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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.
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from ... Laird's efforts were stimulated by the detailed reports of a pioneer ... Similar status was acquired by the ...
The destruction of Songhai left Borno uncontested and until the 18th century, Borno dominated northern Nigeria. Despite Borno's hegemony the Hausa states continued to wrestle for ascendancy. Gradually Borno's position weakened; its inability to check political rivalries between competing Hausa cities was one example of this decline.
In 1938, the NYM called for Nigeria to be granted British Dominion status, putting it on a par with Australia or Canada. [124] In 1937, it was joined by Nnamdi Azikiwe , who had been exiled from Ghana/Gold Coast for seditious activities and who became publisher and editor-in-chief of the West African Pilot and father of Nigerian popular journalism.
Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".
Nigeria, [a] officially the ... Ogun State) was a step toward world city status. ... The 1970s was the era of Fela Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat genre ...
Lagos maintained its status as capital when Nigeria obtained its independence from Britain in 1960. Lagos experienced rapid growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a result of Nigeria's economic boom. [62] This continued through the 1980s and 1990s up to the present date. [citation needed]
As there are over 525 different native languages in Nigeria, there are many titles for traditional rulers. [19] In the northern Muslim states, Emir is commonly used in the English language, but names in the local languages include Sarki, Shehu, Mai, Etsu and Lamido. In the Middle Belt of Nigeria, different titles are