The military history of Nigeria since the colonial rule began precisely on the 1st October 1966. The country was at its infantile stage and was still trying to adapt to its new state of independence. However, this process was shortlived by the military folks and less than 6 years after independence, Sir Ahmadu Bello; the […]
The history of Federalism in Nigeria can be traced to the division of the country into three provinces (Northern Province, Western Province and Eastern Province) by Governor Bernard Bourdillion in 1939. Governor Bernard Bourdillion (1935 – 1943) recommended the replacement of the provinces by regions which Arthur Richard’s Constitution later implemented in 1946. It was […]
Before western education started in Nigeria, Nigerian children were exposed to informal form of education. The society and families in which these children grew up gave them education on ethics and other things. Things started changing when the Europeans, especially from Great Britain, started trooping into Nigeria in search of lands to conquer. This started […]
In 1962, the first attempt to build a healthcare system in Nigeria was made when the federal Minister at that time, presented a bill in parliament for its enactment in the Lagos area. Unfortunately, there was stiff resistance from the Nigerian Medical Association when the idea was brought forward. In 1988, the then health minister […]
See Below The History Of Nigeria Military Coup Since the country’s independence from the british empire in 1960. The military coup is the violent or non-violent overthrow of an existing political regime by the military. Between 1966 and 1999 the army held power in nigeria without interruption apart from a short-lived return to democracy between 1979-1983. […]
See History Of Nigeria Hausa Below….. The history of hausa speaking people compresively in a short chapter of this nature. However, efforts will be made to only bring to light the salient points that will make and introduce the reader to the background of Hausa language and its speakers. The Hausa speaking people can be said […]