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Fela Kuti, officially to become a national hero

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Fela Kuti, officially to become a national hero

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His family-house is going to become a museum

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This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of Fela Kut i's death, will see the Ransome-Kuti family get a distinguished recognition from the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Ogun State.

The Ransome-Kuti's ancestral home in the state's capital of Abeokuta will be turned into a museum, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, confirmed to Punch.

"We have always said that one of the important assets we have is our cultural heritage, our history and this project, which is going to immortalise the Ransome-Kuti family, is laudable and admirable," Lai Mohammed told Punch.

"The family, as you know, represent different things to different people, whether you talk about education, emancipation, music or entertainment. Therefore, this attempt by the government at immortalising the family by preserving and restoring the ancestral home is very commendable."

The Ransome-Kuti's ancestral home in the Ogun State capital of Abeokuta.

Credit: Etcetera9ja via Konbini

The new museum will be called the Heritage Museum and is set to open next year.

Governor Amosun added that "the Kuti family is one of those illustrious families that conquered the world, not only Ogun Sate or Abeokuta or Nigeria . Indeed, at times when I am away in the US and I take a cab, the music I hear is that of great Fela himself."

"Fela was far ahead of his time. For us, it will be in our interest to let people know his origin, his root," he told Punch.

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Fela Kuti's Home To Become A National Museum in Nigeria

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The government's point of view

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986 was awarded to Wole Soyinka “who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”

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We should all be feminists

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We teach girls that they can have ambition, but not too much ... to be successful, but not too successful, or they’ll threaten men, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this classic talk that started a worldwide conversation about feminism, Adichie asks that we begin to dream about and plan for a different, fairer world -- of happier men and women who are truer to themselves.

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As Nigeria celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, the young people find new words to speak about an attitude

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The word Naija aptly captures the variety of emotions I feel for my country, especially as it celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence.

We Nigerians are confident people - proud of our culture and identity, industrious, hard-working, ingenious and great survivors.

The word was coined by the country's youth as a way of distancing themselves from the old guard"

End Quote BBC's Peter Okwoche

Let's face it, we need to be resilient - Nigeria can be extremely frustrating, annoying and inefficient.

But an optimistic outlook on life makes it a place where anything and everything is possible.

No wonder a survey once found that Nigerians are the happiest people in the world - we have a great capacity for laughing at ourselves.

Whether things are going well or whether it seems the world is about to come to an end, "Naija!" -also written 9ja - expresses it all.

It is about the food, the flamboyant dressing, the mannerisms, the boisterous - some say loud - interaction among complete strangers who on meeting immediately feel bonded by their "Naija-ness".

Like your family, you love them and you hate them at the same time.

You love them so much you would die for them, and yet you get so exasperated at the way they drive you up the wall.

And for the young, the word has entered their slang - spreading rapidly through social networking sites and through music.

'A hook and a jab'

My Nigerian colleague Peter Okwoche says this is because Naija denotes a new beginning or dawn for Nigeria.

"The word was coined by the country's youth as a way of distancing themselves from the old guard who they blame for Nigeria's woes," he says.

"Nigeria has a bad image abroad but the youth want the world to know that change is happening from inside the country."

And Naija is a word we Nigerians guard jealously.

We are most particular about its pronunciation.

It must be punchy - both syllables should be emphasised but with a hook for the "Nai" and jab for the "ja".

Then you know you are in with the crowd. You are accepted. You are trusted.

Bilkisu Labaran and Peter Okwoche are presenting a two-hour BBC Focus on Africa special on Nigeria's 50th anniversary on Africa on Friday 1 October at 1600 GMT.

Here is a selection of your comments:

What Naija means to me is: Nai - the old Nigeria with a bad image because of corrupt ex-leaders and Ja - a slang for disappear. So when we say Naija, it means that we, the youth, are determined to cleanse the country and show the world the true colour of this great nation. Naija for real! Simon, Enugu, Nigeria

Naija means a lot to me - it is my home and it is where I will die. There is no place like home and that place is Naija. Even with the corrupt practices and the kidnappings, it is only we Nigerians who can solve our problems. I do not think there is any need for us to run somewhere else, instead it is better we sit down and and resolve this issue. After all, other countries have their problems to solve, so let's stay and solve ours. I love my country, my father's land and my home. Naija - what a place to be. Obireh Erhuvwu, Kaduna, Nigeria

Naija is a word that depicts the conditions and the aspirations of the average citizen. Everything is possible in Naija, even when things are tough, really tough.
Madubuike Ezekwe Thywill, Isuikwuato LGA , Abia state, Nigeria
The word Naija for me means the entire people of Nigeria wherever they are. And it's also uniting the Nigerians, making them proud of themselves as one nation. Bulama Musa, Lagos, Nigeria

The word Naija is a term used to describe the land which we all strive to create for the future generation. It is the true Nigeria that we hope to build. A Nigeria that's different from the past, which we all agree has not gone as well as we had hoped.Ikechukwu Richard Ogbowu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Naija is a word coined by Nigeria's youth from the local English language spoken mainly in the southern part of the country. You put a lot of stress when pronouncing it to show your love for the country. I love the word Naija.Abdulmuminu, Kano, Nigeria

