How Nigeria Got Her Name

British  journalist for The Times  Flora Shaw, 

 On January 8, 1879, wrote an article titled "Nigeria", stating the need for the protectorate to be uniformly named to differentiate them from other comonies. She suggested the name "Nigeria" obviously from the River Niger.

She later married Lord Frederick Lugard, then High Commissioner of the Northern Protectorate.

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The Niger Royal Company Territory Treaty

 Although, The Niger Royal Company pledged a free trade with the Niger Deltan Chiefs, they privately signed other documents nullifying free trade.

When Chief Jaja of Opobo tried to export palm oil independently, he was immediately sent in exile for onstructing commerce. He was however pardoned in 1891

Nigerian Oil In The 18th Century

 

Nigerian Palm Oil and Palm Kennel was highly sought after in 1870 and this replaced the thirst for slaves. Niger Delta locals sold to the highest bidders and Native Chiefs became extremely wealthy from such trades.

One of these Chiefs, worthy of mention is Chief Jaja of Opobo

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July, Julius Ceaser

 July originally fell on the fifth month of the year in the Roman Calendar and it was called Quintilis. Quintilismeans "fifth" in Latin. It was later renamed July in honor of Julius Ceaser in 44BC because July was his birth month.

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When The Uk Did Not Need Visas

Until 1984, Travel Visa was  not a requirement to travel to the United Kingdom and it cost less tha  a hundred naira while domestic flights was about five naira in Nigeria.

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Dantata And His Groundnut Pyramids

Alhaji Alhassan Dantata invented the groundnut pyramid in Kano in the early 20's. It was a symbol of wealth and also a tourist attraction. He was a very prominent groundnut merchant who supplied the Royal Niger Company with most of it's groundnut demands. Each pyramid held about 15,000 bags of groundnut, stacked up to await supply.

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HEELS WERE MADE FOR MEN

In Persia, around the 10th and 15th century, Soldiers wore heels to fasten their feet on stirrup. Persian migrants took the heel trend to Europe and it became popular with aristocratic men. The higher the heels, the grander.

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