Ready To Eat.... Hip Hip Hip.... Hurray!

Behave urself and stop d nonsense exxell! Let's celebrate Nigeria, we don't want this thread closed!

proudly Nigerian

aryzgreat:

How was this statistic arrived at? pls don't spoil our independence celeb with ur bias quetionable stat. mtchewwwww!

Imagine! D guy go put ijaw b4 tiv. Ibibio dey and igala and kanuri dey miss. Who's dat guy?

I'm not happy about the situation of things in this country, i don't even know what's there to celebrate.

Is it that i was in so much pain few days back and rushed to the Federal hospital only to hear that they are on strike, i had to endure the pain till i could get to my personal doctor which meant i had to travel out of that state, wetin i wan talk leave the others sef?

Abegi.

English language scholars
Patience Jonathan
Patrick Obahiagbon
Chris Okotie

Happy independence but we are still dependent

Shollypopz: Behave urself and stop d nonsense exxell! Let's celebrate Nigeria, we don't want this thread closed!

Am sorry dear, but aint this funny enough to help us forget the miseries heaped on us by bad leadership and government? You cant imagine that after studying hard and exxelling in the university, being handsome all my life, being intelligent and hardworking, the above item is my staple food *crying*

On January first, Good luck Jonathan removed fuel subsidy. On democracy day, he renamed Unilag to Maulag. Should this clueless, shoeless man ever sell Nigeria to China today being independence; my new name will now be Ching Chon Wang! All old documents remain valid.

mike404:
Point of correction Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (Owelle of Onitsha) Zik of Africa is from onitsha Anambra state

Please, learn how to use Nairaland. Stop wasting space. You didn't have have to quote all that. You quoted all that just to drop the "comment" above. Quote only the relevant portion of a post you want to respond to. OK?

Rather than quoting that lengthy post only to respond to a line of it, you could have just quoted something like this:

lalaosky: Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe:President (Ceremonial)1960-1966 - Born on November 16, 1904, he hails from Nnewi in Anambra State......

or,

You can respond without quoting at all, just prefix your comment with @OP

Country; Nigeria
aka; naija
indpndnt; 1-oct-1960
best forum; nairaland.com
location; west africa
curency; naira

How do you get this statistics,ibibio,kanuri,ijaw are more populated than Tiv people,if you are not sure of this statistics remove it is not late,this is a pure trash

God bless Nigeria my only and one country

earthgreeners: Proudly reliant on corruption and visionlessness, massive ignorance and low life expectancy, animal cruelty and ethnic jingoism, grand disorderliness and tear-brewing terrorism, citizens' poverization and heartless subjugation, value victimization and morality frustration, imperial agenda and legislated exploitation by foreign bullies to survive, Nigeria is not yet independent! No truly independent nation was ever tagged independent by swimming the graciously gory details of such crazily conradictory odds at independence. Nigerians must be patriotic enough to pull down the oppressive pillars of dependence in every facet of the Nigerian life for the annually celebrated spiritual sacrilege on 1st of October to magnetize significant meanings to the corporate existence of this vast area around the Niger! I am not a patriot of a directionless system! Nigeria, shame on to you, on this performance-accursed day!

A very bad egg!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE NIGERIA. My beloved fatherland.

Happy Independence, My 9ja People

lalaosky: NIGERIAN PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS FROM 1960 TILL PRESENT

Sir A.Tafawa Balewa: Prime Minister 1960-1966, He was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Born a commoner in the north of colonial Nigeria, he trained as a teacher. Balewa entered the government 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National council for Nigeria and the Cameroons, led by Nnamdi Azikiwe.He was overthrown and killed in a military coup on January 15, 1966, as were many other leaders, including his old companion Ahmadu Bello. His body was discovered by a roadside near Lagos six days after he was ousted from office Balewa was buried in Bauchi.The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in his honour.


Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe:President (Ceremonial)1960-1966 - Born on November 16, 1904, he hails from Nnewi in Anambra State and died in 1996 at the University Of Nigeria Teacher Hospital, Enugu. His portrait adorns Nigeria’s five hundred naira currency note N500. He was one of the leading figures of Nigeria nationalism. He also espoused African nationalism liberation and emancipation. Armed with a Master’s degree from the University Of Pennysylvania, US, Zik became an instructor at instructor at Lincoln University. He later joined the African Morning Post in Accra,Ghana as Editor.He went on to become one of the leading lights of journalism in Nigeria, founding the West African Pilot and the Zik Group of Newspapers which published several newspapers across Nigeria.Following a successful career in publishing, he went into politics alongside Sir Herbert Macaulay, he co-founded the National Council Of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) which later became National Council of Nigeria Citizens(NCNC). In 1947, Zik was elected into the Legislative Council of Nigeria and in 1951, he became leader of opposition to the government of Obafemi Awolowo in the Western region House of Assembly in 1954, he became the premier.In 1960 he became 1st senate president.


Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi:Head of State 1966 - JTU Aguiyi- Ironsi Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924- 1966) was a Nigerian Igbo political figure. He served as the President of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup on July 29, 1966. Major General J.T Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State was born in 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State. He later joined the Nigeria Army in 1942 as a private and was promoted Major General in 1964.


GEN.YAKUBU GOWON:Head of State 1966-1975 - He took power after one military coup d’etat and was overthrown in another. He remains the youngest person to have ruled the country. His government fought to keep Nigeria one during the civil war(1967-1970), which broke out in the aftermath of the regional tensions arising from the January and July 1966 coups d’etat. A Christian from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State, Gowon had a thorough bred career before the circumstances of the time thrust upon him a leadership role.He fought in congo(Zaire) as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in 1960 to 1961 and in 1963.Highlights of Gowon’s nine year old government included development of the country’s former capital, Lagos creation of 12 states, and expansion of government bureaucracy.He is also remembered for his indigenization policy in 1972, which is dedicated to seeking the face of God for the good of the country.An elder statesman in African politics, he is involved in the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme and the HIV Programme with Global Fund of Geneva.

GEN.MURTALA MUHAMMED:Head of State,1975-1976 - Was a military ruler (Head of Federal Military government) of Nigeria (1975- 1976). Mohammed opposed the regime of Johnson Aguiyi –Ironsi which took power after a coup d’etat on January 15, 1966. On july 29, 1975, General Mohammed was made head of state by younger soldiers who wanted to ensure that Nigeria was returned to democratic rule. The armed forces chose thirty- eight- years old Brigadier (later General) Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a Musli m northerner, to succeed Gowon.A hausa, trained at the British military academy at sandhurst, murtala muhammed had command of federal field forces in the had played a prominent role in rallying northern offices behind the july1996 coup that fell ironsi .Murtala Muhammed was however killed on February 13,1976 in an abortive coup attempt when his car was ambushed in traffic in lagos .He was succeeded by chief of staff Olusegun Obasanjo ,who completed the plan of an orderly transfer to civilian by handing power to Alhaji Sehu Shagari on October 1,1979.his portrait adorns Nigeria N20 currency note.

