Nigeria´s History

Events

Unification of Nigeria as a British colony

1914 - 11/1960

Discovery of oil results in monopoly for Britain

1956

Independence from Britain

11/1960 - 13 January 2021

Massacre of Igbo people

Approx. 1966

Start of the Republic of Biafra

1967 - 1970

Biafran forces surrendered in 1970

Start of attacks from Boko Haram

2003 - 2020

Kidnapping of 276 girls

2014