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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

By thug Published November 18, 2017 Foreign Policy & State

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High Commissioner of Nigeria to South Africa, His Excellency Mr. A.M Ibeto
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The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. 

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