I'm trying to understand the point of this historically inaccurate vignette. (Elizabeth succeeded her sister, Mary Tudor, not Mary, Queen of Scots). I'm sure if we try hard enough we can find hundreds of apparent coincidences (there are after all, only 365 or 366 days in a year yet millions of human beings with significant dates in the lives of all of them) but to what end? The two queens of England mentioned were Queen in their own right, not by reason of marriage. What on earth is their relevance to the wives of Nigeria's pro tem rulers? I hope this isn't the result of someone trying to persuade us to accept more abuses in the name of First Ladyism?
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Of the Queen of England and Nigeria"s First Ladies by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth,London, England
Queen Elizabeth I of England became Queen on November 17, 1558. She succeeded Mary 1, Queen of Scots. She brought about a golden age and greatness to England. She lived in the same times as the dramatist William Shakespeare (WS).
Queen Elizabeth I had cause to observe January 15, the anniversary of her coronation ceremony.
She died on March 24, 1603.Maryam Abacha became First Lady of Nigeria on November 17, 1993. She succeeded Maryam Babangida and lived in the same times as Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka (WS). Soyinka has been compared with William Shakespeare and is fondly addressed as "Our own WS" by some Nigerians.
As a soldier's wife Maryam Abacha had cause to mark January 15, the Armed Forces Remembrance day.
Maryam Abacha was born on March 4, 1947. She handed over to (First Lady) Justice Fati Lami Abubakar, an old girl of Queen Elizabeth School, Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria.
Also, First Lady Patience Jonathan has cause to celebrate Queen Elizabeth because her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, was born on November 20, 1957, the tenth wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, having tied theknuptall knot on November 20, 1947.
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