"Abuja" was in the earlier 20th century the name of the nearby town now called Suleja. The indigenous inhabitants of Abuja are the Gbagyi (Gwari), with the Gbagyi language formerly the major of the regional language, and others in the area being Bassa, Gwandara, Gade, Dibo, Nupe, and Koro.In light of the ethnic and religious divisions of Nigeria, plans had been devised since Nigeria's...
