Nigerian Youth Movement

The Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) was Nigeria's first genuine nationalist organization, founded in Lagos in 1933 with the name of Lagos Youth Movement and renamed the Nigerian Youth Movement in 1936.

Read more about Nigerian Youth Movement:  Early Years, Growing Militancy

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