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
Alhaji Shehu Shagari Following the assassination of Nigerian military Head of State General Murtala Muhammad in 1976, his successor General Olusegun Obasanjo initiated the transition process to terminate military rule in 1979. A new constitution was drafted which saw the Westminster system of government previously used in the First Republic abolished for an American style presidential system. The 1979 Constitution mandated that political parties and cabinet positions reflect the "federal character" of the nation, political parties were required to be registered in at least two-thirds of the states, and each state was required to produce at least one cabinet member. The first election under the second Republic where held in July and August 1979, and the military government handed over power to a new civilian government under president Shehu Shagari on October 1st 1979. Nigeria's second Republic was born amid great expectations. Oil prices