The British High Commission in Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for launching the National Policy on Non-State Schools, describing it as a progressive step toward expanding access to ...

The National Anthem asks for unity among our people and echoes the idea of Nigeria as a light of hope and promise in Africa. Our National Anthem encapsulates the optimism and faith in Nigeria’s future ...

Our national anthem encapsulates the optimism and faith in Nigeria’s future, which can be translated into national prosperity through our abundant natural resources, human capital, and resilience.

Nigeria ditched its indigenous national anthem in May and restored the old colonial one. The decision by the country’s National Assembly to revive a song written and composed by two white ...

What’s in a national anthem? Plenty, it would seem. The anthem is more than tune and lyrics. A few years ago, the American academic Bruce Gilley wrote an article in an academic journal in which ...

ABUJA - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed a bill switching back to a national anthem composed by a British expatriate and adopted at independence, a move some dismissed as a ...

A National Anthem is one of the instruments of modern government. The lyrics are typically approved by the government and people as correctly expressing their history and national aspirations.

The lyrics of the anthem were written in 1959 by Lillian Jean Williams, a British expatriate who lived in Nigeria and the music was composed by Frances Berda, another British expatriate.

The arrival of our Old-New National Anthem is more than just a change in melody. It is a call for unity, patriotism, and national renewal. It reminds us of our shared aspiration as a united nation ...