List of 100 Proposed National Monuments

ARCHITECTURAL (COLONIAL, INDIGENOUS, RELIGIOUS AND MEMORIAL)

  1. Former Biafran State House and Ojukwu Bunker (together with National War Museum), Umuahia, Abia State
  2. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLONIAL HISTORY (CONSULATE BUILDING), Aba, Abia State
  3. DIKEOGU TOWER, Anambra State
  4. GIDAN NABAME MUSEUM, Kebbi State
  5. GIANT TOMBS OF ZAMFARA RULERS IN ZURMI LGA, Zamfara State
  6. GIDAN YARIMA, Katsina State
  7. GIDAN DAN HAUSA, Kano State
  8. GIDAN BEMINISTER, Kano State
  9. AREWA HOUSE, Kaduna State
  10. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH, WUSASA ZARIA, Kaduna State
  11. MAPO HALL , Ibadan, Oyo State
  12. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CMS) MARINA, Lagos State
  13. INDEPENDENCE BUILDING, LAGOS ISLAND, Lagos State
  14. SHITTA BEY MOSQUE, Surulere Lagos State
  15. IFA TEMPLE, Ile-Ife, Osun State
  16. MUNGO PARK HOUSE, Asaba Delta State
  17. CREEK TOWN PRESBITARIAN CHURCH, Creek town, Cross River State
  18. THE ELEPHANT HOUSE, Adamawa State
  19. NATIONAL ARTS THEATRE, IGANMU, Lagos State

 

HISTORIC

  1. AROCHUKWU LONG JUJU SLAVE ROUTE, Arochukwu, Abia State
  2. OLD EASTERN HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Enugu, Enugu State
  3. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AMICHI, Anambra State
  4. RELICS OF ROYAL NIGER COMPANY AT OGUTA, Imo state
  5. THE OLD CITY RUINS OF ALKALAWA (Former Capital of Gobir Kingdom) SABO BIRNI L.G.A., Sokoto State
  6. KUSUGU WELL, DAURA, Katsina State
  7. KURMI MARKET, Kano State
  8. ASSOCIATED SITES OF KANO CITY WALLS — DALA HILLS and KOFAR MATA DYE PIT, Kano State
  9. LATE GENERAL MURTALA RAMAT MOHAMMED TOMB, Kano State
  10. LUGARD HALL, Kaduna State
  11. NOK ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, NOK, Kaduna State
  12. BIRNIN KUDU OLD STELLEMENT, off Kano-Maiduguri Road, Jigawa State
  13. BRITISH FLAG (UNION JACK) FIRST RAISING MEMORIAL, Lokoja, Kogi State
  14. RUINS OF LORD LUGARD’S FIRST RESIDENCE/OFFICE, Lokoja, Kogi State
  15. HOLY TRINITY BISHOP CROWTHER PRIMARY SCHJOOL (FIRST PRIMARY SCHOOL IN NORTHERN

NIGERIA), Kogi State

  1. GRAVES OF THE DEPOSED EMIRS, KABAWA, Lokoja, Kogi State
  2. BISHOP AJAYI CROWTHER HOME, Oke Ogun Iseyin, Oyo State
  3. CENTENARY HALL, ABEOKUTA, Ogun State
  4. LATE DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE MAUSOLEUM, Onitsha, Anambra State
  5. KINGS COLLEGE, LAGOS ISLAND, Lagos State
  6. OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA, Ogun State
  7. FIRST STOREY BUILDING IN NIGERIA, BADAGRY, Lagos State
  8. BRAZILIAN BARACOON MUSEUM/POINT OF NO RETURN BADAGRY, Lagos State
  9. CMS GRAMMAR SCHOOL BARIGA, Lagos State
  10. IDDO RAILWAY TERMINUS BUILDING, Lagos State
  11. TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE (MEMORIAL SITE OF NIGERIA’S INDEPENDENCE), Lagos State
  12. THE SITE OF GEN. MURTALA MOHAMMED ASSASSINATION, Lagos Island, Lagos State.
  13. ORANMIYAN STAFF (granite stele obelisk), Osun State
  14. OKE-IDANRE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, IDANRE, Ondo State
  15. STATUE OF ARUANRAN AND OGIDHI LAKE, UDO, Edo State
  16. LANDER BROTHERS ANCHORAGE, Delta State
  17. WARRI ROYAL CEMETERY, Ijala, Delta State
  18. OLOIBIRI OIL WELL, Oloibiri, Bayelsa State
  19. THE AKASSA RAID SITE AND THE BRITISH COLONIAL CEMETERY, Akassa, Bayelsa State
  20. ISAAC JASPA ADAKA BORO MONUMENT, PORT HARCOURT, Rivers State
  21. MARY SLESSOR RESIDENCE, Calabar, Cross River State
  22. PREMIER BUILDING OF HOPE WADDELL TRAINING INSTITUTE, Calabar, Cross River State
  23. THE EUROPEAN CEMETERY, Calabar, Cross River State
  24. RUINS OF OLD NGAZARGAMU, ANCIENT CITY OF KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE IN GEIDAM

