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Southern Nigeria Protectorate begins separate administration

Britain created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate from the Niger Coast Protectorate and other territories.

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1900

Southern Nigeria Protectorate begins separate administration

Britain created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate from the Niger Coast Protectorate and other territories.

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Britain created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate from the Niger Coast Protectorate and other territories. It remained separate from Lagos until 1906 and from the North until 1914.

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