Arise O Compatriots, Nigeria's Call ObeyToday 1st of October 2022 is another epoch of Nigeria's Independence Day celebration which makes it exactly 62 years of freedom and liberation given by the Colonial British Empire in 1960 and then became a Republic in 1963 as Nnamdi Azikiwe became the Head of State which is the first President while Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa has been the prime minister since 1957 right before the indepence, While the name Nigeria was suggested by a female journalist named Floral Shaw and if we must express our gratitude over the British Empire then the first to acknowledge is the end to Slave trade.
Nigeria was colonized between the period of 1914 to 1954 before it was handed over to the northern and southern protectorates federation in 1954 to 1960.
History cannot forget our founding heroes right before independence to when it was given, they were those whose impact was felt and will always remain unforgettable in their struggles for Nigeria's independency. source First Governor-General of Nigeria Sir Frederick Lord Lugard
1 January 1914 to 8 August 1919British Monarch as at time of Independence was Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England
1952–1960First Nigeria President
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, GCFR PC
1 October 1963 – 16 January 1966 source source Nigeria is blessed with abundance of natural resources, fertile agricultural soil, green grass and a good atmospheric conditions for a living and is blessed by three major indigenous languages Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo with English as it official and general spoken language among other indigenous local tribes with about thirty one millions population, we can not go without appreciating all our founding heroes, fathers and leaders not mentioned but have struggled altogether in making the nation stand as one country despite various ethnicity challenges emancipated from the world war II and the numbers of lives lost at the cause, also we cannot forget the lives lost through
EndSARs: The movement for police reformed as a result of police brutality in NiG which is the 2020 END SARS movements across the federation and the impact of its youths in waging war against corruption and police brutality, may their souls rest in peace. God Bless Nigeria!
Nigerian National Anthem Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria's call obey
To serve our fatherland
With love and strength and faith
The labour of our heroes past
Shall never be in vain
To serve with heart and might
One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.
Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause
Guide our leader’s right
Help our youth the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.
Nigerian National Pledge I pledge to Nigeria my Country
To be faithful, loyal and honest
To serve Nigeria with all my strength
To defend her unity
And uphold her honour and glory
So help me God.
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