Urhobo Historical Society

ROYAL NIGER COMPANY, NANA OLOMU, RIVER ETHIOPE
AND
THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH COLONIALISM IN
URHOBO LANDS, 1894-1899

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
BRITISH IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION FORBIDDING "WAR CANOES" AND  REGULATING NAVIGATION ON RIVER ETHIOPE, 1894 
IMPERIAL AGENTS EXPLAIN TO LONDON REASONS FOR PROCLAMATION, 1894
REPORT ON REASONS FOR BRITISH ACTION AGAINST  CHIEF NANA OLOMU, ALLEGING TERRORISM AGAINST URHOBO PEOPLE, 1894 
ROYAL NIGER COMPANY OBJECTS TO THE TRANSFER OF "SOBO" COUNTRY FROM ITS ORBIT TO THE CONTROL OF NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE, 1899
BRITISH IMPERIAL AGENTS DEFEND TRANSFER OF "SOBO" COUNTRY FROM ROYAL NIGER COMPANY, 1899
TEXT OF A TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE AUTHORIZING COLONIAL TRANSFER OF URHOBO COUNTRY FROM THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY, 
15th June, 1899

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