Nigeria

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1980
• 2001 - 2005
• 2007 - 2011

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Benin Iya / Sungbo' s Eredo (1995)
• Old Oyo (1995)
• Kwiambana and/or Ningi (1995)
• Oban Hills / Korup (1995)
• Niger Delta Mangroves (1995)
• Gashaki-Gumpti National Park (1995)
• Oke Idanre (Idanre Hill) (2007)
• Arochkwu Long Juju Slave Rute (Cave Temple Complex) (2007)
• Ancient Kano City Walls and Asociated Sties (2007)
• Surame Cultural Landscape (2007)
• Alok Ikom Stone Monoliths (2007)
• Ogbunike Caves (2007)

News

• Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee Oct 26, 2007

Events

• French premiere of Pierre Guicheney’s film “Lady from Osogbo” at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris Feb 21, 2008 - Feb 21, 2008

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Mrs Mariam Y. Katagum
  Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.unesco.org/delegates/nigeria
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Nigerian National Commission for UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/BPI)
• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)