Gwagwalada is a large municipality and the headquarters of a large district in central Nigeria. It is a part of the Federal Capital Territory
If you are a fan of Nigerian hip-hop,you would have heard of a place called Gwagwalada used by various musicians like Wizkid, Tecno, D’banj and the Psquare in their songs.
The University of Abuja is currently located in Gwagwalada Area council.
The name ” Gwagwalada” in the Rubassa dialect means “Plain land”.
The Bassa Nation.
The tongue of the Bassa is Rubassa. It is a Bantu talking clan. History has it that,the Bassas moved from Douala Cameroon.
The forebear of the Bassa Nation was known as ” Ihilo lomu” and that implies ” Fertile Land”.The Bassa are dominatingly ranchers.
The Bassas relocated into the center belt in 1840 subsequent to overcoming the Fulanis and the Igalas.
The Bassas are having ancestral partiality with pongo,bahause,Fulani bororo ,the kamaku and the Bantu clan