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
MKO Abiola Over 7 years into his rule as Military President, Babangida started putting together plans to return to civilian rule in 1992. He removed the ban on political activities and legalized the formulation of political parties and the country adopted a two-party presidential system. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republic Convention (NRC) were formed and Nigerians were urged to join any of the two parties, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, popularly known as MKO Abiola a business tycoon emerged as the presidential candidate of the SDP while Alhaji Bashir Tofa also a business tycoon was the presidential candidate of the SDP. The formation of the Third Republic was full of hope and promise as their was no regionalism, both candidates were Muslims, one from the west and the other from the north and they both needed to win votes from the grassroots upto the federal level in each state. On 12 June 1993, the presidential el