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All 38 cities
Every city plays by the same rules, with its own names, buildings, heroes, council, raiders and history. Pick one to see its story.
Era I · Before the Flag
Rule a real kingdom or federation from its founding century to the Scramble for Africa.
Kingdom of Benin
Edo · c. 1440
Kingdom of Lagos
Eko · c. 1600
Oyo Empire
Yoruba · Early 1600s
Sokoto Caliphate
Sokoto · 1809
Old Calabar
Efik · c. 1650
Nri and the Igbo towns
Igbo · c. 1225
The Delta houses
Bonny, then Opobo · c. 1760
Kano
Hausa city-state · 1463
Kanem–Bornu
Kanuri · c. 1472
Tiv
Tiv lineages · Early 1600sEra II · Independence
Eight cities from independence night through the war. Grow your city, and when the war comes, win four of its seven battles: for independence in the south, for one nation in the north.
Lagos
The federal capital · 1960
Ibadan
Capital of the Western Region · 1960
Kaduna
Capital of the Northern Region · 1960
Kano
The trading city of the North · 1960
Enugu
The coal city, capital of the East · 1960
Onitsha
The market city on the Niger · 1960
Port Harcourt
Oil city on the Bonny River · 1960
Calabar
Port of the Cross River · 1960Era III · Khaki to Agbada
Ten cities from the return of democracy in 1999: NEPA taking the light, the first mobile phones, the bank shake-up, the creeks and the amnesty. The era ends at town-centre level 12.
Lagos
Democracy returns · 1999
Abuja
The new capital · 1999
Kano
Cloth and trade · 1999
Ibadan
The university city · 1999
Port Harcourt
Oil, gas and the creeks · 1999
Warri
Oil and steel · 1999
Calabar
Carnival and tourism · 1999
Enugu
The Coal City · 1999
Onitsha
The great market · 1999
Owerri
Capital of Imo State · 1999Era IV · Naija Now
Ten cities in a hard decade. Turn it around: rail, ports, power, tech hubs, then the world stage.
Lagos
Ports, rail, tech hubs · 2023
Abuja
The capital · 2023
Kano
Trade with the Sahel · 2023
Port Harcourt
Oil and gas · 2023
Ibadan
The city of seven hills · 2023
Enugu
The old coal city · 2023
Kaduna
Industry and rail · 2023
Benin City
Arts and bronzes · 2023
Calabar
Carnival and tourism · 2023