Bight of Biafra British protectorate 30 Jun 1849

Nigeria 

1 Jan 1900 - 1 Jan 1914                              1 Jan 1914 - 1953                              1953 - 1 Oct 1960                             Adopted 1 Oct 1960                                State Flag Map of Nigeria Hear National Anthem "Arise Oh Compatriots, Nigeria's Call Obey" Adopted 1 Oct 1978 Hear Former Anthem "Nigeria We Hail Thee" (1 Oct 1960-1 Oct 1978) Constitution  (29 May 1999) ---------------------------------- Former Constitution (1960-1979) Capital: Abuja (Lagos 1914-12 Dec 1991) Currency: Naira (NGN); 1959-1973 Nigerian Pound (NGP); 1914-1962 British West African  Pound (XWAP) National Holiday: 1 Oct (1960) Independence Day Population: 174,507,539 (2013) GDP: $478.5 billion (2013) Exports: $93.55 billion (2013) Imports: $55.98 billion (2013) Ethnic groups: Yoruba 17.5%, Hausa 17.2%, Igbo (Ibo) 13.3%,  Fulani 10.7%, Ibibio 4.1%, Kanuri 3.6%, Egba 2.9%, Tiv 2.6%, Igbirra (Ebira) 1.1%, Nupe 1%, Edo 1%, Ijo 0.8%, detribalized 0.9%, other 23.3% (2000) Total Active Armed Forces: 80,000 (2010) Merchant marine: 89 ships (2010) Religions: Muslim 50.5%, Christian 48.2% (of which other/independent Christian 19.5%, Protestant 15%, Roman Catholic 13.7%), other 1.3% (2003) International Organizations/Treaties: ACP, AfDB, APM, AU, BTWC, C, CCM (signatory), CEN-SAD, CTBT, CWC, D-8, ECOWAS, ESCR, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISESCO, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, NAM, NPT, NTBT, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WAMZ, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Nigeria Index Chronology 30 Jun 1849                Bight of Biafra British protectorate.   1 Feb 1852                Bight of Benin British protectorate.   6 Aug 1861                Bights of Biafra and Benin a united protectorate.   6 Aug 1861                Lagos and adjacent area annexed by Britain.         5 Jun 1885                Niger Districts Protectorate (of United African Co) 13 Jan 1886                Lagos a separate colony.  10 Jul 1886                Niger River Delta Protectorate (of Royal Niger Co.) 1891                       Oil Rivers Protectorate  13 May 1893                Niger Coast Protectorate   1 Jan 1900                British Nigerian colonies.   1 Jan 1900                Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria.  28 Feb 1906                Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria   1 Jan 1914                Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria   1 Oct 1954                Federation of Nigeria (autonomous).   1 Oct 1960                Independence from U.K. (Federation                               of Nigeria).   1 Oct 1963                Federal Republic of Nigeria  24 May 1966                Republic of Nigeria   1 Sep 1966                Federal Republic of Nigeria  30 May 1967 - 12 Jan 1970  Secession of Biafra (not recognized).    Nigeria (since 1914) States (since 1967) Provinces and Regions(1914-1967) Traditional States Northern Nigeria(1885-1914) Southern Nigeria(1849-1914) Niger Rivers District(1879-1900) Lagos Colony(1861-1906) Biafra(1967-1970) Republic of Benin(1967)

Niger Territories

10 Jul 1886                Royal Niger Company rule (Niger Territories).
 1 Jan 1900                Company transfers its territories to Britain; divided between
                             Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Presidents of the Royal Niger Company
Jul 1886 - 25 Feb 1895     Henry Austin Bruce, Baron Aberdare    (b. 1815 - d. 1895)
Mar 1895 -  1 Jan 1900     Sir George Taubman Goldie             (b. 1846 - d. 1925)

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Northern Nigeria

2 Jun 1887 - 1 Feb 1888  Royal Niger Company

1 Jan 1900 - 1 Jan 1914

Capital: Lokoja

Population: N/A

 5 Jun 1885                Niger Districts Protectorate (under United African Company). 
10 Jul 1886                Niger River Delta Protectorate (under Royal Niger Company). 
 1 Jan 1900                Protectorate of Northern Nigeria formed from part of 
                             Niger Territories.
 1 Jan 1914                Part of British Nigeria Colony and protectorate as 
                             northern provinces.

