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Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Three January Ist in the making of Nigeria


01-01- 1900 - British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established and each of this region  came under the control of the British Government separately.

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Flag of Northern Nigerian Protectorate

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Flag of the High Commissioner of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate

01-01-1901 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate and part of the British Empire.
Map of colonial Nigeria 1909
Map of colonial Nigeria 1909


Governor Southern Protectorate
Sir Walter Egerton ,Governor Southern protectorate
August 1904 – 1912

Stamp of Southern Nigeria
Stamp of Southern Nigeria 



01-01-1914 - Northern & Southern Nigeria united as a single territorial unit- British colony of Nigeria an action popularly called amalgamation. 

Nigerian Map 1930

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