Nigeria Synonyms

Geographical Journal (London, 1904); A Tropical Dependency, by Lady Lugard (London, 1905); the Colonial Office Reports on Northern Nigeria from 1902 onward, and other works cited under NIGERIA.

The population of Nigeria is estimated at 15,000,000.

This officer reached Cape Coast from Nigeria on the 26th of May.

In Nigeria the Hausa tribes are coming to be better known, and to respond to the Christian teaching.

The chief ports are Lagos (q.v.), capital of Southern Nigeria, with a population of about 50,000; Calabar (q.v.), pop. about 15,000, known as Old Calabar and Duke Town, on the Calabar river; Opobo, Bonny Town and Brass Town, all on the rivers of the same name.