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
Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola 1960 Independence was a proud moment for Nigerians, but the political events that followed will not be remembered with so much joy. 1964-1965 would go down the annals of Nigerian history as the most turbulent and politically explosive years in the history of the country. The Federal elections of 1964, was an electoral battle between the Nigerian National Alliance and the United Progressive Grand Alliance. The 1964 federal election was the third held in Nigeria, coming after those of 1954 and 1959. At the conclusion of the two elections the NPC and NCNC had formed a coalition government however the alliance between the two parties was mainly based on political needs rather than mutual ideology. For instance the NPC and NCNC held contrasting views on pan-africanism, while the former was opposed to the creation of a Supranational continental government and wanted a policy of alignment with Western capitalist. The latter wanted the creati