GEN.OLUSEGUN OBASANJO: Head of State 1976-1979 - He was a chief of staff during Muritala R Muhammed regime before he was named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country.He handed over power to a civilian government, Alhaji Sehu Shagari, he became elected civilian president on may 29 ,1999.The division he headed during the nation’s civil war, 3rd marine commando, helped bring the war to an end ,when it took owerri, in the then eastern Nigeria heartland.Obasanjo’s first time in power was marked by improvemaent in education, through the universal primary education policy and other programmes, and attempts to expand the country’s industrial base with huge revenues from the oil boom at the time, and the Operation Feed the Nation,a programme designed to encourage farmers in the country .On October 1, 1979 handed power to Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Obasanjo was born on March 5, 1937 in Ogun State.He grew up in Owu, Abeokuta, and enlisted in the Nigeria Army in 1958.He trained at Aldershot, a military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern Nigeria.

Alh.Shehu Shagari: President,1979 -1983 - Nigeria’s Second Republic President, was the first elected president of Nigeria to exercise full executive powers, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo caretaker Government. Shagari rose from very humble origins to the highest political throne in the country.He thaught briefly before going into Politics in 1954 as elected member of the Federal House of Repesentatives. He made housing, industries, transportation, and agriculture the major goals of his presidency, launching large scale housing programme that built estates, like the Shagari Estate. In industries, Shagari completed the Delta Steel Complex in 1982, and invested heavily on the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Steel Rolling Mills. Shagari initiated and Economic Stabilisation Programme meant to protect the country against any shortfalls in oil revenue after the highs of the 70’s and to guide the economy towards positive growth. Key objectives of the programme included reduction of import licencec and government spending and the upward review of custom duties.He was born on the February 25, 1925 in Shagari village, Sokoto State. Shagari was considered a Champion of Democracy and Government due to his programmes target at improvement of the lives of the great majority. Rampant corruption under Shagari’s administration, include an election marked by accusations of fraud, coupled with a decline in world oil price, led to a marked determination in the national finances under Shagari’s watch, while religious and political violence became so endemic that his overthrow by General Muhammadu Buhari on New Year’s Eve in the 1983 was actually looked upon with relief by most of the Nigeria Public at the time.

MAJ. GEN MUHAMMED BUHARI:Head of State 1983-1985 - Born on December 17,1942.His ethnic Background is Fulani and his faith is Islamic,his family is from katsina State.Buhari first came to lime light in 1975 when he became the Minister for Petroleum And Natural Resources under the then Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo.Before then he was the Governor of the newly created North Easthern State of Nigeria during the regime of Murtala Mohammed.he later became the head of the newly created Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 1977. Major General Buhari and Major General Tunde Idiagbon were selected to lead the country by middle and high rank military offices after a successful military coup d’etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31,1983. Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander in Chief, of arm forces and Idiagbon was appointed as Chief of General Staff(the Defactor #2 in the Administration. Buhari justified the military’s seizure of Power by castigating the civilian government hopelessly corrupt and his administration subsequently initiated a public campaign against indicipline known as “War Against Indiscipline” (WAI).Later became the leader of the All Nigerian People Party(ANPP), contesting and losing presidential elections to the ruling PDP candidates in 2003 and 2007 elections.Also in 2011 he became the leader of CPC contested and loosed in presidential election to PDP.

GEN.IBRAHIM BABANGIDA: Head of State,1985-1993 - Born on August 17, 1941 in Minna, popularly known as IBB. He introduced the concept of military president into the Nigerian political lexicon and till date remains the country’s only military leader addressed by that title. He maintained a firm grip on power and tried to abrogate the unpopular policies he inherited in office. Babangida’s regime was popular for its liberal economic policies. He tried to introduce the culture of debate into politics, with the open deliberations that preceded his lunching of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund(IMF) supported Structure Adjustment Programme (SAP). He administered an eight years political transition prgramme that, though did not culminate in the enthronement of civil democracy but succeeded in throwing up new crop of leaders in various spheres of the country’s political life. He departed from office under heavy popular pressure in 1993, after his annulment of elections held that year which were widely held to have been the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s Post Independence History.

CHIEF ERNEST SHONEKON:President 1993 - Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was born on 9 May 1936 in lagos, South-West Nigeria.He is a British trained Nigerian Lawyer, Industrialist and political.He was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by Nigeria General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned under pressure to cede control to a democratic government. Shonekan’s transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha via Shonekan’s “resignation” forcefully dismantled the remaining democracy institutions and brought the Government back under military control, on United African Company (UAC), a large Nigerian Conglomerate.

GEN.SANNI ABACHA:Head of State 1993-1998 - General Sani Abachi ( 20 September 1943 8 June 1988) was a Nigerian politician and military leader.He was the de facto president of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998


General Abdulsalaam Abubakar:1998-1999 - Born June 13 1942, became Nigeria’s 8th military head of state in 1998.he was born in minna, Niger State in Northern Nigeria.He schooled locally and outside Nigeria, he also served locally and outside Nigeria, before he emerged as Head of State in Nigeria.Abubakar is one of the few generals in Nigeria who rose to the top without holding political office.He has previously held Military Positions, and had , in general, stayed out of the political limelight. His wife, Fatima, was a high court Judge.At the time of his appointment, He was just away from his 56th birthday on june 13.Abubakar was appointed head of state upon the sudden death of his predecessor, Sani Abacha.He notably re-established the democracy tradition in Nigeria arranging for general corruption-free election that resulted in 1999 ascension of Olusegun Obasanjo as the democritically elected leader of the country as opposed to its previous rule(1976 to 1979) as inheritor of the power structure of coup leader Murtala.

General Chief Olusegun Obasanjo: Obasanjo was born on march 5, 1937 in Ogun state.He grew up in Owu Abeakuta,and enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958.he trained at Aldershot. A military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern England.he was a chief of staff during Murtala R. Mohammed regime before he named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country to hand over power to the civilian government. He became the elected president on May 29, 1999.He also conducted the country first civilian to civilian hand over on May 29 2007.He is the only Nigerian to have ruled twice as a military and later as elected leader..Political Party, People democratic Party, Spouse Stella Obasanjo(deceased)

ALHAJI.UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA: 29 May 2007 – 5 May 2010 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua(16 August 1951-5 May 2010) Yar’Adua was born into an aristocratic Fulani family in katsina; He stated his education at Rafukka Primary School in1962.In 1971 he received a a Higher School Certificate from Barewa College.He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria from 1972 to 1975, attaining a Bsc in Education and Chemistry, and then returned in 1978 to achieve an M.Sc Degree in Analytical Chemistry.

DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN: 6th May 2010 - Present Early Life, Education And Personal Life: Jonathan was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the then eastern region, later River State, now Bayelsa State.He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in zoology in which he attained Second Class Honours, Upper Division.He also holds an M.Sc in Hydrobiology/Fisheries biology and a Doctor Of Philosophy(Ph.D) in zoology from the University Of Port-Harcourt. He is married to Patience and has two children. Jonathan is an Ijaw


http://hotnaijanews.com/nigerian-past-and-present-leaders-from-1960-till-present/

I am disappointed in you. How could you write so little of Abacha? Did you do this on purpose?

Nigeria: Great People, Great Nation!

happy 52th independence 2 my beloved country,Nigeria.May our lost glory be restored peacefully in Jesus name,amen!

[quote author=lalaosky]NIGERIAN PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS FROM 1960 TILL PRESENT

Sir A.Tafawa Balewa: Prime Minister 1960-1966, He was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Born a commoner in the north of colonial Nigeria, he trained as a teacher. Balewa entered the government 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National council for Nigeria and the Cameroons, led by Nnamdi Azikiwe.He was overthrown and killed in a military coup on January 15, 1966, as were many other leaders, including his old companion Ahmadu Bello. His body was discovered by a roadside near Lagos six days after he was ousted from office Balewa was buried in Bauchi.The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in his honour.


Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe:President (Ceremonial)1960-1966 - Born on November 16, 1904, he hails from Nnewi in Anambra State and died in 1996 at the University Of Nigeria Teacher Hospital, Enugu. His portrait adorns Nigeria’s five hundred naira currency note N500. He was one of the leading figures of Nigeria nationalism. He also espoused African nationalism liberation and emancipation. Armed with a Master’s degree from the University Of Pennysylvania, US, Zik became an instructor at instructor at Lincoln University. He later joined the African Morning Post in Accra,Ghana as Editor.He went on to become one of the leading lights of journalism in Nigeria, founding the West African Pilot and the Zik Group of Newspapers which published several newspapers across Nigeria.Following a successful career in publishing, he went into politics alongside Sir Herbert Macaulay, he co-founded the National Council Of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) which later became National Council of Nigeria Citizens(NCNC). In 1947, Zik was elected into the Legislative Council of Nigeria and in 1951, he became leader of opposition to the government of Obafemi Awolowo in the Western region House of Assembly in 1954, he became the premier.In 1960 he became 1st senate president.


Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi:Head of State 1966 - JTU Aguiyi- Ironsi Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924- 1966) was a Nigerian Igbo political figure. He served as the President of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup on July 29, 1966. Major General J.T Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State was born in 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State. He later joined the Nigeria Army in 1942 as a private and was promoted Major General in 1964.


GEN.YAKUBU GOWON:Head of State 1966-1975 - He took power after one military coup d’etat and was overthrown in another. He remains the youngest person to have ruled the country. His government fought to keep Nigeria one during the civil war(1967-1970), which broke out in the aftermath of the regional tensions arising from the January and July 1966 coups d’etat. A Christian from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State, Gowon had a thorough bred career before the circumstances of the time thrust upon him a leadership role.He fought in congo(Zaire) as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in 1960 to 1961 and in 1963.Highlights of Gowon’s nine year old government included development of the country’s former capital, Lagos creation of 12 states, and expansion of government bureaucracy.He is also remembered for his indigenization policy in 1972, which is dedicated to seeking the face of God for the good of the country.An elder statesman in African politics, he is involved in the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme and the HIV Programme with Global Fund of Geneva.

GEN.MURTALA MUHAMMED:Head of State,1975-1976 - Was a military ruler (Head of Federal Military government) of Nigeria (1975- 1976). Mohammed opposed the regime of Johnson Aguiyi –Ironsi which took power after a coup d’etat on January 15, 1966. On july 29, 1975, General Mohammed was made head of state by younger soldiers who wanted to ensure that Nigeria was returned to democratic rule. The armed forces chose thirty- eight- years old Brigadier (later General) Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a Musli m northerner, to succeed Gowon.A hausa, trained at the British military academy at sandhurst, murtala muhammed had command of federal field forces in the had played a prominent role in rallying northern offices behind the july1996 coup that fell ironsi .Murtala Muhammed was however killed on February 13,1976 in an abortive coup attempt when his car was ambushed in traffic in lagos .He was succeeded by chief of staff Olusegun Obasanjo ,who completed the plan of an orderly transfer to civilian by handing power to Alhaji Sehu Shagari on October 1,1979.his portrait adorns Nigeria N20 currency note.

GEN.OLUSEGUN OBASANJO: Head of State 1976-1979 - He was a chief of staff during Muritala R Muhammed regime before he was Good one. But i see a few mistakes.

I miss d days when we went to school,lined up & D headmistress & teachers inspect our nails & uniform & den we match to our classrooms, U Remember na?? • D days of Nasco Biscuit,Trebor, Iced Coloured water tied in nylon we called it "lolly" • D days of Goody-Goody&pako Biscuit. • D days of ali & simbi,Mr Salami & Mrs Salami, Agbon,Edet lives in Calabar. • Chei, i remember those days when one naira na money,when groundnut was 5 kobo. & choco milo sweet was 5 kobo • days of messing game,who is in d garden, police and thief • D days of mama & papa play • days when we use to build houses with sand, play suwe game,tinco tinco,change ƔU̶̲̥̅̊я style, ten ten, skipping, stop! U remember nau! •those days wen we used to fly kite on streets, wen boys used to use d paint bucket cover as tire & their daddy's hanger as d steering •those days when rubber band was stock exchange •days when votron, jimbo, power rangers, spider man was our favourite cartoons • D days of limca soft drinks & choco milo advert on black and white tv Nd̶̲̥̅̊ sunday rendevous by1:30pm • when we say 'leke leke give me white finger' • Those days when eleganza pen was d best • D days wen we used to drink water from d tap even suck out d water if its not coming out • D days when NTA will show rainbow color for 30 mins then national anthem before they resume program @ 4pm • D days were basket sandals,simbi nd Bata sandals were d best •Days wen we all sing sandalili sandalili songs. Dstv has come no more old fun I'm really proud to have experienced all this. If u r nt smiling it means u were nt born in my generation.hapi independent nigger area

Yes we shall not fail our president has asure that

happy independence day to Nigeria and Nigerians!

