enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Colonial Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria

    e. Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. [8] Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. British influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy ...

  3. History of Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nigeria

    The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, [1] the Benin Kingdom, [2] and the ...

  4. Reduction of Lagos - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction_of_Lagos

    The Reduction of Lagos or Bombardment of Lagos was a British naval operation in late 1851 that involved the Royal Navy bombarding Lagos (in present-day Nigeria) under the justification of suppressing the Atlantic slave trade and deposing the King of Lagos, Kosoko, for refusing to end the slave trade.

  5. List of wars involving Nigeria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Nigeria

    Other conflicts. Mbaise Rebellion Battles against the British 1902–1917 – In 1900, the British created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. The resistance to British colonisation from the people of modern mbaise and igbo's throughout Eastern Nigeria is well documented. Bende Onitsha Hinterland Expedition 1905–1906 – The Bende Onitsha ...

  6. Lagos Colony - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_Colony

    Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria.Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry.

  7. Anglo-Aro War - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Aro_War

    Strength. 1,637. 7,500+. Casualties and losses. ~700–800 killed or wounded. Heavy. The Anglo-Aro War (1901–1902) was a conflict between the Aro Confederacy in present-day Eastern Nigeria, and the British Empire. The war began after increasing tension between Aro leaders and the British after years of failed negotiations.

  8. Battle of Kano - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kano

    The British pacification campaign termed the Kano-Sokoto Expedition set off from Zaria at the end of January 1903 under the command of Colonel Thomas Morland, heading up a force of British officers and N.C.O.s and 800 African rank and file. Apart from a company of mounted infantry and a few gunners, the whole force consisted of infantry.

  9. Military history of Nigeria during World War II - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of...

    Nigeria participated in World War II as a British colony in September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom 's declaration of war on Nazi Germany [1] and entering the war on the side of the Allies. It was a key country in the African theatre, a critical part of the Allied strategy in Africa.