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
Nigeria's First Republic lasted for less than three years until it fell on January 15th, 1966, after the country's first Military coup. This article highlights some of the major events that led to the fall of Nigeria's First Republic; the coup which signalled it's end and of course the counter coup has been famously described as "Africa's bloodiest". The previous article has highlighted some of the major political circumstances that led to the intervention of the military in Nigerian democratic process. However, the military intervention did not directly put an end to the large scale political crisis. This was largely because of the ethnic nature of the Coup. It would be recalled that major C.K Nzeogwu the arrowhead and the other planners of the coup were Igbo. On the other hand those who lost their lives included the two top most religious and political leaders of Northern Nigeria Sir Ahmadu Bello and Alhaji Tafawa Balewa. Furthermore, of