See how short abacha's biography is... Bad man!

Nothing interests me about this day. Not feeling it at all. See how we struggling to remind ourselves that today is independence day!!

God,pls help us!

Congratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja!

My Dear country @ 52!!! Ȋ̝̊̅ hail thee!!
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this
country can change it.”

Ȋ̝̊̅ luv U̶̲̥̅̊ , yes Ȋ̝̊̅ do.
Even though Ȋ̝̊̅ am jobless and no thanks to your husbands(leaders) but nonetheless I luv you!!
The fear of boko haram, insecurity , worse economic condition, the roads are still death traps, hospitals are still mere sick bays, generator fumes still thicken the air! I still love you!!
You were the giant of africa when our fathers hailed you!!

Nigeria, we hail thee,
Our own dear native land,
Though tribe and tongue may differ,
In brotherhood we stand,
Nigerians all are proud to serve
Our sovereign Motherland.

Ȋ̝̊̅ share in the absolute faith ...
---of the fallen heroes of the Nigerian hope who spoke and wrote and rose
and hoped, to the death, that Nigeria may yield our planet infinite hope;
---of the standing legends of the Nigerian promise who labour and struggle-
daring deadly dangers-that our heroes' death may not be in vain;
---of the earth and waters and peoples of Nigeria for always being at the
receiving end of the Nigerian moral and physical violence.

And on this day, we hail thee and pray thus..

O God of creation
Direct our noble cause
Guide thou our leaders right
Help our youth the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation where peace
And justice shall reign.

And the prayers of our fathers...
Our flag shall be a symbol
That truth and justice reign,
In peace or battle honour'd,
And this we count as gain,
To hand on to our children
A banner without stain.

O God of all creation,
Grant this our one request,
Help us to build a nation
Where no man is oppressed,
And so with peace and plenty
Nigeria may be blessed.

Ȋ̝̊̅ profess good things about you today!!!
Happy birthday Dear!! Ȋ̝̊̅ luv you!!
Naija for life***

As composed by me!!!

We always complain about the injustice our rulers wrought on us, Yet we do worst things to ourselves.
We don’t treat each other well, and we expect the government to treat us well?
You are in a bus and buy gala from a hawker; you have 50 naira note in ur purse, but you U chose to bring 1000 naira note just to make the poor hawker run 500 metre… That is injustice!!!
You have a house girl and a
dog, you pay the house girl 7k a month and spend 15 month feeding the dog, that is injustice!!!
You work in an office, you have clients waiting to be attended to, yet you are behind your computer facebooking, that is injustice!!!
You are driving at high speed and you hit a poor man’s car, and the first thing you do is to bring you phone and call the inspector general of police because he is ur friend to arrest the poorman even when u know you are the wrong party, that is injustice!!!
You see 15 people standing in a queue before you, and you cant wait for your turn, you walk straight pass all of them because you know the manager, that is injustice!!!
You see a poor old woman selling plantain worth 500naira, you know you can afford to pay her more than that, yet you still haggle price with her for hours on end.., that is injustice!!!
The list goes on and on! Injustice is not only when the government denies our rights, it is when we treat others like lesser mortals because we are in a privileged position
Nb, I am not a saint o!!! I am guilty of some of these things, but I strive to be better each day.......

Capnd143: Congratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja!

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Capnd143: Congratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja!

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Capnd143: Congratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja! These ase some achievements of our great country in the international and local arena:


the cinema of Nigeria a.k.a nollywood according to web statistics in 1990's and 2000's grew very quickly to become the second largest movie industry in the world and the largest in africa in terms of number of annual movie production and value of produced movie placing it ahead of world powers owned Hollywood!

Nigeria is the only country that has stopped the highest number of seccesion threats including the most significant Yakubu Gowon stoped seccesion in 1967-1970 during the nigerian civil war. Seccession has been major threat to some countries like sudan and korea and other european and asian countries but Nigeria has handled their's with an iron fist

According to last year stats nigeria is the 10th world largest producers of crude oil and the most prolific in the sub-saharan africa.
9ja had oil reserve of 37.2 biliion barrels at the end of 2011 which is equivalent to 41.4 years of current production and 2.25% of the worlds reserve and a whooping 2457.3 thousand barrels per day last year. She also has a natural gas reserve of over 5.29 trillion cubic metres which is 2.82% of the worlds total reserve(bad part is that more than 75% is flared and 12% is re-injected)


[bad part]
According to Reubin Abati a nigerian foreign Affairs analyst 9ja has been extraordinarily naive by restricting its foreign policy to africa does now adays in government studies in school students are thought the topic "AFRICA AS THE CENTERPIECE OF NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY". Belive me this was a laudable goal before the 1990's but it needs a more diplomatic policy and a broader pespective as we move into the next millenium.

According to the aclaimed "head to head" count specialist census team nigeria has a population of 160 millions but too bad i was not counted during the census which places nigeria at population of 160,000,001 (i.e +me)

According to one Mr. . . . . . . . . Nigeria should never had employed PHCN-Power holdings company of 9ja becos these guys are holding back power the should have employed PRCN- Power releasers company of 9ja which i happen to be the CEO.

Upon all the Niger delta militancy -MEND,MASSOB-Movement for the actualization of sovereign state of bifra,BOKO HARAM ETC 9ja has stand as one great country! I love my country the way it is.

YOURS-patriotic 9jarianCongratulations to my contry Nigeria Aka 9ja!

lalaosky: NIGERIAN PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS FROM 1960 TILL PRESENT

Sir A.Tafawa Balewa: Prime Minister 1960-1966, He was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Born a commoner in the north of colonial Nigeria, he trained as a teacher. Balewa entered the government 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National council for Nigeria and the Cameroons, led by Nnamdi Azikiwe.He was overthrown and killed in a military coup on January 15, 1966, as were many other leaders, including his old companion Ahmadu Bello. His body was discovered by a roadside near Lagos six days after he was ousted from office Balewa was buried in Bauchi.The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in his honour.


Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe:President (Ceremonial)1960-1966 - Born on November 16, 1904, he hails from Nnewi in Anambra State and died in 1996 at the University Of Nigeria Teacher Hospital, Enugu. His portrait adorns Nigeria’s five hundred naira currency note N500. He was one of the leading figures of Nigeria nationalism. He also espoused African nationalism liberation and emancipation. Armed with a Master’s degree from the University Of Pennysylvania, US, Zik became an instructor at instructor at Lincoln University. He later joined the African Morning Post in Accra,Ghana as Editor.He went on to become one of the leading lights of journalism in Nigeria, founding the West African Pilot and the Zik Group of Newspapers which published several newspapers across Nigeria.Following a successful career in publishing, he went into politics alongside Sir Herbert Macaulay, he co-founded the National Council Of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) which later became National Council of Nigeria Citizens(NCNC). In 1947, Zik was elected into the Legislative Council of Nigeria and in 1951, he became leader of opposition to the government of Obafemi Awolowo in the Western region House of Assembly in 1954, he became the premier.In 1960 he became 1st senate president.


Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi:Head of State 1966 - JTU Aguiyi- Ironsi Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924- 1966) was a Nigerian Igbo political figure. He served as the President of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup on July 29, 1966. Major General J.T Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State was born in 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State. He later joined the Nigeria Army in 1942 as a private and was promoted Major General in 1964.


GEN.YAKUBU GOWON:Head of State 1966-1975 - He took power after one military coup d’etat and was overthrown in another. He remains the youngest person to have ruled the country. His government fought to keep Nigeria one during the civil war(1967-1970), which broke out in the aftermath of the regional tensions arising from the January and July 1966 coups d’etat. A Christian from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State, Gowon had a thorough bred career before the circumstances of the time thrust upon him a leadership role.He fought in congo(Zaire) as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in 1960 to 1961 and in 1963.Highlights of Gowon’s nine year old government included development of the country’s former capital, Lagos creation of 12 states, and expansion of government bureaucracy.He is also remembered for his indigenization policy in 1972, which is dedicated to seeking the face of God for the good of the country.An elder statesman in African politics, he is involved in the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme and the HIV Programme with Global Fund of Geneva.

GEN.MURTALA MUHAMMED:Head of State,1975-1976 - Was a military ruler (Head of Federal Military government) of Nigeria (1975- 1976). Mohammed opposed the regime of Johnson Aguiyi –Ironsi which took power after a coup d’etat on January 15, 1966. On july 29, 1975, General Mohammed was made head of state by younger soldiers who wanted to ensure that Nigeria was returned to democratic rule. The armed forces chose thirty- eight- years old Brigadier (later General) Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a Musli m northerner, to succeed Gowon.A hausa, trained at the British military academy at sandhurst, murtala muhammed had command of federal field forces in the had played a prominent role in rallying northern offices behind the july1996 coup that fell ironsi .Murtala Muhammed was however killed on February 13,1976 in an abortive coup attempt when his car was ambushed in traffic in lagos .He was succeeded by chief of staff Olusegun Obasanjo ,who completed the plan of an orderly transfer to civilian by handing power to Alhaji Sehu Shagari on October 1,1979.his portrait adorns Nigeria N20 currency note.

GEN.OLUSEGUN OBASANJO: Head of State 1976-1979 - He was a chief of staff during Muritala R Muhammed regime before he was named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country.He handed over power to a civilian government, Alhaji Sehu Shagari, he became elected civilian president on may 29 ,1999.The division he headed during the nation’s civil war, 3rd marine commando, helped bring the war to an end ,when it took owerri, in the then eastern Nigeria heartland.Obasanjo’s first time in power was marked by improvemaent in education, through the universal primary education policy and other programmes, and attempts to expand the country’s industrial base with huge revenues from the oil boom at the time, and the Operation Feed the Nation,a programme designed to encourage farmers in the country .On October 1, 1979 handed power to Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Obasanjo was born on March 5, 1937 in Ogun State.He grew up in Owu, Abeokuta, and enlisted in the Nigeria Army in 1958.He trained at Aldershot, a military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern Nigeria.

Alh.Shehu Shagari: President,1979 -1983 - Nigeria’s Second Republic President, was the first elected president of Nigeria to exercise full executive powers, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo caretaker Government. Shagari rose from very humble origins to the highest political throne in the country.He thaught briefly before going into Politics in 1954 as elected member of the Federal House of Repesentatives. He made housing, industries, transportation, and agriculture the major goals of his presidency, launching large scale housing programme that built estates, like the Shagari Estate. In industries, Shagari completed the Delta Steel Complex in 1982, and invested heavily on the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Steel Rolling Mills. Shagari initiated and Economic Stabilisation Programme meant to protect the country against any shortfalls in oil revenue after the highs of the 70’s and to guide the economy towards positive growth. Key objectives of the programme included reduction of import licencec and government spending and the upward review of custom duties.He was born on the February 25, 1925 in Shagari village, Sokoto State. Shagari was considered a Champion of Democracy and Government due to his programmes target at improvement of the lives of the great majority. Rampant corruption under Shagari’s administration, include an election marked by accusations of fraud, coupled with a decline in world oil price, led to a marked determination in the national finances under Shagari’s watch, while religious and political violence became so endemic that his overthrow by General Muhammadu Buhari on New Year’s Eve in the 1983 was actually looked upon with relief by most of the Nigeria Public at the time.

MAJ. GEN MUHAMMED BUHARI:Head of State 1983-1985 - Born on December 17,1942.His ethnic Background is Fulani and his faith is Islamic,his family is from katsina State.Buhari first came to lime light in 1975 when he became the Minister for Petroleum And Natural Resources under the then Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo.Before then he was the Governor of the newly created North Easthern State of Nigeria during the regime of Murtala Mohammed.he later became the head of the newly created Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 1977. Major General Buhari and Major General Tunde Idiagbon were selected to lead the country by middle and high rank military offices after a successful military coup d’etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31,1983. Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander in Chief, of arm forces and Idiagbon was appointed as Chief of General Staff(the Defactor #2 in the Administration. Buhari justified the military’s seizure of Power by castigating the civilian government hopelessly corrupt and his administration subsequently initiated a public campaign against indicipline known as “War Against Indiscipline” (WAI).Later became the leader of the All Nigerian People Party(ANPP), contesting and losing presidential elections to the ruling PDP candidates in 2003 and 2007 elections.Also in 2011 he became the leader of CPC contested and loosed in presidential election to PDP.

GEN.IBRAHIM BABANGIDA: Head of State,1985-1993 - Born on August 17, 1941 in Minna, popularly known as IBB. He introduced the concept of military president into the Nigerian political lexicon and till date remains the country’s only military leader addressed by that title. He maintained a firm grip on power and tried to abrogate the unpopular policies he inherited in office. Babangida’s regime was popular for its liberal economic policies. He tried to introduce the culture of debate into politics, with the open deliberations that preceded his lunching of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund(IMF) supported Structure Adjustment Programme (SAP). He administered an eight years political transition prgramme that, though did not culminate in the enthronement of civil democracy but succeeded in throwing up new crop of leaders in various spheres of the country’s political life. He departed from office under heavy popular pressure in 1993, after his annulment of elections held that year which were widely held to have been the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s Post Independence History.

