Oil Rivers Protectorate
| Oil Rivers Protectorate (1884–1893) Niger Coast Protectorate (1893–1900) |
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| Protectorate of the British Empire | ||||||||
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Anthem God Save the Queen |
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| Capital | Old Calabar | |||||||
| Languages | English and various local languages | |||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Yoruba religion, Islam, African traditional religion | |||||||
| Government | Colonial administration | |||||||
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| • | 1884-1900 | Victoria | ||||||
| Historical era | New Imperialism | |||||||
| • | Established | 1884 | ||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1 January 1900 | ||||||
| Currency | Pound sterling | |||||||
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The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year, renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1900 to form the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
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