1801 - 1900 - The Fulani wars were fought. Missionary activities spread. Britain set up northern and southern protectorates and a colony in Lagos.

1914 - Territories were combined to form Nigeria and were administered through four provinces - Northern, Eastern, Western and the colony of Lagos.

1922 - The Clifford Constitution stipulated that a Legislative Council administer the eastern and western regions. This was regarded as the first step toward autonomy from British rule. The Ibo and Yoruba regions were affected by this change, causing further animosities between the north, which continued to be ruled indirectly by the British, and the potentially autonomous south.

1945 - 1950 - The "Jos" riots occurred in the north which were minor riots in protest of the northern amalgamation with the southern regions. When oil was discovered in the Ibo dominated eastern region, the Emirs of Zaria and Katsina demanded fifty percent of the seats in the newly formed Central Legislature. The Emirs threatened to secede from Nigeria if their demands were not met. The acceptance of these demands signaled the beginning of northern domination of Nigerian national politics.

1953 - Anti-Ibo riots broke out in the north in protest of Ibo domination of social, political, business and military institutions. Ibos were hunted down and attacked in Kano, 245 were injured and more than 52 were killed. The southern Yoruba did not participate in the fighting.

1954 - The Federal Executive Council (FEC) was created to introduce the eastern and western regions to a system of greater autonomy. This caused further animosities between the northerners and their southern Ibo neighbors.

1959 - A coalition between the Hausa-Fulani supported Northern People's Congress (NPC), the Ibo National Council for Nigeria and the Cameroon (NCNC) blocked the western Yoruba controlled Action Group (AG) party from gaining any significant share of central authority in the December elections. A northerner, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was named Prime Minister.

Oct 1, 1960 - Nigeria gained independence. A referendum added the territory of Northern Cameroon, called Gongola state, which was administered by Britain as part of Nigeria. Prior to independence, the Ibo dominated the political, social, military and business institutions of Nigeria. After independence, the Ibo lost their privileged status, while the Hausa/Fulani gained affluence and controlled the federal government.

1963 - The Federal Republic of Nigeria was proclaimed and Nnamdi Azikiwe was named President.

1965 - The Yoruba riot in protest against what they saw as forced exclusion of the AG from the Federal government. Ibo attacks on AG followers in the west sparked off the violence. Federal troops had to intervene to bring calm to the areas affected.

Jan 15, 1966 - A military coup d'etat led by lower and middle-ranking officers, some of them Ibo, overthrew the NPC-NCNC dominated government. Prime Minister Balewa along with other northern and western government officials were assassinated during the coup. The coup was widely considered an Ibo plot to consolidate power and overthrow the northern dominated government. General Johnson Ironsi, an Ibo, consolidated power in the military and used its power to restore order throughout Nigeria. Ironsi declared all political parties illegal and formed the Federal Military Government (FMG).

Jul 29, 1966 - A counter-coup was launched by mostly northern troops. General Ironsi and many others, mostly Ibo, were killed. Between June and July there was a mass exodus of Ibo from the north and west. Over 1.3 million Ibo fled the neighboring regions in order to escape persecution as anti-Ibo riots increased. The military aided some Ibo in their flight but many of those unescorted were massacred. The FMG, now under the control of Major General Yakubu Gowon, a middle-belt tribe member and a Christian, restored calm to Nigeria. The anti-Ibo riots led many to believe that the only way they could live securely was to secede and form their own country.

Aug 1 - Sep 30, 1966 - Anti-Ibo riots gained momentum and voracity. The exodus gained greater impetus as hundreds of thousands fled the riot torn north. Armed bands of civilians and militia slaughtered Ibos indiscriminately. Over 30,000, mostly Ibo, were said to have died in the north and west. The eastern region was now flooded with Ibo refugees.

1967 - 1970 - The Biafra civil war, an effort by eastern Ibo people to secede, fails with the surrender of Lt. Col. Odumegwu-Ojukwu. Between 1.5 million and 2.1 million were killed, including many who died in the famine following the war. The end result of the Ibo war of secession was the deaths of a large portion of their more educated male members and the almost total removal of Ibo from government. After the war, many Ibo were permanently removed from government service.

1975 - General Gowon was removed from office during a bloodless coup. Many attributed his downfall to his indefinite postponement of a return to civilian rule. The coup was seen as an attempt by middle-belt tribes to consolidate power in the FMG. Gowon was replaced by Brigadier Murtala Ramat Muhammad, a northern Moslem. Under Muhammad, the Ibos continued to be marginalized.

UdechiHD:
Yoruba man, why you carry Igbo matter for head like plantain. May God deliver some people.

MinorityOpinion:
Events date and what happened

franozx:



Guy leave Igbo matter for once na

Cc lalasticlala

MinorityOpinion:


Freedom of expression dude, that's the truth in your face and you're feeling uncomfortable

franozx:


But are u really for united Nigeria or just against Biafra? Because I saw the way u condemned muric when the said no to oduduwa republic??
So what's really your problem bro?

MinorityOpinion:


I'm only against spreading of propaganda, that's my own, I don't care if you secede or not, do it the right way and don't grab people's land while doing it

franozx:


Then y are always on ipob thread since u don't care about Biafrans seceding

MinorityOpinion:


Why is every thread of IPOB always instilling hatred and insulting other tribes?

overall90:


today they are still apes.
look at obasanjo for instance.

Ojiofor:


.
Make you pity OBJ small cos that one get small sense due to the fact he is not a muslim Oyoriba ape.

overall90:


this people are so annoying.
just take a look at all the threads they are opening on Igbos.
an outsider who does not know much about Nigeria might think that Igbos are the ones ruling and ruining Nigeria.
funny still they will turn around to accuse others of what they are guilty of.

franozx:


U said nnamdi kanu spreads hate. What are the likes of omokri and ffk spreading.. Don't be a hypocrite.

Ojiofor:


Nobody know Yoruba too,they were Ijebu,Oyo,Ife etc......before Europeans brought them together for administrative purpose.
Oyoriba people were apes before Europeans transform them into subclass humans in 19 century bc.

overall90:


today they are still apes.
look at obasanjo for instance.

overall90:


this people are so annoying.
just take a look at all the threads they are opening on Igbos.
an outsider who does not know much about Nigeria might think that Igbos are the ones ruling and ruining Nigeria.
funny still they will turn around to accuse others of what they are guilty of.