The chief city of Nigeria, a port on the Gulf of Guinea; population 7,439,300 (est. 2007). Originally a centre of the slave trade, it became capital of the newly independent Nigeria in 1960. It was replaced as capital by Abuja in 1991.
The chief city of Nigeria, a port on the Gulf of Guinea; population 7,439,300 (est. 2007). Originally a slave trade center, it became capital of the newly independent Nigeria in 1960, but was replaced by Abuja in 1991.