The colonial period in Nigeria began with the slave trade in the 15th century. According to an article from The Commonwealth entitled “Nigeria: History,” the Portuguese paved the way for the slave trade, and Nigeria was a big area of business for them. They sold slaves in order to obtain spices and weapons in other […]
Industry History. Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri in the Niger Delta after half a century of exploration. Following the discovery of crude oil by Shell D’Arcy Petroleum, pioneer production began in 1958 from the company’s oil field in Oloibiri in the Eastern Niger Delta. Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 […]
See Below The History Of Nigeria Police History of Nigeria Police Force. Nigeria’s police was first established in 1820. The first person to have the highest rank in all the police is commissioner general colonel KK. In 1879 a 1,200-member armed paramilitary Hausa Constabulary was formed. In 1879 a 1,200-member armed paramilitary Hausa Constabulary was formed. […]
Nigeria was scheduled for Independence from Britain in 1960, and three main political parties ran in the preparatory elections in 1959. the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) which had control of the Eastern Region (Igbo) led by Nnamdi Azikiwe the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) which had control of the Northern Region (Hausa-Fulani), […]
The Nigerian port authority was established as a continuous public corporation by the ports act of 1954 as a need for a regulatory body for the [previously established portsArose.Port activities however began in Nigeria in the middle 19th century with the opening up of the Lagos lagoon in 1910. The port of port harcourt was […]
The historical background and development of the nigerian press commenced with the printing media on 3 rd december 1859 by a christian missionary named reverend henrytownsend who established the first newspaper in nigeria called “Iwe iroyin fun awon egba ati yoruba” which literary means “A newspaper for the egba and yoruba 2 nations. Ese malemi, […]
The origin of modern prisons service in Nigeria started in 1861. That was the year when conceptually, western-type prison was established in Nigeria. The declaration of Lagos as a colony in 1861 marked the beginning of the institution of formal machinery of governance. At this stage the preoccupation of the colonial government was to protect […]