Abeokuta, a refuge beneath the rock

Aptly named for its location beneath the defensive protection of a massive rock outcrop, Abeokuta was founded in 1830 by … More

Igbo Ukwu Bronzes: Stunning Art and Unmatched Metallurgy

In 1938, Isaiah Anozie, an indigene of Igbo Ukwu, a town in present-day Anambra state of southeastern Nigeria, was digging … More

Birnin Kebbi, the present-day capital of Kebbi State in northwestern Nigeria, was originally settled by an ethnic Hausa subgroup known … More

When an ethnic Fulani herder, Mallam Y’au, began digging a ditch in the village of Dufuna by the edge of … More

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

In a village square in Lejja, located about 15 kilometers south of the university town of Nsukka in southeastern Nigeria, … More

Nike Lake Hotel Resort in the southeastern city of Enugu was founded in 1988. Built on the banks of the … More

Rivers state, which is located in southeastern Nigeria, was first created in 1967 and among the first 12 split from … More

There are two varying accounts as to the source of the name Kaduna. One attributes it to the corruption of … More