A merger makes a large possession for Britain
First World War: Nigeria on the front line
Lugard struggles with opponents
Between the wars: Nigeria is not a single state
Between the wars: The economy in a world depression
Between the wars: A new assertive nationalism
Another world war and strategic importance
Political change and divisive regionalism
Regional governments and the coming of independence
Military coups, Biafra and civil war
Reconstruction, another coup and the craving for democracy
A second republic, its short, inglorious life and its overthrow
Buhari, IBB and a new military era
The annulment of an election puts Nigeria on edge
The disastrous Abacha years
Democracy, and the return of Obasanjo
Yar'Adua, Jonathan and threats in the Delta and the northeast
