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Nigeria vacations.

States in Nigeria: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.

Nigeria borders Benin, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

Capital City of Nigeria: Abuja

De facto Capital City: Lagos [ former national capital and still the economic and cultural center ]


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Car Rental Nigeria

 Europcar  -  Abuja, Calabar, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Port Harcourt
Only new rental cars [ average age only 6 months ], All inclusive prices, 24 hours roadside assistance, 24/7 service most airports.

 Avis
World's second largest general-use car rental business, providing business and leisure customers with a wide range of services.
 Hertz

Hotels in Nigeria

 Eko Hotel & Suites  -  Luxury Hotel in Lagos
 Sheraton Hotels & Towers, Abuja
One of Nigeria's 5 star hotel. It is especially ideal for business visitors and is easily reachable from major areas of the federal capital.
 Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja
The hotel is close to the Murtala Mohammed International airport, also in Ikeja and the famous Allen avenue in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos

 Hotels and Resorts  -  The Nigerian Village Square
 Ip4hotels
Finding the right hotel in Nigeria can be challenging with the varied facilities available in Nigerian hotels. We have developed this catalogue of Nigerian Hotels to provide detailed information of each hotel in pictures and in words. Each hotel in the catalogue is captured with up to 8 photographs of the facility and a description of the Location in Nigeria.
 NGeX
 Nigeriabusinessinfo.com - Hotels 

National Parks

Nigeria has abundant physical attractions ranging form hills, waterfalls, springs, caves, lakes and mountains across the length and breadth of the country. The fascinating features and beautiful scenes provide interesting sites for leisure, adventure and other tourism related activities. Some of these include the Jos Wildlife Park, Old Oyo National Park, Yankari National Park, Obudu Cattle Ranch etc.

The Yankari National Park is the premier game reserve in Nigeria. Yankari Park and Wikki Warm Springs are located around the Gagi River, approximately 1 1/2 hours by road, southeast of Bauchi Town. The beauty and size of The Yankari Game Reserve make it the most pop­ular reserve in Nigeria.

 Cercopan  -  Centre for Education, Research and Conservation of Primates and Nature
To conserve Nigeria's primates through sustainable rainforest conservation, community education, primate rehabilitation and research
As a Nigerian Non Governmental Organization, Cercopan seeks to work locally to influence, encourage and assist all stakeholders in Nigerian rainforests to conserve biodiversity of nature, particularly primates and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.

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Travel Guides Nigeria / Related Books

 Nigeria  -  Bradt Travel Guide - Lizzie Williams
Paperback 352 pages (May 29, 2005); Publisher: BRADT Travel Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1841621242
Lonely Planet West Africa 
By Anthony Ham (Author), James Bainbridge (Author)
Paperback: 904 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 6 edition (October 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1740597710; ISBN-13: 978-1740597715
 The Rough Guide to West Africa  -  Jim Hudgens, Richard Trillo
This guide to West Africa explores all the visitable countries in West Africa, from Mauritania and the Cape Verde Islands in the west, to Niger and Cameroon in the east. The colour introductory essay highlights the regions attractions, picks out the various route and travel options and touches on some of the great range of cultural and scenic impressions that any visit will make. Each chapter covers the relevant country with attention to detail, including special attention to the practicalities of travel, thoroughly researched hotel and restaurant listings, and a carefully researched background on wildlife and the environment, culture, history, politics and music.
Paperback 1296 pages (November 27, 2003); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843531186
 Things Fall Apart  -  Chinua Achebe
One of the most widely read novels from Nigeria's most famous novelist, Things Fall Apart is a gripping study of the problem of European colonialism in Africa. The story relates the cultural collision that occurs when Christian English missionaries arrive among the Ibos of Nigeria, bringing along their European ways of life and religion. In the novel, the Nigerian Okonkwo recognizes the cultural imperialism of the white men and tries to show his own people how their own society will fall apart if they exchange their own cultural core for that of the English.
Paperback 80 pages (November 2004); Publisher: Spark Notes; Language: English; ISBN: 1586634070

Transport / How do I travel to Nigeria

 Kano Airport  -  Malam Aminu International Airport [ LOS ] - 8 km from Kano City
 Lagos Airport  -  Murtala Muhammed Airport [ KAN ] - 22 km from Lagos City
 Abuja Airport  -  Nnamdi Azikwe Airport

Other airports: Port Harcourt, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Calabar, Yola, Sokoto, Maiduguri.

 Emirates US  -  Flight tickets Lagos

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  price comparison possible

 Map of Nigeria
 Map of Nigeria [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection ]


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 Travel Insurance

 Rediscovering Nigeria  -  Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation [ NTDC ] Abuja, Nigeria
Tourist attractions, Tourism Nigeria [ Eco, Conference, Sport and Slave Route Tourism ], Travel Directory [ o.a. Hotels in Nigeria ], uvm.

