Nigeria (all periods)

When did Britain annex Lagos to secure first access to the palm oil trade?

1861

When was a Christian grammar school founded in Lagos?

1859

When did Gladstone refuse to charter George Goldie’s United African Company on the grounds it would promote unnecessary international conflict?

1881

By when had the Royal Niger Company established 30 trading posts along the Lower Niger?

1884

When was the Royal Niger Company chartered to counter German ambitions in the region?

1886

When was the independent kingdom of Benin conquered?

1897

When was the Royal Niger Company’s charter revoked?

1899

When did the British government take control of the Royal Niger Company’s territory, forming the Southern Nigeria Protectorate?

1900

From 1902, who was tasked by the Colonial Office with moving north into the Sokoto Caliphate, which ceded to Britain the following year after a series of military defeats? (This became the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.)

Lord Lugard

When were northern and southern Nigeria formally united despite Nigeria remaining administratively divided into the Northern and Southern Protectorates and the Lagos Colony?

1914

Inhabitants of the southern region sustained more interaction, economic and cultural, with the British owing to what?

The coastal economy

Following WW2, greater representation was allowed with who retaining ultimate power?

Governor General and his Executive Council

How many assemblies were created for the major regions along with a Legislative Council for national issues?

3

Greater pressure for change forced Britain to create what which extended the vote and created a National Council of Ministers?

Macpherson Constitution 1951

When did Nigeria receive independence with regional divides between the north and south already intrenched?

1960

Which British official was responsible for managing the transition to an independent Nigeria?

Sir John Macpherson  

Nationalist leaders were dismayed that the 1951 constitution gave Macpherson veto power over any decision and opened conflict between politicians from different regions, leaving who to approve a new constitution allowing for greater regional autonomy in 1954?

Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttleton

Who secured himself as president in 1960 by working with both the British and rival parties?

Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe  

Since when had Nigeria had an elected Legislative Council?

1922

When did the Southern, Western and Eastern regions become formally self-governing?

1957

When did the Northern Region become formally self-governing?

1959

Which party did Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe lead?

NCNC

Which party did Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe secure a deal with?

NPC

Which party represented the more advanced Western region?

The Action Group