DIARY OF BRITISH OFFICIAL IN CALABAR, NIGERIA.

Diary of a British official stationed in Calabar, Nigeria, May 1899 - December 1900.

At the Conference of Berlin (1884 - 1885), representatives from all the European nations, the United States and the Ottoman Empire met at the invitation of the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898) to settle the problems connected with European colonies in Africa. Great Britain was able to claim south Nigeria at the Conference of Berlin (see Berlin, Conference of) held in 1884 - 85.

In the following years, the British established their rule in south west Nigeria, partly by signing treaties (as in the Lagos hinterland) and partly by using force (as at Benin in 1897). In 1886 Sir George Goldie (1846 - 1925) established the Royal Niger Company to administer the Niger river and north Nigeria. Goldie's firm was given (1886) a British royal charter, as the Royal Niger Company, to administer the Niger river and north Nigeria. In 1900 the Royal Niger Company's charter was revoked and British forces under Frederick Lugard began to conquer the north, taking Sokoto in 1903. By 1906, Britain controlled Nigeria, which was divided into the Colony (i.e. Lagos) and Protectorate of southern Nigeria and the Protectorate of northern Nigeria. In 1914 the two regions were amalgamated and the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was established.

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