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
Abdulsalami Abubakar GCFR, is a Nigerian statesman and retired army general who served as head of state from 1998-1999, he was also Chief of Defense Staff from 1997-1998. Abubakar, an ethnic Hausa, was born on 13 June 1942 to his father Abubakar Jibrin and mother Fati Kande Mohammed, in Minna, Niger State Nigeria. He joined the army in 1966 as an officer cadet and through the course of his 39 years career Abubakar rose through the ranks to become Chief of Army Staff appointed by General Sani Abacha in 1997. Upon Abacha's death on 8 June 1998, Abubakar held a meeting with the members of the Supreme Military Council where he reluctantly agreed to become the Military President and Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. A few days after assuming office, Abubakar promised to hold elections to bring back civilian rule within a year. He set up the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) appointing former Supreme Court Justi