Category: Environment

Igbisin

Geography – Map, Towns/Cities

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]. Igbisin, also called… read more
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
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
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
Ondo

Towns/Cities

Ondo: Town founded by a set of twins who were sent out by their parents from Oyo town to avoid being killed. In those days, twins were regarded as strange creatures and… read more
Agege

Towns/Cities

Agege; Lagos suburb with vast market areas, a huge population, and a busy rail line. Agege never really sleeps. Until 2006, Pen Cinema in Agege was one of the most famous landmarks… read more
Tourism

Arts, Culture – Others, Geography – Natural Resources, Geography – Others, Social – Relaxation, Tourism, Tradition – Ceremonies

The two UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nigeria, which doubles as the most popular tourism brands outside Nigeria, recognisable and visited by tourists worldwide are the Sukur Cultural Landscape in Adamawa State… 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
Obudu Cattle Ranch

Environment – Wildlife, Geography – Others, Tourism

Obudu Cattle Ranch; now called the Obudu Mountain Resort rather than the Obudu Cattle Ranch. It is located at the Obaniku Local Government area of the northern part of Cross River State… read more
Isarun

Geography – Land, History – Civilization, Towns/Cities

Isarun village in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, located along Ilesa-Akure Road having Igbara Oke as its neighbour when heading towards Akure. There are many signposts and billboards erected at… read more