CHIEF ERNEST SHONEKON:President 1993 - Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was born on 9 May 1936 in lagos, South-West Nigeria.He is a British trained Nigerian Lawyer, Industrialist and political.He was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by Nigeria General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned under pressure to cede control to a democratic government. Shonekan’s transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha via Shonekan’s “resignation” forcefully dismantled the remaining democracy institutions and brought the Government back under military control, on United African Company (UAC), a large Nigerian Conglomerate.

GEN.SANNI ABACHA:Head of State 1993-1998 - General Sani Abachi ( 20 September 1943 8 June 1988) was a Nigerian politician and military leader.He was the de facto president of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998


General Abdulsalaam Abubakar:1998-1999 - Born June 13 1942, became Nigeria’s 8th military head of state in 1998.he was born in minna, Niger State in Northern Nigeria.He schooled locally and outside Nigeria, he also served locally and outside Nigeria, before he emerged as Head of State in Nigeria.Abubakar is one of the few generals in Nigeria who rose to the top without holding political office.He has previously held Military Positions, and had , in general, stayed out of the political limelight. His wife, Fatima, was a high court Judge.At the time of his appointment, He was just away from his 56th birthday on june 13.Abubakar was appointed head of state upon the sudden death of his predecessor, Sani Abacha.He notably re-established the democracy tradition in Nigeria arranging for general corruption-free election that resulted in 1999 ascension of Olusegun Obasanjo as the democritically elected leader of the country as opposed to its previous rule(1976 to 1979) as inheritor of the power structure of coup leader Murtala.

General Chief Olusegun Obasanjo: Obasanjo was born on march 5, 1937 in Ogun state.He grew up in Owu Abeakuta,and enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958.he trained at Aldershot. A military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern England.he was a chief of staff during Murtala R. Mohammed regime before he named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country to hand over power to the civilian government. He became the elected president on May 29, 1999.He also conducted the country first civilian to civilian hand over on May 29 2007.He is the only Nigerian to have ruled twice as a military and later as elected leader..Political Party, People democratic Party, Spouse Stella Obasanjo(deceased)

ALHAJI.UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA: 29 May 2007 – 5 May 2010 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua(16 August 1951-5 May 2010) Yar’Adua was born into an aristocratic Fulani family in katsina; He stated his education at Rafukka Primary School in1962.In 1971 he received a a Higher School Certificate from Barewa College.He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria from 1972 to 1975, attaining a Bsc in Education and Chemistry, and then returned in 1978 to achieve an M.Sc Degree in Analytical Chemistry.

DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN: 6th May 2010 - Present Early Life, Education And Personal Life: Jonathan was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the then eastern region, later River State, now Bayelsa State.He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in zoology in which he attained Second Class Honours, Upper Division.He also holds an M.Sc in Hydrobiology/Fisheries biology and a Doctor Of Philosophy(Ph.D) in zoology from the University Of Port-Harcourt. He is married to Patience and has two children. Jonathan is an Ijaw


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lalaosky: NIGERIAN PAST AND PRESENT LEADERS FROM 1960 TILL PRESENT

Sir A.Tafawa Balewa: Prime Minister 1960-1966, He was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Born a commoner in the north of colonial Nigeria, he trained as a teacher. Balewa entered the government 1952 as Minister of Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and the National council for Nigeria and the Cameroons, led by Nnamdi Azikiwe.He was overthrown and killed in a military coup on January 15, 1966, as were many other leaders, including his old companion Ahmadu Bello. His body was discovered by a roadside near Lagos six days after he was ousted from office Balewa was buried in Bauchi.The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in his honour.


Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe:President (Ceremonial)1960-1966 - Born on November 16, 1904, he hails from Nnewi in Anambra State and died in 1996 at the University Of Nigeria Teacher Hospital, Enugu. His portrait adorns Nigeria’s five hundred naira currency note N500. He was one of the leading figures of Nigeria nationalism. He also espoused African nationalism liberation and emancipation. Armed with a Master’s degree from the University Of Pennysylvania, US, Zik became an instructor at instructor at Lincoln University. He later joined the African Morning Post in Accra,Ghana as Editor.He went on to become one of the leading lights of journalism in Nigeria, founding the West African Pilot and the Zik Group of Newspapers which published several newspapers across Nigeria.Following a successful career in publishing, he went into politics alongside Sir Herbert Macaulay, he co-founded the National Council Of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) which later became National Council of Nigeria Citizens(NCNC). In 1947, Zik was elected into the Legislative Council of Nigeria and in 1951, he became leader of opposition to the government of Obafemi Awolowo in the Western region House of Assembly in 1954, he became the premier.In 1960 he became 1st senate president.


Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi:Head of State 1966 - JTU Aguiyi- Ironsi Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924- 1966) was a Nigerian Igbo political figure. He served as the President of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed in a coup on July 29, 1966. Major General J.T Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military Head of State was born in 1924 in Umuahia, Abia State. He later joined the Nigeria Army in 1942 as a private and was promoted Major General in 1964.


GEN.YAKUBU GOWON:Head of State 1966-1975 - He took power after one military coup d’etat and was overthrown in another. He remains the youngest person to have ruled the country. His government fought to keep Nigeria one during the civil war(1967-1970), which broke out in the aftermath of the regional tensions arising from the January and July 1966 coups d’etat. A Christian from Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State, Gowon had a thorough bred career before the circumstances of the time thrust upon him a leadership role.He fought in congo(Zaire) as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in 1960 to 1961 and in 1963.Highlights of Gowon’s nine year old government included development of the country’s former capital, Lagos creation of 12 states, and expansion of government bureaucracy.He is also remembered for his indigenization policy in 1972, which is dedicated to seeking the face of God for the good of the country.An elder statesman in African politics, he is involved in the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme and the HIV Programme with Global Fund of Geneva.

GEN.MURTALA MUHAMMED:Head of State,1975-1976 - Was a military ruler (Head of Federal Military government) of Nigeria (1975- 1976). Mohammed opposed the regime of Johnson Aguiyi –Ironsi which took power after a coup d’etat on January 15, 1966. On july 29, 1975, General Mohammed was made head of state by younger soldiers who wanted to ensure that Nigeria was returned to democratic rule. The armed forces chose thirty- eight- years old Brigadier (later General) Murtala Ramat Mohammed, a Musli m northerner, to succeed Gowon.A hausa, trained at the British military academy at sandhurst, murtala muhammed had command of federal field forces in the had played a prominent role in rallying northern offices behind the july1996 coup that fell ironsi .Murtala Muhammed was however killed on February 13,1976 in an abortive coup attempt when his car was ambushed in traffic in lagos .He was succeeded by chief of staff Olusegun Obasanjo ,who completed the plan of an orderly transfer to civilian by handing power to Alhaji Sehu Shagari on October 1,1979.his portrait adorns Nigeria N20 currency note.

