As Nigeria celebrates its 60th anniversary, Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano, former Central Bank Governor, and UN SDG Advocate, spoke on pathways to sustainable progress. He explained why Nigeria needs to evolve beyond its juvenile obsession with ethnic identity politics and start implementing the core vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable…

I read with great interest and delight, in the Opinion Page, The Guardian of Monday, 28-09-2020, an article by Dr. Akinola of Oxford, United Kingdom.

I want to first thank God Almighty the Father of all creation and the maker of Heaven and earth. Strange as it may sound, I would like to thank the colonial masters who wove our diverse peoples together...

After several years of colonial rule, Nigeria was granted independence on October 1, 1960 by the British government.

A former governor of old Kaduna State,Alhaji Balarabe Musa, says Nigeria has not done well in actualising most of the dreams of its founding fathers at 60. Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone on Sunday that the country could be better than its current state if the leaders had done more.…

Nigeria has celebrated 60 years of nationhood since it gained independence from the colonial masters on October 1 1960. Since then, the country has been opposed by different challenges of insecurity, civil unrest, human rights abuse, electoral fraud and violence, corruption and bad governance. In this recent interview with The Guardian, the president of the…

On the 60th Independence anniversary of the World’s most populous Black and African country, there is one thing most Nigerians are in agreement with – things are not very well with the state

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retired), on Friday said he was petrified when he emerged Nigeria’s Head of State at age 31.

Nigeria. Africa’s most populous country and largest economy remains a huge enigma of unfulfilled potential, as it commemorates its diamond jubilee. With nearly 200 million citizens and 250 ethnic groups, the country entered what Egyptian Nobel laureate, Naguib Mahfouz, described as “the Late Afternoon of Life”, turning 60 on 1 October. Following one civil war,…

INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to…

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the challenging state of the country was caused by previous governments from 1999 to 2015 when he was elected to office. Buhari made the accusation in a national broadcast for Nigeria's 60th anniversary. The president said his administration had the least resources to work with and has out-performed…

Nigeria's President Muhammad Buhari on Thursday has defended the recent hike in the prices of petrol in the country, hinging the increment on the need to shore up the "drastically reduced resources". "In this regard, sustaining the level of petroleum prices is no longer possible. The government, since coming into office has recognized the economic…