Nigeria is an unfortunate country. It is unfortunate because it was not created by the people who reside in it. In this vein, I shy away from saying it was not created by Nigerians. Why? Because before the nation now called Nigeria was created by the British, there were no people called Nigerians. The landmass was of course settled by hundreds of tribes, most often at war with each other. The British defeated them in war and imposed upon them a name called Nigeria, and they henceforth collectively came to be...