Take a Visit to the Declared National Monuments in Nigeria

  1. Chief Odo Nwokolo’s Palace at Ukehe, Enugu State
  2. Gidan Madaki in Kafin Madaki, Bauchi State
  3. Dutsen Damisa Rock Painting near Gumje, Bauchi State
  4. Dutsen Zane Geji Rock Paintings, Bauchi, Bauchi State
  5. Shadawanka Rock Paintings near Bauchi in Bauchi State
  6. Shira Rock Paintings at Shira-Bauchi, Bauchi State
  7. Chief Ogiamen’s House, Benin City, Edo State
  8. Chief Enogie’s House, Obasuagbon, Edo State
  9. Chief Nana’s House Koko, Delta State
  10. Benin City Walls, Benin, Edo State
  11. Afa Ogu Tumulus near the Palace of the Attah of Idah, Kabba, Kogi State
  12. Rabeh’s House/Fort, Dikwa — Borno State
  13. The Old Residency, Calabar, Cross River State
  14. The Old Consulate, Calabar, Cross River State
  15. Chief Ekpo Bassey’s House, Calabar, Cross River Slate
  16. Carved Monoliths, Emaghabe, Cross River State
  17. Carved Monoliths, Alok, Cross River State
  18. Chief Okoroji’s House, Arochukuwu, Abia State
  19. Obu House Elu-Ohafia, Abia State
  20. Omo Ukwu Temple Asaga-Ohafia, Abia state
  21. Chief Ochu Kalu’s House, Ndi Okereke Abam, Abia State
  22. Steel Foot Bridge, Kaduna, Kaduna State
  23. Kufena Hills, near Zaria, Kaduna State
  24. Gobirau Minaret, Katsina, Katsina State
  25. Habe Mosque at Maigana, Kaduna State
  26. The Tumuli and Baobab Tree known as Kukukats — Katsina, Katsina State
  27. Old Katsina Training College, Katsina, Katsina State
  28. Zaria City Wall, Zaria, Kaduna State
  29. Rock Paintings Gong and Shelter at Dutsen Mesa-Jigawa State
  30. Gidan Makama, Kano, Kano State
  31. Dutsen Habdudu Rock Paintings at Birnin Kudu-Jigawa State
  32. Rock Paintings at Murufu in Jigawa State
  33. Rock Paintings of Dutsen Zango at Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State
  34. Habe Mosque at Bebeji, Kano State
  35. Kano City Walls and Gate, Kano, Kano State
  36. Dayspring Relics at Jebba, Kogi State
  37. Okuta Fort, Okuta, Kwara State
  38. Yashikera-Fort Yashikera, Kwara State
  39. Stone Figure at Ofaro, Kwara state
  40. Ijara Stone Figure, Ijara, Kwara State
  41. Ilojo Bar, Lagos, Lagos State
  42. Oba’s Palace (Iga Idungaran), Lagos, Lagos State
  43. Water House, Lagos, Lagos State
  44. Old Secretariat, Marina Lagos, Lagos State
  45. Tsoede’s Tomb at Gwangwan, Niger State
  46. The Katamba of the Palace of the Etsu Mohamned at Bida, Niger State
  47. Site of Mai Jimina’s House at Wushishi, Niger State
  48. Government House at Zungeru, Niger State
  49. Sugbo Eredo’s Shrine at Oke-Eri, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
  50. Ita Yemoo, Ife, Osun State
  51. Osun Shrine, Osogbo, River Side Shrine, Osun State
  52. Osun Shrine, Osogbo Market shrine, Osun State
  53. Stone Figure at lgbajo, Osun State
  54. Osun Shrine at Ata-Oja’s Palace, Osogbo, Osun State
  55. The Stone Built Causeway, at Forof, Plateau State
  56. The Old Palace of the Deji of Akure, Akure, Ondo State
  57. Iwo Eleru, near Owo, Ondo State
  58. Tading Causeway, Tading, Plateau StaIe
  59. Batura Causeway, Batura, Plateau State
  60. The Carving of stones at the foot of Panshariu pass, near Mile 31 on the Jos-Bauchi road known as Kwandonkaya, Bauchi State
  61. First Mining Beacon, Tilde Fulani Plateau State
  62. King Jaja’s Statue, Opobo, Rivers State
  63. Surame Defensive Wall, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  64. lgbara Oke Petroglyphs, near Igbara Oke, Ondo State
  65. Sukur Cultural Landscape (Hidi’s Palace Sukur) Adamawa State.

Source: National Commission for Museum and Monuments, NCMM

Abdul Rahman Aliagan is an Abuja-based seasoned Journalist who was born in late 70s and has spanned over a decade and half in the profession. His flair for investigative Journalism has earned him a niche and more on the profession. A member of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, he is currently the National Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ, an umbrella body for all the curious journalists in Nigeria. Aliagan, a graduate of History from the Better By Far University, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, and a Masters student in the Department of History, Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He started his Journalistic career with The Herald Newspaper, in 1997 even as a Copy boy in the Newsroom; he later moved his career to Funtua, Katsina State as a Media Assistant to a Non-Governmental Organization, (NGO), Pan-African Development Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP). Aliagan later joined the service of Newspeg Newspaper, an Abuja based media outfit as a Senior Correspondent only to become the pioneer Editor as the platform later transformed to Magazine titled Newspeg Magazine. For his close to two decades uninterrupted media experiences, Aliagan with some like minds floated Time Nigeria Magazine, where he is currently serving as the Managing Editor, a Magazine that is setting Economic and political pace for the most populous country on African continent, Nigeria. Aliagan has been a Contributing Editor for some other media platforms such as Security Monitor, Kwara Arise and Health Agenda. Aliagan is the Publisher of ArtsDaily Nigeria, a History, Culture and Tourism focused Newspaper.

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