Nigeria Protectorate

Infobox Former Country
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Nigeria Protectorate
common_name = Nigeria Protectorate|
continent = Africa
region =
country =
era =
status = Protectorate
status_text=
empire = British Empire
government_type = Constitutional monarchy
year_start = 1914
year_end = 1954
event_start =
date_start =
event_end =
date_end = |
p1 = Northern Nigeria Protectorate
flag_p1 =
p2 = Southern Nigeria Protectorate
flag_p2 =
s1 = Nigeria
flag_s1 = Flag of Nigeria.svg

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flag_type = Flag of Nigeria Protectorate|


symbol =


image_map_caption = |
capital =
national_motto =
national_anthem = God Save the Queen
common_languages = English
religion =
currency = |
leader1 = George V
year_leader1 = 1914-1936
leader2 = Elizabeth II
year_leader2 = 1952-1954
title_leader = Monarch
representative1 = Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
year_representative1 = 1914-1919
representative2 = Sir John Stuart Macpherson
year_representative2 = 1948-1954
title_representative = High Commissioner, Governor

The Nigeria Protectorate was created as a merger of Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914, partly because of uneven economy in the two colonies, and also due to growing tension with the German colonies.

As one of the wealthiest British colonies, it was a good candidate for being the first colony to declare itself independent, Nigeria was eventually federated in 1954 and made fully independent in 1960.

External links

[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/nigeria.htm The British Empire - Nigeria]