Obiagu1: Often times, we blame Sir Frederick Lugard for causing the problem in Nigeria by amalgamating Protectorate of Northern Nigeria with Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1914 but that was not actually the root of the problem. The root of the problem dates back a few years in 1906 when Colony of Lagos was amalgamated with Protectorate of Southern Nigeria by Sir Walter Egerton to form the infamous Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.

Before this infamous amalgamation in 1906, the present SE and SS (including Edo) had nothing to do with the SW. It was Sir Walter Egerton that started using the resources of the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria to develop Yoruba land after he moved the capital from Calabar to Lagos in the same year. The once booming Southern Nigeria or call it Niger Coast Protectorate started losing its steam.

So Sir Frederick Lugard was not the problem. Sir Walter Egerton caused our problem and we will revert it.

ilugunboy: The revisionists are back !!

GAR3TH: I thought the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria did include the SW expect for Lagos. The Colony of Lagos was not the entire SW but on the city of Lagos and the area around it.

Obiagu1:

No it does not include SW. The Colony of Lagos covers SW.

Obiagu1:

No it does not include SW. The Colony of Lagos covers SW.

Aigbofa:

You don't know what you are talking about. There was the colony of Lagos and protectorate of Southern Nigeria.

GAR3TH:

No your wrong, the south west was part of the Royal Niger Company after the British captured the area. The Royal Niger Company was later merge with the Niger Coast Protectorate to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1900. The colony of lagos only included the lagos area and not the entire SW.

Obiagu1: The talk of Southern Nigeria is a farce! Colony of Lagos was not part of Southern Nigeria.

Southern Nigeria includes only SE and SS and that's why we have always seen a common ground in so many issues from being overwhelmly in a common party NCNC to voting jointly for resources control in 1995 National Political Reform Conference. Every indices points to the fact that the peoples of Southern Nigeria and the people of Colony of Lagos have a strong ideological divide that can NEVER be bridged. We have to make this honest distinction in going forward.

Obiagu1:

No it does not include SW. The Colony of Lagos covers SW.

GAR3TH: I thought the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria did include the SW expect for Lagos. The Colony of Lagos was not the entire SW but on the city of Lagos and the area around it.

GAR3TH: "After two final incidents, the bombardment of Oyo in 1895 (Ayandele, 1967) and the capture of Ilorin by the Royal Niger Company in 1897, effective colonial control was established throughout most of Yorubaland."

http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/ink/ibadan/fwestafricanwar1877.htm

This is the same Royal niger company that also controls much of southern nigeria

Obiagu1:

Is Ilorin part of Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria

GAR3TH:

No, the point of that quote was to show you that the British did control all of yorubaland and that the Colony of Lagos was only limited to Lagos.

Obiagu1:

You're just twisting history.

When you say Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, you are only talking about SS/SE that was so named from Niger Coast Protectorate and the remaining part of Royal Niger Company to be handed over to Niger Coast Protectorate. See map above.

When you say Colony of Lagos, you are talking about SW or Yorubaland and not just Lagos. Also see map above.

When you say Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, then you are talking about Southern Nigeria (SS/SE) and Colony of Lagos (SW).

GAR3TH:

How I'm i mixing things up? To Simplify....

Southern Nigeria Protectorate = Merge between Niger Coast Protectorate and Royal Niger Company

Royal Niger Company = current day SW,SE and parts of SS

Niger Coast Protectorate = Parts of SS (Bayelsa and rivers area)

Lagos Colony = City of Lagos and land around it

Also your map doesn't show any inland territorial borders?

Obiagu1:

Stop grasping at straws, you are not part of Southern Nigeria Protectorate!

GAR3TH:

Um i'm not yuroba, I'm esan. Anyway I think the main focus of this argument is what amount of land the colony of lagos covered, and I read a few articles that conflict each other.

Obiagu1:

See a new map above your post. (Thanks Remii for the map, I've been looking for it )