The Argungu fishing festival which holds periodically in the northwestern state of Kebbi is one of the most spectacular cultural…
Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s Oil Industry Hub
Port Harcourt, also nicknamed Garden City, was essentially a byproduct of the discovery of coal in Enugu, some 250 kilometers…
Abuja, Nigeria’s tailor-made capital
Abuja, Nigeria’s political capital located in the middle of the of the country, is a product of the deficiencies of…
Bauchi, built on a hunter’s advice
Bauchi, which doubles as the capital city of the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi, is located on the tapering northeastern…
Umuahia, a city that grew on the rail
Umuahia, currently the capital of southeastern Abia State, started its existence as a railway town. A key stop on the…
Calabar, city with a calm ambience
Calabar, nicknamed Canaan City for its laid-back ambience , is located on Nigeria’s southeast, at the end of an estuary…
Ilorin, at the crossroads of north and south
Early history Ilorin is a city located in the western part of central Nigeria that also serves as the capital…
Jos, a city inspired by tin
Early History Jos, one of Nigeria’s most cosmopolitan cities and the capital of Plateau State in central Nigeria, began as…
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.
Things Nigeria 