Southern Nigeria Protectorate
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Founded | 1900 |
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Capital | Lagos |
Common languages | Ibibio |
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Date dissolved | 1914 |
Government | Constitutional monarchy |
Currencies | Pound sterling (1900–1913), British West African pound (1913–1914) |
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ID | 2300992 |
About Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River.