The Oil Rivers Protectorate was named by the British traders referring to the abundance of oil palm...
Month: March 2020
Lagos was annexed by the British on 6th August, 1861 and was declared a Colony on the...
The Southern Protectorate was established in 1900. It was administered by a High Commissioner. The first High...
Sir Frederick Lugard was appointed the High Commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria in 1900. In...
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in Zungeru town (now in Niger State) on the 16th of November...
The term, “legitimate trade” refers to the trade in commodities between Africans and the European merchants immediately...
Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo popularly called Awo, was born in Ikenne (now in Ogun State) on the 6th...
Songhai Empire was a very important empire that commanded the respect of her neighbours. When the empire...
Social Factors: The sack and subjugation of Timbuktu by external forces exposed the misrule of some emperors;...
Social Factors: The merchants of Songhai Empire worked in partnership. The state also protected the partnership. The...
LOCATION Songhai Empire was located in West Africa along the Niger River. When it reached its peak,...
Indirect rule refers to the method of governing societies through the use of traditional institutions and personnel....
Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard was born on 22 January, 1858. Between 1901 and 1928 he served...
Nationalism is the feeling of pride, which people have about their country and identity. It also means...
Benin Empire developed from a number of small chieftaincies. Benin oral traditions claimed that the first rulers...
George Taubman Goldie (1846-1925) was a trained engineer. He played a major role in the founding of...
The non-centralised states of the Igbos of the South-eastern Nigeria interacted actively with close and distant neighbours...
Linguistic materials: Linguists study languages and their relationship. Linguistic materials for writing history are gathered from careful...
Sources of history refer to the various means through which the historian gathers historical information. The historian...
There are several versions of the origin of the Igala people according to oral traditions. The first...
