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49 People · Ondo

The schoolteacher who sent a hunter into the forest of spirits

Fagunwa and the first Yoruba novel →
50 People · Ekiti

The governor who would not leave his guest

Fajuyi and the road to Lalupon →
51 Legend · Borno

Gamergu: The People Whose Nickname Admits They Were There First

The Malgwa of Borno and the name 'Gamergu' →
52 Lost history · Borno

The Red Wall Nobody Remembers

Garu Kime, Monguno →
53 People · Kano

Gidan Dan Hausa: The 'Son of Hausa' Who Was Swiss

Hanns Vischer and the first western schools in the North →
54 Legend · Kano

Gidan Makama: The Temporary Palace That Became Kano's Museum

Kano's museum lives in a 15th-century house that once stood in for a palace →
55 Lost history · Kano

Gidan Rumfa: A Palace Aligned to Mecca by the Stars

Kano's 500-year-old palace was lined up with Mecca without a compass →
56 Legend · Katsina

Gobarau Minaret: A Mud Tower That Was Once a University

Katsina's mud minaret and the builder who saved it →
57 Legend · Niger

The Gods Behind Gurara Falls

Gurara Falls →
58 People · Kogi

The Trader's Son Who Changed Okene

Ibrahim Onoruoiza Atta →
59 Legend · Ondo

The town that lived on top of the hill for eight hundred years

Idanre Hill and its nine wonders →
60 Lost history · Oyo

The years Oyo ruled from a small hill town

Igboho, Oyo's capital in exile →
61 Legend · Kogi

The Princess Who Offered Her Life for Idah

Princess Inikpi of Idah →
62 Place name · Ogun

Iperu, the corn seller who founded a town, and four stories about its name

Akesan and the name of Iperu →
63 Legend · Oyo

Iyake, the lake on a mountain named for a woman's cry

Iyake suspended lake, Ado-Awaye →
64 Lost history · Kwara

The rock beyond Mungo Park's memorial

Jebba's rock and memorial →
65 Lost history · Kano

Kano's Groundnut Pyramids Became a Football Field

The groundnut pyramids of the North →
66 Legend · Kano

Kano's Walls and the 'New Gate' of 1933

A thousand-year-old wall, fifteen gates, and one called 'new' →
67 Lost history · Katsina

Katsina College: The School That Kept Changing Its Name

Barewa College was born in mud buildings in Katsina →
68 Legend · Kano

Kofar Mata: One Family's Dye Pits Since 1498

The Dabosa family and Kano's indigo pits →
69 Legend · FCT

Kuje: The Abuja Town Named After a Hairless Buffalo

How a hunter's buffalo gave Kuje its name →
70 Legend · Katsina

Kusugu Well: Where a Stranger Killed the Snake Called 'King'

Bayajidda, Queen Daurama and the well at Daura →
71 Custom · Benue

Did Spirits Teach Him This Theatre?

Tiv puppet theatre →
72 Legend · Zamfara

The Town That Let the Spirits Keep the Rock

Kwatarkwashi Rock →
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