Director 
 5 Jun 1885 - 10 Jul 1886  Sir George Taubman Goldie          (b. 1846 - d. 1925) 
Governors 
10 Jul 1886 -  1 Jan 1900  the Presidents of Royal Niger Company 
High commissioners 
 1 Jan 1900 - Nov 1906     Frederick John Dealtry Lugard      (b. 1858 - d. 1945) 
                             (from 1 Jan 1901, Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard)  
Nov 1906 - Apr 1907        Sir William Wallace (acting)       (b. 1856 - d. 1916)Apr 1907 - 1908            Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard    (b. 1867 - d. 1932) 
Governors 
1908 - 28 Sep 1909         Edouard Percy Cranwill Girouard    (s.a.) 
28 Sep 1909 - 1912         Sir Henry Hesketh Bell             (b. 1864 - d. 1952) 
1912 -  1 Jan 1914         Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard  (s.a.)

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Southern Nigeria

1885 - 5 Jun 1896	5 Jun 1896 - 1 Jan 1900	1 Jan 1900 - 16 Feb 1906
16 Feb 1906 - 1 Jan 1914

Capital: Lagos (Calabar 1904-1914; Old Calabar 1885-1904; [[Bight of Biafra- Bonny 1849-1885; Bight of Benin- Lagos 1852-1867])

Population: N/A

30 Jun 1849                Bight of Biafra (also called the Bight of Bonny)(south-eastern
                             Nigeria) declared a British protectorate. 
 1 Feb 1852                Bight of Benin (south-western Nigeria) declared a British
                             protectorate. 
16 Jul 1884                British protectorate over Brass, Bonny, Opobo, Aobh, and                             Old Calabar (excluding Lagos). 
 5 Jul 1885                Bights of Biafra and Benin united as the Oil Rivers Protectorate.   1 Aug 1891                Effective consular administration established. 
13 May 1893                Extended and renamed Niger Coast Protectorate. 
 1 Jan 1900                United with parts of the Niger Territories to form
                             Protectorate of Southern Nigeria.
16 Feb 1906                Lagos incorporated. 
28 Feb 1906                Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria 
 1 Jan 1914                Part of British Nigeria Colony and Protectorate  
                             as Southern provinces.

