Nigeria was birthed in the year
HISTORY
WAEC 2019
Nigeria was birthed in the year
- A. 1900
- B. 1906
- C. 1914
- D. 1960
Correct Answer: C. 1914
Explanation
On January 1, 1914, Lord Frederick Lugard, the governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, signed a document consolidating the two, thereby creating the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Forty-six years later in 1960, Nigeria became an independent state.
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