Nigeria – Tourism and Sports
380. Nigeria is an amazing tourist haven. The beaches along the Lagos, Port Harcourt and Akwa Ibom coast lines, the cattle ranch at Obudu, the water falls at Gurara, and the high peaked Shere hills in the Jos Plateau, are proof enough.
381. Nigeria is blessed with natural sites like the Ikogosi warm water spring, Olumo rock, Idanre Hills, Yankari game reserve.
382. There is a rare confluence in Lokoja, Niger State, where the Rivers Niger and Benue meet.
383. There are several game reserves and national parks in Nigeria, worth the tourist’s attention. The largest is the Gashaka Gumpti National Park. It is 6,670 sq. Km (about 10 times the size of Singapore), located in Taraba State.
384. Nigeria is home to Obudu Cattle Ranch, located in Calabar. It is only 45 miles from the Cameroon border. The Obudu Plateau is spread over 40 sq. miles and is 5,200 feet above sea level. The Obudu resort features a Gorilla Camp where tourists may observe gorillas in their natural habitat.
385. The country is endowed with a rich cultural heritage, and is home to the Benin Bronze.
386. This is a country with endless positive possibilities from numerous natural resources to beautiful unexplored scenery.
387. Nigeria is home to Sungbo Eredo, the world’s largest monolithic structure. This mud structure is over a thousand years old and continues to attract tourists from all over the world. Many Nigerians sadly have never visited the site.
388. Nigeria has two UNESCO world heritage sites, the Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove and the Sukur Cultural Landscape in Adamawa. UNESCO world heritage sites are places designated as being of cultural significance.
389. Our beautiful landscape is a tourist delight. From Yankari in the North to Obudu in the south, from Olumo rock in the south-west to Argungu, the beauty of nature beckons.
390. Nigeria has beautiful sceneries: A destination for tourists, from the Jos plateau to Obudu cattle ranch to Erin Ijesha waterfalls.
391. Nigeria is a beautiful country with so many tourist attractions and great weather.
392. NIGERIA is that nation with diverse ethnic peculiarities, much in need of tourist activities.
393. A Nigerian will unite with the oddest people when sport is introduced as a variable in his relationship with others.
394. Our love of soccer is notable. One of my fondest memories of my father comes from our 1996 Olympic win. My father leapt off the couch and swung me around in a breathless circle, my older brother danced around the living room…and our phone rang off the hook because all the Nigerians we knew, everywhere, were calling to join in on the celebration.
395. Nigeria has excelled in athletics over the years, still holding continental records in the 100m men and women, 4x100m men and women, 400m men and women, among others.
396. The first player to score in the money spinning UEFA champions’ League was Daniel Amokachi, a former regular feature on the Nigerian National Football Team, in 1992.
397. Kanu Nwankwo, a Nigerian, is one of Africa’s most decorated footballers, philanthropist, and a role model on and off the pitch.
398. Samuel Peter, The Nigerian Nightmare, is a world acclaimed professional boxer and former NABF and WBC heavyweight champion (2007 and 2008 respectively).
399. Nigeria has produced great footballers like Teslim “Thunder” Balogun (the first Nigerian to play for an English Club – QPR), Segun Odegbami, Muda Lawal, Stephen Keshi, Rashidi Yekini (who scored Nigeria’s first ever goal at the World Cup), Nwankwo Kanu, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, John Mikel Obi, Osaze Odemwingie, to mention but a few.
400. Over 100 skilled Nigerian professional footballers played in First Division leagues in different countries all over Europe in the 2010/2011 season, 9 in England, 8 each in Finland, Norway, 10 in Ukraine and 7 in Sweden.
