Category: Towns/Cities

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
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
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
Nri

Arts, History – Civilization, Towns/Cities

Nri; town, 20 miles south-east of Onitsha and three miles south-west of Awka, Anambral State, once a citadel of Igbo civilisation. Until 1911 when the British colonial administrators forced an Nri king… read more
Nnewi

Towns/Cities

Nnewi; town in Anambra State, Nigeria with a population of 900,000 (2019 est.). Nnewi is virtually dotted with industries of all types and sizes. Many indigenes of Nnewi would explain the town’s… read more
Osooro

Geography – Land, Geography – Others, Towns/Cities

Osooro; an Ikale clan predominant in the northern part of Ikale land south of Ondo State, the region of which, with Urhobo immigrants accounts for more than a quarter of Ikale population.… 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