Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- Happy 66th Independence Anniversary to Nigerians at home and in diaspora - Arise O Compatriots!

Before I reply feedbacks, let me start with three fathers who were already Nigeria before Nigeria knew itself:

Prof Wole Soyinka - Yoruba Conscience - Itu Egwu Chineke. First African Nobel Laureate Literature 1986. Jailed 22 months solitary by Gowon for trying to stop civil war. Faced firing squad. Said: "Man dies in him who keeps silent in face of tyranny." That is Conscience - fear God, not man.

Prof Chinua Achebe - Igbo Character - Agwa Oma. Author Things Fall Apart, most read African novel. Rejected national honour, said our trouble is failure of leadership, failure of character. Said: "A man who rapes a girl and says...