Sarakunan nigeriya

Sarakunan Gargajiya na Najeriya galibi suna samun kambun nasu ne daga sarakunan jihohi ko al’ummomi masu zaman kansu da suka wanzu kafin kafuwar Nijeriya ta zamani. Ko da yake ba su da ikon siyasa, amma a yawancin lokuta suna ci gaba da ba da umarni ga jama'arsu kuma suna da tasiri mai yawa a cikin al'ummarsuOma Djebah; Collins Edomaruse; Lanre Issa-Onilu; Agaju Madugba; Oke Epia (31 August 2003). "Royal Fathers: Their Power, Influence, Relevance..." BNW News. Retrieved 3 September

Duk da cewa masu rike da su galibi suna rike da salon sarauta da mukamai na kakanninsu masu rike da madafun iko, amma duk ayyukan da suke yi na cin gashin kansu da kuma dangantakarsu da gwamnatocin tsakiya da na shiyya-shiyya na Nijeriya sun fi kusanci da na manyan sarakunan tsohuwar Turai fiye da na ainihin sarakunan da suke mulki.

Zamanin mulkin mallaka

Hoton wani sarki na karni na 16 (Oba) na Masarautar Benin
Najeriya ta zamani ta kunshi filaye da kabilu daban-daban suka mamaye al'adance masu harsuna da al'adu daban-daban. A fakaice, kudu maso gabas sun mamaye galibin Ibo,Harneit-Sievers, Axel (1998). "Igbo 'Traditional Rulers': Chieftaincy and the State in Southeastern Nigeria". Africa Spectrum. 33 (1): 57–79. ISSN 0002-0397.Neja-Delta na Edo da Ibo, kudu maso yamma na Yarbawa da sauran dangi sai arewa ta Hausawa da Fulani, tare da hadaddiyar cudanya tsakanin kabilu daban-daban a Middle-Belt tsakanin arewa da kudu. A cikin duka akwai (kuma akwai) fiye da 200 kabilu daban-daban. "Background Note: Nigeria" Yakubu, A,M (2006). Emirs and Politicians: Reform, Reaction and Recrimination in Northern Nigeria 1950 -1966. Kaduna -Nigeria: Baraka Press and Publishers Ltd. p. 56. ISBN 978-32929-3-5. Thornton, John K. (1999). Warfare in Atlantic Africa 1500–1800.  Oxford University Press

Zamanin mulkin mallaka
Turawa sun dade suna kasuwanci da jihohin da ke gabar teku, musamman musayar auduga da sauran kayayyakin da ake kerawa ga bayi da kayayyakin dabino a cibiyoyi kamar Calabar, Bonny da Legas. An kafa yankin Neja Coast Protectorate a shekara ta 1891 yana riƙe da ƙaramin yanki a bakin tekun. A cikin lokacin 1879-1900 Kamfanin Royal Niger Company ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don ɗaukar iko a cikin gida, ta hanyar amfani da sojoji masu horo tare da bindiga Maxim, tare da yin yarjejeniya na "kariya" tare da sarakunan cikin gida. An sayar da yankin kamfanin ga gwamnatin Birtaniya a shekarar 1900, inda yankin kudu ya hade da yankin Niger Coast Protectorate ya zama yankin Kudancin Najeriya, sai kuma yankin Arewacin Najeriya ya rage. A cikin 1914 an haɗa su biyu zuwa Mulkin Mallaka da Kariya na Najeriya, tare da kusan iyakoki iri ɗaya da halin yanzu na Najeriya. The scramble for Africa, 1876–1912 Olayemi Akinwumi (2002). The colonial contest for the Nigerian region, 1884–1900: a history of the German participation. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 3-8258-6197-X.

Najeriya mai zaman kanta

Oba na Legas tare da tawagar Sojojin Ruwa a watan Yuni 2006
Da samun ‘yancin kai a shekarar 1960, sai kuma gwamnatocin dimokuradiyya da na soja suka biyo baya, matsayin sarakunan gargajiya ya kara tasowa. A arewacin kasar kuwa, a karshe sarakunan sun rasa madafun iko a hannun gwamnatin, duk da cewa a lokuta da dama ana samun ma’aikatan gwamnati da manyan mutane na gargajiya. Inda a da masu mulki ke samun mukami ta hanyar gado ko kuma ta hanyar nadawa daga majalisar dattawa, yanzu gwamnati ta kara shiga cikin magajin.Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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