<P> Through a progressive sequence of regimes the British imposed Crown Colony government on the area of West Africa which came to be known as Nigeria , a form of rule which was both autocratic and bureaucratic . After initially adopting an indirect rule approach , in 1906 the British merged the small Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate into a new Colony of Southern Nigeria , and in 1914 that was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria . Administration and military control of the territory was done primarily by white Britons , both in London and in Nigeria . </P>
<P> Through a progressive sequence of regimes the British imposed Crown Colony government on the area of West Africa which came to be known as Nigeria , a form of rule which was both autocratic and bureaucratic . After initially adopting an indirect rule approach , in 1906 the British merged the small Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate into a new Colony of Southern Nigeria , and in 1914 that was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria . Administration and military control of the territory was done primarily by white Britons , both in London and in Nigeria . </P>
when did nigeria became a colony of britain
when did nigeria became a colony of britain
1914
1914