1939Event
Southern Nigeria is divided into Eastern and Western provinces
Colonial administrative reorganization separated the south into Eastern and Western provinces.
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1939
Southern Nigeria is divided into Eastern and Western provinces
Colonial administrative reorganization separated the south into Eastern and Western provinces.
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What happened
Colonial administrative reorganization separated the south into Eastern and Western provinces. This helped prefigure the later three-region political structure.
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