v Nigeria was given the name Niger Area by Miss Flora Shaw in 1898
v The first railway line in Nigeria was constructed from Lagos to
Ibadan in 1901
v The first main truck road was constructed from Lagos to Ibadan In
1905
v Nigeria’s capital was moved from calabar to Lagos in 1906
v Nigeria was amalgamated by Sir Lord Lugard in 1914
v The West African national congress was formed in 1920
