OPA ORANMIYAN
Oranmiyan Omoluabi Odede, Great Prince of Ife, King of the Yoruba, also known as Oranmiyan, was a Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife[1] and although last born, he was heir to Oduduwa.[2] According to Yoruba history, he founded Oyo as its first Alaafin at around the year 1300 and one of his children, Eweka I, went on to become the first Oba of the Benin Empire. [3] Following the Oba Oranyan's death, his family is fabled to have erected the commemorative stele known as the Staff of Oranmiyan - Opa Oranmiyan in the Yoruba language - at the place where their father died. Radiocarbon tests have however shown that this royal marker was erected centuries before the start of the Oduduwa dynasty, during what is known as the "classical" Ife period. Read More event5
ARGUNGU FISHING FESTIVAL
Argungu Fishing Festival The Argungu Fishing Festival is an annual four day festival in north-western Nigerian state of Kebbi. The 2008 Argungu Fishing Festival was planned for March 12-15. The festival usually took place in Argungu, the capital city of Argungu Emirate Council. The geo-physical nature and characteristics of the festival site in Argungu are river areas (matanfada, mala, gamji), irrigation, and ocherds (lambu in hausa). the majority of fishermen are the followers of Islam and Predominant farmers. Kanta mesium is the main historical centre in Argungu for visistors across the globe. People from different destination troupe to Argungu just to witness the occasion. Read More event
OSUN OSHOGBO FESTIVAL
The early history of the Oshogbo people is founded on mythical and spiritual beliefs, along the lines of the traditions of the Yoruba people. The Osun river goddess is credited with the founding and establishment of Oshogbo town. Some describe her as the Oso-Igbo, the queen and original founder of Oshogbo town; thus, the Osun Oshogbo festival, which has been celebrated for about six hundred centuries, was built around the relationship between the river goddess Osun and this first Monarch of Oshogbo kingdom. Oba Gbadewolu Laroye.. Read More Osun Oshogbo
ZUMA ROCK
The history of Zuma rock is older than the history of Zuba and the Koros that settled around the Zuma rock. It had been known that by the 15th century the Kwararafa (Kororofa) had started to spread all over the northern areas of Nigeria. We, the people of Zuba today were part of the Kwararafa that are called or identified today as Koro.
TINAPA RESORT
Situated by the Calabar River, Tinapa is a business and leisure resort conceptualised to be an integrated business resort. It is a four phased development promoted by the Government of Cross River State, under a Private Public Partnership (PPP), and very close to Calabar Free Trade Zone. It is the realisation of an exciting dream – the first integrated business and leisure in resort in Nigeria. Tinapa Free Zone has world class facilities that enable visitors to engage in retail and wholesale activities as well as leisure and entertainment. Read More Tinapa Resort
National Park Cross River
Established in 1991 from four former forest reserves, Cross River National Park consists of two separate divisions: Oban and Okwangwo. Covering an area of 640km2 of mostly lowland and sub-montane closed canopy forest, Okwangwo is contiguous with Takamanda National Park in Cameroon. Located at the headwaters of the River Cross, topography is rugged and elevations range from 150m in the southern lowlands to around 1,700m on Read More National Park Cross River
Okomu National Park Edo
COAL
A major incentive for colonial rule in Nigeria were her natural resources and the wealth hidden beneath her soils, including large deposits of minerals strewn around the country. So alluring and wide spread were these deposits that it motivated the colonial government to amalgamate the territories now known as Nigeria for easier colonial management and transportation to Europe. Abiodun Baiyewu-Teru looks at the history of coal in Nigeria. Read More Coal
COCOA
Eyo In Lagos
Ojude Oba In Ijebu-Ode
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