CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The national capital is Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory, which was created by decree in 1976. Lagos, the former capital, retains its standing as the country’s leading commercial and industrial city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the government’s decision to move their capital to Abuja in the center of the country. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total population of roughly 23.5 million as of 2018, making it the largest metropolitan area in Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -About Abuja The city is located almost in the center of the country north of the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers. It officially became Nigeria’s capital on 12 December 1991, when the military junta of Ibrahim Babangida relocated the capital from Lagos to Abuja.

Detailed explanation-4: -Calabar is considered as the first capital of Nigeria because it served as the first capital of the Southern Protectorate, the Oil River Protectorate, and Niger Coast Protectorate. This was until the late nineteenth century, when the administrative centre of the Southern protectorate was moved to Lagos in 1906.