10. The name "Nigeria" was first used by...... Obasanjo a. Flora Shaw b. Fredrick Lugard c. General Aguyi Ironsi d. General Yakubu Gowon e. General Olusegun Aremu

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Johnathan Brown · Answer 1 · 2024-08-20T08:12:15+0000

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Flora Shaw, wife of Fredrick Lugard, first used the name 'Nigeria' in 1897.

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The name 'Nigeria' was first used by Flora Shaw. She was a British journalist and the wife of the British colonial administrator, Fredrick Lugard. Shaw coined the term in an article she wrote in 1897.

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