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Nigeria’s Natural History Museum Holds Rare Collection of West African Artifacts

Skulls of mammals are seen on display at the A.G Leventis Museum of Natural History at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria July 7, 2022. (Reuters)
Skulls of mammals are seen on display at the A.G Leventis Museum of Natural History at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria July 7, 2022. (Reuters)
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Nigeria’s Natural History Museum Holds Rare Collection of West African Artifacts

Skulls of mammals are seen on display at the A.G Leventis Museum of Natural History at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria July 7, 2022. (Reuters)
Skulls of mammals are seen on display at the A.G Leventis Museum of Natural History at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria July 7, 2022. (Reuters)

In southwest Nigeria, West Africa's only natural history museum serves as a world class facility for conservation of natural resources.

Built in 1973 as part of the zoology department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria's Natural History Museum was left abandoned for over 30 years before it was renovated and reopened in 2011.

Fashioned after the British Museum and the Smithsonian, it has thousands of specimens including plants, archaeological artifacts and animal skins and skulls from around Nigeria.

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Power Generation Loss in Spain’s Blackout Started in Granada, Badajoz, Seville 

Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
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Power Generation Loss in Spain’s Blackout Started in Granada, Badajoz, Seville 

Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)

An abrupt power generation loss that led to a massive grid disruption and blackout in Spain and Portugal on April 28 started in the southern areas of Spain around Granada, Badajoz and Seville, Energy Minister Sara Aagesen said on Wednesday.

Several investigations involving government, security agencies and technical experts are looking into the unprecedented power outage, but it is the first time Spanish authorities point to specific areas as the origin of the events.

"We are analyzing millions of data ... But there are already elements that we know," Aagesen told lawmakers, adding that investigators had ruled out supply and demand imbalance and insufficient grid capacity as causes.

"We also continue to make progress in identifying where these generation losses occurred and we already know that they started in Granada, Badajoz and Seville," she said.