Is all about knowing your country Nigeria

Dame Flora Louise Shaw, Lady Lugard DBE (born 19 December 1852 – 25 January 1929) was a British journalist and writer.[1] She is credited with having coined the name "Nigeria".[2]

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1Early life
2Writing for children
3Journalism
3.1Zebehr Pasha
3.2Jameson Raid
3.3Naming Nigeria
4Lady Lugard
5References
6External links


Early life[edit]

Flora Louisa Shaw was born at 2 Dundas Terrace, Woolwich, the fourth of fourteen children, the daughter of an English father, Captain (later Major General) George Shaw, and a French mother, Marie Adrienne Josephine (née Desfontaines; 1826–1871), a native of Mauritius.[1] She had nine sisters, the first and last dying in infancy, and four brothers. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Frederick Shaw, third baronet (1799–1876), of Bushy Park, Dublin, and a member of parliament from 1830 to 1848, regarded as the leader of the Irish Conservatives. Her paternal grandmother, Thomasine Emily, was the sixth daughter of the Hon. George Jocelyn, and granddaughter of Robert, first earl of Roden.[3]
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Between 1878–86 Shaw wrote five novels, four for children and one for young adults. In her books, young girls are encouraged to be resourceful and brave, but in a traditional framework, acting in support of "gentlemanly" fathers and prospective husbands rather than on their own behalf. Shaw's ideology is both sexually conservative and Imperialist.[4]
Castle Blair: A story of youthful days (First published London, 1877)[4]
Hector, a story (First serialized in Aunt Judy's Magazine, 1880-1881)[4]
Phyllis Browne (First serialized in Aunt Judy's Magazine, 1881-1882)[4]
A Sea Change (First published London, 1885)[4]
Colonel Cheswick's Campaign (Boston, 1886).[5]

Her first children's novel, Castle Blair, was translated into several languages and continued to be extremely popular in the UK and US well into the 20th century. It was based on her own Anglo-Irish childhood experiences. Charlotte Yonge recommended it along with works of "some of the most respected and loved authors available in late Victorian England" as "wild ... attractive and exciting".[4] The critic John Ruskin called Castle Blair "'good and lovely, and true'".[6]

Shaw also wrote a history of Australia for children, The story of Australia (London: Horace Marshall, 1897) as part of the Story of the Empire series.[7]

Naming Nigeria[edit]

In an essay which first appeared in The Times of London on 8 January 1897 by "Miss Shaw", she suggested the name "Nigeria" for the British Protectorate on the Niger River.^[2] In her essay Shaw was making a case for a shorter term that would be used for the "agglomeration of pagan and MohammedanRoyal Niger Company Territories". She thought that the term "Royal Niger Company Territories" was too long to be used as a name of a Real Estate Property under the Trading Company in that part of Africa. She was in search of a new name and she coined "Nigeria" in preference to terms such as "Central Sudan" that were associated with the area by some geographers and travelers. She thought that the term "Sudan" at this time was associated with a territory in the Nile basin, the current Sudan. She then put forward this argument in The Times of 8 January 1897 thus: "The name Nigeria applying to no other part of Africa may without offence to any neighbors be accepted as co-extensive with the territories over which the Royal Niger Company has extended British influence, and may serve to differentiate them equally from the colonies of Lagos and the Niger Protectorate on the coast and from the French territories of the Upper Niger."^[15][16][17]

States" that was functioning under the official title, " read more here:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Shaw,_Lady_Lugard

Is Nigeria a Nation?

History of your country is your history. You should know it well and share with your friends.

Get the answers to your questions on Nigeria.

Nigeria is a country with rich history and massive  cultural heritage.

It is the largest among the African countries on the continent and ranks

7th by the size of its population in the world. Due to the history associated with

colonization, the question arises: Is Nigeria a Nation or not?

Overview

Nigeria is located in West Africa.

Its population is about 180 million people, and it increases constantly.

Growth of the population in this country is regular and childbirth is above 

mortality in 2015.

The country's capital is the city of Abuja.

Nigeria is a developing country. It surpasses even South Africa Republic by the

GDP volume.

The most famous city in the country is Lagos.

The main language here is considered to be English, despite the abundance of smaller

ethnic groups (named tribes), who carefully preserve their history and heritage,

including the spoken ones.