Consuls of the Bight of Benin (at Lagos)May 1852 - 21 Jul 1853     Louis Fraser (vice consul)             (b. 1819 - d. 1883)21 Jul 1853 - 17 Apr 1859  Benjamin Campbell                      (b. 1802? - d. 1859) 
17 Apr 1859 - Nov 1859     E.F. Lodder (acting)
Nov 1859 - 16 Jun 1860     George Brand                           (b. 1816 - d. 1860)
16 Jun 1860 - 30 Oct 1860  Henry Hand (acting) 
30 Oct 1860 - 17 May 1861  Henry Grant Foote                      (b. 1821? - d. 1861) 
17 May 1861 -  6 Aug 1861  William McCoskry (acting) 
 6 Aug 1861 - 1867         the administrators of Lagos1867 -  5 Jul 1885         the consuls for the Bight of Biafra
Consuls of the Bight of Biafra (at Fernando Poo)(also British Superintendents of Port Clarence [Fernando Póo] to 1855)
30 Jun 1849 - 10 Jun 1854  John Beecroft                          (b. 1790 - d. 1854) 
10 Jun 1854 - 22 Sep 1855  James W.B. Lynslager (acting)          (b. 1810 - d. 1864) 
22 Sep 1855 - 1861         Thomas Joseph Hutchinson               (b. 1820 - d. 1885) 
1861 - Dec 1864            Sir Richard Francis Burton             (b. 1821 - d. 1890) 
Dec 1864 - 1873            Charles Livingstone                    (b. 1821 - d. 1873) 
1873 - 1878                George Hartley                   
1878 - 13 Sep 1879         David Hopkins                          (b. 1838 - d. 1879)13 Sep 1879 -  5 Jun 1885  Edward Hyde Hewett                     (b. 1830 - d. 1891)Consuls-general of the Oil Rivers Protectorate 5 Jun 1885 -  1 Jan 1891  Edward Hyde Hewett                     (s.a.) 1 Jan 1891 -  3 Aug 1891  F.M. Synge (acting) 
Imperial Commissioners and Consuls-general of the Oil Rivers Protectorate 3 Aug 1891 - 1896         Claude Maxwell MacDonald               (b. 1852 - d. 1915) 
                             (from 4 Aug 1892, Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald) 
1893 - 13 May 1893         Ralph Denham Rayment Moor              (b. 1860 - d. 1909) 
                             (acting for MacDonald)  
1896 -  1 Jan 1900         Ralph Denham Rayment Moor              (s.a.) 
                             (from 22 Jun 1897, Sir Ralph Denham Rayment Moore) 
Nov 1896 -  4 Jan 1897     Phillips (acting for Moor) 
High commissioners of the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
 1 Jan 1900 - Aug 1904     Sir Ralph Denham Rayment Moor          (s.a.) 
1900                       Henry Lionel Galway (acting for Moor)  (b. 1859 - d. 1949)Aug 1904 - 28 Feb 1906     Walter Egerton                         (b. 1858 - d. 1947) 
                             (from 9 Nov 1905, Sir Walter Egerton)  
 1 Jan 1906 - 11 Feb 1906  James Jamieson Thorburn                (b. 1864 - d. 1929)
                             (acting for Egerton) 
Governors of the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria 
28 Feb 1906 - 1912         Sir Walter Egerton                     (s.a.) 
10 Jun 1906 -  5 Aug 1906  Widenham Francis Fosbery
                             (acting for Egerton)
1912 -  1 Jan 1914         Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard      (s.a.)

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Niger Rivers District

2 Jun 1887 - 1 Feb 1888  Royal Niger Company

1 Feb 1888 - 1 Jan 1900

Capital: Asaba

Population: N/A

1879                       United African Company (U.A.C.) formed by George T. Goldie  
                             to exploit resources in the Niger Rivers District. 
1882                       Renamed National African Company Limited (N.A.C.)  
10 Jul 1886                Renamed Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited (R.N.C.)  
                             granted a Royal Charter by Britain allowing it to  
                             exploit and administer the region. 
 1 Jan 1900                Company transfers its territories to U.K.; incorporated 
                             into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

Senior Agent 
1879 - 1882                David McIntosh                         (b. 1844 - d. 1888) 
General Agents 
1882 - 1888                David McIntosh                         (s.a.) 
1888 -  1 Jan 1900         Joseph Flint                           (b. 1851 - d. 1925)

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Lagos

1870 - 1886

1886 - 16 Feb 1906

Capital: Lagos

Population: N/A

 6 Aug 1861                Lagos and adjacent area annexed by Britain.               
 5 Mar 1862                British colony as Lagos; local dynasty continues 
                            (see under Nigerian traditional states) 
                            (subordinated to Sierra Leone 1866-1874, and 
                             then to the Gold Coast 1874-1886). 
22 Aug 1862                Lagos Settlement
19 Feb 1866 - 24 Jul 1874  Lagos a territory of British West Africa. 
24 Jul 1874 - 13 Jan 1886  Part of Gold Coast Lagos colony. 
13 Jan 1886                Lagos a separate colony. 
18 Oct 1887                Lagos protectorate in hinterland. 
16 Feb 1906                Incorporated into Southern Nigeria Protectorate.

