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Happy 50TH Independence Day celebration to Nigeria and Nigerians.


SUMMARY OF THE GOING SO FAR:

On October 1, 1960, the Federation of Nigeria achieved independence, initially as a constitutional monarchy.
In June 1961, the northern part of the United Nations Trust Territory of British Cameroons was incorporated into Nigeria's Northern Region as the province of Sardauna, and in August 1963 a fourth region, the Mid-Western Region, was created.
From the outset, Nigeria's ethnic, regional, and religious tensions were magnified by the disparities in economic and educational development. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was adopted on October 1, 1963.
At the same time, Nigeria became a member of the Commonwealth and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the NCNC took office as first Nigerian's first President.

On January 15, 1966, a group of officers overthrew the government. In May 1967, Lt. Col. Emeka Ojukwu, the military governor, declared the independence of the Eastern Region as the "Republic of Biafra."
After General Muhammed was assassinated on February 13, 1976, Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo became head of state.

Seven new states were created in 1976, bringing the total to nineteen. Several military rulers followed, ending with the sudden death of General Sani Abacha in June, 1998. He was succeeded by General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who held elections in 1999 leading to the election of Olusegun Obasanjo, who took office in May, 1999.

In April 2007 elections were held and for the first time peaceful traisntion from civilian to civilian. The elections were, though, tainted with fraudulent practices, and in the end Umaru Yar'Adua, from an aristocratic Fulani family in the northern city of Katsina, was elected the new head of state.
Yar'Adua died in office shortly, with Amnesty program to resolve Niger-Delta crisis as the only tangible program - a legacy we take it for though. The position devolved on May 5, 2010 on a Christian from the far south, Goodluck Jonathan.


This is Nigeria!

Sincerely, do we have anything to celebrate?

Let's share.

We did not Hear of Sani Abacha