Category: Environment
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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. The don, popularly known as the Father of Geography in Africa, have published topics on, and is known internationally for his research in…
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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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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 West Coast. It incorporates the Borgu Game Reserve and Zugurma Game Reserve to the southeast in Niger State. The Bourgu sector of the…
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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 sacrificed upon delivery, to appease the gods. During their sojourn, one of the twins finally came to the place now known as Ondo…
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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 in the Lagos metropolis. To many, the cinema was synonymous with the Agege area, the reason for which, the area and its biggest…
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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 in Borno and Yobe states[i]. The International Court of Justice, ICJ ruled on Thursday, October 10, 2002 that the boundary in the Lake…
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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 and just about 30 minutes drive from Obudu town and about five hours from Calabar, the state capital. It can also be accessed…
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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 the junction to show the existence of a town that is a few metres off the main road. However, Isarun is sleepy, cool…
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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, visitors who throng the young and futuristic conservation enclave indulge in discussing the famous monkeys. Unknown to many people even the villagers, Okomu…