Governors 
 6 Aug 1861 - 22 Jan 1862  William McCoskry (acting) 
22 Jan 1862 - 1863         Henry Stanhope Freeman (1st time)   (b. 1831? - d. 1865) 
1863 – 25 Jul 1863         William Rice Mulliner (acting)      (b. 1834 - d. 1863)1863 - 1864                Henry Stanhope Freeman (2nd time)   (s.a.)1864 - 19 Feb 1866         John Hawley Glover                  (b. 1829 - d. 1885) 
                             (acting to 21 Apr 1865)  
Administrators 
19 Feb 1866 - Feb 1866     Charles George Edward Patey         (b. 1813 - d. 1881) 
                             (acting) 
Feb 1866 - 1870            John Hawley Glover (1st time)       (s.a.) 
1870                       Henry Towry Miles Cooper            (b. 1838 - d. 1877)
                             (acting) 
1870 - 1871                W.H. Simpson (acting) 
1871                       John Hawley Glover (2nd time)       (s.a.) 
1871 - 1872                J. Gerrard (acting)  
10 Jul 1872 -  3 Dec 1872  Henry Fowler 
1872 - 1873                George Berkeley                     (b. 1819 - d. 1905) 
1873                       Charles Cameron Lees (1st time)     (b. 1831 - d. 1898) 
                             (acting) 
1873 - 1874                George Cumine Strahan               (b. 1838 - d. 1889) 
1874 - 27 Jul 1874         John Shaw (acting) 
27 Jul 1874 - 1875         Charles Cameron Lees (2nd time)     (s.a.) 
1875 - 1878                John d'Auvergne Dumaresq            (b. 1830 - d. 1878)  
1878                       Frank Simpson (acting) 
1878                       Malcolm J. Brown (acting) 
1878 - 1879                Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1913) 
                             (acting)
1879 - 1880                William Brandford Griffith          (b. 1821 - d. 1897)
                             (1st time) 
1880                       Cornelius Alfred Moloney (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)1880                       William Brandford Griffith          (s.a.) 
                             (2nd time)Lieutenant governors 
Dec 1880 - 1882            William Brandford Griffith          (s.a.) 
                             (1st time) 1882                       Frank Simpson (acting) 
1882 - 1883                Cornelius Alfred Moloney (acting)   (s.a.) 
1883 - 1884                Frederick Evans (1st time)(acting) 
1884                       R. Murray Ramsey (acting)1884 - 1885                Robert Knapp Burrow (acting)1885                       William Brandford Griffith          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
1885 - 1886                Frederick Evans (2nd time)(acting) 
Governors 
13 Jan 1886 - 1891         Cornelius Alfred Moloney            (s.a.) 
1889 - 1890                George Chardin Denton               (b. 1851 - d. 1928)
                             (acting for Moloney) 
1891 - 1897                Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter           (b. 1848 - d. 1927) 
1897 - 1899                Henry Edward McCallum               (b. 1852 - d. 1919) 
1899 - 1903                Sir William MacGregor               (b. 1847 - d. 1919) 
1903 - Aug 1904            Henry Reeve (acting)                (b. 1857 - d. 19..)Aug 1904 - 16 Feb 1906     Walter Egerton                      (b. 1858 - d. 1947) 
                             (from 9 Nov 1905, Sir Walter Egerton)  

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Nigeria

 1 Jan 1914                Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria 
 1 Oct 1954                Federation of Nigeria 
 1 Oct 1960                Independence
 1 Oct 1963                Federal Republic of Nigeria 
24 May 1966                Republic of Nigeria 
 1 Sep 1966                Federal Republic of Nigeria 

