Happy Independence Day Nigeria

Independence Day is an official national holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on the first of October. It marks Nigeria's proclamation of independence from British rule on 1 October 1960.

Flashback

 In 1914, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to create the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, which has the borders of modern day Nigeria. By the late 1950s, the call for independence of territories in Africa and the decline of the British Empire led to the country being granted independence on 1 October 1960 as the Federation of Nigeria. Three years later, the constitution was amended and the country was declared the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Nnamdi Azikiwe, previously Governor-General, as the first President.

Celebration
It's celebrated by the Nigerian government in Abuja capital of Nigeria where the president and the citizens of Nigeria cuts the cake for the celebration of the day, fireworks and lots more


 Significance 
It's the day the Nigerian government got independence from the British colonialists


Quote
You all should come out of your huts and hamlets 
Let's rejoice and share happiness 
It's another year to our great combined effort built nation's age 
We've stood for freedom for so long 
Let's make it happen again 
True independence

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