Tag: Independence
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BREAKING: Buhari approves activities to mark Nigeria at 61
Buhari approves activities to mark Nigeria at 61
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Borussia Dortmund drops message for Nigeria on social media
Borrusia Dortmund, a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. The congratulatory message was posted on the club’s verified Twitter page. Happy Nigerian Independence Day to our friends and family around the world! 🇳🇬 You know say we love you 💛 pic.twitter.com/EpoU2v9PES — Borussia…
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60 years after independence, Nigeria sick into death – Okogie
The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, on Wednesday, said Nigeria’s problems cannot be addressed by the kind of leadership we have at this point in time, and so the country was on a deathbed. In his 60th independence message to Nigerians entitled: “A change of heart for Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary”,…
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The bridge to nowhere – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. NIGERIA will be 60 on October 1. In the last two decades that we finally returned to civil rule after a cumulative 29-year military dictatorship, successive governments have made claims of developing infrastructure, particularly roads. Indeed, the state of our roads have been so bad that individuals and communities are forced to…
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Governors meet over independence of state’s legislature, judiciary
The thirty- Six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF will meet tomorrow to brainstorm on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the state level. The governors who will be holding their 9th teleconference meeting since the lockdown that resulted from the outbreak…
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Nigeria@59: Highlights of Nigeria’s 59-year-old journey in sports
Fifty-nine years of existence as a nation, no doubt, offers Nigeria a unique opportunity to appraise its performances in the sports world at local, continental and global levels. For many perceptive analysts, it has been a mixed fortune of sorts, weighed against the backdrop of many challenges in different fronts, which sometimes suggested under-achievements. Minister…
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If you celebrate Independence, you are part of our problems- Yul Edochie declares
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has said Nigerians who celebrate the country’s 59th independence anniversary are part of the nation’s problems. The award winning movie star and politician took to his Instagram page where he recounted how he received invitations to a couple of independence day shows and turned down all of them because he could…
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What does ‘independence’ mean?, By Hope Eghagha
The years between 1957 and 1963 were very crucial to African countries within the context of gaining independence from colonial powers. Great Britain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and the United States (in the Philippines) were at different times, colonial powers. The scramble and partition of Africa from 1883 to 1900 benefited the imperial…
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Watch out! TNG chronicles Nigeria 59 years after independence
By tomorrow, October 1, 2019, it will be 59 years since the British colonial masters handed over governance to Nigerians. While this milestone marks a time of celebration of Nigeria as a sovereign entity; it also poses as one of the best periods one can weigh the performance of the country, on how it has…
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Shagari played key role in Nigeria’s independence politics – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday extolled the late former president, Shehu Shagari’s role in Nigeria’s pre- and post-independence politics. Obasanjo gave the eulogy in a condolence letter addressed to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta. He described late Shagari as a humble, patriotic,…