Nigerian nationalism most serious threat to the Nigerian unity since Nigeria became independent in 1960, as other ethnic groups threatened that they too would also seek secession should Biafra successfully secede. Nigeria responded to the separatist threat with a military campaign against the Biafran government, resulting in the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970. The war ended with the defeat of the Biafran separatists. Between one and three million Nigerians died in the war. The 19th century did not witness the emergence of any political organization that could help in airing the grievances and expressing the aspirations of Nigerians on a
Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning (Nigeria) packages for small-scale industrialists and officials of federal/state agencies, which have responsibilities for developing small-scale industries in the economy. Director-General Dr Kabir Kabo Usman Assumed office January 2010 – Present Preceded by Dr Joseph Maiyaki Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning (Nigeria) The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning is one of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria. It was originally set up by Decree No 12 of 1992 as the "National Planning Commission" and later amended by Act 71 of 1993. The core responsibility of the commission is the formulation of medium term and long term economic and