Timeline Nigeria by Edwin Morasch https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj en-us 2023-08-22 10:07:32 UTC 2023-08-22 10:39:02 UTC hello@padlet.com 1914 the north and the south were formally united as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668627439 2023-08-22 10:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668627439 From 1947 onwards the legislative council ruled the whole country 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668628787 2023-08-22 10:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668628787 1954 Nigeria finally became a federation 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629169 2023-08-22 10:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629169 1 October 1960 Nigeria eventually became independent 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629484 2023-08-22 10:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629484 1963 Nigeria became a federal republic 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629780 2023-08-22 10:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668629780 Between 1975 and 1983 can be considered the first period of Nigerian democracy 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668630521 2023-08-22 10:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668630521 Major General Muhammed Buhari head of state until 1985 -> several attempts to return to civilian rule in the following two decades proved unsuccessful 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668631011 2023-08-22 10:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668631011 1995 the Eu imposed sanctions on Nigeria and following the execution of a campaiger against the oil industry 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668631548 2023-08-22 10:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668631548 April 2003 the first legislative election since the end of military rule in 1999 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668632173 2023-08-22 10:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668632173 May 2010 Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became President 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668633868 Nigerian economy boomed, making Nigeria the biggest economy in Africa]]> 2023-08-22 10:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668633868 2015 Muhammadu Buahri was the first opposition candidate to became Nigeria president. Re-elected in 2019 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668635456 2023-08-22 10:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668635456 Present 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668636792 Still victim to frequent suicide bombings
A lot of piracy, kidnappings and the bombing of oil pipelines]]> 2023-08-22 10:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668636792 The south east was declared an independent state in May 1967: the Republic of Biafra. A three-year civil war ensued 6rsfzwjqwj https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668644877 2023-08-22 10:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/6rsfzwjqwj/mcglkvvzadzlxomj/wish/2668644877