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The Niger Delta region has been repressed, suppressed, marginalized and neglected.

Obasanjo had in a six-page letter to Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark noted that the constitution did not confer ownership of oil and other mineral resources on any of the then regions.

A return to the 12-state structure of 1967 is the best option open to Nigeria at this time. Introduction Since

Who’s the North’s Equivalent of Kanu and Igboho? Igboho and Kanu Sun Jul 25 2021 In 1950, at a constitutional conference to review the Richards Constitution in Ibadan, northern delegates threatened to secede from Nigeria. The North opposed the composition of the proposed central legislature, as declared by the Emirs of Katsina and Zaria, and insisted on more seats at the parliament. It was obliged. About two years later, the North again ventured to break away from Nigeria when their colleagues from the other side of the Niger sought independence from colonial rule sooner than the northern...

The nation will continue to wobble until the iniquities in the system are eliminated, writes Anya O. Anya Nigerian Unity and Nation Building, under normal circumstances, would have been considered an easy task to undertake. However, given that the circumstances in our times it can no longer be considered normal in the light of the level of violence, criminality and divisiveness which is now our daily experience, the undertaking becomes a challenge and a dilemma. There was a time that some of our leaders especially in the military era would glibly tell us that Nigerian unity is non-negotiable....