In Benin, capital city of present day Edo State stood the walls of Benin (800 – 1400AD) which are the longest ancient earthworks in the world and apparently the largest man-made structure on earth. The walls are a set of earthworks comprising of banks and ditches called Iya in the native tongue. It…
Nigeria does not exactly have the largest, though it has a wide array of butterflies. It has the best condition due to the microclimate condition in areas around Calabar, Cross River State located in the southern part of the country. A total number of 1, 828 species of butterflies have been identified in Nigeria…
What is it about Festac 77 that remains in the Nigerian memory? quite young at the time, but one enduring memory I have of the event is the Festac77 anthem. Let a new earth rise Let another world be born Let a bloody peace Be written in the sky Let a second…
Oguta is located in Imo State of Nigeria, and shares boundaries with Anambra, Delta and Rivers States. It lies within the Lower Niger drainage basin. Oguta is the headquarters of the Oguta Local Government Area and is one of the four crude oil producing Local Governments in Imo State. It is made up of…
I’m pretty sure not everyone reading this article knows about the exciting activities held at “The Calabar Festival & Carnival” if you haven’t i urge you to read this!!!! Festivals are event celebrated by community an centering on some characteristics aspect of that community and it’s religion or cultures. The Calabar carnival & Festival…
Obudu mountain resort formerly known Obudu cattle ranch was first explored by M. McCaughley, a Scottish rancher in 1949. He camped on the mountain top for a month before returning with Mr Hugh Jones a rancher too. From research Obudu Mountain Resort was developed in 1951 by Mr Hugh Jones and Dr Crawfield. …
In our last article we talked about Nkalagu in Ebonyi having the large deposit of limestone. Today we dive into another interesting topic “okopsi and uburu salt lake” The two popular salt lake okposi and uburu gave Ebonyi state the slogan – “The Salt of the Nation”. Before the dawn of industrialized method of…
Nkalagu is a town in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is notable for having a large deposit of limestone which provided the raw material for the large cement plant of the Nigerian Cement Company (Nigercem). Nkalagu is the headquarters of Ishielu West Development Centre and has five major villages: Ishiagu,…
Kano is the state capital of Kano State in Northern West, Nigeria. It is situated in the Sahelian geographic region, south of the Sahara. Kano is the commercial nerve center of Northern and is the second largest city in Nigeria, after Lagos. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa people. However, there…
Certain peculiarities make some communities different from others. Some communities have a record of multiple births, especially twins or triplets, which in the past years, was regarded as taboo. Igbo Ora town is located in Oyo state, the land where all sorts of vegetation grow freely due to the plenty of moisture in…