Northern Nigeria Colony
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Was a British Colony covering northern Nigeria.
Establishment
January 1891: By 1890 the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was created. At this point most petty Kingdoms of southern Nigeria were already under British rule.
Chronology
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Was a British military expedition that led to the fall of the Sokoto Caliphate and its partition between Great Britain and Germany.
January 1902: The British occupied the city of Sokoto.
March 1903: At the grand market square of Sokoto, the last Vizier of the Sokoto Caliphate officially surrendered to British forces. The Caliphate was partitioned between great Britain, France and Germany in accordance with the borders decided at the Berlin Conference.
1.1.British conquest of the Kano Emirate
The Kano Emirate, in northern Nigeria, was conquered by the British after a military expedition.
March 1903: Kano Vizier Ahmadu Mai Shahada and much of the Kano Cavalry was ambushed and defeated by British forces at Katarkwashi (Battle of Kano, 1903). The Vizier died, and the 7th emir of Kano was exiled. The British made Kano an important administrative centre and kept most of the Emirates institutions in the form of the Kano Emirate Council subject to the British Colony of Northern Nigeria.
March 1897: Ilorin becomes part of British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
June 1898: Lapai becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1899: Pategi state, an offshoot of Nupe, is founded. It was part of British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
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.
December 1899: Fika becomes part of British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1900: By 1890 the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was created. At this point most petty Kingdoms of southern Nigeria were already under British rule.
January 1900: Biu Emirate becomes part of British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
April 1900: The Bornu Empire was defeated and occupied by France after the Battle of Kousséri. In accordance with the borders decided at the Berlin Conference, part of the Bornu Empire was allotted to Great Britain.
January 1901: Mambila and nearby regions became part of the British Northen Nigeria Colony.
January 1901: The Gobir region of Nigeria was partitioned between France and Great Britain.
January 1901: Lafiagi becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1901: Lafia becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1901: The Ilorin Emirate was incorporated into the British colony of Northern Nigeria in 1900.
January 1901: Nasarawa becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1901: The British incorporated Wukari into the protectorate of Nigeria around 1900.
January 1901: Kontagora became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1902: In 1901 the Emirate of Muri became a province of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
January 1902: Potiskum became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1902: Igala became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1902: Nupe became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
February 1902: The Bauchi emirate was annexed to the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
March 1902: Gombe was annexed to the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1903: Keffi becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1903: Abuja is occupied by Britain, becoming part of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1903: The Bade Emirate becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1903: Jema`a becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1903: The Igbirra state is founded in Kogi, Nigeria.
April 1903: From March 1903 the Gwandu Emirate was part of the British protectorate of Northern Nigeria.
November 1903: Jama`are becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
November 1903: Katagum becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1904: Gumel becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1904: Misau becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1904: Igbirra becomes part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1905: The border between the British protectorate of northern Nigeria and German Kamerun was marked in 1903/1904 from Yola to Lake Chad.
April 1906: Hadejia became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
January 1907: Kazaure became part of the British Northern Nigeria Protectorate.
Disestablishment
January 1914: In 1914, Southern Nigeria was joined with Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the single colony of Nigeria. The unification was done for economic reasons rather than political. Northern Nigeria Protectorate had a budget deficit and the colonial administration sought to use the budget surpluses in Southern Nigeria to offset this deficit.
Selected Sources
Asakitikpi, A. E. / Asakitikp, A. O. (2024): Modern Nigeria, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, p. 36
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