NIGERIA HISTORY (part 2)

ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA

          Nigeria is made up of over 250 ethnic groups. And they;

• Igbo
• Yoruba
• Hausa
• Fulani
• Ibibio
• Ijaw
• Efik
• Igala
• Tiv
• Baggara
• Annang
• Edo
• Ikwere
• Ndoni
• Ogoni
• Kalabari
• Ika
• Banga
• Bamgwinyi
• Bariba
• Bassa
• Birom
• Bura
• Ika
• Eloyi
• Esie
• Gera
• Goemai
• Girintum
• Gwandara
• Gwari
• Etsako
• Esan
• Karekare
• Mamfe
• Mumuye
• Isoko
• Kanuri
• Nupe
• Angas
• Eket
• Ekoi
• Ogori
• Paa
• Tarok
• Zerma
• Owo
• Aniocha
• Marghiowan
• Ukwani
• Ejagham
• Bekwara
• Yerwa
• Mambila
• Magongo
• Puku
• Tuareg
• Zuru
• Butawa
• Chamba
• Degema
• Dirim
• Doka
• Dong
• Eggon
• Kilba
• Kwanga
• Mandara
• Okobo
• Shanga
• Warjawa
• Bachama
• Idon
• Igbira
• Iku
• Jawara
• Jukun
• Katab
• Katana
• Idoma
• Awak
• Nok
• Oron
• Songhai
• Wodabe
• Ogidi, e.t.c......

VITAL EVENTS THAT SHAPED NIGERIA’S HISTORY

BEFORE INDEPENDENCE…………….

• 1820 – British Occupation began
• 1842 – Calabar Became British colony
• June 5, 1859 – First Secondary school, C.M.S Grammar school, Lagos established.
• August 6, 1861 – Lagos was acquired by the British as a colony
• 1863 – Nigeria Army was founded by a Glover of the Royal Navy
• 1898 – “NIGERIA” was named by Miss Flora Shaw, who later became Mrs. Lord Luggard.
• 1900 – Northern and Southern Protectorates were proclaimed.
• 1906 – The colony of Lagos became part of Southern Protectorate. The capital was moved from Calabar to Lagos.
• 1912 – Sir Fredrick Lord Luggard became first Governor-General of Nigeria
• January 1, 1914 – The amalgamation (unification) of Northern and Southern Protectorates.
• 1922 – The first Legislative Assembly in Nigeria was formed.
• 1929 – Taxation began in Nigeria and the Popular Aba women riot erupted
• April 1, 1930 – Nigeria Police Force was established
• 1952 – Nigeria’s first official appearance in Olympic Games, in Helsinki, Finland
• April 1, 1953 – Chief Anthony Enahoro, moved the historic motion for self overnment in Nigeria
• 1956 – Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of England visited Nigeria   
• 1957 – Regional self government was granted to the defunct Eastern and Western Nigeria.
• 1958 – The Nigeria Navy was established
• January 1958 – First oil drill in Oloibiri-Bayelsa
• February 17, 1958 – First shipment of oil from Nigeria (5,100 barrels)
• 1958 – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was established and opened for business on July 1, 1959.
• 1959 – University College, now University of Ibandan became the first University in Nigeria
• 1959 – Western Nigeria Television, now NTA Ibadan was established as the first television Station in AFRICA
• October 1, 1960 – Nigeria gains Independence from Britain, and became 99^th member of the United Nations (UN).
• 1960 – Abubakar Tafawa Balewa became the first and only Prime Minister leading a coalition government of parliamentary system.

CURRENT GEO POLTICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA

NORTH- WEST	Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara,Katsina, Kano, Kaduna,& Jigawa States
NORTH- CENTRAL	Kwara, Niger, plateau, Benue, Nassarawa, & Kogi State
NORTH- EAST	Adamawa, Bauchi, Bomo, Gombe, Taraba, & Yobe State
SOUTH- WEST	Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, Ekiti, & Lagos State
SOUTH-EAST	Anambra, Abia, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, State
SOUTH-SOUTH	Akwa, Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta Edo, & Rivers State.

HEADS OF GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA AND THEIR

GEO-POLITICAL ZONES TILL DATE

DATE	TYPE OF GOVT./ HEAD OF GOVT.	MODE OF COMING TO POWER	DURATION	GEO- POLITICAL ZONE
1/10/60 15/1/66	Civilian:Tafawa Balewa	ELECTION	5 Years 2 Weeks	NORTH- EAST
15/1/66- 29/7/66	Military: Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi	COUP	6 Months 2 Weeks	SOUTH- EAST
29/7/66- 13/2/75	Military: Gen. Yakubu Gowon	COUP	9 year	NORTH- CENTEAL
13/2/75- 13/2/76	Military: Gen. Murtala Mohammed	COUP	6 Months 2 Weeks	NORTH- WAST
13/2/76- 1/10/79	Military: Gen Olusegun Obasanjo	COUP	3years.7mths 3 weeks	SOUTH- WAST
1/10/79- 31/12/83	Civilian: Alhaji Shehu Shagari	ELECTION	4 years	NORTH- WAST
31/12/83- 27/8/85	Military: Gen Muhammadu Buhari	COUP	1years.7mths 3weeks	NORTH-WEST
27/08/85- 27/8/93	Military: G. I. B. Babangida	COUP	8 years	NORTH-CENTRAL
27/8/93- 17/11/93	Civilian: Chief Enerst Shonekan	MILITARY INSTALLED	3 months 3 weeks	SOUTH-WEST
17/11/93-8/6/98	Military: Gen. Sani Abacha	COUP	4 years 6 months	NORTH-WEST
8/6/98- 29/5/99	Military: Gen. A. Abubakar	MILITARY INSTALLED	11 months	NORTH-CENTRAL
29/5/99-29/5/2007	Civilian: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo	ELECTION	8years	SOUTH-WEST
29/5/2007-6/5/2010	Civilian: Alhaji Umar’ Musa Yar’Adua	ELECTION	2years 11mnths 6days	NORTH-WEST
6/5/2010-29/5/2015	Civilian: Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan	ELECTION	5 years 23 days	SOUTH-SOUTH
29/5/2015	Civilian: Muhammadu Buhari	ELECTION	Incumbent	NORTH-WEST