Category: Tourism
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Ikogosi is a tourist site in Ekiti state known to have two springs flowing side by side with different temperatures; one warm and the other cold. The two springs emerge from a close accessibility come to a specific meeting point and flow together with each spring preserving its thermal uniqueness. Legend has it that the…
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Old Secretariat served as the Government secretariat with office for the colonial secretary and a large number of ministers. Conceptualization of the Old secretariat building, designed and built by the public work department (PWD) of the colonial government, was precipitated by the 1906 declaration of Lagos as the seat of Southern Nigeria. It was built…
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Olumo, meaning, “the lord ends our travail”, is rock in the city of Abeokuta so named because of its usefulness as military fortress to Egba people from 1832 to 1862. The rock, standing at a thousand feet above sea level, is the highest among the rocks that bisect Abeokuta into two. This natural landmark, adopted…
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Oshodi Court, historical building and ancient home of the 19th Century warlord, Landuji Oshodi is located on Oshodi street on the Epetedo area on north Lagos Island, it is one of the finest traditional family compounds. Some members of the family fled the city with Kosoko when the British attacked during the reign of Kosoko but…
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Railway Compound in Ebutte-Meta, Lagos is the original headquarters of Nigerian Railways, with residences for senior staff members. Since the foundation of the Nigerian railways in 1893 the building activity of this company has been expanded over the whole Nigeria, but it started in the former capital, Lagos. Some of the first railway stations still…
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Seriki compound is in the long Marina street, Badagry. The original owner (Chief seriki) was a slave dealer. Surrounding his compounds are rooms with small high-level windows ventilated with iron bars. These rooms are where the slaves were kept and the small windows are meant for ventilation foe the slaves who were ready for shipment.…
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Tailor Cole House, an historic Lagos building also called Benjamin House, is located at the intersection of Alhaji William Street and Breadfruit Street, and has combined Brazilian and Sierra Leonean architecture. Late Benjamin built it. A Brazilian craft man carried out the construction work. Tailor Cole bought the house from late Benjamin and ownership was…