The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday October 12th, 2022
#Nigeria – 1960-2022: The Unresolved Leadership Question by Kola King
Nigeria’s independence was ushered in with fanfare, pomp and ceremony on October 1, 1960. The Union Jack was lowered, and Nigeria’s flag hoisted at full mast, marking the end of British colonial rule and the beginning of self-government and independence. By 1963 the nation had thrown off the yoke of British dominion when it voted to be a republic and no longer under the British monarchy. Naturally, the cast of actors in the independence struggle later emerged as the new leaders of the new nation. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa of the Northern Peoples Congress emerged the first prime minister of independent Nigeria, while Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was installed as Governor General of the federation.
Nigeria held so much hope and promise at independence not only for the nation but Africa as a whole. Even though a multicultural and multi ethnic and multi religious society there was every hope that the leaders of independence would get things right and forge ahead to instill the spirit of nationalism and set the nation on the path of irreversible progress, development and prosperity.
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Joshua Tree #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“is a place that has nothing
to do with us. A place where
deer sleep and mammoth did
before them. Hidden and held
in place by a secret grammar”
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AntySaurus Prick #48 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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