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Obudu
Obudu is a Local government areas of Nigeria, local government area and town in Cross River State, Nigeria. The area features a tourist resort, Obudu Mountain Resort, which hosts an annual mountain running competition called the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race. The town of Obudu is downstream from the Obudu Dam, which has caused acute scarcity of drinking water in the dry season. The town is approximately 17 kilometers away from Bebi Airport and is a 6-hour drive from Calabar, the capital of Cross River. Geography The Obudu Local Government Area is bordered to the north by Vandeikya of Benue State, to the east by the Communes of Cameroon, community of Akwaya in the Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon (prior to the time when Obanlikwu was still together), and to the south and west by the Local government areas of Nigeria, Local Government Areas of Boki, Nigeria, Boki and Bekwarra. The local government headquarters is located in ''Bette'' clan, with the ''Bete-Bendi language, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obudu Mountain Resort
Obudu Mountain Resort (formerly known as the Obudu Cattle Ranch) is a ranch and resort on the Obudu Plateau in Cross River State, Nigeria. History It was developed in 1951 by M. McCaughley a Scot who first explored the mountain ranges in 1949. He camped on the mountaintop of the Oshie Ridge on the Sankwala Mountains for a month before returning with Hugh Jones, a fellow rancher, in 1951 and Dr Crawfeild. Thus, together they developed the Obudu Cattle Ranch. Since 2005, a Aerial lift, cable car climbing from the base to the top of the plateau gives visitors a scenic view while bypassing the extremely winding road to the top. Geography The resort is found on the Obudu Plateau, close to the Cameroon border in the northeastern part of Cross River State, approximateleast of the town of Ogoja and from the town of Obudu in Obanliku Local Government Areas in Nigeria, Local Government Area of Cross River State. It is about 30 minutes' drive from Obudu town and is about a drive from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race
The Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race is an annual 11.25 km mountain running competition that takes place in late November in Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria. First held in 2005, it has the largest total prize money available of any mountain race and is known as "the world's richest mountain race".Dubois (AUS) wins the worlds (sic) richest mountain race World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2009-12-05. The men's and women's competition winners receive 50,000 each, and there is a total prize pot of around $25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross River State
Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967. The state has its capital as Calabar and is bordered to the north by Benue State, to the west by Ebonyi State and Abia State, and to the southwest by Akwa Ibom State while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. Originally known as the South-Eastern State before being renamed in 1976, Cross River state formerly included the area that is now Akwa Ibom State, which became a distinct state in 1987. Of the 36 states, Cross River is the nineteenth largest in area and 27th most populous with an estimated population of over 3.8 million as of 2016. Geographically, the state is mainly divided between the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic in the far north and the Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests in the majority of the interior of the state. The smaller ecoregions a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obudu Dam
The Obudu Dam is in Obudu local government area of Cross River State in the south east of Nigeria. It is an earth-fill structure with a height of 15 m and a total crest length of 425 m, and has a capacity of 4.2 million m3. The dam is located within the Obudu crystalline basement plateau, a low-lying undulating region of low seismic activity. The dam was commissioned in 1999 for use in farm irrigation, fishing, and also for recreational and tourism purposes. In September 2000, the paramount ruler of Obudu local government area, Uti Agba, promised that his community would protect the facilities installed at the dam. A massive rainstorm in July 2003, combined with release of excess water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ..., damaged the sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bette People
The Bette are a Bantu people inhabiting the Obudu area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The Bette people are one of five tribes inhabiting Obudu area of Cross River State, along with the Utugwang, Alege, Ukpe and Ubang.Ishi, Ukemiteh. "Obudu New Yam Festival: The People, Their Tradition". ''Cross River Watch'' Web. 31 August 2017. 4 December 2017 The name "Bette" refers to both the language and the people who constitute a dominant ethnic group in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Bette migrated from the Bantu in south Central Africa and settled at the foot of the Cameroun Mountain, a part of which now constitutes the famous Obudu Cattle Ranch. Bette is a folk language that is still grossly unwritten because of the dearth of a standard orthography An orthography is a set of convention (norm), conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, punctuation, Word#Word boundaries, word boundaries, capitalization, hyphenation, and Emphas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bebi Airport
