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Every year in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, there is a festival called Osun-Osgobo that honours the fertility goddess of Osun.…
Situated almost at the geographical centre of Nigeria and about 179 kilometres from Abuja, Jos, popularly known as J-town, is…
Iwo is a town in the Osun state of southwest Nigeria. It is located 6 miles north of the Iwo…
There is no doubt that in the history of Nigerian tribes, serving their traditional gods is part of their day-to-day…
The beauty of the Yoruba culture lies in their ability to give names to people, places, or objects, and the…
Over the years, there have been controversies as to whether or not Ilorin people are a part of the Yorubas…
Plateau State, with over forty ethnolinguistic groups, is the 12th largest state in Nigeria. Out of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones,…
The Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages includes the Tiv, who inhabit both sides of the Benue River…
Every Nigerian conversant with the states in Nigeria is aware that Kaduna is perceived as a centre for Hausa exploration…
History has it that the former states of Kwara and Benue were divided to become Kogi State. In 1976, when…