NIGERIA INDEPENDENT HISTORY, THE ROAD WE TRAVELLED

                   PRINCESS ALEXANDRA READS THE BRITISH ROYAL MESSAGE OCTOBER1, 1960
                                                                      

                                        NIGERIA INDEPENDENT HISTORY

                                                                 THE ROAD WE TRAVELLED

Although Nigeria gained partial independence from Britain on October 1, 1960, it was not totally independent until 1963 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

The name “Nigeria” is derived from the word “Niger” – the name of the river that constitutes the most remarkable geographical feature of the country. Nigeria is a country of 923,768 square kilometers, bound to the west by Benin, to the north by the Niger and Chad Republic, east by the Republic of Cameroon, and south by the Gulf of Guinea. The country gained independence from the British government on Oct. first 1960, and became a republic in 1963. The journey to independence started with some constitutional developments in Nigeria, these constitutional developments saw the country attaining self-rule in some quarters in 1957 and total liberation on Oct. 1st 1960.