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    Nigeria was colonized by the United Kingdom from 1914 to 1960. As a British colony, Nigeria provided commercial and trade benefits to the UK. Along with other African nations like Sierra Leone and Egypt, Nigeria was exploited for its resources during colonial rule. Nationalist movements grew in the early 20th century opposing British taxation and control of the economy. After World War 2, Britain began transitioning Nigeria to self-governance and independence was granted in 1960, though economic and political instability continued after the British departed. Today Nigeria faces challenges of poverty, infrastructure issues, and climate disasters like deadly flooding in 2022.

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    Nigeria was colonized by the United Kingdom from 1914 to 1960. As a British colony, Nigeria provided commercial and trade benefits to the UK. Along with other African nations like Sierra Leone and Egypt, Nigeria was exploited for its resources during colonial rule. Nationalist movements grew in the early 20th century opposing British taxation and control of the economy. After World War 2, Britain began transitioning Nigeria to self-governance and independence was granted in 1960, though economic and political instability continued after the British departed. Today Nigeria faces challenges of poverty, infrastructure issues, and climate disasters like deadly flooding in 2022.

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    Nigeria was colonized by the United Kingdom from 1914 to 1960. As a British colony, Nigeria provided commercial and trade benefits to the UK. Along with other African nations like Sierra Leone and Egypt, Nigeria was exploited for its resources during colonial rule. Nationalist movements grew in the early 20th century opposing British taxation and control of the economy. After World War 2, Britain began transitioning Nigeria to self-governance and independence was granted in 1960, though economic and political instability continued after the British departed. Today Nigeria faces challenges of poverty, infrastructure issues, and climate disasters like deadly flooding in 2022.

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    NIGERIA NEWS

    In the past 1914 our country ̈Nigeria ̈ was conquered by the United Kingdom, that is,
    we were a colony of the United Kingdom from 1914 to 1960. As we belong to the
    continent of Africa, we are a country that was interested in colonizing European
    countries, so we were colonized by the United Kingdom that served as a great help to
    increase its commercial interests and expand its routes. It must also be said that we
    were not the only country
    that was a colony of the
    United Kingdom, so were
    Sierra Leone, Gold Coast,
    Egypt, Sudan, Anglo-Egypt,
    Somalia, Uganda, British
    East Africa, Rhodesia,
    Bechuanaland, Union of
    South Africa and Gambia.

    Colonization was not easy


    since it began with the abolition of slavery that was provoked because the king had the
    initiative to sympathize the traffic of palm oil with that of slaves. Then came the colony
    of Lagos that was very important and finally the military conquest, which began with
    the northern part of what is now our country and formed the Protectorate of Northern
    Nigeria, its function was to end the slave trade and stop the passage of the French
    then began to expand and merged with the protectorate of southern Nigeria.
    The United Kingdom treated our country quite badly since in the First World War they
    gave a part of the country's budget to the war effort.
    After the First World War, a series of protest movements start to take place in Nigeria. The first
    of these protested against state taxes, the colonial authority monopolizing trade and the
    destruction of old local commerce. Another "Nwaobiala" movement, led by women, and
    calling for a return to previous cultural values.

    From 1929 the protests intensified. The colonial government introduced a series of water
    tariffs, so the population rebelled and began to boycott European companies. This event was
    aggravated by the outbreak of the so-called "women's war".

    But in the 1930s when the situation becomes uncontrollable. Anti-tax demonstrations are
    becoming massive and the government is forced to resort to police charges to stop them.
    Although Nigerians did not see themselves in the 1930s as a nation, they did consider that they
    were being "violated" by a foreign imposition from which they wanted to free themselves.

    Thanks to British education, the number of nationalists increased, making their importance
    quite great before World War II. In the years following World War II, nationalism spread
    among Africans and Britain began to take steps to get them to start participating in the
    administration. In 1946, Governor Sir Arthur Richard promulgated the so-called "Richards
    Constitution", which enshrined the division of the country into three regions (north, west and
    east, which coincided with the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo majority regions respectively),
    each of which would have an autonomous assembly; the capital, Lagos, would form a separate
    district. The introduction of the federal principle signaled the definitive recognition of the
    country's diversity.

    Then there were two other constitutions which were


    the Macpherson Constitution and the Lyttleton
    Constitution.

    In the first one some terms of new constitution were


    put and applied the following year, this created

    the federal House of Representatives, composed of a


    president and 184 members

    And then came the second one that firmly


    established the federal principle and paved the way
    to independence. This constitution established a
    Council of Ministers.

    This era of British colonialism had a negative impact on Nigeria, as for some it was a
    source of inequality that persists to this day. After Nigeria's independence, the country
    was plunged into chaos with civil war and an incompetent government. Despite being
    one of the most populous countries and one of the best economies in sub-Saharan
    Africa, Nigeria is one of the poorest countries compared to other developing countries.
    In addition, there is a lack of infrastructure to efficiently extract oil, its main raw
    material. However, the official language is English, its human capital is formed in the
    Anglo-Saxon world and its relations with the world market are strengthened as one of
    the main partners of the OPE. Thus, sixty years after independence, the British seal is
    still intact.

    Finally, our country is


    currently going through some
    difficult times since in this
    2022 more than 600 people
    have died, 1.3 million people
    have been displaced and many
    homes are being evacuated all
    this due to flooding. It is also
    the most populous country in
    Africa with 211 million people
    Bibliography
     Wikipedia
     Archivos historia: la colonización y la descolonización

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