GEN.OLUSEGUN OBASANJO: Head of State 1976-1979 - He was a chief of staff during Muritala R Muhammed regime before he was named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country.He handed over power to a civilian government, Alhaji Sehu Shagari, he became elected civilian president on may 29 ,1999.The division he headed during the nation’s civil war, 3rd marine commando, helped bring the war to an end ,when it took owerri, in the then eastern Nigeria heartland.Obasanjo’s first time in power was marked by improvemaent in education, through the universal primary education policy and other programmes, and attempts to expand the country’s industrial base with huge revenues from the oil boom at the time, and the Operation Feed the Nation,a programme designed to encourage farmers in the country .On October 1, 1979 handed power to Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Obasanjo was born on March 5, 1937 in Ogun State.He grew up in Owu, Abeokuta, and enlisted in the Nigeria Army in 1958.He trained at Aldershot, a military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern Nigeria.

Alh.Shehu Shagari: President,1979 -1983 - Nigeria’s Second Republic President, was the first elected president of Nigeria to exercise full executive powers, after the handover of power by General Olusegun Obasanjo caretaker Government. Shagari rose from very humble origins to the highest political throne in the country.He thaught briefly before going into Politics in 1954 as elected member of the Federal House of Repesentatives. He made housing, industries, transportation, and agriculture the major goals of his presidency, launching large scale housing programme that built estates, like the Shagari Estate. In industries, Shagari completed the Delta Steel Complex in 1982, and invested heavily on the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the Steel Rolling Mills. Shagari initiated and Economic Stabilisation Programme meant to protect the country against any shortfalls in oil revenue after the highs of the 70’s and to guide the economy towards positive growth. Key objectives of the programme included reduction of import licencec and government spending and the upward review of custom duties.He was born on the February 25, 1925 in Shagari village, Sokoto State. Shagari was considered a Champion of Democracy and Government due to his programmes target at improvement of the lives of the great majority. Rampant corruption under Shagari’s administration, include an election marked by accusations of fraud, coupled with a decline in world oil price, led to a marked determination in the national finances under Shagari’s watch, while religious and political violence became so endemic that his overthrow by General Muhammadu Buhari on New Year’s Eve in the 1983 was actually looked upon with relief by most of the Nigeria Public at the time.

MAJ. GEN MUHAMMED BUHARI:Head of State 1983-1985 - Born on December 17,1942.His ethnic Background is Fulani and his faith is Islamic,his family is from katsina State.Buhari first came to lime light in 1975 when he became the Minister for Petroleum And Natural Resources under the then Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo.Before then he was the Governor of the newly created North Easthern State of Nigeria during the regime of Murtala Mohammed.he later became the head of the newly created Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 1977. Major General Buhari and Major General Tunde Idiagbon were selected to lead the country by middle and high rank military offices after a successful military coup d’etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31,1983. Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander in Chief, of arm forces and Idiagbon was appointed as Chief of General Staff(the Defactor #2 in the Administration. Buhari justified the military’s seizure of Power by castigating the civilian government hopelessly corrupt and his administration subsequently initiated a public campaign against indicipline known as “War Against Indiscipline” (WAI).Later became the leader of the All Nigerian People Party(ANPP), contesting and losing presidential elections to the ruling PDP candidates in 2003 and 2007 elections.Also in 2011 he became the leader of CPC contested and loosed in presidential election to PDP.

GEN.IBRAHIM BABANGIDA: Head of State,1985-1993 - Born on August 17, 1941 in Minna, popularly known as IBB. He introduced the concept of military president into the Nigerian political lexicon and till date remains the country’s only military leader addressed by that title. He maintained a firm grip on power and tried to abrogate the unpopular policies he inherited in office. Babangida’s regime was popular for its liberal economic policies. He tried to introduce the culture of debate into politics, with the open deliberations that preceded his lunching of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund(IMF) supported Structure Adjustment Programme (SAP). He administered an eight years political transition prgramme that, though did not culminate in the enthronement of civil democracy but succeeded in throwing up new crop of leaders in various spheres of the country’s political life. He departed from office under heavy popular pressure in 1993, after his annulment of elections held that year which were widely held to have been the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s Post Independence History.

CHIEF ERNEST SHONEKON:President 1993 - Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was born on 9 May 1936 in lagos, South-West Nigeria.He is a British trained Nigerian Lawyer, Industrialist and political.He was appointed as interim president of Nigeria by Nigeria General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. Babangida resigned under pressure to cede control to a democratic government. Shonekan’s transitional administration only lasted three months, as a palace coup led by General Sani Abacha via Shonekan’s “resignation” forcefully dismantled the remaining democracy institutions and brought the Government back under military control, on United African Company (UAC), a large Nigerian Conglomerate.

GEN.SANNI ABACHA:Head of State 1993-1998 - General Sani Abachi ( 20 September 1943 8 June 1988) was a Nigerian politician and military leader.He was the de facto president of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998


General Abdulsalaam Abubakar:1998-1999 - Born June 13 1942, became Nigeria’s 8th military head of state in 1998.he was born in minna, Niger State in Northern Nigeria.He schooled locally and outside Nigeria, he also served locally and outside Nigeria, before he emerged as Head of State in Nigeria.Abubakar is one of the few generals in Nigeria who rose to the top without holding political office.He has previously held Military Positions, and had , in general, stayed out of the political limelight. His wife, Fatima, was a high court Judge.At the time of his appointment, He was just away from his 56th birthday on june 13.Abubakar was appointed head of state upon the sudden death of his predecessor, Sani Abacha.He notably re-established the democracy tradition in Nigeria arranging for general corruption-free election that resulted in 1999 ascension of Olusegun Obasanjo as the democritically elected leader of the country as opposed to its previous rule(1976 to 1979) as inheritor of the power structure of coup leader Murtala.

