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Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by orisa37: 9:15am On Jan 05, 2020
Magicians:
We achieved that with regional govt untill the bastard n cursed Aguiyi Irons I introduced unitary govt.
THE SAME IBOS ARE NOW CALLING FOR BIAFRA. LET BUHARI GRANT FULL AUTONOMY OF POLICING RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING CONTROL TO OUR 36 CONSTITUTIONAL STATES AND YOU EXPERIENCE THE LORD IMMEDIATELY BLAZING UP THE PRAISE OF BUHARI.
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by Techdra: 10:19am On Jan 05, 2020
So how does this stop Yeebos from attaching themselves by force. "SS/SE"...
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by Magicians: 3:31pm On Jan 05, 2020
The fact that your forefathers willingly canceled region govt by their on violation is the reason why Buhari will not grant it. You will first have to wake your father from the dead to come explain what they am to achieve with full autonomy, resource n electioneering control that was not available in regional govt.

Buhari does not need your praise n the entire Biafra can rot in hell for all he cares. A foolish tribe can not cancel regionalism govt cos some fools went mad among it folks only bf or another set of fools led by the fugitive Kanu to be asking for the same thing if canceled.


orisa37:
THE SAME IBOS ARE NOW CALLING FOR BIAFRA. LET BUHARI GRANT FULL AUTONOMY OF POLICING RESOURCING AND ELECTIONEERING CONTROL TO OUR 36 CONSTITUTIONAL STATES AND YOU EXPERIENCE THE LORD IMMEDIATELY BLAZING UP THE PRAISE OF BUHARI.
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by legendarystar(op):
ahaz:
beautiful peace of history of.. but I beg to disagree were you said"the royal Niger company is today known as unilever"..
The fact is that, Unilever was actually lever brothers a consortium owned by two brothers that started there business as import merchants in Britain long before time.along side, Tate and Lyle which operated in Nigeria in the 70s till in the late 80s were it went bankrupt in Nigeria.
But the royal Niger company was in fact the u. a. c you know of today.. you can research that... once again thanks for the post.
Matured and responsible response.. I'll dig up on this as u ave advised...
Thanks

What was the result of your findings my comrade ?

Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by Nobody: 10:26am On Sep 14, 2024
legendarystar:
Matured and responsible response.. I'll dig up on this as u ave advised...
Thanks

What was the result of your findings my comrade ?
The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886. In 1929, the company became part of the United Africa Company, which came under the control of Unilever during the 1930s and continued to exist as a subsidiary of Unilever until 1987, when it was absorbed into the parent. From this text it's safe to say it's UAC
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by legendarystar(op): 9:40am On Feb 07
The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886. In 1929, the company became part of the United Africa Company, which came under the control of Unilever during the 1930s and continued to exist as a subsidiary of Unilever until 1987, when it was absorbed into the parent. From this text it's safe to say it's UAC
I have been away for so long.
How have you been, I will go over it from top
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by Okonsbecky: 10:34am On Feb 07
legendarystar:
King Koko succeeded in capturing 60 white men as hostages, as well as, several goods and ammunition, though he lost 40 of his men.

King Koko agreed to release his white hostages in exchange for being allowed to choose his trading partners but the British refused to negotiate with Koko, who subsequently killed 40 of the hostages.

As retaliation, Britain’s Royal Navy attacked the area of Brass (Nembe) and burned it to the ground on February 20, 1895, killing many people in the town.

The British, by April 1895, had resumed their normal operations while King Koko was on the run. The people of Brass were fined £500 (today’s $35) by the British while the looted weapons and the surviving prisoners were returned.

King Koko was also reportedly offered terms of settlement by the British, but he rejected it and disappeared.

He was declared an outlaw by the British. He, however, committed suicide in exile in 1898.

The Brass war, however, negatively affected public opinion in Britain against the Royal Niger Company, hence the company’s charter was revoked in 1899.

Following this, the Royal Niger Company sold its holdings to the British government for £865,000 (1.1 million dollars).

That was the amount Britain paid to acquire the area that would later be known as Nigeria.

Source
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-nigeria-was-sold-to-the-british-for-1-1-million-dollars-in-1899
Ronaldo might face ban in the saudi league, i pity him, how can ask for 1.1m doller as ur salary.
Re: How Nigeria Was Sold To The British For 1.1 Million Dollars In 1899 by legendarystar(op): 2:42pm On Feb 07
Okonsbecky:
Ronaldo might face ban in the saudi league, i pity him, how can ask for 1.1m doller as ur salary.
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