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Nigeria became independent in 1960. From 1967 to 1970, the " Biafra War " raged in the south-east - one of the worst humanitarian disasters of modern times. After three decades mostly of increasingly restrictive military dictatorships, Nigeria became a democratic federal republic based on the US model in 1999.
Nigeria was in control of white people at that time and the country was less busy, especially in Lagos. The earliest signs of external contact in the Hausa area, which would lead to the development of the pre-colonial period, are found via carbon dating.
Nigeria: c. 1472 1808 lost to Fulani invaders (eventually moved to Kukawa) Kukawa: Kanem-Bornu Empire: Nigeria: 1814 1893 Kingdom ceased to exist Lagos: Colonial Nigeria: Nigeria: 1914 1960 Lagos: Nigeria, Federation of: Nigeria: 1960 1991 moved to Abuja: Igbo-Ukwu: Nri, Kingdom of: Nigeria: 1043 1911 Kingdom was absorbed by Colonial Nigeria ...
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".
The Kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland were united in a personal union when James VI, King of Scots inherited the crowns of England and Ireland; each country nevertheless remained a separate political entity and retained its separate political, legal and religious institutions. [41] [42] 843: Kingdom of Scotland (Devolved Parliament ...
Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1st of 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 ...
The official language of Nigeria, English, was chosen to facilitate the cultural and linguistic unity of the country, owing to the influence of British colonisation which ended in 1960. Nigerian Pidgin English , first used by British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century, [ 244 ] has replaced the ...
The economic history of Nigeria falls into three periods. They are the: pre-colonial, the colonial and the post-colonial or independence periods. [1] The pre-colonial period covers the longest the part of Nigerian history. The colonial period covers a period of 60 years, 1900-1960 while the independence period dates from October 1, 1960.