The modern city of Calabar was founded in 1786 by Efik families who had left Creek Town, farther up the Calabar river, settling on the east bank in a position where they were able to dominate traffic with European vessels that anchored in the river, and soon becoming the most powerful in the region extending from now Calabar down to Bakkasi in the East and Oron Nation in the West. Obasanjo was reelected in 2003. This often leads to major explosions and high death tolls. History & Background. Olusegun Obasanjo inherited a country suffering economic stagnation and the deterioration of most democratic institutions. This is a figure that seems to be in the midst of a conversation. Kanem expanded westward to include the area that became Borno. The vast country Kanem-Bornu reaching from Libya to Nigeria was created by the people of Zaghawa in nomadic Nilodic in the North-East of Nigeria by 700. [9][10] Local merchants provided them with slaves, escalating conflicts among the ethnic groups in the region and disrupting older trade patterns through the Trans-Saharan route.[11]. In the vote, widespread electoral fraud was alleged and riots erupted in the Yoruba West where heartlands of the AG discovered they had apparently elected pro-government NNDP representatives. [75] and the Action Group (AG) was a left-leaning party that represented the interests of the Yoruba people in the West. Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna fled to Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana where he was welcomed as a hero. This continued until the BBC aired an interview that was allegedly done via telephone from the president's sick bed in Saudi Arabia. However, over the centuries Nigerians have utilized agricultural techniques such as slash and burn, intercropping, and the use of shallow planting implements to cope with the shortcomings of the soil. Alternate titles: Federal Republic of Nigeria, Emeritus Lecturer in the Modern History of Africa, University of Oxford; Emeritus Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. Historically, the Yoruba people have been the dominant group on the west bank of the Niger. Efforts to eliminate or control these religious leaders only heightened the tensions, setting the stage for jihad. During the 14th and 16th centuries, the demand for gold increased due to European and Islamic states wanting to change their currencies to gold. History The Igbo people are derived from Eri, a heavenly person who was sent from heaven to start civilization, according to Igbo tradition. The Nigerian Army, vastly expanded during the war, is both the main support to the FMG and the chief threat to it. Nonetheless, Kano and Katsina, with their famous mosques and schools, came to participate fully in the cultural and intellectual life of the Islamic world. It arose at the University of Ibadan in the 1950s and remained dominant until the 1970s. At Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, the Islamic Legitimist school arose that rejected Western models in favour of the scholarly tradition of the Sokoto Caliphate and the Islamic world. There is a huge gap between the archaeological finds of Igbo Ukwu, which reveal a rich material culture in the heart of the Igbo region in the 8th century, and the oral traditions of the 20th century. Breunig, Peter. This made inviting foreign scholars, subscribing to journals, and attending conferences vastly more expensive. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey.[31]. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Upon independence, it was widely expected that Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto, the undisputed strong man in Nigeria[76] who controlled the North, would become Prime Minister of the new Federation Government. [94] Abacha dissolved all democratic institutions and replaced elected governors with military officers. South of Kano the mixed soils contain locally derived granite and loess (wind-borne deposits). The economic collapse of the 1980s also greatly hurt the scholarly community, especially the sharp devaluation of the Nigerian currency. Modern Nigeria dates from 1914, when the British Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria were joined. Archaeological findings in Ile-Ife prove to feature a high level of artistic skills in the 12th-14th century era. