Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Nigeria Protectorate
1900–1914
Ensign Badge
Anthem: "God Save the King"
Northern Nigeria (red) British possessions in Africa (pink) 1913
Status	Protectorate of British Empire
Capital	Zungeru
Common languages	English (official) Hausa, Arabic, Yoruba, Fula, Kanuri widely spoken
Religion	Islam, Christianity, Yoruba religion, African traditional religion
Government	Constitutional monarchy
Monarch
• 1900–1901	Victoria
• 1901-1910	Edward VII
• 1910–1914	George V
High Commissioner/Governor
• 1900–1906	Sir Frederick Lugard
• 1907–1909	Sir Percy Girouard
• 1909–1911	Sir Henry Hesketh Bell
• 1911-1912	Charles Lindsay Temple acting
• 1912–1914	Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard
History
• Established	1 January 1900
• Disestablished	1 January 1914
Currency	Pound sterling (1900–13) British West African pound (1913–14)
Preceded by Succeeded by Sokoto Caliphate Bornu Empire Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Nigeria (Hausa: Arewacin Najeriya) was a British protectorate which lasted from 1900 until 1914, and covered the northern part of what is now Nigeria.

The protectorate spanned 660,000 square kilometres (255,000 sq mi) and included the emirates of the Sokoto Caliphate and parts of the former Bornu Empire, conquered in 1902. The first High Commissioner of the protectorate was Frederick Lugard, who suppressed slavery and tribal raiding and created a system of administration built around native authorities.

The Protectorate was ended on 1 January 1914, when its area was unified with the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Lagos Colony, becoming the Northern Province of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.