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
Aguiyi Ironsi Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (3 March 1924-29 July 1966) was a Nigerian military officer who was the first military head of state of Nigeria. He assumed power during the ensuing chaos of the 15th January 1966 coup which effectively ended the first republic. He ruled from 16th January 1966 until his assassination by a group of northern soldiers led by Murtala Mohammed and included Captain Theophilus Danjuma, Lieutenant Sani Abacha, Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari and Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida. Among these men only one failed to rule Nigeria during the military era, the revolt they led against ironsi's government is known as the July counter coup or the January rematch. Ironsi's six months in government was characterized by intense scrutiny from northerners, apart from the fact that Igbo victims in the January 15th coup was basically non-existent which drove the suspicion of northerners, the arrowhead of the January co