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1900 - 1939 |
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1900 |
In Northern Nigeria, administration of the Royal Niger Company renamed Protectorate of Northern Nigeria under British Crown; in the East, some Igbo communities defeated by the British.
The Niger Coast protectorate is renamed Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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1901 |
Centers of resistance in Nupe, Kotangora defeated by the British by the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF)
1901: Census of the British Empire (including its territories in Nigeria)
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1902 |
Bauchi, Borno resistance centers defeated by the British RWAFF
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1903 |
Kano, Sokoto resistance centers defeated by the British RWAFF
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1906 |
Colony and Protectorate of Lagos merged with the protectorate
of Southern Nigeria to form the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
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1907 |
Mineral Oil Ordinance enacted
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1912 |
Enugu (Eastern region) established as a coal-mining town
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1914 |
Amalgamation of the administrations of Northern and Southern Nigeria into the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Lord Lugard appointed Governor-General. Two Chief Commissioners are in charge of the two divisions, Northern and Southern.
Mineral Oil Act enacted |
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1914-1918 |
World War I (4th April 1914 - 11th November, 1918) |
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1917 |
Kaduna is founded as an administrative headquarters of the North |
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1921 |
Oil exploration rights granted to D'arcy Exploration Co. &
Whitehall Petroleum Co. Ltd; no oil found in the Niger Delta
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1922 |
Sir Hugh Clifford (successor to Lugard) abolishes the two existing legislative Councils in Lagos, substituting with with a single Nigerian Legislative Council for Southern provinces only, In the North, legislative power is vested in the Governor. The Clifford Constitution is in operation
Herbert Macaulay and others form the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP)
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1923 |
First Legislative Council elections in September: NNDP wins three seats |
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1926 |
Sir Graham Thompson becomes Governor of Nigeria |
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1927 |
Aba Riots (or "Igbo Ogu Umuwanyi", Women's War) in November. 50 women killed, 50 wounded in Owerri and Calabar provinces |
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1928 |
April 28: Ibibio State Union (a cultural ethnic organisation) formed |
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1930 |
Sir Donald C. Cameron becomes Governor of Nigeria (till 1936) |
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1931 |
Census of Nigeria |
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1933 |
Legislative council powers are extended to the North; Vaughn Ikoli and Akinsanya form Lagos Youth Movement (LYM) Newspaper "The Comet" established |
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1934 |
Zik returns to Africa (Ghana) from the US |
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1936 |
Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) formed |
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1937 |
Zik returns to Nigeria from Ghana
Sir Bernard Bourdillon becomes Governor; LYM changed to Nigeria Youth Movement; H.O. Davies is General Secretary; "West African Pilot" newspaper established with Nnamdi Azikwe as founding Editor |
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1938 |
Shell D'arcy granted oil exploration over the whole of mainland
Nigeria; Shell D'arcy later becomes Shell-BP (an Anglo-Dutch concern)
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1939 - 1945 |
World War II (1st September 1939 - May 7, 1945)
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