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NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB EDITORIAL: 66 Years After the Union Jack Came Down, Nigeria Still Has One Uncomfortable Question to Answer: What Have We Actually Built With Our Independence? The Rock, the Ink, and the Indigo: How Abeokuta Is Paving Over Its Industrial Identity BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Oloja of Ago-Oja, Deals Major Blow to Ganiyu Ajiboye Busari as Alaafin Owoade Wins Legal Battle Geopolitics with Bolarinwa: How Sudan Became a Hub for Extremism in SubSaharan Africa EDITORIAL: The Yoruba Will Not Surrender The Coast — How South-East Propaganda Against The Ogun Deep Sea Port Is Really A Fight Against Yoruba Economic Power NANS Fires Back at Dino Melaye Over NELFUND Claim, Calls Him ‘Dolt’ and ‘Uninformed Dullard’ BREAKING: Manchester City Found Guilty of Serious Premier League Financial Breaches After Nine-Year Investigation NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB EDITORIAL: 66 Years After the Union Jack Came Down, Nigeria Still Has One Uncomfortable Question to Answer: What Have We Actually Built With Our Independence? The Rock, the Ink, and the Indigo: How Abeokuta Is Paving Over Its Industrial Identity BREAKING: Supreme Court Sacks Oloja of Ago-Oja, Deals Major Blow to Ganiyu Ajiboye Busari as Alaafin Owoade Wins Legal Battle Geopolitics with Bolarinwa: How Sudan Became a Hub for Extremism in SubSaharan Africa EDITORIAL: The Yoruba Will Not Surrender The Coast — How South-East Propaganda Against The Ogun Deep Sea Port Is Really A Fight Against Yoruba Economic Power NANS Fires Back at Dino Melaye Over NELFUND Claim, Calls Him ‘Dolt’ and ‘Uninformed Dullard’ BREAKING: Manchester City Found Guilty of Serious Premier League Financial Breaches After Nine-Year Investigation
NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB
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NIGERIA AT 66: INDEPENDENCE GAVE US A COUNTRY, NATION-BUILDING IS STILL OUR JOB

Column by Ademola Adekusibe Nigeria turns 66 today, and once again October 1 arrives with the familiar rituals of independence: the national flag, patriotic messages, official ceremonies and speeches about...

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