The Role Of Russia In The Nigeria Civil War

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA 1900 – 1966 The History Of Nigeria Up To 1914 Nigeria the most populous country on the African continent only came into existence in its present form in 1914 when the two protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by Sir Fredrick Lugard. The name Nigeria was first suggested in an article for the Times that the several British protectorates on the Niger be known as Nigeria1. The history of Nigeria as it is today goes back more than two thousand years. The earlier history of its peoples is contained in myths and leg…