Category: Geography – Map

Akin Mabogunje

Geography – Land, Geography – Map, Geography – Others, People, Towns/Cities

Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje ; Professor of Geography and first African elected foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, in the line of Charles Darwin and Martin Luther King Jnr.… read more
Kainji National Park

Environment – Wildlife, Geography – Map, Geography – Natural Resources, Tourism

Kainji National Park; Established in 1979 and located in Kwara State, the wildlife park is one of Nigeria’s most flaunted resort centres and is one of the largest game reserves in the… read more
Lake Chad

Environment – Wildlife, Geography – Boundary, Geography – Map, Geography – Rivers

Lake Chad; at the farthest northeast end of Nigeria sharing close boundary with Niger, Cameroon, and Chad republics. The Chad basin, 2258 kilometers wide, was in 1991 designated as a tourist site… read more
Abuja

Geography – Map, Geography – Others, Government, Towns/Cities

Abuja; Seat of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, originally a sparsely populated territory of less than one hundred thousand people. Influx of people into the Federal Capital City accelerated from… read more
Lokoja

Geography – Map, Geography – Rivers, History – General, Towns/Cities

Lokoja; the capital of Kogi State, a state carved out of Kwara and Benue State in 1991. The magnificent rivers Niger and Benue meet in Lokoja, forming the famous confluence from which… 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
Gwoza Hills

Geography – Land, Geography – Map, Geography – Natural Resources, Geography – Others, Lifestyle – Others, Social – Tradition

Gwoza hills; rocky and sun-baked system of hills in Borno State where three villages with primitive existence and peculiar traditions: Kunde, Guduf- Nagadio and Guduf-Kusaraha in Gwoza Local Government Area of the… read more
Jebba

Geography – Map, Towns/Cities

Jebba; A shared Yoruba and Nupe town located in Moro local government council of Kwara State. Jebba is about 80-kilometres distance from Ilorin, the state capital and also a gateway town between… read more
Ode Irele

Geography – Map, Towns/Cities

Ode Irele; an Ikale clan and kingdom encompassing Irele town which serves as the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State and smaller settlements like Gbeleju Loda, Lofo, Onipanu, Atoanse-Ayadi,… read more
Odogbolu

Geography – Map, History – General, Towns/Cities

Odogbolu; Town formed in c.1850 by an Ijebu clan made up of eight homesteads, the founders of which historians say were possibly members of the original retinue of Obanta, the founding hero… read more