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73 Place name · Nasarawa

The Prince Who Lost a Throne and Found Lafia

How Lafia was founded →
74 Lost history · Kogi

The Emirs Who Never Went Home

Lokoja's exiled emirs →
75 Lost history · Kogi

Lokoja Asylum: The Prison Where Patients Were Made to Work

The North's first asylum was a prison, and its patients were its workforce →
76 People · Lagos

The kingmaker Lagos sent away

Madam Tinubu, merchant and kingmaker →
77 People · Benue

The Man Who Became the First Tor Tiv

Makir Zakpe, Gboko →
78 Place name · Adamawa

The Hunter Who Kept Sneaking Off

How Michika got its name →
79 Place name · Kogi

Did Nigeria Get Its Name on This Hill?

Mount Patti, Lokoja →
80 Lost history · Niger

The River That Kept Mungo Park

Mungo Park at Bussa →
81 People · Niger

The Emir Britain Removed and Brought Back

Ibrahim of Kontagora →
82 Custom · Kogi

The Igala Festival That Returned After Decades

Ocho festival, Idah →
83 Place name · Kwara

The Arrow Behind Offa

Offa and its archer →
84 Place name · Oyo

Ogbomoso, the town named after a severed head

How Ogbomoso got its name →
85 Custom · Kogi

The Hands That Give Ogidi Its Colour

Ogidi among the rocks →
86 Legend · Ekiti

Where the god of iron sat on his sword and sank into the earth

Ogun Onire of Ire-Ekiti →
87 Custom · Ogun

The thank-you that became Ijebu's biggest party

Ojude Oba, Ijebu-Ode →
88 Custom · Ondo

Oke Maria, the windy hill in Oka Akoko where pilgrims climb to pray

Oke Maria, Oka Akoko →
89 Lost history · Oyo

Okeho, the town that eleven villages built together

Okeho's union and return →
90 Place name · Kwara

The Hunter Who Gave Ilorin Its Name

Okuta Ilorin, Idi Ape →
91 Lost history · Niger

The Town Beneath Kainji Lake

Old Bussa →
92 Legend · Ondo

The twin who was sent away and came back a king

Pupupu and the founding of Ondo →
93 Legend · Kwara

The Snake That Left Owu Falls

Owu Falls, Owa Kajola →
94 Custom · Kogi

The Iron That Promised Freedom

Lokoja's Iron of Liberty →
95 Legend · Niger

The Ancestor Borgu Kings Could Not Agree On

Kisra and Borgu kings →
96 Custom · Plateau

The King His Sons May Not Bury

Long Goemai of Shendam →
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