Question

Colony.

Nigeria was once a
French
b. Portuguese
a.
C. British
d. Dutch

Answer 1

C: British

Step-by-step explanation:

Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901. The period of colonisation lasted until 1960, when an independence movement succeeded. Nigeria first became a republic in 1963, but succumbed to military rule three years later, after a bloody coup d'état.