BRITISH COLONISATION OF NIGERIAN TERRITORIES
By 1880, the British had been well established along the coast of West Africa and…
By 1880, the British had been well established along the coast of West Africa and…
The Berlin Treaty There were two major events that served as the prelude to the…
The Europeans who came to Nigeria were the explorers, Christian missionaries, traders and merchants. These…
During the Middle Ages, the Europeans could not travel far. This was probably the reason…
Slavery was common and normal in West Africa as it was in all the early…
Igbo and its Origin Two major assumptions explain the origin of the Igbos. The first…
According to Benin traditions of origin, the people of Benin migrated from the East. After…
Introduction The word ‘Hausa’ does not refer to a race; rather, it refers to Hausa-speaking…
The Europeans had frequented the coasts of West Africa since the fifteenth century and established…
Authority is the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. This…
Since the end of the Second World the nations of the world have worked together…
The European scramble for Africa culminated in the Berlin West African Conference of 1884-85. The…
European sailors first reached sub-Saharan Africa in 1442, when Portuguese ships reached the Senegal river….
The expansion of the missionary movement into Africa was part of the growing conception of…
Africa was the first continent, that Islam spread into out of Arabia in the early…
SIMILARITIES The three empires were located close to the Niger River; they developed from the…
In 1884, Otto Edward Leopold, Prince of Bismark, Duke of Lavenburg, popularly referred to as…
The abolition of the slave trade and the rise of the legitimate trade, subsequently led…
Anthony Enahoro was born in Uromi (Edo- State) on the 22nd of July, 1923. He…
Born in Lagos on the 4th of November 1864, the full name of Herbert Macaulay…
Mallam Aminu Kano was born in Kano city in 1920. After his elementary school education…
Ernest Ikoli was an Ijo from Nembe (Bayelsa State). He was born on the 25th…
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in December 1912 in the town of Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi…
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in Zungeru town (now in Niger State) on the 16th…
Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo popularly called Awo, was born in Ikenne (now in Ogun State) on…
Songhai Empire was a very important empire that commanded the respect of her neighbours. When…
Social Factors: The sack and subjugation of Timbuktu by external forces exposed the misrule of…
Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard was born on 22 January, 1858. Between 1901 and 1928…
Nationalism is the feeling of pride, which people have about their country and identity. It…
The non-centralised states of the Igbos of the South-eastern Nigeria interacted actively with close and…
Amalgamation means bringing together two or more groups or territories under one administration. At the…
The people of Hausaland shared a lot of relationships and interactions with the Kanem-Borno in…