The Osun-Osogbo Festival is an annual celebration that takes place in Osogbo, the capital of Osun state in southwestern Nigeria. … More
Category: Places
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.
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
Dufuna Canoe Rewrites Story of Water Navigation
When an ethnic Fulani herder, Mallam Y’au, began digging a ditch in the village of Dufuna by the edge of … More
Lejja, the World’s Oldest Iron-Smelting Site in Nigeria
In a village square in Lejja, located about 15 kilometers south of the university town of Nsukka in southeastern Nigeria, … More
Enugu’s Nike Resort – Comfort by a Lake
Nike Lake Hotel Resort in the southeastern city of Enugu was founded in 1988. Built on the banks of the … More
Argungu, Nigeria’s top fishing festival
The Argungu fishing festival which holds periodically in the northwestern state of Kebbi is one of the most spectacular cultural … More
Riyom Rocks, placed by an unseen hand
Riyom Rocks are a set of spectacular granite rock formations in central Nigeria , about 30 kilometers south of Jos, … More
Obudu Plateau: temperate in the tropics
The Obudu Plateau in Cross River state in southeastern Nigeria is one of the country’s highest mountain ranges at 1,600 … More