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Kaduna
Capital city of Kaduna State, Nigeria

Kaduna

Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria.

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It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade center and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern states of Nigeria, with its rail and road network.

Get in

Getting to Kaduna

Roads to Kaduna from Abuja and Kano are good. From Abuja the journey takes 2½ hours by car.

  1. 01
    Kaduna International Airport
  2. 02
    Kaduna Rigasa
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Lugard Footbridge

    The footbridge was built when Nigeria was under colonial rule.

  2. 02
    Arewa House
  3. 03
    National Commission for Museums and Monuments

    Kaduna, Plot 47 Ali Akilu Road, City Centre,.

  4. 04
    Kajuru Castle

    A tourist site with a resort hotel, a stone villa designed like a medieval castle with turrets and dungeons.

  5. 05
    Splash Park
  6. 06
    Makarfi Plaza

    Makarfi Plaza is the biggest plaza in Kaduna town having underground building and 4-storey building at it top of it.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Barnawa Paradise Park
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Byblos Restaurant

    Abakwa, 2 Waziri Ibrahim Cres, City Centre,.

  2. 02
    The Courtyard Restaurant

    A restaurant that offers dine in, takeaway and delivery services.

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