Nigeria: the results of 60 years of independence
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Parade of Nigerian soldiers in Abuja on October 1, 2000, during ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the country's independence.
PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP
By: Alain Foka
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50 min
On October 1, 1960, Nigeria, a former British colony, became the largest independent state on the African continent.
What political, economic, social and cultural assessments can we draw from these sixty years of independence?
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With our guests:
- Remi Sonaiya
, writer, former professor of French Language and Applied Linguistics, candidate of the Kowa party in the 2015 presidential election
- Pr Bola Akinterinwa
, former director general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Ikoyi- Lagos
- Tabia Princewill
, reporter for the Nigerian daily The Vanguard
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Bola Okupe
, oil and gas industry expert.
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