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Lagos remains capital of the amalgamated colony

Amalgamation kept Lagos as the administrative capital while joining it to territories with very different histories.

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1914

Lagos remains capital of the amalgamated colony

Amalgamation kept Lagos as the administrative capital while joining it to territories with very different histories.

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Amalgamation kept Lagos as the administrative capital while joining it to territories with very different histories. The city retained a distinct political culture of press, petitions, and municipal activism.

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