Bebi Airport is an airport serving Bebi in the Cross River State of Nigeria. It also serves as the airport for the Obudu Mountain Resort. The runway is east of the town of Obudu. The Bebi VOR-DME (Ident: BEB) is off the threshold of Runway 10. Description The airstrip is located in Obudu, Cross River State, it was constructed during the tenure of Governor Donald Duke to generate more income for the state through tourism. It was constructed in other to allow tourists to have easy access to the Obudu Cattle Ranch Obudu Mountain Resort (formerly known as the Obudu Cattle Ranch) is a ranch and resort on the Obudu Plateau in Cross River State, Nigeria. History It was developed in 1951 by M. McCaughley a Scot who first explored the mountain ranges in 1949. ..., a tourist attraction around the airstrip. In 2017, Governor Ben Ayade named the airstrip Donald Duke Airstrip in honour of the former State governor for his contribution to the development of the airstrip. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obanliku
Obanliku is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Sankwala. Obanliku is made up of ten wards namely: Busi, Basang, Bebi, Bisu, Utanga, Becheve, Bendi 1, Bendi 2, Bishiri North & Bishiri South. Obanliku Local Government is located in the Northern Senatorial District of Cross River State. It is both an inter-State and international boundary Local Government Area. It is bounded in the North by Kwanda Local Government of Benue State in the East by the Republic of Cameroon, the west by Obudu Local Government Area and in the South by Boki Local Government Area. It has an area of 1,057 km and a population of 110,324 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 552. The Executive Chairman of Obanliku Local Government Council, is Evangelist Margaret U. Inde. The Obudu Cattle Ranch Obudu Mountain Resort (formerly known as the Obudu Cattle Ranch) is a ranch and resort on the Obudu Plateau in Cross River State, Nigeria. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benue State
Benue is a State in the North Central Nigeria, North Central region of Nigeria. It is popularly referred to as part of the Middle belt. It has an estimated population of about 4,253,641 in List of Nigerian states by population, the 2006 census. The state was created in 1976 and was among the seven states created at that time. The state derives its name from the Benue River initially called ''Ber-nor'', a compound word in Tiv language which means river or lake of hippopotamus (B''er'' meaning river or lake, while ''nor'' is the name for hippopotamus) the name ''Ber-nor'' was corrupted to BENUE by colonial masters, the river is the second largest river in Nigeria after the River Niger. The state borders Nasarawa State, Nasarawa State to the North; Taraba State, Taraba State to the East; Kogi State, Kogi State to the West; Enugu State, Enugu State to the South-West; Ebonyi State, Ebonyi and Cross River State, Cross-Rivers State to the South; and has an international border with Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandeikya
Vandeikya is a local government area in Benue State Nigeria. The capital is Vandeikya town. Vandeikya LGA was carved out of Gboko Local Government Council in 1976. The indigenous community is the Kunav people who speak Tiv language. The Vandeikya people are a hospitable group and are predominantly Christians with a few traditionalists. The LGA is endowed with mineral deposits such as barites, kaoline, and iron ores. Being principally farmers, the major commercial engagements of the people in the area revolve around agricultural products. Presently, there are no major industries in the area; however, there are many small-scale cottage industries like rice milling, block making, furniture works, and others. The settlement pattern is dispersed with thatched round houses. Geography Vandeikya Local Government Council is located between latitude 7°5' and 7°15' north of the Equator and Longitude 9° and 9°6' east of Greenwich. Vandeikya is in the South Eastern part of Benue Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of Nigeria
Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by a local government council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the local government, Local Government, the third tier of government in Nigeria, below the state governments and the federal government. Functions The functions of local governments are detailed in the Constitution of Nigeria, Nigerian constitution and include the following: * Economic recommendations to the State. * Collection of taxes and fees. * Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm. * Licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheelbarrows and carts. * Esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boki, Nigeria
Boki (; Boki language: ''Bokyi'') is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area in the Cross River State of Nigeria. It was created on 28 August 1991, and its capital is Boje. The region has a contiguous border with the Republic of Cameroon and is known internationally as a commercial centre for agricultural commodities such as cocoa bean, cocoa, coffee, timber, and palm (plant), palm products. Etymology The origin of its name comes from the native tribe (Boki people) with the same that resides in the area. The term originates from the word Bokyi, which is the name of the tribe in the Boki language although it is also referred to as Nki. Geography Boki is a landlocked Local Government Area of Nigeria (LGA) bounded by the Republic of Cameroon to the east as well as five other Cross River State LGA's: Obudu and Obanliku in the north, Ikom and Ogoja in the West, and Etung to the south. The region is considered to have some of the most rugged terrain in Nigeria, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
