Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard was born on 22 January, 1858. Between 1901 and...
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Nationalism is the feeling of pride, which people have about their country and identity....
Benin Empire developed from a number of small chieftaincies. Benin oral traditions claimed that...
George Taubman Goldie (1846-1925) was a trained engineer. He played a major role in...
The non-centralised states of the Igbos of the South-eastern Nigeria interacted actively with close...
There are several versions of the origin of the Igala people according to oral...
Amalgamation means bringing together two or more groups or territories under one administration. At...
Igbo Ukwu is located along the lower Niger River basin in Onitsha area. Igbo...
The Old Oyo Empire is sometimes wrongly described as the state of the coastal...
The impact of trans-Atlantic slave trade on African societies can be viewed from many...
The first set of people who struggled for the abolition of slavery were the...
The origin of Nupe Kingdom is linked to Tsoede also known as Edeji. He...
The trans-Atlantic slave trade refers to the sourcing, selling and buying of Africans as...
The people of Hausaland shared a lot of relationships and interactions with the Kanem-Borno...
European traders were an important group in the series of European contacts and presence...
By the 19th century, Europeans missionaries had established their missions in Nigeria, but without...
By the 18th century, European travelers had mapped Africa’s entire coastline in detail. However,...
In 1788, the African Association was formed in England to promote the exploration of...
The people of Ife and Benin shared a lot of similarities. It was believed...
The first European travelers to reach Benin in about 1485 were the Portuguese. The...
The people of Old Calabar are found in Cross-River State of Nigeria. They were...
The Tiv people are one of the major ethnic groups in central Nigeria. They...
The Idoma, are one of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. They are traditionally known...
The Ijo or Ijaw speaking people are one of the major ethnic groups in...
The Oron people are found mainly in present day Akwa-Ibom State. They represent the...
The Ibibio are found mainly in the coastal southern part of Nigeria. They share...
The Annang are one of the southern part of Nigeria, they are located mainly...
The Urhobo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger-Delta region...
The Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria are one of the most populous ethnic groups...
The Ebira people are one of the ethnic groups in the Niger-Benue confluence area...
Trans-Saharan trade was an economic activity in which different commodities were exchanged across long...
Non-centralised states were states that represented only small political units where powers were not...
The trans-Saharan trade refers to the long distance trade carried out across the Sahara...
A working GIS integrates these five key components: hardware, software, data, people and methods....
Communication is the process of exchanging or transmission of meaningful information, feelings, opinions and...
The term centralised states means large political units, each of which covered large territorial...
Factors Affecting the Climate of Africa Latitude: Latitude refers to the location of a...
Climatic change is defined as a change in the statistical properties of the climatic...
Data input refers to the procedure of automatization of the data and the conversion...
Several classifications of soil types exist. The zonal classification treated here is considered most...