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Lagos is separated from the Gold Coast

Lagos became a separate colony again in 1886, the same year the Royal Niger Company received its charter.

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1886

Lagos is separated from the Gold Coast

Lagos became a separate colony again in 1886, the same year the Royal Niger Company received its charter.

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Lagos became a separate colony again in 1886, the same year the Royal Niger Company received its charter. Britain was reorganizing both coastal administration and Niger-basin commercial power.

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