Northern Nigeria Protectorate
Northern Nigeria was a British protectorate which lasted from 1900 until 1914 in the present country of Nigeria. The protectorate spanned 255,000 miles (410,000 km) including the pre-colonial states of the Sokoto Caliphate, the Bornu Empire, and the Kano Emirate. The first High Commissioner of the protectorate was Frederick Lugard who actively suppressed revolutions and created a system of administration built around native authorities. The Protectorate was ended in 1914 when it was unified with the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Lagos Colony becoming the Northern Province of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
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