Nigerians as conquered, recolonised and enslaved people, by Iduh Onah NIGERIA is frequently celebrated as the ‘Giant of Africa’. Nigeria is a nation richly endowed with human and natural resources – huge intellectual capital, a vibrant youthful population, immense cultural diversity, fertile agricultural land, and a seemingly limitless oil wealth. Yet, despite these extraordinary blessings, millions of Nigerians continue to live under unbelievable conditions of poverty, insecurity, unemployment, hunger, hopelessness, and infrastructural decay. This contradiction remains both painful and difficult to reconcile. How does a nation so richly endowed produce citizens...