 Nigerian Government

 Abuja  -  Capital City Nigeria  -  Abuja City  -  480 km northeast of Lagos
Area Councils: Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuye, Kwali and Municipal

 Lagos - de facto capital city Nigeria

 Abia State
 Abuja
 Adamawa State
 Akwa Ibom  -  Akwa Ibom State
Tourism destination offering an unrivaled wealth of scenic landscapes, a long sandy coast, a wealth of wildlife and culture. Plus a warm and friendly people, known for their exceptional culinary skills.
Tourist sites : Ibom Plaza, Uyo National Museum, Uyo Cenotaph.
 Anambra State
 Bauchi State
 Benue State
 Borno State
 Cross River State
 Delta  -  Delta State
 Ebonyi State
 Edo State
 Ekiti State
 Enugu State
 Gombe State
 Gongola State
 Imo State
 Jigawa State
 Kaduna State
 Kano State
 Katsina State
 Kebbi State
 Kogi State
 Kwara State
 Lagos State 
 Nasawara  - Nasawara State
From the lush green fields of this Savannah region and its undisturbed forest, to the cascading waters of Farin Ruwa waterfall and the picturesque Eggon Rolling Hills and Caves, Nasarawa State is the ideal destination for nature lovers and the adventurous tourists. Tucked away in the northern part of Nigeria, the tourism sites offer those who venture to visit them peace and quiet and a chance to be at one with nature.
Local : Awe, Akwanga, Doma, Keana, Keffi, Kokona, Lafia, Nasarawa, Nasarawa Eggon, Obi, Toto, Wamba.
 Niger State
 Ogun State
 Ondo State
 Osun State
 Oyo State
 Plateau State
 Rivers State  -  Government Rivers State
 Sokoto State
 Yobe State
 Zamfara State

 Benin City
 Enugu
 Ibadan
 Ilorin
 Jos
 Kadunda
 Kano
 Katsina
 Maiduguri
 Makurdi [ Benue River ]
 Ogbomoso
 Oshogbo
 Port Harcourt
 Sokoto
 Warri
 Yoloa [ Benue River, Border with Cameroon ]
 Zaria

 Agbokim Waterfalls  -  attractive and impressive tourist spot near Ikom in Cross River State
 Assop Falls  -  in Jos, Plateau State
Perhaps, the most notable of Nigeria's many waterfalls, Located near the bottom of the drop-off of the plateau.
 Badagry  -  Slave Route
The choice of Badagry as the fisrt salve port was because of its location by the lagoon which made it an easy route for the slave to be taken via the coastal regions of West Africa countries such as as Opobo and Arochukwu towns in Nigeria, Gold in Ghana, Quidah in Republic of Benin, Goree Island in Senegal etc. through the Atlantic Ocean to far places like the Caribean island and the new worldi.e the present day United State of America.
 Benue River
 Coconut Beach
Coconut Beach is a beautiful beach in the coastal town of Badagry, west of Lagos. The beach is attractively set in an area surrounded by coconut trees. About 20 miles towards the border of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin, Coconut Beach is accessible through the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
 Kamale Pinnacle, in the Mandara Mountains in Mubi, Adamawa State
Part of the Cameroon Mountains range.The Pinnacle is like an enormous finger pointing towards the sky. There are other large extinct volcanic plugs rising vertically and astonishingly out of the Mandara Mountains
Lekki Beach, an enchanting open beach along the Lekki Peninsula, is a few kilometers from the city centre of Lagos in Lagos State.
 Mambila Plateau in Gembu, Taraba State
Lying 1219 meters above sea-level, along the cameroon ranges, is a rich temperate and cattle rearing area.
 Mandaras Mountains Homepage
Website is for all ethnographers who are interested in the study of the northern Mandara mountains of N. Cameroon and N.E. Nigeria
 Niger Delta Mangrove Forest - Niger River
Spread over three states in the Niger Delta Area, it is one of the three most beautiful mangrove forests in Africa.
 Nigerian Field Society
An organisation devoted to the study of West Africa, its plants, animals and environment, its peoples and their culture
 Oguta Lake, north-west of Owerri, Imo State
A kilometre-wide lake, made ever famous by the car-ferry that runs every 20 minutes accross the lake.
 Sukur - located in the Mandara mountains of northeast Nigeria is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its spiritual and material culture.
Tangale Hill is a tertiary, enchanting and beautiful volcanic core, south of Gombe in Gombe State, the ascent of which takes some four hours.
 Zuma Rock, in Niger State
One of Nigeria's most famous natural landmarks. It is an enormous one kilometre long inselberg, standing out from from the surrounding countryside like a giant stone altar, with the semblance of a human face etched on it when viewed from the side.

