CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1914, Southern Nigeria was joined with Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the single colony of Nigeria.

Detailed explanation-2: -On January 1, 1914, Lord Frederick Lugard, the governor of both the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, signed a document consolidating the two, thereby creating the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Forty-six years later in 1960, Nigeria became an independent state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Named for its association with the river, the first section was named The Northern Nigeria Protectorate, and the other half was referred to as the Southern Nigeria Protectorate. However, in 1914 the two halves were united, and the area became known as simply Nigeria.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901. The period of British rule lasted until 1960 when an independence movement led to the country being granted independence.