Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lagos yakatorwa nemauto eBritain muna 1851 uye yakabatanidzwa zviri pamutemo neBritain muna 1865. Nigeria yakava nzvimbo yaidzivirira yeBritain muna 1901. Nguva yaitongwa neBritain yakagara kusvikira muna 1960, apo sangano rokuwana rusununguko rakatungamirira kunyika kugamuchira rusununguko. Nigeria yakatanga kuva republic muna 1963, asi yakazviisa pasi pehurumende yemauto makore matatu gare gare, mushure mekunge
kudengenyeka kwenyika kweropa. Sangano raida kuparadzana rakazoumba Republic of Biafra muna 1967, zvichitungamirira kuhondo yevagari vomunyika yeNigeria yemakore matatu. Nigeria yakavazve republic pashure pokunge bumbiro idzva ramutemo rakanyorwa muna 1979. Zvisinei, nyika yacho haina kugara kwenguva refu, sezvo mauto akatorazve simba ndokutonga kwemakore gumi. Republic itsva yakarongwa kuti igadziriswe muna 1993, asi yakabviswa naGeneral Sani Abacha. Abacha akafa muna 1998 uye republic yechina yakazogadzwa gore rakatevera, iyo yakaguma makumi matatu emakore ehurumende yechiuto.