Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Biritaniya sun mamaye Legas a 1851 kuma Biritaniya ta haɗu da ita a hukumance a shekara ta 1865. Najeriya ta zama masarautar Burtaniya a shekarar 1901. Zaman mulkin Burtaniya ya ci gaba har zuwa 1960, lokacin da motsi na 'yancin kai ya kai ga ƙasar ta sami' yancin kai. Najeriya ta fara zama jamhuriya a shekarar 1963, amma ta mika wuya ga mulkin soja shekaru uku bayan haka, bayan wani mummunan juyin mulki
Ka yi haƙuri. Wani yunkuri na neman 'yanci daga baya ya kafa Jamhuriyar Biafra a 1967, wanda ya haifar da yakin basasar Najeriya na shekaru uku. Najeriya ta sake zama jamhuriya bayan da aka rubuta sabon kundin tsarin mulki a shekarar 1979. Koyaya, jamhuriyar ta kasance ta ɗan gajeren lokaci, yayin da sojoji suka sake karɓar iko kuma suka yi mulki na shekaru goma. An shirya kafa sabuwar jamhuriya a 1993, amma Janar Sani Abacha ya dakatar da shi. Abacha ya mutu a 1998 kuma an kafa jamhuriya ta huɗu a shekara mai zuwa, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen shekaru talatin na mulkin soja.