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Every town in Nigeria is hiding a story. Sit down.

Folktales, lost histories and the strange reasons places got their names — told the way your grandmother would.

Tell me a folktaleSomething true & strangeWhere my town's name came fromStories of my people

Tonight's fire

Lagos · Lost history

The lawyer who would not bow

Cross River · Folktale

Why the tortoise has a cracked shell

Ogun · Place name

The town that hid under a rock

Kaduna · People

Amina, who built walls

812 stories from 37 states, 250 peoples and 774 local governments — and every one tells you where it came from.

Wander by place

Lagos Kano Oyo Rivers Enugu Kaduna Borno Edo Cross River Benue Sokoto Anambra Plateau Delta Ogun Imo FCT +20 more