History of Nigeria

By Kingsley Ikechukwu
Nigeria as a political entity came into being
by the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern
Protectorate and Southern Protectorate of
Nigeria by Lord Lugard.
The name Nigeria was taken from the River
Niger running through Nigeria. This name
was coined by Flora Shaw, the future wife of
Baron Lugard, a British colonial administrator, in the late 19th
century.(1)
Nigeria has 3 Major Ethnic grouping: Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba
and numerous tribal groups. Historically, Nigeria ethnic
cultures have run a parallel historical, political and social
development; wherever the cultures have merged or met it
was normally through commerce or war.
The major tribes Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba with numerous tribal
groups are all eternally conscious and supremely guarded of
their culture, habit and history. Many of the tribes are openly
suspicions of the other.
This was the background to the amalgamation of the Northern
and Southern Protectorate of Nigeria by Lord Lugard and the
British Imperial Office.
Without an adequate melding of the divergent views,
convergence of developmental goals and synchronization of
aspiration for nationhood, the different peoples of Nigeria was
lumped into one country; Nigeria.
6years into this marriage, Nigeria went up in flames. The war
termed The Nigeria-Biafra War had as its remote and
immediate causes the mistrust and suspicion of the major
tribes. Each of them had a different view, outlook; the way,
manner and direction Nigeria as a nation should head.
After the war, the country was griped by a military oligarchy
that spanned nearly 2/3 of Nigeria independent years.
In 1999, democracy returned to Nigeria with Gen. Olusegun
Obasanjo of PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) proclaimed the
President of Nigeria.
In 2003, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was returned as the
President of Nigeria.
2007, President Yar'dua was declared winner and sworn in as
Nigeria President in an election President Yar'dua said was
filled with irregularities.
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Reference:
1 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Nigeria, http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria (September 2009).
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