Nigerian City Celebrates Its Many Twins With Annual Festival

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
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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.