Category: Environment
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Vandalism; is the damage to public properties. Bottled resentment due to Niger Delta crisis has been blamed for instances of vandalism of oil and gas pipelines[i]. A total of 2,258 cases of pipeline vandalism were recorded in 2005 while 911 cases were reported in 2004. This culminated in the loss of products amounting to about…
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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 rural setting despite the preponderance of industries as unwillingness on the part of authorities concerned to reciprocate what they, in their individual capacities,…
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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. Ikale, the Yoruba linguistic subgroup to which Osooro belong, originates from Ugbo and Benin areas, with a population of almost a million people1…
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Jebba; Cosmopolitan community, located in Moro local government council of Kwara State is a town about 80-kilometres distance from Ilorin, the state capital and also a gateway town between Kwara and Niger states. Jebba is located on a hilly topography in an expanse of land bounded by River Niger. Two major problems confronted Jebba for…
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Ofada town, founded by warriors who took part in the Egba-Oyo war in the 19th century, is inhabited by the Igboin and Igbore people of Egbaland. The community is famous for production of the local “Ofada rice” which is the favourite of many. The town is mostly inhabited by the Yoruba who speak Egba dialect. Other…
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Owo; the headquarters of Owo Local Government Council in Ondo State did contribute significantly to the determination of some events in the political history of Nigeria. It was in the ancient town that Obafemi Awolowo first launched his political party, Action Group, between April 25 and 29, 1951. Owo produced the first executive governor of…
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Old Oyo National Park; Nigerian park-system in Oyo primarily facilitating preservation and protection of indigenous Nigerian flora and fauna. The park also protects the architectural and historical sites of Oyo Ile, the capital of Old Oyo founded many hundreds years in the past. The 22 relics abides, sites of the aafin (palace of the king),…
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Gashaka Gumti; National Park established in 1991 as a tourist site[i], Gasha Gumti is believed by many to be the largest, most scenic and biologically diverse conservation site in the world. It is one of the seven national parks in the country and one of Africa’s best kept conservation site. Gashaka Gumti is located in…
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Iduma; are a people in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, a subset of the Abureni, which belongs in the Ogbia-Abureni language cluster and often identified with two other communities as the “Mini communities,” a corrupted form of “Nimi” (in the neighboring people, Nembe language) earned because of their shrewdness in trade. In…
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Ode Irele; an Ikale clan and kingdom encompassing Irele town which serves as the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State and smaller settlements like Gbeleju Loda, Lofo, Onipanu, Atoanse-Ayadi, Ajana, Otu Loya, Ayadi, Lotito, Kajola, e.t.c. Traditional occupants of this relative Ikale hinterland are described by Oba Olanrewaju Lebi, Olofun (traditional ruler)…