Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Nigeria Protectorate was a colony in Lake Chad basin (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1900 to 1914 CE, about 14 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Frederick Lugard conquered the Sokoto emirates and ruled through the emirs, a model of 'indirect rule'. It was merged with the south into Nigeria in 1914.

See Northern Nigeria Protectorate on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1900 to 1914 CE

Duration

14 years

Type

Colony

Region

Lake Chad basin, North and West Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Zungeru

Came from

• Sokoto Caliphate 1804 to 1903 CE

Became

• British Nigeria 1914 to 1960 CE

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• French Algeria 1830 to 1962 CE
• Muhammad Ali dynasty (Khedivate) 1805 to 1914 CE
• Sokoto Caliphate 1804 to 1903 CE
• French West Africa 1895 to 1960 CE
• British Nigeria 1914 to 1960 CE
• Kingdom of Nri c. 900 to 1911 CE
• Portuguese Cape Verde 1462 to 1975 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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