Archives Tag: Tafawa Balewa

History

April 19, 2022

  The Niger Bridge is the major linkage between both sides of the Niger. The bridge at the time it was built solved a real problem of transportation for those moving across the river. Before it was finished in 1965, the usual means of transport across the river was by boat or ferry from Cable … Continue reading History Trivia: The River Niger Bridge

By david-okwara

throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

Nnamdi Azikiwe was born on to Igbo parents, Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe and Rachel Chinwe Ogbenyeanu (Aghadiuno) Azikiwe, on November 16, 1904, in Zungeru, present-day Niger State. As a consequence of his father’s duties as a clerk in the colonial administration of Nigeria, he travelled extensively across Nigeria. This fact itself would help to later mould … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday – Nnamdi Azikwe: The First Indigent Governor-General of Nigeria (1)

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Nigeria

April 19, 2022

  On October 1, 1960, the most populous black nation, Nigeria, became independent. This news was greeted with excitement, as the world romanticized the promises it held for her Nigerians, Africa and the rest of human civilization. Fifty-nine years on, Nigeria still soldiers on. Faced with a myriad of challenges, some of which have collapsed … Continue reading Thinking About Nigeria – 59 Years On

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Politics

April 19, 2022

After the consolidation of the Southern and Northern Nigeria Protectorates in 1900, the British government, under the administration of the governor, Lord Frederick Lugard, began moves towards linking all of the other territories and protectorates into a single geographical entity named Nigeria. Economic arguments have held that the reason for bringing the old Nigerian protectorates … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Amalgamation and the Marriage of Unwilling Neighbours (1914)

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