Lagos Colony

Lagos Colony

colony

Oge/afọ mmalite	1862
mba/obodo	Naijiria
isi steeti	Lagos
nhazi ọnọdụ	6°27′11″N 3°23′45″E
dissolved, abolished or demolished date	16 Febụwarị 1906

Lagos Colony bụ ihe onwunwe nke ndị Britain na-achị nke dị n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Lagos nke dị n"ebe ndịda Naịjirịa ugbu a. E weghara Lagos na 6 Ọgọstụ, na afọ 1861 n'okpuru egwu nke ike site n'aka Commander Beddingfield nke HMS Prometheus onye na-anọchite anya onye nnọchi anya Britain, William McCoskry. Oba Dosunmu nke Lagos (nke a na-akpọ "Docemo" na akwụkwọ ndị Britain) guzogidere nnwere onwe ahụ ruo ụbọchị iri na otu mgbe ọ na-eche egwu ime ihe ike na Lagos na ndị ya ihu, mana ha kwụsịrị ma bịanye aka na Nkwekọrịta Lagos nke nnwere onwe.^[1] A mara Lagos dị ka ógbè na 5 Machị, na afọ 1862. [1] Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1872, Lagos bụ ebe azụmahịa cosmopolitan nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ mmadụ karịrị 60,000. [2] N'ihi agha dị ogologo n'etiti steeti Yoruba, ógbè ahụ guzobere onye nchebe n'ọtụtụ Yorubaland n'etiti afọ 1890 na afọ 1897. [3] E webatara onye nchebe ahụ n'ime ndị nchebe ọhụrụ nke Southern Nigeria na Febrụwarị, na afọ 1906, Lagos ghọkwara isi obodo nke Protectorate nke Nigeria na Jenụwarị, na afọ 1914. [3] Kemgbe ahụ, Lagos eto ghọọ obodo kachasị ukwuu na West Africa, nke nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị bi na South Africa, nke karịrị 9,000.

1. ↑ Elebute (2013). The Life of James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Colossus of Victorian Lagos. Kachifo Limited/Prestige, 143–145. ISBN 9789785205763.