Category: Environment

Okomu National Park

Environment – Wildlife, Tourism

Okomu National Park; a rainforest ecosystem in the outskirts of Benin City is home only to the endangered White-throated monkeys. The park, 1082 kilometers in area size, was established in 1999[i]. Typically,… 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
Extractive Industry

Business, Environment – Niger Delta, Mining, Oil & Gas

Extractive Industry; in Nigeria involve different activities that lead to the extraction of raw materials from the earth (such as oil, metals, mineral and aggregates), processing and utilization by consumers as impacted… read more
Onikan

Entertainment – Music, Gallery, History – Political, Social – Relaxation, Towns/Cities

Onikan; central neighborhood on the Lagos Lagoon, which is home to some of the city’s most important cultural offerings, including the Nigerian National Museum and Rele Gallery, which focuses on contemporary art.… read more
JMJ

Geography – Natural Resources, Lifestyle – Others, Social – Welfare, Towns/Cities

JMJ; community in the backyard of Ajegunle that was known for decades as a jungle city. Stories had it that JMJ was populated mostly by whitemen in the pre-colonial and immediate post… 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
Arochukwu

Culture – Others, Towns/Cities, Tradition – Customs

Arochukwu is the third largest town in Abia State (after Aba and Umuahia) in southeastern Nigeria. The city, consisting of 19 villages is about 120km from Umuahia and shares common boundary with… read more
Owena

Geography – Boundary, Geography – Rivers, Towns/Cities

Owena; town on on the Benin/Ilesa highway, straddled between Ondo and Osun States. Following creation of more states from the defunct Western State, Owena initially fell within the old Oyo State; but… read more