The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886.

Royal Niger Company, 19th-century British mercantile company that operated in the lower valley of the Niger River in West Africa. It extended British influence in what later became Nigeria.

The Royal Niger Company’s charter lasted from 10 July 1886 to 31 December 1899, during which it presided over some 500,000 square miles de facto, and controlled the Niger and Benue rivers. The Royal Niger Company had a force of 1000 men.

The Royal Niger Company occupies an important place in the history of the British colonial acquisition of Nigeria. Although it was chartered in 1886 and thereby obtained sovereign administrative authority over the areas of its commercial activity, a full assessment of the company must start in 1879.

The Royal Niger Company combined the trading functions of its predecessor UAC with the role of a British surrogate imperial power. As a trading company, the RNC established pioneering trading posts in the upper Niger Delta, beyond the Atlantic coast in which Europeans did business for centuries, and in Niger's inland basin.

By the 1880s, the National African Company became the dominant commercial power, increasing from 19 to 39 stations between 1882 and 1893. In 1886, Taubman secured a royal charter and his company became the Royal Niger Company. The charter allowed the company to collect customs and make treaties with local leaders.

The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century. It was formed in 1879 as the United African Company and renamed to National African Company in 1881 and to Royal Niger Company in 1886.

Nigeria and the Royal Niger Company: The true story Background and origins No entity was more instrumental in spreading British interest in the territories – especially the areas surrounding the River Niger, than the Royal Niger Company, which was founded in 1879 as the United African Company. The course of the River Niger down to the Niger ...

2023年3月1日 · The study contends that the Royal Niger Company (RNC) led by George Goldie, which was chattered to acquire and rule territories on behalf of the crown not only secured British imperial interest in the area now called Nigeria but also made it possible for the British to shrug off intense rivalry from France and Germany, their arch rivals.

company whose activities were profound and unarguably laid the foundation of modern Nigeria was the Royal Niger Company (RNC). The company which made remarkable impact in Nigeria and other colonised territories in West Africa chiefly due to the distinguished, influential and path breaking role of its founder and leader,