[Photo] The Only Street In America With A Nigeria Name

With background sounds of heavy traffic, You're
hearing the intersection of 44th Street and 2nd
Avenue in New York City.
The northeast corner of this intersection is
significant to the Nigeria story for two reasons.
First, it is the site of Nigeria's mission to the
United Nations and their New York consulate.
Second, the New York City Council has renamed
this corner Kudirat Abiola Corner.
To understand the significance of Kudirat Abiola
we have to go back to 1993, the last time Nigeria
experimented with democracy. Kudirat's husband,
Moshood Abioloa, ran for President and he won
but the election was annuled by the then head of
state Ibrahim Babangida