Nigeria @ 51, Sights and Sounds of Hope!

Nigeria a Country of Over 160 million people first flew its flag of Independence on the 1st of October 1960.
51 years on, today we are marking that Independence.
What we are celebrating is not 'our arrival' at our set-out goals but our resilience and persistence in attaining 'that goal'
The goal being Peace,Progress and Prosperity- a nation where corruption is shunned and human life valued above ethnicity, culture and religion.  Here are a few of the numerous colourful pictures and sounds that heralded the celebration- our prayer is that what happened this day last year never repeats itself, Amen.

The celebration kicked off with the customary Presidential address, you can watch it here and a lot of pump and pageantry in National Colours both at home and abroad.

More pictures and video when you continue.

Nigeria is not a Cave, Even though we want it better and which country doesn't?

This is Lagos Nigeria that you don't see on TV..Source YouTube Videos.

This is Abuja Nigeria, Live Unedited News Video...Source YouTube Videos.

I decided to show a little of what Nigeria is.
This is one state (Lagos) and the Federal Capital Territory ( Abuja) out of the 36 States in the country.
I am blogging about this in response to some questions albeit very uninformed in this 21st century.
Questions like " Do you have roads in Nigeria?" ( Maybe we still use bush paths..lol)
Or " wow you have SEC ( Securities and Exchange Commission) and banks?" ( okay now, we bank with clay pots..am stunned!)
Anyway much of it comes from what the media portrays, I may even be guilty as charged but forgive me misters, Our Nigeria, no matter what you might have heard before now, is not made up of Cave cities.