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The Times Essay Proposal
- When
- 8 January 1897
- Where
- The Times
Flora Shaw published an essay in The Times on 8 January 1897, proposing the name 'Nigeria' for the Royal Niger Company territories.
Shaw suggested that 'Nigeria' could be accepted as co-extensive with the territories over which the Royal Niger Company had extended British influence. She argued this name would differentiate these areas from the colonies of Lagos, the Niger Protectorate on the coast, and the French territories of the Upper Niger.
Sources
- Flora Shaw, Baroness Lugard Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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