Nigeria, greatness and the missing link, by Prof. M. K. Othman This month of October 2021, Nigeria is 61 years old as an independent nation, free from colonialism, and 107 years old as a nation called Nigeria. The amalgamation of the British colonies and the northern and southern protectorates into a single country, Nigeria, in 1914 was made by fiat, without any consultation with the people. Under colonization, the land, its contents, and the people were considered as booty of the colonial masters. Some people felt, and still feel, that the...