NIGERIA AT 62: AT OUR WATERLOO?

O GOD OF CREATION, DIRECT OUR NOBLE CAUSE, GUIDE OUR LEADERS RIGHT, HELP OUT YOUTH THE TRUTH TO KNOW, IN LOVE AND HONESTY TO GROW, AND LIVE IN JUST AND TRUTH, GREAT LOFTY HEIGHTS ATTAIN, TO BUILD A NATION, WHERE PEACE AND JUSTICE REIGN, AMEN. It's heartbreaking to see how old warning songs are still relevant today, not just in Nigeria, but throughout Africa. Songs such as ' Africa why? ' by The Destiny Kids , ' Nigeria go better ' by Shaheed Osupa , and this ' Ta lo le gba wa bi Jesu o ba gba wa' song are examples. Songs performed by Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, Lucky Dube, Bob Marley, and others. Artists that many young people today are unfamiliar with, but who, when their songs play, begin to confirm the truth of the music's content. What a pity! I'm not against us listening to old, antique songs. NO WAY! What I'm referring to is how songs about the so-called bad Nigeria of that time are still very relevant today. This isn't supposed ...