Why it is on record
The chartered company that governed the Niger territories until 1900; its commercial successor UAC was formed in 1929 — the very year this database's record begins — and dominated the colonial economy (at points handling a major share of all West African trade).
Record held
The only company in Nigerian history to have exercised sovereign governmental power (1886–1900).
Accountability
The Royal Niger Company's monopoly profits and the Marketing Board-era extraction economics are documented in The Record and the colonial-era entries of this platform — the cross-link runs both ways.
Cross-references
- · Colonial extraction — The Record