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October 1st 1960, Nigeria gained Independence from the British overlord who bombarded Lagos in 1851, annexed on 6 August 1861 and declared a colony on 5 March 1862. The British integrated the Lagos colony with the southern protectorate and amalgamated the northern protectorate with the southern protectorate in 1914, under the supervision of Lord Lugard.

The amalgamation was strange to the natives and the different ethnic groups occupying the six geo-political zones that made up nigeria today, but was facilitated by the British for economic and political reasons. Each region was governed through the indirect rule for many years, but with agitation for Independence from the locals and support from some international organizations, request for Independence was granted and made official on the first day of October 1960.

The independent nation became a republic in 1963,
Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state. The Civil War claimed millions of lives, after 30 months of fighting, Biafra surrendered. On 15 January 1970, the conflict officially ended.

The wheel of the Giant nation has been mounted by different military leaders and civilians under the umbrella of democracy which many people in the past have faulted to be responsible for the nepotism, corruption, mismanagement, hardship, austerity, insecurity, failure of leadership, youth unemployment, infrastructural deficiency and other maladies suppressing Nigeria from reaching it peak in terms of growth and development.

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The above is the question many people are asking due to the frustration induced by hardship, hyper inflation, unstable exchange rate, dwindling economy encouraging capital flight, uneven distribution of resources and insecurity fueling the trend of Japa- youth emigration to other countries in the name of seeking for greener pasture, causing brain drain and leaving a vacuum in many sectors at home.

Support the Rebuild Afrika Project, A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as Samuel Egunjobi Empowerment Foundation, with Registration Number RC 6960355 authorized by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission with the SCUML licence to operate as a developmental and charitable institution facilitating youth and women development, capacity building and collaboration with international organization to empowered SMEs.

Bank Name: Polaris Bank
Account Number: 4091857975 (₦)
Account Name: Samuel Egunjobi Empowerment Foundation

USD$ Account Number : 1596857830
Bank Name : Access bank
Account Name: Egunjobi Samuel
Country: Nigeria

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