Abuja
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In a meeting earlier this month in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, conservative clergy gathered to select their own leader to follow instead of Dame Sarah, the Rwandan archbishop Laurent Mbanda.
From BBC
The strikes had Nigeria's approval but came as Abuja was under pressure from Washington.
From Barron's
Clergy from a conservative grouping of the Anglican Church are meeting this week in Nigeria's capital Abuja to choose a rival to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.
From BBC
The controversy comes at a sensitive time for Abuja as the government is under diplomatic scrutiny, particularly from the US.
From BBC
The 26-year-old singer phoned her father when she later got to Abuja's Federal Medical Centre, Jabi - and he then called his brother, who lives in the capital, to go and check on her.
From BBC
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