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Burna Boy
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 1991), known as Burna Boy, is Nigeria's most internationally successful contemporary musici?
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Felabration
Felabration is an annual music festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afrobeat pio?
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New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji / Iri Ji)
The New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji or Iri Ji) is one of the most important Igbo cultural celebrations, marking the end of the ?
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Eyo Festival (Adamu Orisha Play)
The Eyo Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is Lagos Island's most spectacular cultural event. Eyo masqueraders, ?
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Aso Rock
Aso Rock is a 400-meter monolithic rock formation that dominates Abuja's skyline and gives the Presidential Villa its na?
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Ikogosi Warm Springs
Ikogosi Warm Springs is a unique tourist attraction in Ekiti State where warm and cold water springs flow side by side b?
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Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of Nigeria's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located along the Osun River in Osogbo?
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Jim Ovia
Dr. Jim Ovia (born 1951) is the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, one of Africa's largest financial institutions. In ?
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Folorunsho Alakija
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman, one of the richest women in Africa. She began he?
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Olufunmilayo Olopade
Dr. Olufunmilayo "Funmi" Olopade is a Nigerian-born oncologist and cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. Her g?
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Genevieve Nnaji
Genevieve Nnaji (born 1979) is Nigeria's most iconic actress, producer, and director. Her Nollywood career began at age ?
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2Baba (Tuface Idibia)
Innocent Ujah Idibia (born 1975), known as 2Baba or 2face Idibia, is one of Nigeria's most celebrated musicians. Rising ?
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Sir Victor Uwaifo
Sir Victor Efosa Uwaifo (1941-2021) was a Nigerian musician, writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. His 1969?
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Onyeka Onwenu
Onyeka Onwenu (born 1952) is a legendary Nigerian singer, songwriter, actress, and journalist known as the "Elegant Stal?
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Margaret Ekpo
Margaret Ekpo (1914-2006) was a trailblazing Nigerian women's rights activist and politician. Born in Creek Town, Calaba?
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Gani Fawehinmi
Chief Abdul-Ganiyu "Gani" Oyesola Fawehinmi (1938-2009) was Nigeria's most prominent human rights lawyer and activist. A?
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Nneka Egbuna
Nneka Egbuna (born 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter whose music fuses soul, hip-hop, reggae, and African rhy?
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Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa OON OLY (born 1970) made history at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics by winning Nigeria's first-ever Olympic gold?

Celebrate Nigeria

Burna Boy

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 1991), known as Burna Boy, is Nigeria's most internationally successful contemporary musician. His 2019 album "African Giant" and 2020's "Twice as Tall" (which won a Gramm

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Felabration

Felabration is an annual music festival celebrating the life, music, and legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afrobeat pioneer. Held every October to mark Fela's birthday (October 15), the week-long fes

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New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji / Iri Ji)

The New Yam Festival (Iwa Ji or Iri Ji) is one of the most important Igbo cultural celebrations, marking the end of the farming season and the harvest of new yams. Held annually between August and Oct

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Eyo Festival (Adamu Orisha Play)

The Eyo Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is Lagos Island's most spectacular cultural event. Eyo masqueraders, dressed in flowing white robes and wide-brimmed hats, roam Lagos Island represen

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Aso Rock

Aso Rock is a 400-meter monolithic rock formation that dominates Abuja's skyline and gives the Presidential Villa its name. This imposing granite outcrop is one of Abuja's most recognizable landmarks.

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Ikogosi Warm Springs

Ikogosi Warm Springs is a unique tourist attraction in Ekiti State where warm and cold water springs flow side by side but never mix. The warm spring maintains a temperature of about 70°C (158°F) whil

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Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of Nigeria's two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, located along the Osun River in Osogbo. This 75-hectare forest is the last remnant of primary high forest in southern

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Jim Ovia

Dr. Jim Ovia (born 1951) is the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, one of Africa's largest financial institutions. In 1990, Ovia founded Zenith Bank with just $4 million capital; today it has assets

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