How Nigeria became the Nigeria we know !!
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After the Napoleonic wars, the British expanded trade with the Nigerian interior. In 1885, British claims to a West African sphere of influence received international recognition; the Royal Niger Company was chartered under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie
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On the 31st of December 1899 the charter for the Royal Niger Company was revoked by the British Government, and the sum of £865.000 was paid to the company as compensation. The entire territory of the Royal Niger Company came into the hands of the British government.
On 1 January 1900, the British Empire created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
In 1914, the area was formally united as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Administratively, Nigeria remained divided into the Northern and Southern Provinces and Lagos Colony.
Western education and the development of a modern economy proceeded more rapidly in the south than in the north, with consequences felt in Nigeria's political life ever since.
Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British Government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis.
On 1 October 1954, the colony became the autonomous Federation of Nigeria. By the middle of the 20th century, the great wave for independence was sweeping across Africa.
On 27 October 1958 Britain agreed that Nigeria would become an independent state on 1 October 1960.
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Sad Story of How Afonja Lost ILORIN and Its Kingship to Fulani People.
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The rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history.
While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient town on the fact that the monarch had from the time immemorial been produced by them,
Amazing places in Nigeria and around the world you won’t believe exist
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Gurara waterfall, Niger state
Gurara Waterfalls is located in Gurara, a local government area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The waterfalls is approximately 30 metres in height and it lies on the Gurara river along the Suleja-Minna Road.
Sand dunes of Yobe
Located in Geidam, Yobe, Nigeria, these sand dunes are just like those found in Dubai 😁. You can do that desert safari in Nigeria
As a yoruba person, your mother must have told you to go and wear BATA before abi ?
This is the story of BATA, a shoe company that was in Nigeria in the old days 😊
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The T. & A. Baťa Shoe Company was founded on 21 September 1894 in the Moravian town of Zlín, Austria-Hungary (today in the Czech Republic), by Tomáš Baťa, his brother Antonín and his sister Anna, whose family had been cobblers for years.
In 1932, the first Bata shop in Nigeria was opened in Lagos. In 1935, Bata began operations in the town of Kano, where it developed a network for purchasing of leather, rubber and cotton.
JUST IN: Lagos state authorities have notified Nigerian business mogul Paul Onwuanibe in march that he had seven days to leave his multimillion-dollar beach resort Landmark beach so it could be torn down 😳 to make way for coastal highway 🛣️
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The later stating the affected part of the property to be removed
You were all told that Abacha died after eating Apple from a woman while growing up abi ?
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Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), has dismissed insinuations that the military ruler died after eating an apple from his concubines.
Giving a detailed account on how Abacha died, Al-Mustapha said contrary to insinuations, the sudden collapse of the health system of Abacha started on June 7, 1998, right from the Abuja International Airport,