JAMB - History (2022 - No. 18)
In what year was Lagos annexed by the British?
1861
1862
1863
1851
Explicació
Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry.