Among the many fruits of tin mining now being enjoyed by Plateau State is the Jos Museum which was established to house the many exhibits of archeological interest which were constantly being dug out of the alluvial planes in the quest for tin. The museum is built under the foot of tree-granite hill and close to wooded stream. It is devoted primarily to the archeological and ethnography of the Plateau area, but it is also the research centre for the pre-history of the entire Nigerian Federation. The Museum the first to be established in Nigeria is remarkable for its relics of a highly sophisticated and widespread culture named after the village of Nok in southern Zaria. The Nok culture flourished over a wide area in Nigeria about 2,000 years ago and produced a very remarkable sculpture in Terra Cotta.

Examples of sculptures from all over Nigeria gives the visitor a glimpse of the richness of Nigerian traditional culture and others exhibits including the stone age of the Plateau, as well as skills of local craftsmen. Jos Museum is also famous for its rich collection of the country’s traditional pottery displayed in a triangular enclosure of trees and ponds. A Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture (MOTNA) has been established in Jos. This section of the museum is primarily occupied with reproducing past and existing fascinating and original architectural designs from different parts of the country.

Facing the Jos Museum is the Jos Zoological garden which harbors different types of animals, reptiles and birds. Close to the Jos Museum is the Bright of Benin restaurant. The restaurant replicates a Benin boble man’s house. Markets & places of interest on the Jos-Plateau; Building Materials and Vegetable Market, Gada Biyu Market, Faringada Tomatoes Market,, Langtang Street, Rukuba Road Market,, Jama’a Junction, Mangu Market, Jengre Market, etc.

The Jos-Plateau in Nigeria is also the place to find the following commodities in abundance and at good wholesale and retail prices. Commodities like; vegetables (including Irish potatoes, Cucumber, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Green pepper, Green peas, water melon, Water, Onions, Carrots), grains (including Popcorn, Sorghum, Millet, Yellow Maize, White Maize, Beans, Acha, Rice, Soybeans, Sesame seeds), fruits (including; Oranges, Bananas, Mango, Pineapples, Strawberry, Grape), livestock (including Cow, Calf, Goat, Sheep, Goat, Chicken Eggs, Broiler chicken), and gem stones (including Topaz, Ruby, Tourmaline Blue, Pink Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Quartz, Sapphire), and many more.

Nigeria is an important Muslim state in Africa. The history of Nigeria is very ancient, dates back to 5th century BC when the Nok civilization colonized here then Hausa, and Fulani. Islam came here in 13th century by the empire Kanem. In 1851, the British occupied the territory. It formally united as Protectorate of Nigeria in 1914. Now it’s quite an urbanized state where each day people from all over the world obtain for multiple purposes. The state has been holding hundreds of monuments, buildings, villages etc telling the stories and showing the faint prints of civilization of hundreds years ago, curious people in search of these prints excitedly get the flights to Nigeria to satisfy their eagerness and curiosity.

Osun Shrine is located at the bank of River Osun. The shrine is a holy place for the religious community Osogbo. Many religious people who make their reservations of. tickets to Nigeria essentially approach to the shrine as many Yoruba gods are displayed in the site. The Ancient City of lfe in Osun State also contains the Yoruba ethnicity. Hundreds of years ago the Yoruba people started life here and still they are living and following the traditions and customs of their hundreds years old ancestors and legends.

The historic Idanre Hills are located in Idanre town in the state of Ondo. The high hills shining in the bright sun, makes an awesome mold of nature and good tourist attractions. One of the hills has six hundred steps and the top displays the complete work and beauty of the site and adventurers who get the climb up the steps as a challenge. Birikisu Sungbo Shrine is located in Ogun State. Birikisu Sungbo was an Arab lady, considered as the Biblical Queen of Sheba. Every year at the Moslem festival the religious groups gathered heavily at the shrine, special are issued and people come for prayers and blessings. It is believed that the one who visits the shrine asks for something will get his appeal met.