Now that I’ve lost my 29th May birthday to Nigeria
Until the Fourth Republic, 29th May was just an ordinary day. No United Nations’ Day, No International Day. No global anniversary. Nothing, except that John F. Kennedy, the assassinated United States President, was born on 29th May 1917. My problem started with the 1914 Amalgamation and Flora Shaw’s (Lord Lugard’s wife) Nigeria. We can’t forget the sweat and blood of …