The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year. It was renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. References Thomas Pakenham, The Scramble for Africa (Random House, 1991), pp. 197–199 StampWorldHistory Stamworld stamp Former British protectorates Former Nigerian administrative divisions History of the petroleum industry History of Nigeria States and territories disestablished in 1900 Niger River Delta Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa Petroleum industry in Nigeria Colonial Nigeria 1884 establishments in the British Empire 1900 disestablishments in Nigeria