The official currency is naira. It has its special sign designation in a form of letter “N” 

horizontally double struck-through in the middle.

Historical facts

Initially, Nigeria was a British colony. 

The country gained independence only in 1960. 

In honor of this event, 

Nigerian national day 

now celebrated every 

October 1st and 

it is official day off. 

Responding to a question, 

is Nigeria a nation or a state, 

now we can confidently reply that it is a country that has 36 states, 

including phonetically consonant state named Niger. 

Over a relatively short period of independent existence, 

Nigeria managed to survive a variety of events, including political ones.

The country experienced the powerful political and military coups 

 just six years after gaining independence, in 1966, the officers of 

the local Igbo tribe started the reformation process. Prior to the 1970s,

Nigeria also experienced a civil war: for three years, 

there were fights and violent disputes in the country, 

which entailed a change of whole governmental foundations.

The situation was very difficult with tribal differences. 

In the elections of 1993, when the next governing of the "second republic" 

came to the ending, a native from Yoruba tribe won –

one of the largest and best-known Nigerian tribes. However, 

his power was not transferred because the military,

 who held power at that time, were representatives of the northern people.

Later then, in 2003 and 2010, there were unauthorized outbreaks of 

aggression from the population with the inevitable 

assistance of military forces. 

These actions were provoked not only by ethnic and religious differences. 

Nigeria became a place of encounter between Christians and Muslims, 

who could not come together in their ideologies.

Recently, in March of this year, Nigeria held elections, the last in 

the history as for the moment. 

The winner was Mohammad Buhari, who took the reins at the end of May.

The main milestones of the governing

As in many other countries, Nigeria as a nation has a formal system

of government as well as the common talk of "the real governmental system",

 which controls all the

 processes in the country. 

READ ALSO:Who named NIgeria?

Officially, this country is a multi-parties republic, but there are lot of talks and 

speculations about the real power of Democratic Party, which actually controls 

everything that happens.

The country has a bicameral assembly – upper and lower chambers separated on the

Senate and the Management Board. The centrists took majority of seats, and

representatives of the Conservatives sit in the chambers.

Proposal was rejected in the Senate about ten years ago to amend the rules for

selecting the president: the possibility of a petition to be elected for three consecutive

terms was turn away and it was limited to two, as before.

Further More:

The main nationalities are tribes of:

• Yoruba,
• Igbo,
• Hausa,
• Fulani.

Overall there are 370+ tribes in 

this country with 500+ languages, 

making it one of the top multi-languages countries of the world. 

The country actively develops cinematography. Interestingly that the name of

the world-famous Hollywood studios was transformed into a "Nollywood"

In this region. There are also some famous stars of one possesses fancy houses 

and huge bank accounts in the most prestigious place in the country – the city of 

Lagos. The annual output of motion pictures is fantastic – Nigeria is in second 

place in a world! Only India is ahead of the list.

The main sources of income for the country are:

• oil production,
• film making,
• travel industry,
• agriculture,
• footwear production,
• services,
• energy,
• raw mining.

Summarizing all the above, we may say that Nigeria is very interesting 

country to explore,

 especially if you are a tourist. It combines modern technologies and good 

loyalty to the 

traditions, the desire to evolve and move forward,

and the aspiration to preserve

the memory of our roots. Is Nigeria a nation? Undoubtedly, 

Nigeria is a country 

that should be, if not seen or traveled, but at least to 

studied enough from historical 

reports and articles.

The history of Nigeria 

Can be traced to prehistoric settlers living in the area as early as 11,000 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is today Nigeria. An example of one of the civilizations that settles in Nigeria is the Nri Kingdom. Islam reached Nigeria through the Hausa States during the 11th century. The Songhai Empire also occupied part of the region.Lagos was captured by British forces in 1851 and formally annexed in 1861. Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901. Colonization lasted until 1960, when an independence movement succeeded in gaining Nigeria its independence.

