The schedules and current fairs can be found on the Nigeria Railway Corporation website. Car or taxi is the main mode of getting around Abuja: public transport is limited. However, the Abuja Light Rail started operations in July , helping with transport woes especially between the city, rail station and the airport. However, this means it only relieves congestion on the west side of the city. Abuja has a few strict driving laws that are enforced by different bodies of the government.
Seat belts are required of the driver and front seat passenger. The vehicle can be impounded and not released until the fine is paid. It will be helpful to have your papers updated as to avoid getting into trouble. Drivers don't typically observe lanes within the city, and often attempt to squeeze in what might seem to be dangerously close to your vehicle.
In some cases they may drive on the sidewalks. However these happen mostly where there are no law enforcement officers available. Observation of traffic laws and traffic lights by drivers is higher in the city than in any other part of the country.
Occasionally, drivers from other parts of the country that are unfamiliar with the driving culture in the city try to beat traffic lights.
If you're driving, keep an eye out for other motorists, especially at intersections, who may try to beat the traffic lights. Occasionally, traffic lights stop working during outages and road marshals are deployed to critical intersections. There is some interesting artwork all over Abuja. Wood carvings, paintings and leatherwork.
Everything is available in surrounding countries quite a bit cheaper, but if you are here you might as well buy it here. Food prices in Abuja are high, especially for Western food. There are, however, many good restaurants in Abuja that are arguably worth the money. Of course, whether you live in Abuja or are just visiting, there are times when you are willing to pay a little extra for the simple fact that there are few to no alternatives.
Drinks are available all over Abuja and are very overpriced. Buy beer from the Market and you will save a lot of money. The major hotels have bars and restaurants - watch out for the call girls, if you ignore them, they get really offended. If you are not interested, just say so and have a short conversation, then they will leave you alone. Abuja tends to be a sharp contrast against the background of the rest of Nigeria. While car hijackings and armed robbery are high in Lagos, and kidnapping of foreign oil workers is prevalent in the Niger delta, Abuja in sharp contrast, is one of the safest metropolitan cities on the continent.
General security measures like elsewhere in the world should be observed. Like anywhere else in the world, it's always a good idea to have company when exploring unfamiliar places. If you're driving, observe simple measures like keeping your car door locked when parked to avoid opportunistic crime.
Armed robbery at gun point is the most prevalent form of crime. A calm disposition and full cooperation with robbers is the best line of action in the unlikely event that you are the victim of a robbery.
Robbers tend to become violent when victims try to pull tricks. Contact your embassy in Abuja and the police if you are robbed. Occasional pick pockets target mobile phones and wallets as well. Do not carry large amounts of cash. When moving in Abuja, as a foreign visitor, you are best advised to use the official Green Cabs.
There's a remote chance that privately operated unofficial cabs could be traps. Cab rides to the airport are significantly higher. Negotiate a fare before you enter a cab. There have been reports of fraudulent use of credit card details almost immediately after people have used their cards to pay hotel deposits, even in the very top hotels.
All major mobile phone service networks are available in Abuja but with varying degree of reliability and usability. It is usual to occasionally experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers. Such situation is particularly common in some remote areas of the city. And it is also common for different networks to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.
At the census, the city of Abuja had a population of ,, making it one of the ten most populous cities in Nigeria. Abuja has witnessed a huge influx of people into the city; the growth has led to the emergence of satellite towns such as Karu Urban Area, Suleja, Gwagwalada, Lugbe, Kuje and smaller settlements to which the planned city is sprawling.
The unofficial metropolitan area of Abuja has a population of well over three million and comprises the fourth largest urban area in Nigeria, surpassed only by Lagos, Kano and Ibadan. The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe Hausa kingdom of Zazzau Zaria. It was populated fore centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi Gwari , followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes.
Abu Ja succeeded Makau in The full name of the king was Abubakar; Abu was his nickname. King Abubakar founded the kingdom of Abuja. Abuja became a major commercial centre where goods were exchanged by long distance traders.
The inhabitants successfully fought off the Fulani and were not conquered as the neighbouring lands were. In , Abuja was occupied by the British colonial army. Until , it remained a quiet part of Nigeria.
The problems associated with the capital being in Lagos, as mentioned earlier, led to the search for a new capital that year. Abuja was selected from amongst 33 possible sites.
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