Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the...
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Lago Colony was a community located on the east end of the island of Aruba, near the area presently known as Seroe Colorado. The town consisted of 377...
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Exxon made the decision to shut down and dismantle both the refinery and Lago Colony. The discovery of a substantial amount of crude oil beneath Lake Maracaibo...
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Colonial Nigeria (redirect from Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria)
major regions (Northern protectorate, Southern protectorate and the Colony of Lagos). Progressive constitutions after World War II provided for increasing...
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the oil refinery at San Nicolaas. Lago Colony "Lago Colony and Lago Refinery". "Captain Rodgers Biography". Lago Colony. Retrieved 29 April 2021. "Rodgers...
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Beaches - Photos & Descriptions". Aruba-travelguide.com. Retrieved 2016-07-04. "Lago Colony and Lago Refinery". Baby Beach (on Aruba Tourism website)...
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of administrators and governors of Lagos State. Lagos State was formed on 27 May 1967 from Colony province and Lagos federal territory. The Office of is...
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Victoria Davies Randle (category People from Lagos Colony)
a socialite in Victorian Lagos Colony. Victoria Davies was the eldest child of James Pinson Labulo Davies, a wealthy Lagos merchant, and Sara Forbes...
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Lagos State, a state in south-western Nigeria Lagos Colony, former British Colony in south-western Nigeria Lagos Island, in the city of Lagos Lagos,...
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Lokoja on the Niger River. The Lagos colony was later added in 1906, and the territory was officially renamed the Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria...
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African clergymen and administrators in the Lagos Colony. The seed funding for CMS Grammar School, Lagos was made possible by James Pinson Labulo Davies...
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Lake tanker (section Lago Oil fleet)
Shell refinery on the island of Curaçao. The Lago refinery housed the officers and their families in Lago Colony, a community owned by the company which housed...
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Water House (category Houses in Lagos)
located in Kakawa street, downtown Lagos, Lagos Island and built in the 19th century during the era of the Lagos colony. It was owned and inhabited by Candido...
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Mohammed Shitta Bey (category People from Lagos Colony)
chieftain) of Lagos. He was a prominent Nigerian Muslim businessman, aristocrat and philanthropist who was involved in commerce across Lagos and the Niger-Delta...
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with the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Lagos Colony, becoming the Northern Province of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. The Berlin Conference...
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The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos is an Anglican cathedral on Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The foundation stone for the first cathedral building...
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established Lagos as being under British protection. Ten years later, the forced Lagos Treaty of Cession led to the formal establishment of the Lagos Colony. In...
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Candido Da Rocha (category People from Lagos Colony)
owned Water House on Kakawa Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, and was the proprietor of the now defunct Bonanza Hotel in Lagos. He held the chieftaincy title of...
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Neils Walwin Holm (category People from Lagos Colony)
With his commission he managed to purchase the equipment, and moved to Lagos Colony in 1886. He built a successful photographic business there, gaining early...
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the 1866 census of the British-controlled Lagos Colony. Beginning in 1871, censuses were taken in Lagos Colony every 10 years (1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901)...
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General Hospital, Lagos, is the oldest hospital in Nigeria. General Hospital, Lagos Odan is situated in Odan, Lagos Island, between Broad Street and Marina...
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Oranjestad* Noord San Nicolaas Santa Cruz Savaneta Palm Beach Paradera Lago Colony Kralendijk* Rincón Antriol Barber Lagún Santa Rosa Spaanse Water Tera...
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bombardment on Lagos by Commander Bedingfield, Dosunmu relented and signed the Lagos Treaty of Cession on 6 August 1861. Lagos was declared a colony on 5 March...
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Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lagos, Nigeria, and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lagos. The Gothic style building was constructed in...
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William MacGregor (category Governors of the Lagos Colony)
July 1919) was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea, Governor of Lagos Colony, Governor of Newfoundland and Governor of Queensland. MacGregor was born...
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Frenchman's Pass Hooiberg Jamanota Natural Pool Quadiriki Caves Sint Nicolaas Lago Colony Beaches of Aruba Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian musician Alfonso Boekhoudt...
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The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good...
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half of the 19th century, the first colonies started to acquire their own colony badges, but it was not until the UK Parliament passed the Colonial Naval...
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Representatives Badge of the British West African Settlements Badge of the Lagos Colony Badge of the Oil Rivers Protectorate Badge of the Niger Coast Protectorate...
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territory and people is bordered by the Ketu (Benin) in the West, the Lagos Colony in south, Ijebu in the east, and Oyo, Ibadan and Isoya near Ile Ife in...
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