Governor-general 
 1 Jan 1914 -  8 Aug 1919  Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard  (s.a.) 
Governors 
 8 Aug 1919 - 13 Nov 1925  Sir Hugh Charles Clifford          (b. 1866 - d. 1941) 
13 Nov 1925 - 17 Jun 1931  Sir Graeme Thomson                 (b. 1875 - d. 1933) 
17 Jun 1931 -  1 Nov 1935  Sir Donald Charles Cameron         (b. 1872 - d. 1948) 
 1 Nov 1935 -  1 Jul 1940  Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon       (b. 1883 - d. 1948) 
 1 Jul 1940 - 1942         Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh         (b. 1877 - d. 1953) 
1942 - 18 Dec 1943         Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns    (b. 1887 - d. 1980) 
18 Dec 1943 - 14 Oct 1947  Sir Arthur Frederick Richards      (b. 1885 - d. 1978) 
1947 - 1948                George Beresford-Stooke (acting)   (b. 1897 - d. 1983)
15 Apr 1948 -  1 Oct 1954  Sir John Stuart Macpherson         (b. 1898 - d. 1971) 
Queen¹ 
 1 Oct 1954 -  1 Oct 1963  the Queen of the United Kingdom 
Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state from 1 Oct 1960) 
 1 Oct 1954 - 15 Jun 1955  Sir John Stuart Macpherson         (s.a.)               Non-party 
15 Jun 1955 - 15 Nov 1960  Sir James Wilson Robertson         (b. 1899 - d. 1983)  Non-party 
15 Nov 1960 -  1 Oct 1963  Nnamdi Chukwuemeka Azikiwe         (b. 1904 - d. 1996)  NCNC
President 
 1 Oct 1963 - 16 Jan 1966  Nnamdi Chukwuemeka Azikiwe         (s.a.)               NCNC 
Head of the Federal Military Government
15 Jan 1966 - 17 Jan 1966  Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu    (b. 1937 – d. 1967)  Mil 
                             (head of Supreme Council of Revolution
                             of Nigerian Armed Forces, in rebellion)
16 Jan 1966 - 24 May 1966  Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-   (b. 1924 - d. 1966)  Mil 
                             Ironsi 
Heads of the National Military Government
24 May 1966 - 29 Jul 1966  Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-   (s.a.)               Mil 
                             Ironsi 
29 Jul 1966 -  1 Aug 1966  Vacant
 1 Aug 1966 -  1 Sep 1966  Yakubu Cinwa Dan-Yumma Gowon       (b. 1934)            Mil 
Heads of the Federal Military Government 1 Sep 1966 - 29 Jul 1975  Yakubu Cinwa Dan-Yumma Gowon       (s.a.)               Mil 
29 Jul 1975 - 13 Feb 1976  Murtala Ramat Mohammed             (b. 1938 - d. 1976)  Mil 
14 Feb 1976 -  1 Oct 1979  Olusegun Obasanjo                  (b. 1937)            Mil 
President 
 1 Oct 1979 - 31 Dec 1983  Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari          (b. 1925)            NPN 
Head of the Federal Military Government
31 Dec 1983 - 27 Aug 1985  Muhammadu Buhari                   (b. 1942)            Mil 
President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
27 Aug 1985 - 26 Aug 1993  Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida         (b. 1941)            Mil 
Head of the Interim National Government
26 Aug 1993 - 17 Nov 1993  Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (b. 1936)            Non-party 
Chairmen of the Provisional Ruling Council
17 Nov 1993 -  8 Jun 1998  Sani Abacha                        (b. 1943 - d. 1998)  Mil
 9 Jun 1998 - 29 May 1999  Abdulsalam Abubakar                (b. 1942)            Mil
Presidents
29 May 1999 - 29 May 2007  Olusegun Obasanjo                  (s.a.)               PDP
29 May 2007 -  5 May 2010  Umaru Musa Yar'Adua                (b. 1951 - d. 2010)  PDP
                             (incapacitated by illness from 9 Feb 2009)
 9 Feb 2010 - 29 May 2015  Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan    (b. 1957)            PDP
                             (acting for Yar'Adua to 5 May 2010)
29 May 2015 -              Muhammadu Buhari                   (s.a.)               APC
 6 Jun 2016 - 16 Jun 2016  Yemi Osinbajo                      (b. 1957)            APC
                             (acting for Buhari)

Prime ministers 
30 Aug 1957 - 15 Jan 1966  Abubakar Tafawa Balewa             (b. 1912 - d. 1966)  NPC;1964 
                             (from 1 Jan 1960, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa)         + NNA
15 Jan 1966 - 17 Jan 1966  Zanna Bukar Dipcharima (acting)    (b. 1917 - d. 1969)  NPC 
Chairman of the Transitional Council 
 4 Jan 1993 - 26 Aug 1993  Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan (s.a.)               Non-party

