1. Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos, has Africa’s longest canopy walkway
Yemi Silas / Via blog.travelorbit.com.ng
A visitor to the centre having fun on the walkway, which is “401-metre long and 22.5 feet high at its peak”
2. Gashaka Gumti, the haven that is Nigeria’s largest national park
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“6,660 sq km of spectacular scenery, diverse wildlife in a single protected area.”.
3. Blue Sapphires are found in Mambilla Plateau
Vincent Pardieu / Via gia.edu
4. Ezeagu Waterfalls where you can let it all hang out
@TravelNextDoor / Via youtube.com
Without a care in the world….
5. Furniture with ethnic motifs are handcrafted in Aba
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Urban Ikenga chair
6. Calabar, a paradise of sorts, hosts one-month-long ‘Africa’s biggest street party’
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Calabar subsumed under a kailedoscope of colours throughout the carnival
7. Innovators whose app package beat all others
Via bellanaija.com
Bola Olonisakin, Funkola Odeleye, Odunoluwa Longe celebrate their win at the 2015 Innovation Justice Challenge
8. Sacred Osun-Osogbo Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Zaccheus Onumba Dibiaezue Memorial Libraries (ZODML) / Via youtube.com
9. Valley town where angels and God reside
10. Idanre, land of boulders, valleys…Mare Festival
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The Oke Idanre Hills, reported to be on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage list
11. Commune in Ewu, where men and women work and pray
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Monk meditating on the grounds of the Benedictine monastery
13. Esie, home of Nigeria’s first national museum with 1500+ ‘mysterious’ soapstones
Yomi Adeboye / Via nextnigeria.wordpress.com
Origin of stones unknown till date, since reportedly discovered in 1775
14. Igbara-Oke, my town, where one warrior inscribed ‘mysterious words’ called petroglyphs on some rocks
Via naijatreks.com
This is a Nigerian National Monument
15. Sukur, Exceptional, Africa’s First World Heritage Cultural Landscape, in Madagali
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16. Africa’s richest man, born and bred here
Via answersafrica.com
Aliko Dangote’s credo: “Hard work pays, nothing is impossible”
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