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One potential venue ([[Warri]]) was removed after recent violence flared up in the [[Niger Delta]]. <div style="text-align: center;"> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! [[Abuja]] ! [[Lagos]] ! [[Enugu]] ! [[Ijebu-Ode]] |- | [[Moshood Abiola National Stadium|National Stadium]] | [[Teslim Balogun Stadium]] | [[Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium]] | [[Gateway Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''60,491''' | Capacity: '''24,325''' | Capacity: '''22,000''' | Capacity: '''20,000''' |- | [[File:Football heaven.jpg|200px]] | | [[File:Enugu.jpg|200px]] | |- !colspan=4| {{Location map+ |Nigeria |float=center |width=325 |places= {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=9.066667 |long=7.483333 |label=[[Abuja]] |position=left}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=6.453056 |long=3.395833 |label=[[Lagos]] |position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=6.452667 |long=7.510333 |label=[[Enugu]] |position=right}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=6.820833 |long=3.920833 |label=[[Ijebu Ode]] |position=top}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=12.00000 |long=8.516667 |label=[[Kano (city)|Kano]] |position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=4.950000 |long=8.325000 |label=[[Calabar]] |position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=10.51667 |long=7.433333 |label=[[Kaduna]] |position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |Nigeria |lat=10.31583 |long=9.844167 |label=[[Bauchi]] |position=bottom}}}} |- ! [[Kano (city)|Kano]] ! [[Calabar]] ! [[Kaduna]] ! [[Bauchi]] |- | [[Sani Abacha Stadium]] | [[U.J. Esuene Stadium]] | [[Ahmadu Bello Stadium]] | [[Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''18,000''' | Capacity: '''16,000''' | Capacity: '''16,500''' | Capacity: '''11,000''' |- | | | | |}</div> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page