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. By then a string of dynastic states, including the earliest Hausa states, stretched into western and central Sudan. Others left the country entirely for jobs at universities in the West. The AG was manoeuvred out of control of the Western Region by the Federal Government and a new pro-government Yoruba party, the Nigerian National Democratic Party (NNDP), took over. The greatest and the well-known empire that ruled the region before the British arrived was the Benin Empire whose ruler was known as Oba of Benin. With the country sliding into chaos Defense Minister Sani Abacha assumed power and forced Shonekan's resignation on 17 November 1993. The civil war that disrupted Kanem in the second half of the 14th century resulted in the independence of Borno. [105][106] However, his re-election bid in 2015 was truncated with the emergence of former military ruler General Muhammadu Buhari, mainly on his inability to quell the rising insecurity in the country. According to the Bayajidda legend, the Hausa states were founded by the sons of Bayajidda, a prince whose origin differs by tradition, but official canon records him as the person who married the last Kabara of Daura and heralded the end of the matriarchal monarchs that had erstwhile ruled the Hausa people. The famous Kano Chronicle records the conversion of Kano's ruling dynasty by clerics from Mali, demonstrating that the imperial influence of Mali extended far to the east. Gradually they moved eastward, first into the centers of the Mali and Songhai empires and eventually into Hausaland and Borno. The Hausa Kingdoms began as seven states founded according to the Bayajidda legend by the six sons of Bawo, the unique son of the hero and the queen Magajiya Daurama in addition to the hero's son, Biram or Ibrahim, of an earlier marriage. There are 400 deities called Orisha who perform various tasks. In August 1983, Shagari and the NPN were returned to power in a landslide with a majority of seats in the National Assembly and control of 12 state governments. The Niger River, for which the country is named, and the Benue, its largest tributary, are the principal rivers. General Muhammadu Buhari was declared the winner of the 2015 presidential elections. [34], Borno's history is closely associated with Kanem, which had achieved imperial status in the Lake Chad basin by the 13th century. The Lagos invasion by the British annexing Lagos into a colony; Lagos was a seat of power serving as both political and economic capital. Morocco was unable to control the empire and the various provinces, including the Hausa states, became independent. The entire territory of the Royal Niger Company came into the hands of the British government. In December 1991 state legislative elections were held and Babangida decreed that previously banned politicians could contest in primaries scheduled for August. In the 11th-century, the conquests initiated by Gijimasu of Kano culminated in the birth of the first united Hausa Nation under Queen Amina, the Sultana of Zazzau but severe rivalries between the states led to periods of domination by major powers like the Songhai, Kanem and the Fulani. Each king is a ritual reproduction of Eri. [90] Another sudden rise in the price of oil in 1979 to $19 per barrel occurred as a result of the lead up to the IranIraq War. The middle two-thirds of the country, the savanna regions, contain reddish, laterite soils; they are somewhat less fertile than those of the north because they are not subject to as much seasonal drying, nor do they receive the greater rainfall that occurs in the more southerly regions. Much use was made of oral history and throughout the school took a strongly interdisciplinary approach to gather information. Following the annulment of the June 12 election, the United States and others imposed sanctions on Nigeria including travel restrictions on government officials and suspension of arms sales and military assistance. Almost immediately, the revenues from oil began to make Nigeria a wealthy nation. Yar'Adua's sickness and Jonathan's successions. The name, "Nigeria", given us by Flora Shaw, wife of former colonial master, Frederick Lugard, bears a negative vibration. The use of slave labour was extensive, especially in agriculture."[33]. The central region has hills and plateaus. Following the Napoleonic Wars, the British expanded trade with the Nigerian interior. The PRC promulgated a new constitution based largely on the suspended 1979 constitution, before the 29 May 1999 inauguration of the new civilian president. ", "Nigeria's economy came through the war in better shape than expected." Rivers draining the area north of the Niger-Benue trough include the Sokoto, the Kaduna, the Gongola, and the rivers draining into Lake Chad. In the early 15th century, white men came to Nigeria to explore. In 1885, British claims to a West African sphere of influence received international recognition; and in the following year, the Royal Niger Company was chartered under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In the 14th century, however, dynastic conflict forced the then-ruling group and its followers to relocate in Borno, as a result the Kanuri emerged as an ethnic group in the late 14th and 15th centuries. Yar'Adua's presidency was fraught with uncertainty as media reports said he suffered from kidney and heart disease. Much of Nigeria is covered with plains and savannas. