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
A lot of people will only envision the last eight years when Buhari's rule is brought into view, but in 1984/85, Buhari ruled in one of the most memorable two years for Nigerians. 1983 saw the collapse of Nigeria's Second Republic and the military took over with Buhari spear-heading the new military administration. Buhari's regime is definitely one of the most if not the most authoritarian regimes in the history of Nigeria,most of his Decrees were mainly focused on crime but some still served the only purpose of extending his rule. In Decree Number 2 of 1984, the state security and the Chief of Staff were given the power to detain without charges individuals deemed to be a security risk to the state for up to three months. Strikes and popular demonstrations were banned and Nigeria's security agency, the National Security Organization (NSO) had unlimited powers which they abused just like the now defunct SARS in Buhari's first tenure as President. The