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Nigeria @55: Prologue: Still groping in the dark | | One of the enduring topics of debate over Nigeria's nationhood is the question: was Nigeria's amalgamation a mistake? In 1914, Sir Frederick Lugard amalgamated the Colony of Lagos and the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria with the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria. Thus, hitherto independent and culturally exclusive kingdoms, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, the Igbo hinterland, Oyo Kingdom, Benin Kingdom among a host of others, were forcefully brought under one political and administrative umbrella under the British Crown. The post Nigeria @55: Prologue: Still groping in the dark appeared first on Vanguard News. |
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