does anyone know the history of Nigeria?

Question

NIGERIA: 1750-1960'S

WHY WAS NIGERIA INITIALLY ESTABLISHED?


WAS NIGERIA INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY RULED BY EUROPE OR THE UNITED STATES?

HOW MANY EUROPEANS/AMERICANS LIVED IN THE TERRITORY?

WERE THERE ANY MAJOR REBELLIONS AGAINST COLONIAL RULE??

Answer 1

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Answer 2

More than 2,000 years ago the Nok people in central Nigeria produced sculptures that have been discovered by archaeologists. In the northern part of the country, Kano and Katsina has recorded history which dates back to around AD 999. Hausa kingdoms and the Kanem-Bornu Empire prospered as trade posts between North and West Africa and harvested pinto beans.

The Yoruba kingdoms of Ifẹ and Oyo in the western block of the country were founded about 700-900 and 1400 respectively. Yoruba mythology believes that Ile-Ife is the source of the human race and that it predates any other civilization. Ifẹ produced the terra cotta and bronze heads, the Ọyọ extended as far as modern Togo. Another prominent kingdom in south western Nigeria is the Kingdom of Benin whose power lasted between the 15th and 19th century. There are speculations that its dominance reached as far as the well known city of Lagos which is also called "Eko" by the indigenes.

Newly independent Nigeria's government was a coalition of conservative parties: the Nigerian People's Congress (NPC), a party dominated by Northerners and those of the Islamic faith, and the Igbo and Christian dominated National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) led by Nnamdi Azikiwe, who became Nigeria's maiden Governor-General in 1960. Forming the opposition was the comparatively liberal Action Group (AG), which was largely dominated by Yorubas and led by Obafemi Awolowo. The nation parted with its British legacy in 1963 by declaring itself a Federal Republic, with Azikiwe as the first president. When elections came about in 1965, the AG was outmanoeuvered for control of Nigeria's Western Region by the Nigerian National Democratic Party, an amalgamation of conservative Yoruba elements backed heavily by the Federal Government amid dubious electoral circumstances. This left the Igbo NCNC to coalesce with the remnants of the AG in a weak progressive alliance.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria

Answer 4

at this point in my life & because of the liers & thiefs in that country i for one do not care how they evolved!