Today 1st of October, 2023 marks Nigeria's 63rd Year of Independence. 63 years after been freed from colonial rule by Britain, Nigeria is indeed standing strong with a population of over 200 million people and an uninterrupted democracy that's already lasted for 24 years not a lot, but for Nigerians it's a milestone considering the 33 years spent in military rule. Now for most people the fore mentioned information is common but there is a much more popular question ask on every Independence Day celebration- how developed is the country since from 1960- it is also no secret that the answer to this question is much more negative than positive. But today we are not going to talk about the development status of the country but rather the most important and glaring issue the country has faced since 1960, "unity". In 1914 the British colonial administration led by Lord Lugard fused together three regions from Western Africa, the conservative Nothern Nigeria Prote
Contact between West Africans and Western Europeans dates back to the 9th century, but it went as far as the 19th century before Europeans finally started penetrating Africa, before this Europeans were mainly involved in slave trade with Africans. The British first invasion in Northern Nigeria kicked off in the Nupe Emirates which was the base of the Royal Niger Company which belong to the British. The English owned Emirates in Southern and Eastern Nigeria but none in Northern Nigeria this led Frederick lugard to pronounce Ida Kogi state as the first British protectorate in Northern Nigeria. With that done Lugard was now concerned with how to conquer the region, the perfect opportunity came when The French invaded the shores of Nupe, the British used it's army to help drive out the French invaders with that they had the opportunity to set up military camps in Nupe, going against the agreement made with the Emir of Nupe. The Emir realizing foul play decided to withd