- Provinces of Nigeria
The Provinces of Nigeria are a former administrative division in
Nigeria , which were in use inColonial Nigeria and shortly after independence; from 1900 to 1967. They were altered many times through their history. They were divided into divisions, some of these were further subdivided into native authorities. Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria were also sometimes known as the Northern Provinces or Southern Provinces respectively. Currently Nigeria uses states as its administrative division.The first use of provinces was in
Northern Nigeria after Britain took over administration of the area from theRoyal Niger Company in 1900. The British originally divided the area into eleven provinces which were:
*Bauchi
*Bida
*Bornu
*Kabba
*Kontagora
*Lower Benue orNassarawa
*Illorin
*Muri
*Sokoto
*Upper Bema
*Zaria In 1903 six more provinces were added; five following the
Sokoto -Kano campaign, and alsoGwandu province, making a total of 17. The number of provinces was reduced to 13 in 1911, and 12 afterWorld War I . In 1926Adamawa andPlateau became new provinces. The provinces and divisions in 1945, with the names or number of Native Authorities in each division:There were thirteen provinces in Northern Nigeria in 1966 which were abolished in May 1967:
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Bauchi
*Benue
*Borno
*Ilorin
*Kano
*Katsina
*Plateau
*Zaria Niger
*Adamawa
*Kabba
*Sokoto References
* [http://www.nigerianarchives.gov.ng/kaduna-72.htm Nigerian archives]
* [http://www.statoids.com/ung.html Statoids, Nigeria]
* [http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/Northern_Nigeria.html Northern Nigeria]
* [http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/Eastern_Nigerian_Provinces.htm Eastern Nigeria]
* [http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/rotunda/2209/Western_Nigeria.html Western Nigeria]
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