{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_s7vqkx34hdszftin75fq","title":"Nigeria: A Nation Still Becoming At 66","title_en":null,"outlets":14,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/nigeria-at-66-hopes-and-impediments-s7vqkx34hd","count":24,"items":[{"id":"n_x3gvynnevovryqbeghzq","seq":1602874,"kind":"article","title":"Nigeria: A Nation Still Crawling at 66","url":"https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/04/nigeria-a-nation-still-crawling-at-66","summary":"Sixty-six years after Nigeria’s independence, the country remains a giant still crawling under the weight of economic hardship, religious and ethnic bigotry, systemic corruption, insecurity and a flawed political system, Davidson","published":"2026-10-04T01:07:59Z","seen":"2026-10-04T01:16:56Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thisdaylive-com-43bc52","name":"thisdaylive.com","domain":"thisdaylive.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q527612","name":"This Day","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thisdaylive-com-43bc52","topics":["politics"],"authors":["Ayo Yusuf"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1033","name":"Nigeria","type":"place"}],"story":"st_s7vqkx34hdszftin75fq","category":"society","category_p":0.2800000011920929,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4000000059604645,"political":0.20000000298023224},{"id":"n_pish34hwiy7v4lgtc2ma","seq":1605457,"kind":"article","title":"Nigeria @ 66: Grandeur of illusion","url":"https://thesun.ng/nigeria-66-grandeur-of-illusion","summary":"This article would have come last week so that it wouldn’t appear to be influenced by reactions after last Thursday, when the country marked the anniversary of its Independence. The discourse is better now that we have had President Bola Tinubu address the country and those in power have made their comments. 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Despite some gains that have been recorded along the way, many Nigerians still feel disillusioned at the way things are going in the country. The post Nigeria at 66 appeared first on The Sun Nigeria .","published":"2026-10-01T01:06:29Z","seen":"2026-10-01T01:32:22Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thesun-ng-c19ed1","name":"thesun.ng","domain":"thesun.ng"},"via":"kite-thesun-ng-c19ed1","topics":["editorial"],"authors":["The Sun"],"mentions":2,"story":"st_s7vqkx34hdszftin75fq","category":"society","category_p":0.2199999988079071,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.17000000178813934,"political":0.1599999964237213},{"id":"n_yswy7leb6xsljks6ua5a","seq":1027311,"kind":"article","title":"NIGERIA AT 66: WHICH WAY NIGERIA?","url":"https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/01/nigeria-at-66-which-way-nigeria","summary":"Sixty six years after independence, Nigeria should be asking itself a question that can no longer be postponed: what exactly has become of the great promise of our nation? 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