Sites of Lagos (Former District Officer’s Residence)

27 Jan Sites of Lagos (Former District Officer’s Residence)

Oke-tojinu says that Nigerians credit Flora Shaw, the wife of Lord Frederick John Lugard, the first governor general of Nigeria, with naming the country, taking inspiration from the Niger River. In 1914, Lugard merged the northern and southern British protectorates to form the present-day boundaries of Nigeria. The empty building, now under the administration of the Lagos state government, was recently renovated and carries the smell of new paint. See this building for its colonial architecture and to learn of its impact on the country’s history.