Nigeria Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated annually on October 1st. It commemorates the day the country gained independence from British colonial rule in 1960. Here is everything ...

In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani considers the greatest challenge facing Nigeria as Africa's most populous nation marks 60 years of ...

On 1 October 1960, Nigeria gained independence from the UK. The UK also controlled the former German colony of Cameroon. At independence, its citizens were given a choice of joining either Nigeria ...

Nwoko explained that while Nigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, it had yet to achieve economic ...