𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗜 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘: 𝗔 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗠, 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟭-𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭 By Akachukwu Vitalis
𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 -𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒) 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟐: The Anglo-Aro wars to subdue the domination of the Aro hegemony. Military Garrison established in Owerri. 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟑: Owerri Native Court established. 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔: Owerri becomes Divisional Headquarters in the Eastern Province. Egerton disapproves the proposed Owerri-Isiokpo railway. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎: The proposed Itu-IkotEkpene-Owerri-Oguta Railway project, declined by the colonial authorities. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐: E.O Okoroji from Aro appointed Court clerk in Sogho Native Court, Ogoni. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟑-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓: Sierra-Leonians, Liberians Ghanians and other educated Africans dominate/pioneer clerical services, contracts, commercial firms in the city of Port-Harcourt. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟑: Port-Harcourt established on the banks of the Bonny River to export coal from Enugu mines. 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒: Yellow fever outbreaks in Degema, Oguta, Bonny and Nembe. Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates of Nigeria. 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