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
Sir Ahmadu Bello Northern People's Congress (NPC) was a political party in Nigeria. Formed in June 1949, the party held considerable influence in the Northern region from the 1950s until the military coup of 1966. It was formerly known as Jamiyaar Mutanem Arewa. The leaders of the party were, Sir Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna of Sokoto who, was also the Premier of the Northern region and Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa who was the deputy leader of the party and also the first Nigerian Prime Minister whose office was created in 1957 and ruled throughout the First Republic (1963-1966). Jamiyaar Mutanem Arewa was a cultural organisation that started with the purpose of enlightening people of Northern Nigeria. Due to the pressure from Southern based political parties the leaders saw the need to re-structure the organizationinto a proper political party, in 1951 it became the Northern People's Congress. The NPC was only open to the natives of Northern Nige