<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826175217111251705</id><updated>2011-10-07T23:57:27.835-07:00</updated><category term='Independence'/><category term='Nigeria'/><title type='text'>Maude's Musings</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5826175217111251705/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Maude Rabiu Gwadabe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06470310870568985580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0WHKDvj9LJU/ShfzpXFWnFI/AAAAAAAAAAs/tL5t1bQRFBM/S220/CIMG4372.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826175217111251705.post-1917916967684036798</id><published>2011-10-01T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T09:56:20.997-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Independence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nigeria'/><title type='text'>Nigeria's 51st Independence anniversary.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;51 years ago, British colonialists handed over power to natives whom they have trained to  carry on their traditions. The beneficiaries of that midnight arrangement made it a duty of honor to celebrate that occasion annually.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However, recently the celebrations have turned low-key as our leaders are ashamed to face our assessment of their turn at power.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5826175217111251705-1917916967684036798?l=maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com/feeds/1917916967684036798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com/2011/10/nigerias-51st-independence-anniversary.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5826175217111251705/posts/default/1917916967684036798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5826175217111251705/posts/default/1917916967684036798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maude-gwadabe.blogspot.com/2011/10/nigerias-51st-independence-anniversary.html' title='Nigeria&apos;s 51st Independence anniversary.'/><author><name>Maude Rabiu Gwadabe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06470310870568985580</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0WHKDvj9LJU/ShfzpXFWnFI/AAAAAAAAAAs/tL5t1bQRFBM/S220/CIMG4372.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