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. However, the Cross River Igbo state like the Aro had the greatest influence in Igboland and adjacent areas after the decline of Nri. Additionally, the Ironsi government was unable to produce a constitution acceptable to all sections of the country. Jaja Wachuku replaced Sir Frederick Metcalfe of Britain. 2014. Additional sanctions were imposed as a result of Nigeria's failure to gain full certification for its counter-narcotics efforts. [21][22] Radiocarbon dating of a sample of charcoal found near the site dates the canoe at 8,500 to 8,000 years old, linking the site to Lake Mega Chad. Eventually, the police with tear gas were required to quell the riot. [73] Western education and the development of a modern economy proceeded more rapidly in the south than in the north, with consequences felt in Nigeria's political life ever since. History of Nigeria Early Nigerian cultures The Nok culture Evidence of human occupation in Nigeria dates back thousands of years. Head of State Babangida promised to return the country to civilian rule by 1990 which was later extended until January 1993. Nigerias major soil zones conform to geographic location. Daily . On 15 January 1966, a group of army officers (the Young Majors) mostly south-eastern Igbos, overthrew the NPC-NNDP government and assassinated the prime minister and the premiers of the northern and western regions. E. Elochukwu Uzukwu [48] General Yakubu Gowon, head of the Federal Military Government (FMG) is the accepted national leader and his popularity has grown since the end of the war. The leading scholars of the Ibadan School include Saburi Biobaku, Kenneth Dike, J. F. A. Ajayi, Adiele Afigbo, E. A. Ayandele, O. Ikime and Tekena Tamuno. Author of, Professor of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. ", This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 11:20. In the 15th century the region brought under central control is a mere seventy-miles across (people and places being harder to subdue in the tropical forest than on the savanna), though a century later Benin stretches from the Niger delta in the east to Lagos in the west. Shortly afterwards the AG opposition leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was imprisoned to be without foundation. "A political history of Nigeria and the crisis of ethnicity in nation-building. [37] Contemporary historical scholarship views this legend as an allegory similar to many in that region of Africa that probably referenced a major event, such as a shift in ruling dynasties. The Yoruba are especially known for the Oyo Empire that dominated the region. The Yoruba-dominated AG became the opposition under its charismatic leader Chief Obafemi Awolowo. [109], Nigeria's Democracy day was originally celebrated on May 29, every year since General Olusegun Obasanjo emerged President in 1999. [62][63], The Arochukwu kingdom emerged after the Aro-Ibibio Wars from 1630 to 1720, and went on to form the Aro Confederacy which economically dominated Eastern Nigerian hinterland. John A. Ayoade, and Adeoye A. Akinsanya, eds. 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But before then, he was the governor of both the Northern and Southern protectorates. The FMG is neither very efficient nor dynamic, but the recent announcement that it intends to retain power for six more years has generated little opposition so far. Later groups like the Igala traders from the hinterland settled in Onitsha in the 18th century. The present crisis started" with Nigerian independence in 1960, but the federated parliament hid "serious internal strains. [35], Borno's prosperity depended on the trans-Sudanic slave trade and the desert trade in salt and livestock. The eyes and the eyebrows suggest an inner calm or an inner serenity. The University of Ibadan was the first university to open in Nigeria, and its scholars set up the history departments at most of Nigeria's other universities, spreading the Ibadan historiography. In September 2001, over 2,000 people were killed in inter-religious rioting in Jos. The area was formerly the Igala Division of Kabba province, and is now part of Kogi State. Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis. Nigeria. The neighboring Awka city-state rose in power as a result of their powerful Agbala oracle and metalworking expertise. The states included only kingdoms inhabited by Hausa-speakers: Since the beginning of Hausa history, the seven states of Hausaland divided up production and labor activities in accordance with their location and natural resources. [78] Federal Government Prime Minister Balewa declared martial law in the Western Region and arrested Awolowo and other members of his faction charged them with treason. Major General Muhammadu Buhari emerged as the leader of the Supreme Military Council (SMC), the country's new ruling body. Their homeland, the former Igala Kingdom, is an approximately triangular area of about 14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi) in the angle formed by the Benue and Niger rivers. Nok male figure; terracotta; Detroit Institute of Art (Michigan, USA). 