As Nigeria prepares for her centennial celebration next year, British lawyers have revealed that a file containing Colonial Britain’s criminal activities in Nigeria are in secret boxes.
An online publication said the information is contained in 200 boxes of files: 1.5 tons of paper covering about 200 metres of shelving.
They are files on torture from 37 different colonies and protectorates, including Aden, Ceylon, Cyprus, Kenya, Malaya, Malta, Nigeria and Northern Rhodesia.
The Northern and Southern protectorates were amalgamated by the British colonial government in 1914, giving birth to Nigeria. Click to see more
