Why they came
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK MANY REASONS have been advanced by apologists of imperialism to justify British rule in Nigeria. Said…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK 4. The Government of each Region was headed by a Premier who was empowered to assemble…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
Not daunted, the Governor nominated his four candidates; but they were rejected by the unanimous’ vote-taken by secret ballot-of the…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
The immediate effect of this sudden and unexpected emergence of a party system was twofold. In the first place, nearly…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
The power to propose the name of any person for election as a Regional Minister was vested in the Lieutenant-Governor.…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK The composition of each of the Regional and Central Legislatures was as follows: NORTHERN REGION House…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK It was in the late thirties, and as a result of persistent and prolonged agitation, that…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK The system of judicature, which was introduced by Lugard, continued with institutional modifications to the close…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Official Members – 21 in all: (1) The Governor who was President, with…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK IN 1922 the Nigerian Council and the Legislative Council for Lagos were abolished. By the Nigeria…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
Lugard’s boldest experiment in ‘indirect rule’ was done in Eastern Nigeria. Save in a very few places, there were no…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
MOST of these educated Nigerian elites co-operated wholeheartedly with the British officials. They did so in the honest belief that…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK LUGARD clearly comprehended the complex problems with which he was confronted, and lost no time in…
The People’s Republic: How they rule
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK 1. From Lugard to Richards WE have seen that by January 1, 1900, four distinct administrative…
The People’s Republic: How they came
BUT whilst Britain was contemplating ‘ultimate withdrawal’ from West Africa, France was frantically busy trying to extend the spheres of…
The People’s Republic: How they came
JUST as the British were getting thoroughly fed up with Kosoko’s uncompromising encouragement of the slave-trade, Akintoye addressed a beautifully-worded…
The People’s Republic: How they came
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK BY 1870, there were also French merchants trading side by side with the British on the…
The People’s Republic: How they came
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK THE abolition of slavery involved Great Britain in enormous expenditure. She paid the sum of £20m…
The People’s Republic: How they came
WINDHAM was followed in 1562 by John Hawkins. He was more successful, but did not come as far as the…
The People’s Republic: How they came
IN the contact of Europe with West Africa, Portugal blazed the .ltrail. Whilst her missionaries were zealously trying to proselytize…
