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Nigeria: North
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Nigeria has a varied landscape. From the Obudu Hills in the southeast through the beaches in the south, the rainforest, the Lagos estuary and savanna in the middle and southwest of the country and the Sahel to the encroaching Sahara in the extreme north.
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The best time to visit Nigeria is from December to March when the humidity drops, although the catch is that you may then suffer from the dusty harmattan winds. If a bit of sand in the face doesn't bother you, go in January when you can attend the Sallah celebrations in northern Nigeria followed by the Argungu Fishing Festival on the banks of the Sokoto River in mid-to-late February.
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LAGOS, Nigeria, January 27 2002 Hundreds of people drowned in two canals as they fled massive bomb explosions at an armory triggered by the blaze Sunday January 27th 2002 in Lagos. The armory stored Nigeria’s most powerful bombs and other armaments in a crowded residential Ikeja district in north Lagos. Many victims apparently didn’t realize how deep the water was and drowned when they ran and drove vehicles into the canal. The explosions at the city’s Ikeja military base propelled shrapnel and shock waves for miles Sunday night. Newspapers said the final toll could be about 2,000. The explosions began when a fire spread to the depot, which is surrounded by crowded slums and working-class neighborhoods.
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