Imo, nicknamed “The Eastern Heartland” of Nigeria, emerged with Nigeria’s second batch of states created by the military in 1976, … More
Month: September 2017
Yola, city of the Adamawa highlands
Yola, the capital of the present-day Adamawa state, was founded around 1841 Modibbo Adama Ibn Hussein, a Fulani cleric and … More
Benin City, the favourite place of royals
For centuries Benin City was the center from which the ancient kingdom of the Edo people reigned over a large … More
Maiduguri, a new capital for an old kingdom
The present-day city of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria falls inside territory that was part of the ancient Kanem Bornu empire … More
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