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Post Category → Nigeria

Smiles du Jour – Edo, Nigeria

posted in In Transit, Nigeria, Pic du Jour on February 4, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

The infectiousness of laughter.

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Ifeanyi Okowa – Seven Portraits

posted in Nigeria on August 3, 2018 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Here are seven shots of Ifeanyi Okowa, the Governor of Nigeria’s southern Delta State, taken during a ceremony at the Government House in the state capital Asaba. 

In Transit: Lagos to Asaba

posted in In Transit, Nigeria on July 31, 2018 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A 45-minute flyover between the Lagos, Africa’s largest city, to Asaba, capital of Nigeria’s Delta State.

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In Transit: Istanbul to Lagos

posted in In Transit, Nigeria, Turkey on July 30, 2018 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Istanbul Ataturk Airport is starting to show its age. It’s getting dirtier. The restrooms dank. Maybe it’s just the summer heat accentuating the less desirable things. Or, less attention is being paid here and more to the Istanbul New Airport, which when it opens in late October will be the largest airport in the world…. Continue reading →

Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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