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Africa’s Oldest Canoe – The Dufuna Canoe

The Dufuna Canoe is the oldest boat to be discovered in Africa. It was found in 1987 by a herder of Fulani descent, a little way from the village of Dufuna located in the Fune Local Government Area, sharing borders with the Komadugu Gana River, in Yobe State, Nigeria. The boat is the third oldest kn...

Women’s War Memorial Museum, Akwa Ibom

The women’s war memorial museum was created in remembrance of the Aba women’s riot which took place during the British colonization of Nigeria from November to December 1929. The museum plays host to sculptures and paintings that depicts the war and account of the town’s people. It was built by Sena...

The " Nok Civilization"

Nigeria is one of Humanities Oldest Location

Credible information gotten from archaeological sites and sightings states that Nigeria has an indication of human life that goes back as early as 11,000 BC. These remains were found by archaeologists in the south-western region of Iwo Eleru, neighbouring ...

The “Great Wall” of Benin

In Benin, capital city of present day Edo State stood the walls of Benin (800 – 1400AD) which are the longest ancient earthworks in the world and apparently the largest man-made structure on earth. The walls are a set of earthworks comprising of banks and ditches called Iya in the native t...

Cross River- Largest Diversity of Butterfly

Nigeria does not exactly have the largest, though it has a wide array of butterflies. It has the best condition due to the microclimate condition in areas around Calabar, Cross River State located in the southern part of the country. A total number of 1, 828 species of butterflies have bee...