Question

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

Answer 1

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

Step-by-step explanation:

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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