General Chief Olusegun Obasanjo: Obasanjo was born on march 5, 1937 in Ogun state.He grew up in Owu Abeakuta,and enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958.he trained at Aldershot. A military city and centre in Hampshire, Southern England.he was a chief of staff during Murtala R. Mohammed regime before he named as a military leader in the country.He was the first military leader in the country to hand over power to the civilian government. He became the elected president on May 29, 1999.He also conducted the country first civilian to civilian hand over on May 29 2007.He is the only Nigerian to have ruled twice as a military and later as elected leader..Political Party, People democratic Party, Spouse Stella Obasanjo(deceased)

ALHAJI.UMARU MUSA YAR’ADUA: 29 May 2007 – 5 May 2010 Umaru Musa Yar’Adua(16 August 1951-5 May 2010) Yar’Adua was born into an aristocratic Fulani family in katsina; He stated his education at Rafukka Primary School in1962.In 1971 he received a a Higher School Certificate from Barewa College.He attended Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria from 1972 to 1975, attaining a Bsc in Education and Chemistry, and then returned in 1978 to achieve an M.Sc Degree in Analytical Chemistry.

DR. GOODLUCK JONATHAN: 6th May 2010 - Present Early Life, Education And Personal Life: Jonathan was born in Otueke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the then eastern region, later River State, now Bayelsa State.He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in zoology in which he attained Second Class Honours, Upper Division.He also holds an M.Sc in Hydrobiology/Fisheries biology and a Doctor Of Philosophy(Ph.D) in zoology from the University Of Port-Harcourt. He is married to Patience and has two children. Jonathan is an Ijaw


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Re-colonization is the answer!

agent22: I miss d days when we went to school,lined up & D headmistress & teachers inspect our nails & uniform & den we match to our classrooms, U Remember na?? • D days of Nasco Biscuit,Trebor, Iced Coloured water tied in nylon we called it "lolly" • D days of Goody-Goody&pako Biscuit. • D days of ali & simbi,Mr Salami & Mrs Salami, Agbon,Edet lives in Calabar. • Chei, i remember those days when one naira na money,when groundnut was 5 kobo. & choco milo sweet was 5 kobo • days of messing game,who is in d garden, police and thief • D days of mama & papa play • days when we use to build houses with sand, play suwe game,tinco tinco,change ƔU̶̲̥̅̊я style, ten ten, skipping, stop! U remember nau! •those days wen we used to fly kite on streets, wen boys used to use d paint bucket cover as tire & their daddy's hanger as d steering •those days when rubber band was stock exchange •days when votron, jimbo, power rangers, spider man was our favourite cartoons • D days of limca soft drinks & choco milo advert on black and white tv Nd̶̲̥̅̊ sunday rendevous by1:30pm • when we say 'leke leke give me white finger' • Those days when eleganza pen was d best • D days wen we used to drink water from d tap even suck out d water if its not coming out • D days when NTA will show rainbow color for 30 mins then national anthem before they resume program @ 4pm • D days were basket sandals,simbi nd Bata sandals were d best •Days wen we all sing sandalili sandalili songs. Dstv has come no more old fun I'm really proud to have experienced all this. If u r nt smiling it means u were nt born in my generation.hapi independent nigger area

i definitely smiled going through this piece. Brought back fond memories. You did not tales by moonlight, episodes aired in 1986-87, and Transtel's Telematch

God bless Nigeria !!!! Happy anniversary.

ABOUT LAND TITLES IN LAGOS STATE

*A Gazette* is an Official record book where all special government details are spelt out, detailed & recorded.

A *gazette* will show the communities or villages that have been granted *excision* and the number of acres or hectares of land that the government has given to them.
It is within those *excised* acres or hectares that the traditional family is entitled to sell its lands to the public & not anything outside those hectares of land given or *excised* to them.

*Question:* Is excision as good as obtaining c of o?
Is a person having excision still mandated to obtain c of o?

*Answer:* After a land has been excised & Gazetted, then you can either process your C of O or Governor consent.

*Excision* does not expire while CofO expire after 99 years.
The only advantage CofO has over Excision is that, it can be use as collateral for getting loan in the bank

*DEED OF CONVEYANCE*

*Deed of Conveyance* or Registered Conveyance was the authentic evidence of ownership until 1978 Land use Act that introduced Certificate of Occupancy.

Deed of Conveyance is old legal document used in transferring the interest of the owner of a landed property interest to the person to another whom it is assigned, the assignee.
When ownership is transferred, the new legal document in use now is called deed of assignment.

*CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY*

A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) issued by the Lagos State Government officially leased Lagos land to you, the applicant, for 99 yrs.
*All lands belong to the Government.*

*GOVERNOR'S CONSENT*

A governor’s consent can only be processed on a land with either Gazette or an Existing Certificate of Occupancy (C of O).

If a person with land with C of O decides to sell his land, the only documents that can give the new buyer or every other subsequent buyers the right of occupancy or ownership is a governor’s consent.
The powers of the Governor to consent to such transactions can be found in Section 22 of the Land Use Act of 1978 which states thus:
*'It shall not be lawful for the holder of a statutory right of occupancy granted by the governor to alienate his right of occupancy or any part thereof by assignment, mortgage, transfer of possession, sublease or otherwise howsoever without the consent of the Governor first had and obtained''*
This simply means therefore that even when a buyer has secured a land with a Certificate of Occupancy, he shouldn't stop there.
He needs to begin the process of obtaining a Governor's consent to make that purchase legal in the eyes of the government & be rest assured his land is safe.

DEED OF ASSIGNMENTS

Most people have the title documents to their cars intact & in safe places but fail to ask for the Deed of assignment to their properties which is several times more valuable than cars

*A Deed of assignment* is one of the transnational document drawn up by a real estate attorney between the current title holder for a particular property & the new buyer.

In real property transactions, a deed of assignment is a legal document that transfers the interest of the owner of that interest to the person to whom it is assigned, *the assignee.*
When ownership is transferred, the deed of assignment shows the new legal owner of the property.

The deed contains very pertinent information for a real estate transaction. It spells out the date when the ownership of the property transfers from one owner to the other.
The deed also gives a specific description of the property that is included in the transfer of ownership.

It is very compulsory & mandatory for a Deed of Assignment document to be recorded at the appropriate land registry to show legal evidence as to the exchange of ownership in any land/landed property transaction in order to make the general public and government aware of such exchange or transaction.

*Question:* How long does it usually take on average for a land to be fully excised?

*Answer:* Excision is given by the Governor of the state & there is no specific time for issuance of Excision. Sometimes, excision can be delay due to political reason.

Once a CofO had been issued on a particular land, it's takes 99 years before it can expire after which it can be renewed.
You can not process CofO on land that already has CofO.

CofO is CofO everywhere. When they said *Global,* it means the CofO in questions covers a very large expanse of land.

*Question:* Does this mean that *"Lands has to at least be excised before it can be sold or transferred to someone else" ?*

*Answer:* You becomes rightful owner of the land once the government released it to you via excision.

Though Governments recognised ancestral land ownership as excision is the right of the indigenous land owners.

Courtesy: Joshua Adebayo