I just thought of playing a game that will educate us more on the political events that have shaped the history of Nigeria RULES: 1. we'll chronologically list the important events that have shaped Nigeria's history starting from 1st of October in 1960. 2. The nairalander below a post will write about an event that post-dates the event writing above his/her post. I'll start, on the 1st of October in 1960, Nigeria got her Independence from colonial master Great Britain.