The word Naija to me means something new and quite different from a past which we all agree has not been as perfect as we would have wanted. It represents the new Nigeria, the true Nigeria that we are all striving to build.Ikecukwu Richard Ogbowu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Naija simply means "The New Nigeria" - one the average Naija youth is proud to be associated with. The name gives me a sense of belonging. I love Naija. Buchy, Nigeria

When I was young, the word was in common use by adults as an exclamation word. One would have used it to express surprise or amazement at the end of someone else's comment on the country's state of affairs. It probably didn't have a spelling then, and I even thought it was a Yoruba variant of "Nigeria" at that time too. I would estimate that the word is as old as Nigeria herself. The word has re-emerged among youths within the last decade with a new meaning, most times effusing patriotism. The recent popularity of the word may have come about because of its frequent use in a syndicated 30-minute show hosted by one Kwame where it was used for praising the good qualities of Nigeria and Nigerians. Seyi Olakulehin, Lagos, Nigeria

Naija means people with different talents, people who are loving, people who believe in faith and do not worry what they'll eat the next day. People who see joy as their birth right, people with so many cultures and traditions, people full of life, people with strength and loyalty and people of character. That's the meaning of Naija. Chituga, Rumuobiokani, Nigeria

Naija means a new beginning. It is the hope for the future. Nigeria may be dying but out of its ashes rises a generation determined to be truly different, truly great, truly NAIJA!Dehl Umobio, Abuja, Nigeria

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Many Nigerians refer to their country as Naija, which they say embodies the mixed feelings of pride and frustration they feel towards their motherland, writes the BBC's Bilkisu Labaran.

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Nollywood: the film industry
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The First Lady's reaction to the Nigerian girls'abduction

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Michelle Obama has taken the unique step of delivering her husband's weekly presidential address to express outrage at the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls.

Speaking for the first time instead of the US president, before what is Mothers' Day in the US on Sunday, she said the couple were "outraged and heartbroken" over the abduction of more than 300 girls from a school in Chibok on 14 April.

"What happened in Nigeria was not an isolated incident. It's a story we see every day as girls around the world risk their lives to pursue their ambitions.

"I want you to know that Barack has directed our government to do everything possible to support the Nigerian government's efforts to find these girls and bring them home. In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams, and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now."

As the international rescue effort to find the girls continues Islamist extremists blew up a bridge on Saturday night, killed an unknown number of people and abducted the wife and two children of a retired police officer in north-east Nigeria. The events came as a senior aide to the president, Goodluck Jonathan, moved the closest yet of anyone within government circles to admit there was "much to be remorseful and angry about" in the way last month's abduction had been handled politically.

Ken Wiwa, an adviser to the president and son of playwright and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, wrote in an article for the Observer that there was something "reassuring" in the fact that the world cared about the plight of the girls. He said that, with support, Nigeria could "overcome this challenge", and called it the turning point in the battle against terrorism.

There are now warnings of a refugee crisis emerging from the escalating violence by insurgents, after a quarter of a million people have fled their homes. "The brutality and frequency of these attacks is unprecedented," Adrian Edwards of the UN refugees agency said. "The past two months have seen multiple kidnappings and deaths, creating population displacement both inside Nigeria and into neighbouring countries."

Refugees report acts of extreme violence, of homes and fields being burned down and grenades being launched into crowded markets and bus stations. People are being caught in the crossfire between the insurgents and government forces, and there are allegations of arbitrary arrests and summary executions.

The US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, said the security council should act quickly to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist group and hold "its murderous leaders to account". The security council has demanded the release of the girls and is threatening to take action.

"The members of the security council expressed their intention to actively follow the situation of the abducted girls and to consider appropriate measures against Boko Haram," the 15-member council, which includes Nigeria, said.

A team of UK experts is now in Nigeria to help with the hunt, but they admit they face "large information gaps", the Press Association reported.

The UK advisory team in Abuja have been in talks with senior officials, including Jonathan and the national security adviser Sambo Dasuki, in a bid to get to grips with the emergency.

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said: "The scale and complexity of the incident and the environment means there are large information gaps.

"The priority for the team in the first instance is establishing the facts such as the precise identities of those taken and what has actually happened to help Nigeria build a better picture."

Jonathan said he believed the girls were still in the country despite fears, prompted by the sabotage last week of a border bridge, that the kidnappers were trying to stop anyone following them into Cameroon.

In her speech, broadcast nationwide on radio and uploaded as a YouTube video, Michelle Obama said: "This unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education - grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls."

She noted that the Chibok state secondary school where they were abducted had been closed because of terror threats, but the girls had gone back to take exams. "They were so determined to move to the next level of their education ... so determined to one day build careers of their own and make their families and communities proud," she said.

Earlier last week the first lady tweeted a picture of herself holding a placard with the #bringbackourgirls campaign hashtag.

On Friday Amnesty International claimed Nigerian commanders were warned before the kidnap that armed men were assembling near Chibok, but the military were unable to raise enough troops to respond. "This abduction could have been prevented," said Amnesty spokeswoman Susanna Flood.

The Nigerian government said it does not believe the Amnesty allegation but was investigating.

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Michelle Obama raises pressure over kidnapped schoolgirls

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American first lady delivers president's weekly address to highlight concern over Nigeria