Ancient Civilizations & KingdomsNok Culture Kingdom of Nri Ife Kingdom and Bronze Art Oyo Empire Kingdom of Benin Walls of Benin (Benin Moat) Hausa City-States Kanem-Bornu Empire Kwararafa Confederacy Ibibio Kingdom Nupe Kingdom Jukun People and Kingdom Igala Kingdom Warri Kingdom Calabar (Old Calabar Kingdom) Akwa Akpa Kingdom Zazzau (Zaria) Emirate Daura and the Hausa Bakwai Gwandu Emirate Borno Empire Usman dan Fodio’s Jihad Founding of the Sokoto Caliphate Islamic scholarship in Timbuktu and Kano Arabic influence on Hausa culture Fulani Empire in West Africa Spread of Islam in Northern Nigeria Hausa-Fulani ruling system Emirate system in Nigeria Islamic architecture in Nigeria Sharia implementation historyPortuguese exploration of West Africa Trans-Atlantic slave trade in Nigeria Slave ports in Badagry and Calabar Esuk Mba Slave Market British colonization of Nigeria Berlin Conference and Africa’s partition Colonial Lagos Amalgamation of 1914 Indirect rule under Lord Lugard Colonial railways and infrastructure Aba Women’s Riot (1929) Ekumeku Resistance Egba Women's Revolt Satiru Rebellion King Jaja of Opobo’s resistance Nana of Itsekiri and British resistance Biafra and colonial grievances Pre-colonial diplomacy with Europeans Anti-tax protests in colonial Nigeria Herbert Macaulay’s activism Nigerian Independence (1960) First Republic (1960–1966) 1966 Military Coup Counter-Coup of July 1966 Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) Ojukwu and Biafran secession Gowon’s post-war “No victor, no vanquished” Oil boom of the 1970s 1975 and 1976 coups Murtala Mohammed’s assassination Olusegun Obasanjo's military regime Buhari/Idiagbon regime (1983–1985) Babangida's Structural Adjustment Program June 12, 1993 election crisis MKO Abiola and the annulled election Sani Abacha’s dictatorship Abacha loot and corruption Transition to civilian rule (1999) Return of democracy under Obasanjo Nigeria’s Fourth Republic Tiv-Jukun conflict Yoruba wars of the 19th century Igbo traditional society before colonization Hausa-Fulani Caliphate legacy Niger Delta militant history Ogoni struggle and Ken Saro-Wiwa Boko Haram insurgency origins Religious violence in Plateau and Kaduna Movement for the Actualization of Biafra (MASSOB) Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Benin Moat and City Walls Sungbo’s Eredo Ogbunike Caves Idanre Hills Zuma Rock Olumo Rock National Museum, Lagos Slave History Museum, Calabar Nok Terracotta Sites Arochukwu Long Juju Shrine ueen Amina of Zazzau Oba Ewuare the Great King Jaja of Opobo Nana Olomu of Itsekiri Usman dan Fodio Herbert Macaulay Nnamdi Azikiwe Obafemi Awolowo Ahmadu Bello Tafawa Balewa
