If ever there was going to be a transformational leader in Nigeria at the Federal level, that man would be Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He was brilliant beyond belief. He was a visionary and an executor. Simply put, he got the job done. If Western Region were a country, it was already ahead of many European…
A Shaky foundation. In the run up to the General Election of 1959, something curious happened to Arithmetic. Parliamentary Seats were supposed to be allocated on the basis of one Seat per 100,000 population. The results of the 1952/1953 census were as follows: North—10.9m. Western Nigeria including Lagos —-6.09 million. Eastern Nigeria—-7.2 million. Based on…
66 Years or 112 years? The Amalgamation of Northern Protectorate and Southern Protectorate of Nigeria happened in 1914. At the time, Lord Lugard famously or infamously said—-depending on who’s looking at the matter that he was putting together a forced marriage between a “Poor husband—-Northern Nigeria with a Rich wife—-Southern Nigeria” with no prospect of…
David and Victoria Beckham celebrated 25 years of marriage by hilariously turning back the clock to their wedding reception. To celebrate their milestone anniversary the couple recently dressed in the purple outfits they wore at their wedding reception in 1999. The two of them had made a joint post on Instagram with a caption that read, “Look what we found…” In…