1.5: Nigerian Culture and History is shared under a not declared license . Unless present army leaders and contending tribal elements soon reach agreement on a new basis for the association and take some effective measures to halt a seriously deteriorating security situation, there will be increasing internal turmoil, possibly including civil war. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. However, on June 12, 2018, General Muhammadu Buhari, as president, announced a shift in this date from May 29 to June 12, as from the year 2019. 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[24], Stone axe heads, imported in great quantities from the north and used in opening the forest for agricultural development, were venerated by the Yoruba descendants of Neolithic pioneers as "thunderbolts" hurled to earth by the gods. "Africa's most populous country (population estimated at 48 million) is in the throes of a highly complex internal crisis rooted in its artificial origin as a British dependency containing over 250 diverse and often antagonistic tribal groups. [55] The first Eze Nri (King of Nri), fikunim, followed directly after him. The oldest fossil remains found by archaeologists in the southwestern area of Iwo Eleru, near Akure, have been dated to about 9000 bce. [75] The federal government Prime Minister, Balewa agreed with the Akintola faction and sought to have the AG join the government. km. [8] From the 15th century, European slave traders arrived in the region to purchase enslaved Africans as part of the Atlantic slave trade, which started in the region of modern-day Nigeria; the first Nigerian port used by European slave traders was Badagry, a coastal harbour. Many top minds were co-opted with plum jobs in the administration and left academia. The Igala are an ethnic group of Nigeria. [55] The Nri had a taboo symbolic code with six types. In the history of Nigeria, we can say Nigeria today can thus be traced back to pre-historic dwellers living as early as 1100BC, the various kingdoms and empires of the 17 th century. circa 800 BC - Jos plateau settled by Nok - a neolithic and iron age civilisation. 3.0 MAIN CONTENT 3.1 Origin of NAN A new development in the history of the mass media in Nigeria took place in 1976 with the establishment of an independent wire service-the NAN by the Federal Government. Excavations in Ugwuele, Afikpo and Nsukka show evidence of habitation as early as 6,000 BC. It was very modern, however, in the sources used. On December 31, 1983, the military overthrew the Second Republic. [44], Despite relatively constant growth, the Hausa states were vulnerable to aggression and, although the vast majority of its inhabitants were Muslim by the 16th century, they were attacked by Fulani jihadists from 1804 to 1808. The capital is Idah in Kogi state. But the elections were marred by violence and allegations of widespread voter fraud included missing returns, polling places failing to open, and obvious rigging of results. Translated in Arabic as nahr al-anhur "river of rivers." updated on June 13, 2019 [70] During his first days in office, President Babangida moved to restore freedom of the press and to release political detainees being held without charge. The party leadership under Awolowo disagreed and replaced Akintola as premier of the West with one of their own supporters. [42] Only five political parties were approved by the regime and voter turnout for local elections in December 1997 was under 10%. They arrived at Lagos and Benin in 1485 and the Merchants were welcomed. [107] On 29 May 2019, Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term as Nigeria's president, after winning the presidential election in February 2019. "The period 1919-1935 was colonial imperialism's last territorial drive in Africa. The Nok culture is thought to have begun smelting iron by 600-500 BC and possibly some centuries earlier. "The Crisis in Research and Academic Publishing in Nigerian Universities" (2002). He remained incommunicado for 50 days, by which time rumours were rife that he had died. Each king traces his origin back to the founding ancestor, Eri. From the outset, Nigeria's ethnic and religious tensions were magnified by the disparities in economic and educational development between the south and the north. Nigerian relations with the US, cool during the war, are improving, but France may be seen as the future patron. [18][19], The earliest known example of a fossil human skeleton found anywhere in West Africa, which is 13,000 years old, was found at Iwo-Eleru in Isarun, western Nigeria, and attests to the antiquity of habitation in the region. Benin exercised considerable influence on the western Igbo, who adopted many of the political structures familiar to the Yoruba-Benin region, but Asaba and its immediate neighbours, such as Ibusa, Ogwashi-Ukwu, Okpanam, Issele-Azagba and Issele-Ukwu, were much closer to the Kingdom of Nri. