Niger Coast
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Was a British protectorate in Nigeria.
Establishment
May 1892: Ijebu becomes part of the Niger River Protectorate (later Northern Nigeria).
Chronology
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1. Events
May 1893: It was renamed on 12 May 1893.
January 1894: In 1893 the British imposed peace on all of Yorubaland .
January 1894: In 1893, Abeokuta became a British protectorate under the leadership of the Egba leader, Chief Akinpelu Obisesan. The territory was incorporated into the Niger Coast Protectorate, marking the beginning of British colonial rule in the region.
February 1897: Bussa becomes part of British Niger Coast Protectorate.
January 1898: The Kingdom of Benin was conquered by a British punitive expedition in 1897. [...] The British exiled Oba Ovonramwen, the last independent Oba, to Calabar and incorporated the Kingdom of Benin into the British colonial empire.
June 1898: In 1898, Agaie became part of the Niger River Protectorate, which later became Northern Nigeria.
January 1899: In 1898, Pategi state, an offshoot of the Nupe people, was founded in present-day Nigeria. The territory was previously under the control of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1899: Wase becomes part of British Niger River Protectorate .
Disestablishment
January 1900: Niger Coast merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
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