 Bank  -  Central Bank Nigeria
 Nigerian Crafts
Crafts are symbol of Nigeria's material and spiritual heritage. Crafts are well integrated into the living patterns of Nigerians and inseparable from their spiritula philosophies. They are therefore prized objects for the promotion of tourism and preservation of heritage.
Essentially, Nigeria crafts are grouped into textiles, pottery and ceramics, fiber crafts, bronze, brass and iron works, woodworks, calabash decorations, leather works, ivory works, jewelry etc.
 University Nigeria  -  Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye
 University Nigeria  -  Port Harcourt University
 University -  Rivers State University of Science & Technology
First technological University in Nigeria [ Port Harcourt ]
 News from Nigeria  -  The Guardian  -  independent newspaper
Established for the purpose of presenting balanced coverage of events, and of promoting the best interests of Nigeria. It owes allegiance to no political party, ethnic community, religious or other interest group. Its primary commitment is to the integrity and sovereignty of the Federation of Nigeria, and beyond that to the unity and sovereignty of Africa".
 Paper  -  Vanguard Online Edition

Cuisine  -  Nigerian Foods / Recipes

 South of the Sahara: Traditional Cooking from the Lands of West Africa 
By Elizabeth A. Jackson
Come and discover the rich and sultry blend of meats, tropical fruits, vegetables, grains, spices and oils that served as the foundation of West African life for centuries. The history of these lands is as rich as the spicy food. Learn about ancient empires and the origins of modern nations as you choose from a selection of 120 tempting dishes.
Paperback 204 pages (June 25, 1999); Publisher: Fantail

The Best of African Cooking - Manjase Banda
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Esanjam; 2 Revised edition (March 14, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0954682130; ISBN-13: 978-0954682132
 African Recipes

History of Nigeria

Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK)

Before the colonial period, the area which comprises modern Nigeria had an eventful history. More than 2,000 years ago, the Nok culture in the present Plateau state worked iron and produced sophisticated terra cotta sculpture. In the northern cities of Kano and Katsina, recorded history dates back to about 1000 AD. In the centuries that followed, these Hausa kingdoms and the Kanem-Bornu empire near Lake Chad prospered as important terminals of north-south trade between North African Berbers and forest people who exchanged slaves, ivory, and kola nuts for salt, glass beads, coral, cloth, weapons, brass rods, and cowrie shells used as currency.... See for more Nigeria's History at Wikipedia [ contens: A British Sphere of Influence, Nigerian Independence, The First Nigerian Republic, The Second Nigerian Republic, The Abortive Third Republic, The Obasanjo Administration ]
 This House Has Fallen: Nigeria In Crisis  -  Karl Maier
The world's tenth most populous country, a pot-pourri of languages and peoples, amazing dynamism and fabulous oil reserves, Nigeria is the pivot on which Africa turns. Yet to many outsiders, it is also a byword for chaos and corruption, military coups and repression, poverty and drug trafficking. Karl Maier explores the crisis points and the rapidly rising religious and ethnic tensions which threaten the country's survival, and shows us why it matters to us all if things in Nigeria continue to fall apart.
Paperback 368 pages (January 31, 2002); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd,; Language: English; ISBN: 0140298843
 National Museum at Onikan
The National Museum at Onikan, Lagos provides one of the largest collection of art and artifacts in Nigeria. Of great importance to anyone seeking a deep­er understanding of African art and the rich cultural heritage of Nigeria, the artifacts in the museum date from 500 BC-200 AD, including the Nok ter­racotta heads. Its interior is majestic in scope, and retraces the development of various cultures through centuries of Nigerian history. Operated by the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, the museum here, like —others in Benin, Jos, Ife, Esie, Kano and Kaduna, plus many smaller ones, consistently draws thousands of tourists and historians each year to view its rich collection

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Hausa Language [ Wikipedia ]
 Teach yourself Hausa 
This course in Hausa, a West African language spoken by over 30 million people, introduces the structures of the language through a series of graded lessons, complete with exercises, dialogues and traditional fables. Easy-reference grammar tables and an extensive two-way vocabulary are included.
 Nigeria : Culture - Anne Rosenberg
Hardcover 32 pages (March 2001); Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Co.; Language: English; ISBN: 0865052492
 Festivals
These are activities based on people's ways of life expressed as religious beliefs, colorful festivals, dances, songs, artworks etc. The cultural assests of Nigeria are among the most fascinating in Africa some of which include the Eyo festivals in Lagos, Kano/Katsina Durbar, Osun Osogbo Festivals and Mmanwu Festival in the south Eastern Nigeria.
 Music of Sukur
 Mondomix  -  world music
 Architectures of Nigeria: Architectures of the Hausa and Yoruba Peoples and of the Many Peoples Between - Tradition and Modernization 
By Kevin Carroll
This work describes the traditional architectures of the western half of Nigeria, covering the huge area from the Hausa people of the north to the Yoruba people of the south. The book shows how two main types of architecture have evolved in these areas: in the forest, the distinctive style of the Yoruba and Bini peoples, and in the Savanna the thin-shelled buildings in moulded mud in a variety of attractive forms. It also describes later developments, including the Hausa town style with its massive mud walls supporting flat or domed roofs. The book describes and evaluates the traditional artistry, design, craftsmanship and building methods employed in mosques, churches, palaces and domestic architectures, and shows the dramatic impact of modernization on traditional building.
Hardcover 144 pages (March 1992); Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Language: English; ISBN: 0905788370

Web Portals / Search Engines / Nigeria Directories

 NigeriaBusinessInfo.com ** 
 Nigeriavillagesquare.com 

 Abujacity.com 
 Online Nigeria Portal

 Nigerian Oil & Gas  -  directory
 Shell Nigeria

 Yahoo Directories Nigeria


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