Abuja Abuja Abuja () is the capital city of Nigeria located in the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It is a planned city and was built mainly in the 1980s, replacing the country's most populous city of Lagos as the capital on 12 December 1991. Abuja's geography is defined by Aso Rock, a monolith left by water erosion. The Presidential Complex, National Assembly, Supreme Court and much of the city extend to the south of the rock. Zuma Rock, a monolith, lies just north of the city on the expressway to Kaduna. At the 2006 census,
World Trade Centre Abuja scheduled to open in 2016. The complex is being funded by private financial institutions, as well as private investors, costing about ₦200 billion. it is being developed by "First Intercontinental Properties Limited", a subsidiary of "The churchgate Group", a Nigerian real estate company, and the project was designed by Woods Bagot, WSP Consulting is the structural consultant, whilst Abuja Investments Company is also a partner. The WTC Abuja, when completed, will be the largest mixed-use development on the West African subcontinent. The development of World Trade Centre Abuja started in 2010, on a land size of over 6,000 hectares in