TY - BOOK AU - Azikiwe,Ifeoha TI - Nigeria, echoes of a century SN - 9781481729260 (v. 1 : alk. paper) AV - DT515.57 .A95 2013 PY - 2013///] CY - [Bloomington, Indiana] PB - AuthorHouse KW - Nigeria KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. 1914-1999 -- v. 2. 1999-2014 N2 - Echoes of a Century discusses fundamental issues in Nigeria's loose federation as well as unresolved national challenges in the past 100 years. It also examines the issue of leadership and its ceaseless manipulation through zoning, federal character, demography, ethnicity and religion that revolve around individuals against national interest; the politics and illusion of oil wealth that has become the nation's albatross; endemic corruption and societal decadence that negate her growth and development, and the clamour for a national conference to renegotiate the country's future ER -