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Lagos and Southern Nigeria merger creates larger southern unit

Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate were merged administratively in 1906.

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1906

Lagos and Southern Nigeria merger creates larger southern unit

Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate were merged administratively in 1906.

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What happened

Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate were merged administratively in 1906. The larger southern unit still developed differently from Northern Nigeria.

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