1. Before January 1914, there was no COUNTRY in the world called and known as NIGERIA.

2.The Northern territory of what is now known as Nigeria was inhabited by different independent ethnic nationalities, kingdoms and some socio-economic formations.

The JIHAD brought about the imposition of Islamic religion on the people of the Northern territory.

3.Similarly, the Southern territory of what is now known as Nigeria was inhabited by different independent ethnic nationalities, kingdoms and some socio-economic formations.

The advent of the British Colonial masters brought about the imposition of Christianity and Western education on the people of the Southern territory.

4.In the year 1900 the British government took control of the Trade territory belonging to the ROYAL NIGER COMPANY which was under the leadership of Sir George .T. Goldie.

5.In the year 1901 the British government made the territory a British protectorate and a part of the British Empire.

6.In the year 1914, under Governor General Lord Fredrick Lugard, the British government formally united the people of the NIGER AREA as the COLONY and protectorate of NIGERIA.