Femi Fani Kayode's recent statement with the name "Nigeria" being satanic has drawn a lot of response but many people have had little time to make full research on the Greek meaning as he claimed.

Niger: Niger, a Christian
Original Word: Νίγερ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Niger
Phonetic Spelling: (neeg'-er)
Short Definition: Niger
Definition: Niger, a proper name.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of Latin origin (dark in color)
Definition
Niger, a Christian
NASB Translation
Niger (1).

http://biblehub.com/greek/3526.htm

So if we are to define Nigeria based on the biblical Greek/Latin translation it means Niger area

1) Area inhabited by Christians or

2) Area inhabited by people of dark colour.

Ok

The predominant definition of the word Niger or Nigger is that of a dark skinned person. Fact is that the Niger River was named based on the physical features of the people inhabiting its course. I don't know where the biblehub.com got their 'christian' angle to it for Merriam Websters and Oxford dictionaries traced their "black" definition of it to latin.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nigger
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nigger
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/niger.html

Since when do sound minded people take FFK serious?

Nna,I bu onye Dunukofia?

AyakaDunukofia:
The predominant definition of the word Niger or Nigger is that of a dark skinned person. Fact is that the Niger River was named based on the physical features of the people inhabiting its course. I don't know where the biblehub.com got their 'christian' angle to it for Merriam Websters and Oxford dictionaries traced their "black" definition of it to latin.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nigger
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nigger
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/niger.html