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7 unusual facts about Abuja


A Quiver Full of Arrows

Eduardo is in Nigeria hoping to receive the contract for building the city of Abuja while Manuel is here for a port contract.

Abuja

Millennium Park was designed by world renowned architect Manfredi Nicoletti and was officially opened by the United Kingdom's Elizabeth II in December 2003.

Of note is the Presidential Complex, National Assembly, Supreme Court, the Nigerian National Mosque and the Nigerian National Christian Centre.

Africa.com

On Thursday April 28, 2011, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan pledged government support and collaboration with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) when he hosted founder Tony Elumelu and the TEF Advisory Board in Abuja, stating that relevant government institutions will be asked to work with the foundation.

Liz Benson

In a quiet court ceremony in Abuja, She got married to Bishop Great Emeya in 2009 at the Rainbow Christian Assembly in Warri, Delta State.

Postal codes in Nigeria

The main postal head office in each region will have a postal code ending in 0001, so Garki Main HO in Abuja has the postal code 970001, Ikeja HO in Lagos has 100001, Lokoja in Kogi has 270001 and Port Harcourt has 500001.

Voice of Nigeria

While the Administrative Head quarters is in Abuja, the Federal Capital, News and Programmes emanate from both the Lagos and Abuja studios.


Ain Mosni

Live performances under his belt include the Abuja Carnival 2007, Benson & Hedges product launch (Rothman's Mild) and a lot of other shows that had acts like D'banj, Darey, Modenine, Rugged Man, Olu Maintain as headliners.

Blossom Nnodim

She recently shared a stage with Nuhu Ribadu at "Project Mentor-Me", organized by Group of Patriotic Corpers (GPC), a non-profit group in Abuja.

Chibuzor Obasi

His plays, poems, short stories and commentaries were broadcast on Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria(FRCN) network programs, before he officially joined the network as a reporter and an editor after the mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps, in Abuja, Nigeria.

Clarisse Rasoarizay

She won the women's marathon at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria and the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie.

Darfur Peace Agreement

The accord was orchestrated by the chief negotiator Salim Ahmed Salim (working on behalf of the African Union), U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick, AU representatives, and other foreign officials operating in Abuja, Nigeria.

Fred Aghogho Brume

After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999 Brume founded and became president of the Urhobo Leadership Forum in Abuja.

Japheth J. Omojuwa

Omojuwa has graced speaking platforms on universities and in cities across Nigeria and around the world from Washington to London, Lagos, Accra, Cape Town, Abuja, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, New York, Cologne, Dortmund and other cities.

Jim Nwobodo

In June 2009 the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) restored the license of the Savannah Bank, in which Jim Nwobodo holds a major stake, in compliance with a February 2009 Appeal Court ruling in Abuja.

Kabba

Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, based in Abuja, Nigeria, was born here, according to his Wikipedia article.

Mujahid Dokubo-Asari

Due to the crisis this precipitated, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo called Asari and the leader of the NDV, Ateke Tom to Abuja for peace talks which were in large part a failure.

Nigerian Presidential Complex

The palatial residence was completed in 1991, the same year the military junta of Ibrahim Babangida relocated the national capital from Lagos to Abuja.

O. O. Adewoye

O.O. Adewoye is the Director General and Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Abuja, Nigeria.

Occupy Nigeria

Protests have taken place across the country, including in the cities of Kano, Ojota ( -part of greater Lagos ), Abuja, and at the Nigerian High Commission in London.

Praise Onubiyi

He began his career at youth level with Puma FC in Abuja before playing two seasons with Abuja FC in the second division in Nigeria.

Reparations for slavery

A paper Presented to the First Pan-African Congress on Reparations, Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, 27-29 April 1993.

Robert Edmond Miller

Robert Edmond Miller (born 24 January 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican diplomat, currently serving as Jamaica's High Commissioner to Abuja, Nigeria.

RocDaMic

Auditions were open for every Nigerian, irrespective of age, in five different cities across the country, namely Abuja, Benin, Enugu, Lagos and Port Harcourt.

Samuel Okoye

She was a Deputy Librarian at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and was later appointed Assistant Director of Library Services at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja.

In December 1993, Okoye was seconded from the University of Nigeria to the Federal Government as Director (overseas liaison), initially at the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Lagos, and subsequently the Nigerian Ministry of Science & Technology Abuja, where he also served as the pioneer Science attaché and Head of the Science and Technology Unit at the Nigerian High Commission, London.

Sosoliso Airlines

Bimbo Odukoya (A popular Christian speaker) and over 50 students of Loyola Jesuit College, an Abuja-based secondary school, were among the dead.

Yussif Chibsah

He was captain of the Ghana olympic team, who exited in the first round of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, having finished in third place in Group B and was also the captain of the Ghana Meteors in the 2003 All Africa Games in Abuja that won the bronze medal.His international efforts was recognized as he was a member of the Ghanaian standby players in 2006 World Cup in Germany after playing most of the matches of the qualifying round.


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