01/10/2026
NIGERIA IS 66 TODAY… BUT MAKE I ASK YOU SOMETHING. 🇳🇬
If Nigeria were a person sitting beside you right now…
Would you hug her?
Or would you look at her and ask:
“Why you dey make life hard for your own children?”
I’ve been thinking about this since morning.
Because honestly, Nigeria is one kind of love.
She can frustrate you till you wan pack your load comot.
Then something happens.
You hear the National Anthem.
You see the green and white flag.
You hear somebody abroad say, “I miss home.”
And somehow…
your heart still moves.
You still love her.
But loving Nigeria doesn't mean we should pretend say everything dey okay.
We can love our country and still ask for better.
We can pray for Nigeria and still say:
“Abeg, things need to change.”
Imagine this…
A mother wakes up by 5 a.m.
She checks her children's school bags.
She checks the kitchen.
She checks her purse.
Then she whispers:
“God, please bring my children back safely.”
Imagine a father sitting inside traffic, calculating transport money inside his head.
Imagine a young graduate looking at the certificate hanging on the wall and asking:
“So… wetin I go do now?”
Imagine somebody who has spent years dreaming about a better future…
but has started wondering if that future is even possible here.
And then somebody tells them:
“Just be grateful. At least you are Nigerian.”
No.
We can be grateful for Nigeria…
and still ask Nigeria to do better.
We can love this country…
and still be tired.
We can pray for Nigeria…
and still demand security, dignity, opportunity and accountability.
Those things no dey contradict each other.
Na because we care.
Nigeria get one special kind of people.
Give Nigerian problem, somebody go say:
“Don't worry, I know somebody.” 😂
Give us small money, we go stretch am like rubber.
Give us one opportunity, we go use am to solve five problems.
We complain.
We laugh.
We hustle.
We pray.
We survive.
My dear, we survive too much.
And maybe that's one thing we need to change.
I don't want a Nigeria where survival is our biggest achievement.
I want a Nigeria where hardworking people can breathe.
Where a farmer can go to his farm without fear.
Where parents don't have to live in constant anxiety.
Where a young person can look at Nigeria and say:
“I can build my future here.”
Where leaving Nigeria is a choice…
not the only plan.
And no, I'm not saying Nigeria will become perfect tomorrow.
No country is perfect.
But 66 years is long enough to ask serious questions.
What are we building?
What are we leaving for the next generation?
What kind of Nigeria will our children inherit from us?
Because one day, somebody will ask us:
“What did you do when Nigeria was struggling?”
I don't want our answer to be:
“We complained on Facebook.” 😂
I want us to say:
“We cared.”
We spoke.
We worked.
We prayed.
We helped one another.
And we refused to give up.
So today, I won't insult Nigeria.
I won't pretend everything is perfect either.
I will simply say:
Nigeria, I love you.
But I want better for you.
I want peace for you.
I want dignity for your people.
I want our children to dream without fear.
I want Nigerians to stop apologising for being Nigerian.
And I want that green and white flag to mean more than beautiful colours.
I want it to remind us that millions of people…
different tribes,
different religions,
different states,
different backgrounds…
still call one place HOME.
Nigeria. 🇳🇬
At 66, maybe the question isn't only:
“Are we free?”
Maybe the bigger question is:
“What are we going to do with the freedom we have?”
Now make I hear from you.
Don't just type “Happy Independence.”
Tell me something real.
If you could change ONE thing about Nigeria today, what would it be?
Security?
Electricity?
Education?
Jobs?
Cost of living?
Leadership?
Or something else?
Write just ONE thing.
And tag one Nigerian wey still believes this country can be better.
Because despite everything…
Nigeria is still our home. 🇳🇬
Happy 66th Independence Day, Nigeria.
May we live long enough to see the Nigeria we keep praying for. ❤️🇳🇬
