List of Proposed
National Monuments

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments
manages and oversees sixty-five National monuments, and heritage sites spread
across the country, with additional 100 awaiting legislative declaration

Proposed National Monuments and their Location

List of Proposed National Monuments and their Location

 

ARCHITECTURAL (COLONIAL, INDIGENOUS, RELIGIOUS AND MEMORIAL)

  1. FORMER BIAFRAN STATE HOUSE AND OJUKWU BUNKER (together with National War Museum), Umuahia, Abia State
  1. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COLONIAL HISTORY (CONSULATE BUILDING), Aba, Abia State
  2. DIKEOGU TOWER, Anambra State
  3. GIDAN NABAME MUSEUM, Kebbi State
  4. GIANT TOMBS OF ZAMFARA RULERS IN ZURMI LGA, Zamfara State
  5. GIDAN YARIMA, Katsina State
  6. GIDAN DAN HAUSA, Kano State
  7. GIDAN BEMINISTER, Kano State
  8. AREWA HOUSE, Kaduna State
  9. ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH, WUSASA ZARIA, Kaduna State
  10. MAPO HALL , Ibadan, Oyo State
  11. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CMS) MARINA, Lagos State
  12. INDEPENDENCE BUILDING, LAGOS ISLAND, Lagos State
  13. SHITTA BEY MOSQUE, Surulere Lagos State
  14. IFA TEMPLE, Ile-Ife, Osun State
  15. MUNGO PARK HOUSE, Asaba Delta State
  16. CREEK TOWN PRESBITARIAN CHURCH, Creek town, Cross River State
  17. THE ELEPHANT HOUSE, Adamawa State
  18. 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
  16. GRAVES OF THE DEPOSED EMIRS, KABAWA, Lokoja, Kogi State
  17. BISHOP AJAYI CROWTHER HOME, Oke Ogun Iseyin, Oyo State
  18. CENTENARY HALL, ABEOKUTA, Ogun State
  19. LATE DR. NNAMDI AZIKIWE MAUSOLEUM, Onitsha, Anambra State
  20. KINGS COLLEGE, LAGOS ISLAND, Lagos State
  21. OLUMO ROCK, ABEOKUTA, Ogun State
  22. FIRST STOREY BUILDING IN NIGERIA, BADAGRY, Lagos State
  23. BRAZILIAN BARACOON MUSEUM/POINT OF NO RETURN BADAGRY, Lagos State
  24. CMS GRAMMAR SCHOOL BARIGA, Lagos State
  25. IDDO RAILWAY TERMINUS BUILDING, Lagos State
  26. TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE (MEMORIAL SITE OF NIGERIA’S INDEPENDENCE), Lagos State
  27. THE SITE OF GEN. MURTALA MOHAMMED ASSASSINATION, Lagos Island, Lagos State.
  28. ORANMIYAN STAFF (granite stele obelisk), Osun State
  29. OKE-IDANRE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, IDANRE, Ondo State
  30. STATUE OF ARUANRAN AND OGIDHI LAKE, UDO, Edo State
  31. LANDER BROTHERS ANCHORAGE, Delta State

 

 

 

 

 

  1. WARRI ROYAL CEMETERY, Ijala, Delta State
  2. OLOIBIRI OIL WELL, Oloibiri, Bayelsa State
  3. THE AKASSA RAID SITE AND THE BRITISH COLONIAL CEMETERY, Akassa, Bayelsa State
  4. ISAAC JASPA ADAKA BORO MONUMENT, PORT HARCOURT, Rivers State
  5. MARY SLESSOR RESIDENCE, Calabar, Cross River State
  6. PREMIER BUILDING OF HOPE WADDELL TRAINING INSTITUTE, Calabar, Cross River State
  7. THE EUROPEAN CEMETERY, Calabar, Cross River State
  8. RUINS OF OLD NGAZARGAMU, ANCIENT CITY OF KANEM-BORNO EMPIRE IN GEIDAM LGA, Yobe State
  9. DUFUNA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, DUFUNA, Yobe State
  10. EL-KANEMI PRAYER HOUSE, Ngala, Borno State
  11. TOMB OF THE FIRST FOUR SHEHU’S, Borno State
  12. MAUSOLEUM OF LATE ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA, Bauchi State
  13. KIRFIN SAMA HILL SITE RUINS, Bauchi State
  14. TULA PRISON YARD, Gombe State
  15. MBORMI BATTLE GROUND, BAJOGA LGA (INCLUDING TOMBS OF SULTAN ATTAHIRU AND F.C. MARSH), Gombe State
  16. YAKOKO STONE BURIAL GROUND, Taraba State
  17. ZUNGERU COLONIAL LANDSCAPE, ZUNGERU, Niger State
  18. DABO MOSQUE, GULU LAPAI, Niger State
  19. ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH (FIRST CHURCH IN NORTHERN NIGERIA) Zungeru, Niger State
  20. ESIE STONE IMAGES (NATIONAL MUSEUM, ESIE), Esie, Kwara State
  21. ALIMI MOSQUE, ILORIN, Kwara State
  22. SHA ABANDONED SETTLEMENT/IRON ORE SMELTING SITE, Plateau State
  23. QUEEN ELIZABETH GIRLS SCHOOL, Ilorin, Kwara State
  24. MAI IDONTORO ACHEULIAN SITE, Plateau State
  25. USMAN DAN FODIO TOMB, Sokoto, Sokoto State
  26. 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”, Ondo 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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