Brief history on Nigeria.(cont..)

British was the colonial masters of Nigeria and In the 1800 the British started residing in some of the empires and kingdom, then in 1914 ,Nigeria was formed by combining the northern and southern Protectorates and the Colony of Lagos and was given the name "Nigeria" by the wife of then governor general Sir lord luggard who preside over Nigeria between 1914 to 1951. On October 1, 1960, Nigeria obtained its independence and also on October 7, 1960, Nigeria was admitted to the United Nations as the 99th member. In 1963,Nigeria became a republic and By 1964, the Nigerian army units had formed the backbone of the UN force.
In January of 1966, a group of army officers, consisting mostly of the Ibo peoples, overthrew power the regional and central government by killing prime minister. In 1967 Nigeria was split from its 4 regions of Nigeria into 12 states. however the eastern region region refused to accept the division and declared the eastern region an independent republic called the "biafra" and this led to a civil war between the biafra and the remainder of Nigeria.The war started in June 1967, and continued until Biafra surrendered on January 15, 1970 after over 1 million people had died.

In 1971, Nigeria joined the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) due the oil boom in the early 1970s brought a lot of revenue to Nigeria, this seemed to stay mostly in government. In 1976, Nigeria was further broken down into 19 states, In 1987, 2 more states were created. In 1991, 9 more states were created, leading to 30 states at the time. recently 6 more states has been created leading to now a total of 36 states.