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Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL

Environment – Others, History – General, Literature – General, NGOs, Property, Publishing, Social – Relaxation, Tourism

Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library; Conceived in 1988, the idea to set up the library remained just an idea until 10 years later when the man in whose honour the project is being put together was released from incarceration ostensibly for planning a coup against General Abacha. When President Obasanjo rode from prison to the State…
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Obajana

Environment – Others, Manufacturing, Towns/Cities

Obajana; Town in Kogi State, site of Obajana Cement plant by Aliko Dangote‘s conglomerate, reputed to be the largest in Africa and the third largest in the world. The 5 million metric tonnes per annum facility is also said to be the most modern plant in existence globally. Obajana is the most prominent among the…
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Lagos (City)

Culture – Others, Entertainment – Nollywood, Entertainment – Pop Culture, Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Others, Lifestyle – Properties, Music – Afro-Hip-Hop, Social – Relaxation, Towns/Cities

LAGOS refers to the urban area called Metropolitan Lagos, which includes both the islands of the former municipality of Lagos and the main surburbs. On December 12, 1991, the city of Lagos seized to be Nigeria’s capital when federal administrative structure was relocated to Abuja. Before this time, the island municipality served both the federal,…
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Ojuelegba

Entertainment – Pop Culture, Environment – Others, Towns/Cities

Ojuelegba; situated at the crossroads in the entrance of Lawanson Road in Yaba, Lagos. The never sleeping downtown is the sight of the ubiquitous yellow buses with two black stripes merge with other -commuter vehicles at link routes leading to Lagos Island, Victoria Island, Ikoyi and the Lekki Extension to the south-east; Ikeja and its…
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The Great Hunger

Agriculture – Others, Agriculture – Rural, Agriculture – Soil Science, Agriculture- Animals (Others), Environment – Others, Geography – Land, Geography – Others, History – Social

In 1973, crops failed and pastures dried up over large expanses of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Upper Volta, Niger, Chad, the Northern States of Nigeria, and parts of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Dahomey. Millions of the cattle who form the livelihood of those countries’ peoples died or were in danger of death. Human lives were…
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Veterinary Public Health

Animals, Environment – Others, Environment – Wildlife, Medicine, Pharmacy – Control, Public Health, Research, Social – Welfare

Veterinary Public Health stands between human and animal medicine. It indicates how the environment affects the animal and the people even as more people share thesame environment with the animals. With the emergence of Ebola and other diseases from animals, this became accentuated. This is a relatively young field of medicine that is evolving. There…
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Ebola

Environment – Others, Health, Medicine, Pharmacy – General, Public Health, Research

Ebola virus in 2014 claimed about 11,000 lives in countries across Africa, including Nigeria. It all started on July 20 when an Asky Airline flight originating from Liberia landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. One of the passengers, a Liberian diplomat, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, collapsed and was rushed to the First Consultant Medical…
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Tongeji

Environment – Others, Geography – Boundary, Geography – Land, Geography – Map, Geography – Natural Resources, Oil & Gas, Towns/Cities

Tongeji; Oil rich island village in the Benin Republic border end of Ogun State, Nigeria. To gain access to the treasure Island, the easiest, though not the most time manageable route, is Whekan Topa, that is one has to get to Ipokia then Tube and endure a 45-minute motorcycle ride over rough and unmotorable terrain…
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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 Ogoni leader, Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed by Nigeria’s military rulers in 1995. Douglas co-founded Africa’s foremost environmental movement, the Environmental Rights…
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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 the sun to its setting, the dour and pungent air, the muddy terrain and the dreary mouldy piles overfilled with broken bottles and…
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Category: Environment – Others