oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In September 2008, President Umaru Yar'Adua announced the formation of a Niger Delta Ministry, with the Niger Delta Development... 13 KB (1,334 words) - 16:03, 1 April 2024 |
through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf... 49 KB (3,339 words) - 06:00, 2 April 2024 |
Mungo Park (explorer) (redirect from Travels into the Interior of Africa) exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa in which... 37 KB (4,195 words) - 13:58, 5 March 2024 |
Ijaw people (category Indigenous peoples of the Niger Delta) people, are an ethnic group found in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, with significant population clusters in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. They also occupy Edo, Ondo... 51 KB (5,603 words) - 16:30, 20 April 2024 |
Colonial Nigeria (section Royal Niger Company) the Niger River. The delta masked the mouth of the great river, and for centuries Nigerians chose not to tell Europeans the secrets of the interior. In... 116 KB (15,504 words) - 06:02, 11 April 2024 |
Macgregor Laird (section Niger voyage) about the design of vessels suitable on the Niger and the various settlements in the interior of the Niger Delta. Laird never returned to Africa but instead... 11 KB (1,374 words) - 18:58, 2 December 2023 |
Timbuktu (category Communities on the Niger River) Situated on the northern edge of the Niger Delta, Timbuktu is at the crossroads of the Saharan trade routes and the River Niger. Founded in 1100 by the Tuareg... 96 KB (10,058 words) - 16:01, 24 April 2024 |