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At the Battle of the Yemoja River the British wrecks havoc amongst the ljebu infantry with a British Maxim http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm
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Oil Rivers Protectorate renamed Niger Coast Protectorate with its capital at Calabar http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm
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A massacre occurred in Nembe over palm oil http://www.timelines.ws/countries/NIGERIA.HTML
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The British overthrow Oba Ovonramwen of Benin. One of the last independent West African kings. http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm
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Benin City, capital of Edo state, Nigeria, was burned and ransacked by the British after the Bini killed a British diplomatic mission. 16th century brass plaques were looted from the royal palace and sold to the British Museum. http://www.timelines.ws/countries/NIGERIA.HTML
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British Journalist Flora Shaw, later wife of Lord Frederick Lugard, suggests the name "Nigeria" after the great Niger River http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/birth-of-the-nigerian-colony/ARi_MKdz?hl=en&position=4%2C0
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Nigeria, under British control, began to develop a railway system http://www.timelines.ws/countries/NIGERIA.HTML
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Niger Coast Protectorate was merged with the colony and protectorate of Lagos and renamed Protectorate of Southern Nigeria http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm
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Formation of Nigeria under Governor Frederick Lugard Formation of Nigeria under Governor Frederick Lugard
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Women in Aba demonstrate against high taxes and low prices of Nigerian exports http://www.ngex.com/nigeria/keyevents/default.htm