Nigeria, Ghana and their characteristics, by Clem Oluwole Nigeria and Ghana have a lot in common. They shared the same colonial history. Ghana was the first to free itself from foreign domination in 1957. Nigeria followed suit three years later. A little over two years after Independence, the two nations were caught between the lethal jaws of corruption, the invidious crime that impoverishes the masses. In the early 80s, two anti-corruption Czars sprang up to confront the hydra-headed monster. While Ghana produced Ft. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari sprang up...