Flora Louise Shaw, DBE (19 December 1852 – 25 January 1929), a British journalist and writer is credited with having coined the name “Nigeria”. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Lord […]
Like most parts of Africa, Nigeria was colonized by an imperial foreign power. The present day Nigeria (plus or minus some territories) came into existence with formal amalgamation of conquered territories of the North and South by the British Colonial Governor – Lord Lugard in 1914. By this historic action the numerous diverse peoples who […]
Nigeria has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping missions, deploying military contingents, unarmed military observers, military staff officers, formed police units, police advisors and civilian experts to over 25 UN missions. Nigeria first provided UN peacekeepers to Congo (ONUC) from 1960 to 1964. Nigeria is currently one of the largest UN contributing countries […]
The Nigeriasat-1 was the first satellite to be built under the Nigerian government sponsorship. The satellite was launched from Russia on 27 September 2003. Nigeriasat-1 was part of the worldwide Disaster Monitoring Constellation System. The primary objectives of the Nigeriasat-1 were: to give early warning signals of environmental disaster; to help detect and control desertification […]
The Nigerian television authority, proudly the first television station in Africa, started operation formally in 1977 as a body owned by the Nigerian government. The station, whose major responsibility is broadcasting in the country, is believed to be the largest TV network in the whole of Africa with its stations widely spread across states in […]
The History Of Nigerian Tax System Prior to the early 1930s, the formalization of taxation in Nigeria was practically non-existent. We were only exposed to variety of levies as dictated by paramount rulers at that time. The Various traditional rulers all created their various forms of taxes and levies which was used in boosting the various […]
The History Of Nigerian Refineries Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri in the Niger Delta after half a century of exploration. The discovery was made by Shell-BP, at the time the sole concessionaire. Nigeria joined the ranks of oil producers in 1958 when its first oil field came on stream producing 5,100 bpd. […]