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1914 map of Southern and Northern Nigeria by John Bartholomew & Co. of Edinburgh. Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River.
Hama Amadou, former Prime Minister; Kalla Ankourao, former minister; Djibo Bakary, colonial premier and Sawaba party leader; Bibata Niandou Barry lawyer and minister; Jeannette Schmidt Degener (1926–2017), businesswoman, feminist and politician
Southern Nigeria may refer to: The southern part of Nigeria , which tends to be more Christian and animist than the Muslim north; also where most of the country's oil is located Southern Nigeria Protectorate , an area of Nigeria formerly under British rule
Nigeria is a very ethnically diverse country with 371 ethnic groups, the largest of which are the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. [1] Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. The Southern Nigeria Protectorate was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria , formed in 1900 from union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River .
He won the Grace Honorary Award for Excellence, that same year. In 2008, he was nominated for the award of "Best Gospel Artist" at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) in New York City. He embarked on an international tour to promote his album, including South Africa, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Four Hausa Gun Carriers of the Southern Nigeria Regiment, photographed in London by John Benjamin Stone. The Southern Nigeria Regiment was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment which operated in Nigeria in the early part of the 20th century. The Regiment was formed out of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force and part of the Royal Niger ...
During and after the Napoleonic period, the western powers gradually abolished slavery, which led to a collapse in demand and consequently a decline of the West African empires, and the gradual increase of western influence during the 19th century (the "Scramble for Africa"), in the case of Nigeria concluding with the British protectorates of ...