Na for 1960 wen Nigeria get independence di kontri begin us “Nigeria we hail thee” – but dem drop am for 1978 wen former President Olusegun Obasanjo be military leader for di kontri.

“Changing the Nigerian national anthem written by a Nigerian, ... Click here for full lyrics. Nigeria's new old-anthem used from 1960-1978, re-adopted 2024. Nigeria, ...

Submissions for Nigeria’s Independence Anthem came from as close as the French Cameroons and as far as the United States. All the entries for Lyrics had a requirement to fulfil: “The National ...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has released the standardised version of the reintroduced national anthem. NOA on Tuesday assured Nigerians that it would issue a standardised version of the ...

The Federal Government, through the National Orientation Agency, NOA, on Wednesday, June 5, released the approved version of the reintroduced national anthem.

It stated that the performance and singing of the national anthem shall follow the lyrics prescribed by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The new law prescribed that when the National Anthem is ...

As a Nigerian commentator wrote in 2009, “our national anthem ‘Nigeria we hail thee . . .’ opened me and I believe millions of Nigerians up with pride and the feeling of patriotism ...

Nigeria's old national anthem was called “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” and was used from Independence Day, October 1, 1960 until 1978. The anthem’s lyrics were written by a British lyricist ...

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the bill to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem which was dropped by a military government in 1978.

Some Nigerians have expressed outrage after the country's national anthem was changed with little consultation. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the bill to revert to Nigeria’s ...