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Bida

Bida is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria and a city on the A124 highway which occupies most of the area.

Bida
Bida · Basile Morin (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Bida is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria and a city on the A124 highway which occupies most of the area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Kajuru Castle Gurara Waterfalls: Is located in Gurara, a local government area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The waterfalls is approximately 30 metres in height and it lies on the Gurara River along the Suleja-Minna Road. Gurara Waterfalls was discovered by a Gwari hunter called Buba in 1745 before some Europeans discovered it in 1925 after they found it as a recreation centre.

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Do

Things to do

The Durbar festival. This is an annual festival celebrated at the culmination of the Muslim festivals Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. It begins with prayers, followed by a colourful mounted parade by the Emir and his entourage on horses accompanied by musicians, and artillerymen. During the festival, noblemen travel to pay homage to the Emir and reaffirm their loyalty to their various emirates.

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Eat

Where to eat

Tochukwu Restaurant,. Take away, Dine-in, Good for kids, Casual. Spicy Palace,. 24hours. Delivery, Take away, Dine-in, Good for kids, Casual. Luqmaz Bakery, Masaba, Kotaworo road,. Take away, good for kids, Casual. Calabar kitchen,. 7:30AM-6PM. Delivery, take away, Dine-in, fast service, healthy options, organic dishes, quick bite, vegetarian options, Good for kids, Casual.

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Go there

Getting to Bida

Airports
Nnamdi Azikiwe (ABV), 137 km · General Tunde Idiagbon (ILR), 182 km · Kaduna (KAD), 229 km
Stations
Bida Airstrip, 1.9 km
  • Abuja → Bida
    163 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · ₦11,600–15,500
  • Ilorin/Ogbomosho → Bida
    179 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ₦14,250–18,950
  • Kaduna → Bida
    224 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · ₦17,500–23,350
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bida

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bida. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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