nearly every family here has twins or other multiple births, says local chief Jimoh Titiloye.