Nigeria Facts at a Glance

Location: West Africa, bounded in the south by the Atlantic Ocean in the armpit of Africa that forms the…

Nigeria: the people, the cultures

All ethnic groups and cultures in Nigeria have one form of relationship or another with their immediate neighbours, and by extension all are connected.

Onitsha, the City of Possibilities

What is undeniable is that Onitsha and the area of the Niger River where it is located, were important meeting points for various pre-colonial cultures that included the Benin, the Igbo and the Igala among others.

Osun-Osogbo Festival of Traditional Spirituality

The Osun-Osogbo Festival is an annual celebration that takes place in Osogbo, the capital of Osun state in southwestern Nigeria.…

Asaba, Sitting on a Bend of the Niger River

As the great Niger River courses through West Africa, Asaba (Ahaba to the locals) lies on one of its last…

Nigeria War Museum Displays Tools of a Grim Harvest

One of the most significant relics of the war, the Ojukwu Bunker, an underground residence, where the rebel leader lived, is located in Umuahia. The city is also the hometown of the first indigenous head of the Nigerian army and the country’s first military ruler, Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, whose assassination in July 1966 helped trigger the Civil War.