LGA, Yobe State

  1. DUFUNA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, DUFUNA, Yobe State
  2. EL-KANEMI PRAYER HOUSE, Ngala, Borno State
  3. TOMB OF THE FIRST FOUR SHEHU’S, Borno State
  4. MAUSOLEUM OF LATE ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA, Bauchi State
  5. KIRFIN SAMA HILL SITE RUINS, Bauchi State
  6. TULA PRISON YARD, Gombe State
  7. MBORMI BATTLE GROUND, BAJOGA LGA (INCLUDING TOMBS OF SULTAN ATTAHIRU

AND F.C. MARSH), Gombe State

  1. YAKOKO STONE BURIAL GROUND, Taraba State
  2. ZUNGERU COLONIAL LANDSCAPE, ZUNGERU, Niger State
  3. DABO MOSQUE, GULU LAPAI, Niger State
  4. ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH (FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHERN NIGERIA) Zungeru, Niger

State

  1. ESIE STONE IMAGES (NATIONAL MUSEUM, ESIE), Esie, Kwara State
  2. ALIMI MOSQUE, ILORIN, Kwara State
  3. SHA ABANDONED SETTLEMENT/IRON ORE SMELTING SITE, Plateau State
  4. QUEEN ELIZABETH GIRLS SCHOOL, Ilorin, Kwara State
  5. MAI IDONTORO ACHEULIAN SITE, Plateau State
  6. USMAN DAN FODIO TOMB, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  7. NAMODA TOMB, KAURA NAMODA L.G.A, Zamfara State

 

NATURAL

  1. OKPURUKE LAKE, ABAKALIKI, Ebonyi State
  2. AKPOHA HIDDEN PALACE, AFIKPO NORTH LGA, Ebonyi State
  3. OGBUNIKE CAVES, Anambra State
  4. OGBAUKWU CAVE AND WATER FALLS, OWERRE IZUKALA, Anambra State
  5. DUTSE BAMLE, Katsina State
  6. ASO ROCK, FCT Abuja
  7. ERIN IJESA (OLUMINRIN) WATER FALLS, ERIN IJESA, Osun State
  8. ASHUBA MARBLE STONE, ARAROMI OBU, Ondo State
  9. AGBOKIM WATER FALLS, Cross River State
  10. GOYA GORGE AND NGEJI ESCARPMENT, Fika, Yobe State
  11. THE THREE SISTERS ROCK, Adamawa State
  12. ZUMA ROCK, Niger State

 

TECHNOLOGY (INDIGENOUS , COLONIAL AND EARLY POST –COLONIAL ERA)

  1. MAKURDI RAILWAY BRIDGE, Makurdi, Benue State
  2. KEANA SALT VILLAGE, KEANA, Plateau State
  3. TRADITIONAL IRON SMELTING FURNACES IN IGEDE, Benue State
  4. OLINGDAN IRON SMELTING SITE, Plateau State
  5. LANGALANG FOOT BRIDGE, Plateau State

 

WILD LIFE/ FOREST RESERVE

  1. BATURIYA BIRD SANCTUARY (HADEJIA WETLANDS GAME RESERVE), Jigawa State
  2. OGUN ONIRE GROVE, IRE-EKITI, OYE L.G.A, Ekiti State
  3. IGBO OLODUMARE –“FOREST OF A THOUSAND DAEMONS”, Ekiti State
  4. OBIO UBIUM SACRED HERITAGE GROOVE AND SITES, Akwa Ibom State
  5. OBAN HILLS/CROSS RIVER NATIONAL PARK, Cross River State
  6. DAGONA BIRD SANCTUARY, DAGONA VILLAGE, BADE LGA, Yobe State
  7. OYA SHRINE AND GROVE, IRAA, Kwara State

 

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