During the reign of Songhai Empire in the 16th century, Islamic art and culture was widely spread throughout the whole land. But their fall in 1591 created political instability, making many states fall apart and causing the rise of war and conflicts between other empires and kingdoms. After the Napoleon war, the British tried to expand their colonial rule in Africa and began to establish trade ties with Nigeria in 1898. Before 1898, the scramble for Africa by European countries led to the partition of Africa after the Berlin conference of 1884-85. In the year 1901, Nigeria officially became a part of the huge British Empire. For complete material view: https://nurt9jageneral..com/2017/12/the-scramble-for-africa-and-nationalist.html