A cikin 1885, da'awar Burtaniya ga yankin Yammacin Afirka na tasiri ya sami karbuwa daga wasu ƙasashen Turai a taron Berlin. A shekara mai zuwa, ta yi hayar Kamfanin Royal Niger a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Sir George Taubman Goldie. A cikin 1900 yankin kamfanin ya kasance ƙarƙashin ikon gwamnatin Burtaniya, wanda ya matsa don ƙarfafa ikonsa a kan yankin Najeriya ta zamani. A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1901, Najeriya ta zama mai kare Biritaniya, kuma wani ɓangare na Daular Burtaniya, babbar ƙarfin duniya a lokacin. A ƙarshen karni na 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20, masarautun da za su zama Najeriya sun yi yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa a kan ƙoƙarin Daular Burtaniya don faɗaɗa yankinta. Ta hanyar yaƙi, Burtaniya ta ci Benin a 1897, kuma a cikin Yaƙin Anglo-Aro (1901<unk>1902), ta ci sauran abokan hamayya.
Taron Berlin