25 People · Anambra
The merchant queen of the Niger
Omu Okwei of Ossomari →26 People · Abia
The leprosy patient who gave Igbo churches their songs
Ikoli Harcourt Whyte at Uzuakoli →27 Lost history · Anambra
The bronzes he used to water his goats
Isaiah Anozie and the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes →28 Lost history · Abia
The cloth the Ijaw kings wore, woven by Ndoki women
Akwete cloth and Dada Nwakata →29 Lost history · Imo
The houses built for gods, and built to rot
Mbari houses of the Owerri Igbo →30 Custom · Benue
The Stripes That Say Tiv
Tiv A'nger cloth →31 Lost history · Ogun
Ten thousand women at the king's gate
The Abeokuta Women's Revolt →32 Place name · Niger
The Town That Gave Abuja Its Name
Old Abuja, Suleja →33 People · Kwara
Afonja Lost Ilorin to His Own Allies
Afonja of Ilorin →34 Custom · Ogun
The week Ijebu women are told to stay indoors
Agemo, the masquerade women must not see →35 Lost history · Ondo
Aiyetoro, the fishing town that put every penny in one common purse
Aiyetoro and the Holy Apostles →36 Lost history · Kogi
The Steel Dream That Kept Nigeria Waiting
Ajaokuta Steel, Kogi →37 Lost history · Ondo
The market quarrel that cost Akure its freedom
The Akure–Benin War of 1818 →38 People · Kano
Alhassan Dantata: The Boy from Bebeji Who Begged in Accra
Dangote's great-grandfather and his hard start →39 Lost history · Benue
Atem Tyough: When Tivland Rose Against Its Own Rulers
The Tiv revolts of 1960-1966 →40 People · Kogi
The King Behind the Stories of Magic
Attah Ameh Oboni →41 Legend · Kano
Barbushe and the Shrine of Tsumburbura on Dala Hill
The priest of Dala Hill who foretold the end of his own world →42 Lost history · Niger
The River Town That Sent Trains North
Baro river port →43 Custom · Kwara
The Women Who Shape Ilorin's Clay
Dada women potters →44 Legend · Nasarawa
Nine Gates and a Kingdom That Would Not Bend
The Alago kingdom of Doma →45 Custom · Osun
Ejigbo, the town that fights once a year so it can have rain
The Ogiyan festival of Ejigbo →46 Custom · Kogi
The Night Ebira Ancestors Come Home
Ekuechi in Okene →47 People · Katsina
Emir Dikko: The Emir Who Went to Mecca by Way of England
A Katsina emir's 1921 pilgrimage, and the London garden he never forgot →48 Legend · Kwara
The People Who Became Stone
Esie stone figures →