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. The earliest iron technology in West Africa has also been found to be contemporary with or predate that of the Nile valley and North Africa, and some archaeologists believe that iron metallurgy was likely developed independently in sub-Saharan West Africa.[30][29]. [41] Its scholars also wrote the textbooks that were used at all levels of the Nigerian education system for many years. The monarch of Nigeria was still head of state but legislative power was vested in a bicameral parliament, executive power in a prime minister and cabinet, and judicial authority in a Federal Supreme Court. Their nearest linguistic relatives are the Igala who live on the opposite side of the Niger's divergence from the Benue, and from whom they are believed to have split about 2,000 years ago. By tradition, the territory was conferred on the heir to the throne to govern during his apprenticeship. Despite its relative political weakness in this period, Borno's court and mosques under the patronage of a line of scholarly kings earned fame as centres of Islamic culture and learning. The 1965 national election produced a major realignment of politics and a disputed result that set the country on the path to civil war. The former military head of state Olusegun Obasanjo, freed from prison by Abubakar, ran as a civilian candidate and won the presidential election. The neat protrusion from the chin represents a beard. Social, economic, and cultural history also began to grow in prominence. This meant that, while certain Igbo may have lived under different formal administrations, all followers of the Igbo religion had to abide by the rules of the faith and obey its representative on earth, the Eze Nri. The Kingdom of Nri was a religio-polity, a sort of theocratic state, that developed in the central heartland of the Igbo region. It has one of the largest river systems in the world, including the Niger Delta, the third largest delta on Earth. From other parts of Africa, the Neo-Marxist school arrived and gained a number of supporters. The period of British rule lasted until 1960 when an independence movement led to the country being granted independence. [86] The ensuing Nigerian Civil War resulted in an estimated 3.5 million deaths (mostly from starving children) before the war ended with Gowon's famous "No victor, no vanquished" speech in 1970. Thus the North dominated the federation government from the beginning of independence. On July 29, 1975, Gen. Murtala Mohammed and a group of officers staged a bloodless coup, accusing Gen. Yakubu Gowon of corruption and delaying the promised return to civilian rule. However, the republic was short-lived, as the military seized power again in 1983 and later ruled for ten years. With the increase of resource spending and oil exportation, Nigerian GDP and HDI (Human Development Index) have risen phenomenally since the economically stagnant rule of Sani Abacha, but the primary population still survives on less than US$2 per day. 150200 deaths (current estimate). [82] Decree No. The Yorubaland now consists of different tribes from different states which are located in the Southwestern part of the country, states like Lagos State, Oyo State, Ondo State, Osun State, Ekiti State and Ogun State, among others. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. The emergence of democracy in Nigeria in May 1999 ended 16 years of consecutive military rule. The Northern People's Congress (NPC) represented conservative, Muslim, largely Hausa and Fulani interests that dominated the northern region of the country, consisting of three-quarters of the land area and more than half the population of Nigeria. These were cancelled due to fraud and subsequent primaries scheduled for September also were cancelled. [75], Capturing 89 seats in the federal parliament was the second-largest party in the newly independent country the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC). [12] Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901. Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. In October 1989 the government established two parties, the National Republican Convention (NRC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP); other parties were not allowed to register. Lugard. Borno reached its pinnacle under mai Idris Aloma (ca. In the 1959 elections, the AG obtained 73 seats.[75]. [81] In the Northern Region, however, the Hausa and Fulani people demanded that the detainees be placed on trial for murder.[81]. 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