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DISCOVER NIGERIA: Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport

A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF COMMUNAL EFFORTS By Nehi Igbinijesu. It is an awesome thing when people do not blame government for every disadvantage experienced in day-to-day living. More laudable about this kind of attitude is the fact that

DISCOVER NIGERIA: An Army General Called The Black Scorpion

By Nehi Igbinijesu. Many names like Yakubu Gowon, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Olusegun Obasanjo, Murtala Mohammed and Theophilus Danjuma stand out in the Nigerian polity today. They became Generals at some point in their military careers and led political administrations for which

DISCOVER NIGERIA: What Independence Means To Me.

By Nehi Igbinijesu. At the beginning of the 1950s, agitations had begun to fill the ears of London. England like almost every other European colonialist had suffered the harsh economic impact of two world wars. It was fitting at this

DISCOVER NIGERIA: LAGOS – Once Upon A British Colony

By Nehi Igbinijesu. Lagos became a crown colony of the British Empire in 1861. Before that time, the British government had perfected its colony administration system of administration in the West Indies and in India. And so, it did not

DISCOVER NIGERIA: In Memory Of The Ogoni Nine

By Nehi Igbinijesu. Ogoniland recently got the national spotlight again; a damning United Nation Environmental Program (UNEP) report and, the subsequent declaration of secession by its indigenes due to government’s neglect of their land. Environmental damage in Ogoniland as a

DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Eid El Kabir Of 1985

By Nehi Igbinijesu. It was Eid El Kabir morning on the 27th August, 1985, when the fearful blare of general purpose machine guns filled the air around Dodan Barracks. A mutiny had been in the offing. Nigeria’s strongman at the

DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Man Who Solved A 361 Year Old Problem

By Nehi Igbinijesu. On the 13th of March, 2008, foremost mathematician and nationalist, Professor Chike Obi, CFR, passed away at the age of 87. Born Chike Edozien Umezei Obi, in Zaria on 17th April 1921, he lived a very accomplished

Discover Nigeria: The National Anthem “Arise O’ Compatriots”

By Nehi Igbinijesu. Prior to the independence of Nigeria, the anthem of the United Kingdom was sung at national events and ceremonies. As implied, the “God Save the Queen “anthem eulogized the British Monarch and was unreflective of the deep-seated

Nigeria May Soon Get its First Female Chief Justice of the Federation

A female Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, has been nominated to become the next Chief Justice of the Federation. She may replace Justice Dahiru Musdapher as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) when he retires come

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