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Southern Nigeria Protectorate

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Founded1900
Capital Lagos
Common languagesIbibio
Edo
Ijaw languages
Date dissolved 1914
Government Constitutional monarchy
CurrenciesPound sterling (1900–1913), British West African pound (1913–1914)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2300992
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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.

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