welcome to 1960 Nigeria

1851 (December 26-27): Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) is wounded and flees to Epe. On board the ship was Lt. Labulo Davies, probably the first Nigerian to be commisioned in a naval force. 1862 (January 1): Lagos Island is annexed as a colony of Britain 1862 (January 22): Mr H.S Freeman is appointed...

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Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II 1 October 1960 -1 October 1963 Duration: 3 years...Continue ...

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1. RIGHT OF LIFE Every person has a right to life, and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria. 2. RIGHT TO DIGNITY OF HUMAN PERSON Every individual is entitle to respect...

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Sir A.Tafawa Balewa:  He was the first prime minister of an independent Nigeria. Born a commoner in the north of colonial Nigeria, he trained as a teacher. Balewa entered the government 1952 as Minister of  Works, and later served as Minister of Transport. In 1957, he was elected Chief Minister, forming a coalition government between the NPC and...

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INTRODUCTIONNigerian women have always been active in agriculture, trade, and other economic pursuits, but a majority of them are in the informal labour force. They are the household managers, providing food, nutrition, water, health, education, and family planning to an extent greater than elsewhere in the developing world. This places heavy burdens on them, despite developments such as...

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1.         Right to life 2.         Right of Liberty 3.         Right to fair Hearing 4.         Right of Association 5.         Right to private family life 6.         Right to Education 7.         Right to own a property 8.         Right to religion of choice and conscience 9.         Equality before the law 10.        Freedom from slavery 11.        A suspect is assumed to be innocent...

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Comparism of the Pre-colonial Constitution with the Post independence constitution of Nigeria, with Characteristic and finding answer to why government of the centre has become so powerful vis –a –vis other tiers of government. In answering the above question, one may need to know briefly what is a constitution and the entity called Nigeria. A constitution is a...

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