₦airaland Forum

MrsNwaAmaikpe:


The mumu in this Northerners didnt start with Buhari coming to commission a bus stop in Lagos......his ancestors went all the way to London to inspect traffic light...

Olatara:
Pls tell me, I want to know

Explorers:
Lol....every body na baba o.

mansakhalifa:
First of all Google this: How Zik stopped Nigeria from breaking up in 1957 and see the result you will get.

At that conference,the British granted autonomy to the Eastern and Western region,whilst scheduling that of the Northern region for 1959.

From my little research[reading and documentaries] and what the old men in my family told me,the British had toyed with a plan to split their 1914 creation i.e. Nigeria into 3 separate countries. That would have meant that the Eastern and Western and Northern Regions would have been allowed to go their separate ways.

But unfortunately,guess who truncated it?
NCNC supremos.

Hope this helps...?

I stopped laying the blame squarely at the foot of the British after I read that damning chapter of that history textbook that hot afternoon.

mmsen:
Yes, I was aware of how both the East and the West (at various points) have deceived themselves into thinking that they can control the north and reign in the Jihadist tendencies of the Fulanis.

Apparently nothing has been learned over the past 100 years because the same mistake was made during the last election.

MrsNwaAmaikpe:


The mumu in this Northerners didnt start with Buhari coming to commission a bus stop in Lagos......his ancestors went all the way to London to inspect traffic light...

CaptainBUGGY:
Mostly southwest, south south and north.... Wonder what our blodas from the yeast were doing during those times

CaptainBUGGY:
Mostly southwest, south south and north.... Wonder what our blodas from the yeast were doing during those times

Blackfire:
This can only bring tears to your eyes...


See so much potentials and wonderful future.


What happened... What happened... What happened?

mansakhalifa:
Are you sure you reallllllllĺlllllllllllllllllllĺlllllllllllllĺlllllllllllllllllly want to know?

Like travel to 1957 and 1958?

Time travel?

Olatara:
Yes! I love history.

MrsNwaAmaikpe:


The mumu in this Northerners didnt start with Buhari coming to commission a bus stop in Lagos......his ancestors went all the way to London to inspect traffic light...

WhichKindWahala:
when did Lagos become London.
Oh , na our yeastern brothers London be that

mansakhalifa:
OK. Might as well oblige you.

Did you know that we could have walked away from the 1914 amalgamation before independence in 1960?

As a matter of fact,Nigeria wouldn't have been in 1960. The guys at the 1957 conference only had to accept what the British were proposing[they were toying with the idea to grant the Eastern,Western and Northern regions independence as separate entities].

One man prevented all of that... I figure you know who.

He was the leader of the NCNC. That's a bit of a clue.

Olatara:
Herbert Macaulay? Why?

Olatara:
Herbert Macaulay? Why?

mansakhalifa:
No. The man who succeeded Macaulay as leader when Macaulay died.

Bigsteveg:
You should have read the post and studied the picture carefully,
The picture was taken in London,
Seems to me you are a northerner or you just want to think oddly the way they do.

Olatara:
Nnamdi Azikwe

mansakhalifa:
Yes. That guy[well,you sure know your history]. He opposed it because he believed that a strong,cohesive union could be built out of the three regions. There could have been other motives too.

When the conference resolved to grant the Eastern and Western regions self-rule in 1957,he did not welcome the idea totally and in fact,opted not to hold any celebrations over the new status of the Eastern region. He wanted independence for a "united" Nigeria.

kingjomezy:
somebody should console me .....I want to start crying oooh

MrsNwaAmaikpe:


The mumu in this Northerners didnt start with Buhari coming to commission a bus stop in Lagos......his ancestors went all the way to London to inspect traffic light...