Category: Environment – Others

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
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
The Great Hunger

Agriculture – Others, Agriculture – Rural, Agriculture – Soil Science, Agriculture- Animals (Others), Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Others, History – Social

In 1973, crops failed and pastures dried up over large expanses of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, the Northern States of Nigeria, and parts of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and… read more
Veterinary Public Health

Animals, Environment – Others, Environment – Wildlife, Medicine, Pharmacy – Control, Public Health, Research, Social – Welfare

Veterinary Public Health stands between human and animal medicine. It indicates how the environment affects the animal and the people even as more people share thesame environment with the animals. With the… read more
Ebola

Environment – Others, Health, Medicine, Pharmacy – General, Public Health, Research

Ebola virus in 2014 claimed about 11,000 lives in countries across Africa, including Nigeria. It all started on July 20 when an Asky Airline flight originating from Liberia landed at the Murtala… read more
Tongeji

Environment – Others, Geography – Boundary, Geography – Land, Geography – Map, Geography – Natural Resources, Oil & Gas, Towns/Cities

Tongeji; Oil rich island village in the Benin Republic border end of Ogun State, Nigeria. To gain access to the treasure Island, the easiest, though not the most time manageable route, is… read more
Oronto Douglas

Environment – Niger Delta, Environment – Others, People, Politics – Civil Rights

Oronto Douglas; Environmentalist, born in 1966 at Okoroba, Bayelsa State. He was a leading human rights attorney in Nigeria, and served as one of the lawyers on the defense team for the… read more
Makoko

Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Map, Geography – Natural Resources, Towns/Cities

Makoko; a renowned Lagos slum with makeshift building constructed with planks and partially corrugated iron sheets on top of a rather stagnant river as its hallmark of life. From the rising of… read more