Meet British expatriate, Lillian Jean Williams, writer of old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” The original anthem, “Nigeria, we Hail Thee,” reintroduced by President Bola Tinubu on 29th May 2024 was written by Lillian Jean Williams, a British expatriate in 1959, while Frances Berda composed the music around the same period. Lillian Jean Williams is a British expatriate who lived in Nigeria when it achieved independence from Britain in 1960. The federal government launched a contest to compose an anthem, offering a prize of £1,000, which Ms Berda, a ballet musician,...