nigeria capital was moved from lagos to abuja in 1973.
when was nigeria capital moved from lagos to abuja?
1973
lagos was the former capital city of nigeria but it has since been replaced by abuja. abuja officially gained its status as the capital of nigeria on 12 december 1991, although the decision to move the federal capital had been made in now act no. 6 of 1976. lagos is also home to the high court of the lagos state judiciary, housed in an old colonial building on lagos island.





























section::::administration and demographics.:census data for lagos.
lagos
lagos, the capital of nigeria since its amalgamation in 1914, went on to become the capital of lagos state after its creation. however, the state capital was later moved to ikeja in 1976, and the federal capital moved to abuja in 1991. even though lagos is still widely referred to as a city, the present day lagos, also known as "metropolitan lagos", and officially as "lagos metropolitan area" is an urban agglomeration or conurbation, consisting of 20 lgas, 32 lcdas including ikeja, the state capital of lagos state. this conurbation makes up 37% of lagos state's total land area, but houses about 85% of the state's total population.
lagos