Sentences with phrase «nation since its independence»

Enikanolaiye said Nigeria had always been a reliable and dependable ally on the global stage, particularly at the United Nation since its independence.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Armed Forces of Nigeria for their selfless service at maintaining indivisibility of the Nation since Independence and especially in the current fight against insurgency in the North - Eastern part of the Country.

Not exact matches

On Monday, WTI closed at US$ 52.22 a barrel, up by 3 percent, while Brent crude settled at US$ 59.02 — its highest since July 2015 — on the back of growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

Since independence, many nations followed the path of development planning and that has helped some of them to move faster towards partial industrialization.

And so, during the half - century since the Second World War, two global changes were taking place simultaneously: power was shifting from the European nations to the United States; and the third - world nations were asserting their political independence.

Since America was not a nation until the Constltution was ratified, or perhaps when the Declaration of Independence was signed, then at that moment — ALL of the slave owners were «first»... yes?

To mark the occasion Kenya's Daily Nation — the largest newspaper in East and Central Africa with a circulation of over 200,000 — published a front page article written with my long time co-author Daniel Branch that discusses 50 events that have shaped Kenya since independence.

Since the 1920s the Indian independence movement had been demanding Pūrṇa Swarāj (complete self - rule) for the Indian nation and the establishment of the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan was a major victory for the Swarajis.

Scottish and Welsh nationalism have been increasing in popularity, and since the Scottish independence referendum, 2014 there has been a wider debate about the UK adopting a federal system with each of the four home nations having its own, equal devolved legislatures and law - making powers.

This certainly makes it a win - win situation for the influential ethnic nationality, which, together with the Hausa, has enjoyed a primacy of place in the nation's hegemonic configuration since independence in 1960.

Shortly after gaining its independence from Britain in 1966, large diamond reserves were discovered, and the economy has since grown faster — and for longer — than that of virtually any other nation in the world.

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008; it has since been recognized as a sovereign state by about half of the United Nations» members, including Canada, the United States, and 22 of the European Union's 27 states, but excluding China and Russia.