Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary brings to the fore both the euphoria of October 1, 1960, when the Union Jack was lowered in Lagos and replaced by the green-white-green flag, and the decades of struggle that made freedom possible, through the agitation of nationalists like Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello, Anthony Enahoro, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Margaret Ekpo, Aminu Kano, and Yusuf Maitama Sule, writes…
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