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Floodwaters of Famine: Maiduguri deluge exacerbates Nigeria’s food crisisIreti Kingibe’s claims on first-year constituency projects in FCT had more flaws than factsBlood on UniformsFloodwaters of Famine: Maiduguri deluge exacerbates Nigeria’s food crisisIreti Kingibe’s claims on first-year constituency projects in FCT had more flaws than factsThe Nigerian state and people have a tradition of morally, politically, diplomatically, materially, financially and militarily supporting the struggles of...
Earlier in 1959, students had organized demonstrations against the visit to Nigeria of then British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. They argued that British policies were hostile against Black People and African nationalism, and demanded the expulsion of South Africa from the Commonwealth. The British government was consequently compelled to abandoned the Pact, positing that it was an “embarrassment” to the Nigerian government, “useless” to Britain, and injurious to Anglo-Nigerian relations.
Western support for Apartheid South Africa, the apartheid praxis in itself including the imprisonment and execution of freedom fighters, its constant attacks on the Frontline States, and Shagari’s government subservience to the West, attracted hostile criticism and occasionally, protests within and outside the campuses.
Student leaders and activists similarly condemned the abortion of the OAU Heads of State Summit scheduled for 5 August, 1982 in Tripoli. The Summit was aborted primarily to stop the admission of the Western Sahara into the OAU and, to stop the emergence of the Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, as OAU Chairman. President Shagari played a leading role in the abortion of the Summit. NANS denounced the abortion as being: “in line with the design of America and world imperialism.
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