Aptly named for its location beneath the defensive protection of a massive rock outcrop, Abeokuta was founded in 1830 by…
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…
Birnin Kebbi, the refuge for Kanta’s men
Birnin Kebbi, the present-day capital of Kebbi State in northwestern Nigeria, was originally settled by an ethnic Hausa subgroup known…
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…
Nigeria Facts at a Glance
Location: West Africa, bounded in the south by the Atlantic Ocean in the armpit of Africa that forms the…
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,…
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…
Rivers, renowned for oil across centuries
Rivers state, which is located in southeastern Nigeria, was first created in 1967 and among the first 12 split from…
Kaduna, between the crocodile and the river
There are two varying accounts as to the source of the name Kaduna. One attributes it to the corruption of…
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