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Nigeria's first industrial union, the railway workers' union, was also founded in 1931 by lathe operator Michael Imoudu. [151] In 1939, trade unions were permitted by decree by the colonial administration, but Imoudu was arrested in 1943.
Nigeria is covered by three types of vegetation: forests (where there is significant tree cover), savannahs (insignificant tree cover, with grasses and flowers located between trees), and montane land (least common and mainly found in the mountains near the Cameroon border). Both the forest zone and the savannah zone are divided into three parts.
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons founded by Nnamdi "Zik" Azikiwe. [2] 1945: Countrywide general strike. [2] Adoption of first Ten Year Plan for economic development. [2] 1946: Nigeria entered a period of decolonization and growing Nigerian nationalism. 1950: A conference of northern and southern delegates was held in Ibadan. 1951
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.
The city-state of Akwa Akpa was founded in 1786 by Efik families (a branch of the Ibibio) who had left Creek Town, further up the Calabar River. They settled on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon became the most powerful Ibibio merchants in the region. [2]
In 1944, Macaulay co-founded the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) together with Nnamdi Azikiwe and became its president. [38] The NCNC was a patriotic organization designed to bring together Nigerians of all stripes to demand independence. [39] In 1946, Macaulay fell ill in Kano and later died in Lagos. Macaulay's reported ...
The NNDP was founded in on 24 June 1923 by Herbert Macaulay, the party's first leader. [1] The party was created to take advantage of the new Clifford Constitution, which succeeded the 1914 Nigerian Council. The NNDP successfully organized various Lagos interest groups into a single group that was able to compete politically.
The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM), founded in the 1930s, became a platform for pan-Nigerian nationalism, focusing on political and educational reforms. [4] By the 1940s, nationalist efforts intensified, prompting the British to introduce reforms such as the Richards Constitution of 1946, which created regional assemblies and expanded Nigerian ...