Bristol Academy, Abuja Bristol Academy, Abuja Bristol Academy is a school in Abuja, Nigeria. It was founded in September, 2002 and is sited at Plot 27, Karu FHA Phase 2 in Abuja, The Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The school, which started with five children at the play group level, now has approximately 600 pupils from play group to Senior Secondary level. The School has produced some of the country's 'genius brains' which include Mr Innocent Kalu and other reputable professors and scholars. The school, formerly known as "Bristol Kiddies Academy", removed "Kiddies" from its name due to the inauguration of a Senior
Abuja for Abuja came because of Lagos' population boom that made that city overcrowded and conditions squalid. As Lagos was already undergoing rapid economic development, the Nigerian regime felt the need to expand the economy towards the inner part of the country, and hence decided to move its capital to Abuja. The logic used was similar to the way Brazil planned its capital, Brasília. The decision to move to Abuja was made by General Murtala Mohammed in 1976. Construction started in the late 1970s but, due to economic and political instability, the initial stages of the city were not complete until