25 Custom · Osun
Ejigbo, the town that fights once a year so it can have rain
The Ogiyan festival of Ejigbo →26 Legend · Kwara
The People Who Became Stone
Esie stone figures →27 People · Ondo
The schoolteacher who sent a hunter into the forest of spirits
Fagunwa and the first Yoruba novel →28 People · Ekiti
The governor who would not leave his guest
Fajuyi and the road to Lalupon →29 Legend · Ondo
The town that lived on top of the hill for eight hundred years
Idanre Hill and its nine wonders →30 Lost history · Oyo
The years Oyo ruled from a small hill town
Igboho, Oyo's capital in exile →31 Place name · Ogun
Iperu, the corn seller who founded a town, and four stories about its name
Akesan and the name of Iperu →32 Legend · Oyo
Iyake, the lake on a mountain named for a woman's cry
Iyake suspended lake, Ado-Awaye →33 Lost history · Kwara
The rock beyond Mungo Park's memorial
Jebba's rock and memorial →34 People · Lagos
The kingmaker Lagos sent away
Madam Tinubu, merchant and kingmaker →35 Place name · Kogi
Did Nigeria Get Its Name on This Hill?
Mount Patti, Lokoja →36 Place name · Kwara
The Arrow Behind Offa
Offa and its archer →37 Place name · Oyo
Ogbomoso, the town named after a severed head
How Ogbomoso got its name →38 Custom · Kogi
The Hands That Give Ogidi Its Colour
Ogidi among the rocks →39 Legend · Ekiti
Where the god of iron sat on his sword and sank into the earth
Ogun Onire of Ire-Ekiti →40 Custom · Ogun
The thank-you that became Ijebu's biggest party
Ojude Oba, Ijebu-Ode →41 Custom · Ondo
Oke Maria, the windy hill in Oka Akoko where pilgrims climb to pray
Oke Maria, Oka Akoko →42 Lost history · Oyo
Okeho, the town that eleven villages built together
Okeho's union and return →43 Place name · Kwara
The Hunter Who Gave Ilorin Its Name
Okuta Ilorin, Idi Ape →44 Legend · Ondo
The twin who was sent away and came back a king
Pupupu and the founding of Ondo →45 Legend · Kwara
The Snake That Left Owu Falls
Owu Falls, Owa Kajola →46 Legend · Ondo
The water kingdom that says it was in Ife before Oduduwa
Ugbo and the oldest-throne quarrel →47 Legend · Ekiti
The king who gave up Ife, built Efon, and went back
Efon-Alaaye's founder →48 Legend · Osun
The waterfall that had a village on its roof
Olumirin Falls, Erin-Ijesa →