Category: Environment

Igbisin

Geography – Map, Towns/Cities

Igbisin is a town located in northwest Ilaje in Ondo State. There is an oil palm estate of the Okitipupa Oil Palm Company Plc that was established in the 1960s in Igbisin[1].… read more
Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library

Environment – Others, History – General, Literature – General, NGOs, Property, Publishing, Social – Relaxation, Tourism

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library; Conceived in 1988, the idea to set up the library remained just an idea until 10 years later when the man in whose honour the project is being… read more
Abba Gana

Geography – Map, People, Politics – Public Service, Towns/Cities

Abba Gana was the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja 2001-203 before Nasir El Rufai. He was redeployed as Special Adviser to President Obasanjo. Born 11 November 1953 in Damboa, Borno… read more
Obajana

Environment – Others, Manufacturing, Towns/Cities

Obajana; Town in Kogi State, site of Obajana Cement plant by Aliko Dangote‘s conglomerate, reputed to be the largest in Africa and the third largest in the world. The 5 million metric… read more
Lagos (City)

Culture – Others, Entertainment – Nollywood, Entertainment – Pop Culture, Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Others, Lifestyle – Properties, Music – Afro-Hip-Hop, Social – Relaxation, Towns/Cities

Lagos refers to the urban area called Metropolitan Lagos, which includes both the islands of the former municipality of Lagos and the main surburbs. On December 12, 1991, the city of Lagos… read more
Ojuelegba

Entertainment – Pop Culture, Environment – Others, Towns/Cities

Ojuelegba; situated at the crossroads in the entrance of Lawanson Road in Yaba, Lagos. The never sleeping downtown is the sight of the ubiquitous yellow buses with two black stripes merge with… read more
Ijara-Isin

Towns/Cities

Ijara-Isin; in Isin Local Government council of Kwara State is an ancient community founded many centuries ago by a family of five who hailed from Oyo-Ile in the old Oyo empire. Historically,… read more
Rail Transport

Engineering – Others, Geography – Map, History – Civilization, Roads, Towns/Cities

Cape Gauge The development of railways in Nigeria started from Lagos Colony to Ibadan in March 1896, by the British government. This was extended to Minna in 1911, where it met the… read more
Ilupeju-Ekiti

Geography – Boundary, Geography – Land, Towns/Cities

Ilupeju-Ekiti; with a population of 21,000 in the 1963 Census is one of the major towns in Ekiti State and in fact, the largest town in Oye local government area of the… read more
Gaani Festival

Geography – Boundary, Geography – Map, Social – Tradition, Tradition – Ceremonies, Tradition – Customs

Gaani festival; is celebrated annually among the Bartonum of the old Borgu Empire in Baruten and Raima Local Government Areas of Kwara, Borgu in Niger; and Nikki, a community administered by Borgou… read more