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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 1999. Population figure 1,405,201 posted for the FCT in the 2006 census was adjudged as unacceptable by the territory’s minister who argued estimate…
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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 Kogi derives its official sobriquet; The confluence state. Kogi is contiguous to nine states in Nigeria and is essentially a transit route to…
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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 by the Nigerian Content policy. In 2013, Transparency and Anti-Corruption, United Nations (UN) Global Compact said many resource-rich countries like Nigeria were not…
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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. Onikan was listed by CNN magazine publication, Time Out, as one of the coolest places to visit in the world[i]. In the first half of…
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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 colonial years, hence its popular acronym amongst people in Ajegunle – European Quarters. JMJ is the deeper, dingier and rougher jungle where the…
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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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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 state are situated. Inhabitants do not build houses but live in caves with thatch and thorns as doors. They worship stones and wood,…
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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 Ohafia, Akwa-Ibom State. Arochukwu is noted for its richness in staple foods and artifacts, a cultural value which has enrolled the city as…
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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 when the old Oyo was balkanized, leading to the creation of Osun State, the town was brought under the new state, while a…
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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 to abrogate all codes of abomination nso ani binding the Igbo villages in Nri hegemony, Nri had the political and spiritual ascendancy in…
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