Five of the best – Nigeria’s top destinations travel tips is a quarterly travel tips on top destinations in Nigeria, which will be featured in our magazine as well as online. With the wealth of wonderful destinations in Nigeria, it would be difficult to know where to start especially for those travellers on a short term visit or business travellers that want to make use of their short break out of their tight schedules. Five of the best removes the headache with our own guided tour of essential places to visit in Nigeria.
Badagry travel tips
 The ancient town of Badagry was founded around l425 A.D. The origin of Badagry could be traced back to the period when people lived along the Coast of Gberefu and this area later gave birth to the town of Badagry. |
Abuja travel tips
Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital since 1993, remains the prettiest in all of Nigeria. The city – dubbed as the fastest growing African capital city – has witnessed lots of infrastructural development over the past 17 years. |
Ile-Ife travel tips
Yorubas worldwide trace their roots to Ile-Ife in Osun State as their holy city. Ile-Ife appears in myths as the birthplace of creation and the location where the first humans took form. |
Idanre travel tips
Idanre town is about 24km southwest of Akure, Ondo State capital. The town is divided into two; the new settlement which is at the foot of Idanre hills and Oke-Idanre – the old settlements on the top of the hills. |
Abeokuta travel tips
The historic city of Abeokuta, which is about 100 kilo metres from Lagos, stands at a height of about 300ft above sea level. Abeokuta is the administrative seat of Ogun State with a population of about half a million. |
Kano travel tips
Kano has been a centre of trade especially towards the North and across the Sahara. It has been one of the most important trading towns for the Hausas, who had a big empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
Akwa Ibom travel tips
Located in south-south region of the country, Akwa Ibom is an oil-rich state as it is the second largest producer of crude oil in the country. The state consists of people believed to have originated from a single ancestral stock, and speak closely related languages. |
Abraka travel tips
Located in Delta State, Abraka is a university town and one of the main Urhobo communities in the state. The town has a tropical wet and dry climate with a lengthy wet season and relatively constant temperatures throughout the year. |
