Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria

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The Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was a British colonial entity in West Africa that unified several previously separate territories into what later became the modern nation-state of Nigeria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British protectorate
former British colony
historical political entity
borderedBy Cameroon
surface form: Cameroons

French West Africa
capital Lagos
colonialAdministrationCenter Lagos
colonialPower United Kingdom
colonialStatus crown colony and protectorate
containedEthnicGroup Fulani
Hausa
Igbo
Ijaw
Kanuri
Yoruba
country Nigeria
currency British West African pound
endDate 1960-10-01
establishedBy amalgamation of the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
export cocoa
groundnuts
palm oil
tin
flag flag of British colonial Nigeria
surface form: Flag of Nigeria under British rule
governmentType colonial administration
headOfStateTitle Monarch of the United Kingdom
includedRegion Eastern Nigeria
Lagos Colony
Northern Nigeria
Western Nigeria
independenceDate 1960-10-01
independenceFrom United Kingdom
introducedSystem indirect rule
legalSystem English common law
locatedIn Africa
West Africa
mainReligion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
officialLanguage English
partOf British Empire
predecessor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria

Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
reasonForEnd independence of Nigeria
representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle Governor
sovereignState United Kingdom
startDate 1914-01-01
successor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federation of Nigeria

Nigeria
usedFor resource extraction

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Northern Nigeria wasMergedInto Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Oyo colonialEraIncorporation Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
Nigeria, We Hail Thee countryAtAdoption Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Federation of Nigeria
Sokoto Caliphate followedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British Nigeria
Bornu Empire followedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British colonial rule in Northern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria predecessor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria predecessor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Protectorate of Northern Nigeria
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria successor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Federation of Nigeria
Kingdom of Benin successorState Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Calabar wasCapitalOf Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Southern Protectorate of Nigeria
Bornu incorporatedInto Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British colonial Nigeria
flag of British colonial Nigeria usedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
flag of British colonial Nigeria historicalEra Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British colonial period in Nigeria
Zaria Emirate locatedIn Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate (historical)
Lagos Colony successor Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
Colony of Dahomey borderedBy Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British colony of Nigeria
Captain W. A. Ross employer Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
this entity surface form: British colonial government in Nigeria