169 Lost history · Katsina
Funtua, the cotton mill that refused to sack anyone
Funtua Textiles and its spinners →170 Legend · Yobe
Machina, the emirate where snakes are the king's brothers
The royal snakes of Machina →171 Lost history · Borno
Rabeh's Fort at Dikwa, and the warlord who had 999 of everything
Rabeh's Fort, Dikwa →172 People · Borno
Laura Wine, the nurse whose death gave Lassa its name to the world
The first Lassa fever patient →173 Legend · Taraba
The Wukari crocodiles that once visited the king on Fridays
The crocodiles of Marmara pond →174 Custom · Taraba
Pankya, the horseman who carries a Jukun king who does not die
Pankya ya Nando, the Aku Uka's last ride →175 Lost history · Gombe
Kaltungo, and the night Antu carried her own snake to hospital
The snakebite hospital of Kaltungo →176 Custom · Gombe
Pissi Tangale, seven clans and a new year moved to December
Pissi Tangale, the Tangale Day →177 Lost history · Gombe
Mbormi, the field where a Sultan of Sokoto lies among the farms
The tomb of Sultan Attahiru I at Mbormi →178 Lost history · Gombe
Gombe Abba, the emirs' capital the British left behind
The first capital of Gombe Emirate →179 Lost history · Borno
Uba, the town a highway cut between two states
Uba, half in Borno and half in Adamawa →180 Lost history · Gombe
Tula, the hidden cave beneath the village and the chiefdom never conquered
Wuro Titilo, the refuge cave of Tula →181 People · Cross River
The Calabar trader who kept a diary
Antera Duke's diary, 1785–1788 →182 Lost history · Delta
The morning Asaba danced for One Nigeria
Asaba massacre, October 1967 →183 Lost history · Cross River
Bakassi, the fishing peninsula Nigeria handed to Cameroon
How a court ruling moved Bakassi from Nigeria to Cameroon →184 Lost history · Edo
Benin 1897, the invasion that paid for itself at auction
How the Benin Bronzes were sold in London to cover the cost of the war →185 People · Delta
Dom Domingos, the Warri prince who studied in Portugal
The Catholic kings of Warri and the prince sent to Coimbra →186 Legend · Bayelsa
Egbesu, the Ijaw god who only fights for justice
Egbesu, the Ijaw deity of justice and just war →187 Legend · Cross River
Ekpe and Abakuá, the Calabar society that crossed to Cuba
How Calabar's Ekpe became Cuba's Abakuá →188 Lost history · Delta
Ekumeku, the league of the silent ones
The western Igbo resistance, 1898–1911 →189 Lost history · Ebonyi
Ekwunekwune 1954, the village that stopped paying tax
The "Akunakuna" tax revolt of February 1954 →190 Legend · Rivers
Elem Kalabari, the kingdom that packed up and left its capital
Why the Kalabari moved to Bakana, Abonnema and Buguma →191 People · Cross River
Eyo Honesty II, the Creek Town king who walked on money
The cabin boy who became king of Creek Town →192 Legend · Edo
Igun Street, where only seven families may cast Benin bronze
The hereditary guild of Benin bronze casters on Igun Street →