Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

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The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British protectorate
former British colony
historical political entity
borderedBy Cameroons
linked to: Cameroon

French West Africa
capital Lagos
colonialAdministrationCenter Lagos
colonialPower United Kingdom
colonialStatus crown colony and protectorate
containedEthnicGroup Fulani
Hausa
Igbo
Ijaw
Kanuri
Yoruba
country Nigeria
currency British West African pound
endDate 1960-10-01
establishedBy amalgamation of the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
export cocoa
groundnuts
palm oil
tin
flag Flag of Nigeria under British rule
governmentType colonial administration
headOfStateTitle Monarch of the United Kingdom
includedRegion Eastern Nigeria
Lagos Colony
Northern Nigeria
Western Nigeria
independenceDate 1960-10-01
independenceFrom United Kingdom
introducedSystem indirect rule
legalSystem English common law
locatedIn Africa
West Africa
mainReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
officialLanguage English
partOf British Empire
predecessor Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
reasonForEnd independence of Nigeria
representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle Governor
sovereignState United Kingdom
startDate 1914-01-01
successor Federation of Nigeria
Nigeria
usedFor resource extraction

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Northern Nigeria wasMergedInto Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Oyo colonialEraIncorporation British Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Nigeria, We Hail Thee countryAtAdoption Federation of Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Sokoto Caliphate followedBy British Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Bornu Empire followedBy British colonial rule in Northern Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria predecessor Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria predecessor Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria successor Federation of Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Kingdom of Benin successorState British Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Calabar wasCapitalOf Southern Protectorate of Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Bornu incorporatedInto British colonial Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
flag of British colonial Nigeria usedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
flag of British colonial Nigeria historicalEra British colonial period in Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Zaria Emirate locatedIn Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical)
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Lagos Colony successor Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Colony of Dahomey borderedBy British colony of Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Captain W. A. Ross employer British colonial government in Nigeria
linked to: Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria