Lagos — As we touched down in J'burg last week Friday, it suddenly struck me that Nigeria will celebrate 50 years of Independence on October 1, 2010.
That year has become very magical in the calendar of both Nigeria and her arch-rival, South Africa. That is when the World Cup will come to Africa for the first time, and South Africa, understandably, and unarguably, has beaten us to it. In October next year, Nigeria will expectedly, and certainly, roll out the drums of celebration, in our typical fashion, and invite the world to see the shame that we have become in 50 years.
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