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Nigeria was granted independence on October 1, 1960.
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A new constitution established a federal system with an elected prime minister and a ceremonial head of state. The NCNC , now headed by Azikiwe (who had taken control after Macaulay’s death in 1946), formed a coalition with Balewa ’s NPC after neither party won a majority in the 1959 elections.
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The entire territory of the Royal Niger Company came into the hands of the British government. On 1 January 1900, the British Empire created the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and the Northern Nigeria Protectorate. ... On 27 October 1958 Britain agreed that Nigeria would become an independent state on 1 October 1960.
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