Nigeria first became a republic in 1963, but succumbed to military rule in 1966 after a bloody coup d'état. A separatist movement later formed the Republic of Biafra in 1967, leading to the three-years Nigerian Civil War. Nigeria became a republic once again after a new constitution was written in 1979. However, the republic was short-lived, when the military led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari seize again four years later. Buhari was overthrown and a new republic was founded in August 1993, but was dissolved once again by General Sani Abacha in November that same year. Abacha died in 1998 and a fourth republic was later established the following year, ending three decades of intermittent military rule. for more information see also this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nigeria

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DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY NIGERIAThe Flag of...: DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR  COUNTRY NIGERIA The  Flag  of  Nigeria  was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 196...

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR 

COUNTRY NIGERIA

The Flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960. The flag is a vertical bicolour of green and white. The two green stripes represent Nigeria's natural wealth, while the white band represents peace.

Before i continue i will tell you about the man who designed the Nigeria Flag in the year 1959

The Story Of A Man Who Designed Nigeria’s Flag

Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, the man who designed Nigeria’s flag is still alive but his present living condition is that of a hero.

here i Quote what he says: (“I was well-known all over the place,” Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi says. “Everybody was calling me Mr Flag Man.” Photo: Al Jazeera)

He designed the flag in October 1959, a year before Nigeria gained independence. He was paid – 100 pounds, equal to $ 281 in 1959.

The 79-year-old M T Akinkunmi now lives in one of the poorest areas of Ibadan. His house painted in colours of Nigerian flag is a distinctive feature in the area and it can only be reached by foot. However, Akinkunmi doesn’t have a car. He doesn’t even have a phone. He lives separated from his wife for two decades after his health started deteriorating and now his only companion is his 28-year-old son. 

See also his house at Ibadan:

Akinkunmi’s son built a house for his father painted with the colours of Nigerian flag. Photo: Al-Jazeera

His health is so poor now that he can’t even remember what his age is. He is unable to remember what he was doing on October 1, 1960 when the flag was hoisted for the first time in history. “Well, I was just pleased,” is the only thing that Akinkunmi can recount.

After Akinkunmi was forced to retire from civil service in 1993 due to his progressive illness, his pension payments were so irregular that he could not even feed himself. His neighbours had to come to his rescue, handing him food and clothes.

He was totally forgotten by authorities until Sunday Olawale Olaniran, then student in the University of Ibadan, managed to track down the designer of the flag in 2006. He says that when he first saw his state he burst in tears. However, Sunday also says that despite Akinkunmi’s terrible living conditions, he never heard anything negative from the old man. “He would only say ‘God bless Nigeria,’ or ‘Nigeria is moving forward and will keep moving forward’”, Olaniran says. He also remembers that when he appealed to the press even the journalists couldn’t believe first that Akinkunmi was still alive.

In 2008 Akinkunmi was given a cheque of two million naira as fee for his appearance on a TV show. Akinkunmi ‘s son used this money to build the house of dream for his father painted with the colours of Nigerian flag.

Akinkunmi received his first award from the federal government in October 2010, during Nigeria’s celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of independence.

Finally in 2014, he he received a national honour from then-president Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan granted him a lifetime’s monthly salary – 800,000 naira, equal to wages of a presidential special assistant. But Akinkunmi says that these days most of all in his life he enjoys walking through his neighbourhood in Ibadan.

See also the very first flag design by Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi and also Sunday Olawale Olaniran

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you can check this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YB7wVxwaWw

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT NIGERIA YOU COUNTRY?

Do You Really Know About The Country Nigeria

Do you know Nigeria is blessed?

Do you know Nigerian’s can make it in their country without travelling outside of their country?

Do you also know that it is African’s especially Nigerian’s that work to make and keep united state of America what it is today

Do you also know that the richest man in Texas in the united state of America is a Nigerian?

Do you know that with the challenges that Nigerian’s are going through now very soon the individuals will adjust and live by it until the next change in government?

Now with this little few points of mine I believe if Nigerian can come together as brother’s with one voice and do away tribalism I bet you even American will start flying down to Nigeria for greener pasture than they do now

Please my brothers & sister, Fathers & Mothers, Uncles & Aunties, Nephews & Nieces Friends, Colleges, Seniors, Juniors, Bosses and Leader Old and Young’s lets come together as one family Born and brought up by our Father Mr. Nigeria.

Let’s come together and make Nigeria not Giant of Africa alone but Giant of the world let Nigeria be the country to deport the Europeans for their offenses not the other way round we can do it but only if we work together in peace and in unity.

I will explain the point to you one after the other