Mungo Park House — Local services in Delta State

It is quite interesting to know that this was at some point in history Nigeria's seat of government. The Mungo Park house was built by the Lander Brothers of the Royal Niger Company, in 1886 in Asaba, present day capital city of Delta State, Nigeria. Historically, this was the first seat of government in the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria following the charter granted to the Royal Niger Company by the British Government to administer the protectorate on its behalf. The house was erected with stout and cooked wooden palm arranged vertically and...

Quite an interesting place to visit, the history here comes alive as the stories are being told. The building has been renovated from the original but much of it's originality was maintained the best they could. Every History student in Nigeria needs visit the...

The place is undergoing renovation. For what? I don't know. There was a small museum for past leaders of Asaba. It was nothing to write home about. There's no guide to tell you about the place. All I did was look around and take picture. They need to...