  ¹Full style: 
(a) 1 Oct 1960 - 1 Jun 1961: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) 1 Jun 1961 - 1 Oct 1963: "By the Grace of God Queen of Nigeria and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

Territorial Disputes: Joint Border Commission with Cameroon reviewed 2002 ICJ ruling on the entire boundary and bilaterally resolved differences, including Jun 2006 Greentree Agreement that immediately cedes sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon with a phase-out of Nigerian control within two years while resolving patriation issues; the ICJ ruled on an equidistance settlement of Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritime boundary in the Gulf of Guinea, but imprecisely defined coordinates in the ICJ decision and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River all contribute to the delay in implementation; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved. 

Party abbreviations (political parties banned 1966-1979, 1983-1989): APC = All Progressives Congress (progressive, merger of ACN, ANPP, CPC, and APGA dissidents, est.6 Feb 2013); APP = All People's Party (coalition of associations, 1998-2003, then ANPP); PDP = People's Democratic Party (social conservative, est.1998); Mil = Military; 
- Former parties: NNA = Nigerian National Alliance (northern based electoral coalition, incl. NPC and Nigerian National Democratic Party and others, 1964-1966); NPN = National Party of Nigeria (coalition,1978-1983); NPC Northern People's Congress (northern autonomist, Hausa/Fulani dominated, 1951-1966); NCNC= National Council of Nigerian Citizens (Igbo dominated, until 1959 named National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, 1944-1966); UPN = Unity Party of Nigeria (social democratic, seen pro-Yoruba, 1978-1983)

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Biafra

               30 May 1967 - 12 Jan 1970

Map of Biafra	Hear National Anthem "Land of the Rising Sun"	Text of National Anthem (1967-1970)	Constitution   (30 May 1967)
Capital: Enugu (Umuahia 1967-69, Owerri 1969-70)	Currency: 1968-1970 Biafran Pound (BIAP)	National Holiday: 30 May (1967) Independence Day	Population: 13,500,000 (1967)
GDP: $N/A	Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A	Ethnic groups: Igbo (Ibo) 70%, Ibibio, Ijaw, Ogoja, Ekoi, Efik, and others
Total Armed Forces: 100,000 (1968) Merchant marine: N/A		Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional beliefs
International Organizations/Treaties: None

30 May 1967                Secession of Eastern Region as Republic of Biafra 
                             (not widely recognized internationally¹). 
10-26 Jul 1967             Nigerian federal troops take Ogoja, Nsukka and Bonny Island.  
28 Sep 1967                Enugu captured, new capital Unuahia. 
24 May 1968                Port Harcourt captured. 
22 Apr 1969                Unuahia captured, last capital Owerri. 
 9 Jan 1970                Owerri captured. 
12 Jan 1970                Re-integration into Nigeria. 
15 Jan 1970                Biafran forces formally surrender.

Heads of State and Military Governors 
30 May 1967 -  8 Jan 1970  Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu        (b. 1933 - d. 2011)  Mil 
 8 Jan 1970 - 12 Jan 1970  Philip Effiong (acting)            (b. 1924 - d. 2003)  Mil

 ¹the nations that recognized Biafra were: Gabon (8 May 1968), Haiti (22 Mar 1969), Ivory Coast (9 May 1968), Tanzania (13 Apr 1968), and Zambia (20 May 1968). 

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Republic of Benin

                  19 - 20 Sep 1967

Capital: Benin City

Population: N/A

 9 Aug 1967                Midwest Region occupied by Biafra. 
19 Sep 1967                Republic of Benin declared (07:00)(not recognized). 
20 Sep 1967                Re-occupied by Nigeria (13:00).

Biafran Military Administrator 
17 Aug 1967 - 19 Sep 1967  Albert Nwazu Okonkwo               (d. ....)        Mil
Governor 
19 Sep 1967 - 20 Sep 1967  Albert Nwazu Okonkwo               (s.a.)           Mil 

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