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This is a timeline of Nigerian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Nigeria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Nigeria .
18 lut 2019 · A chronology of key events in the history of Nigeria from its earliest civilisations to the present day.
21 lut 2024 · This is a timeline of Nigerian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Nigeria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Nigeria.
Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Nigeria. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Timeline of Events. The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria becomes a British protectorate. Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. Nigeria joins the United Nations. The government of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Nigeria is overthrown in a military coup d’état.
Chronology; Notable people in Nigerian history; List of abbreviations; Glossary; Map 1 Major cities and ethnic groups in present-day Nigeria; Introduction; 1 Early states and societies, 9000 BCE – 1500 CE; 2 Slavery, state, and society, c. 1500 – c. 1800; 3 Political and economic transformations in the nineteenth century
One of the most affluent of all the countries in Africa today, Nigeria comes from humble origins. Discovered by the Portuguese and eventually colonised by the British, it achieved independence in 1960, before its big oil find in the 1970s.
