THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME NIGERIA
Nigeria as a country is located in West Africa between
latitude 40 North of the equator and longitude 30-40 East of the Greenwich
meridian.
The name Nigeria was given by miss Flora Shaw in 1898, who
later married Fredrick Lord Lugard who amalgamated the Northern and Southern
protectorate in Nigeria in the year 1914 and died in 1945.
The official language in English and the National’s motto is UNITY AND FAITH, PEACE AND PROGRESS.
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