Flag Coat of arms Historical era New Imperialism Capital Akwa Akpa Date dissolved 1900 | 1884-1900 Victoria Founded 1884 Currency Pound sterling | |
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Languages English and various local languages Religion Christianity, Yoruba religion, Islam, African traditional religion Government Colonial administration | ||
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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