Britain’s Grip on Nigeria’s Oil
When the First World War ended in 1918, Britain emerged battered but still clinging to its empire. The war had revealed a new truth: oil was no longer just a commodity; it was the bloodstream of modern power. In Nigeria, still a colonial possession, the story of oil was only beginning. Yet the structures Britain built in the aftermath of the war ensured that when oil did flow, it would do so under imperial control.