Struggles Of An African Giant

 By Oyeleke Elizabeth

A British author and philanthropist, Joanne Rowling writes, “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” Also, American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, notes that, “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” 

There is a great unseen bond that binds the people of Nigeria together that is beyond human awareness and understanding. We are different superficially by our languages, cultures and religions but we are same fundamentally.’’

The Death Of Truth In Nigeria

By Passy Amaraegbu

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election 

– Otto von Bismarck. 

The first documented census in Nigeria was carried out by Britain in 1866. Following this, others in 1971, 1896, 1901, 1911, 1921 and 1952/53.

However the first census after independence was in 1963. Thereafter, the degree of reliability of the figures has been on a spiral descent and decline. The official Nigeria position is that Lagos State with a population of 9,013, 534 is second to Kano with a first position of 9,401, 288 (Nigerian Finder). However, the Lagos State government puts the census of the State at 22 million while the United Nations puts it at 14 million.