NIGERIA – FRUITLESS YEARS OF SEARCH FOR NATIONHOOD, WASTED YEARS OF BOOM, GLOOMY YEARS OF DOOM, A TURBULENCE ON THE PRECIPICE
By Emmanuel Gandu INTRODUCTION The evolution of Nigeria from 1800’s to 1849, the amalgamation of Northern and Southern Protectorates by the British colonial government supervised by Governor Fredrick Lugard in January 1914, to the granting of self rule of independence on October