Tafawa Balewa Square: Years after concession, world-class tourist site dream fades

Tafawa Balewa Square, the once beautiful pride of Nigeria, is a shadow of its former self. JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI writes on how Nigeria’s independence monument has failed to fulfill its world-class tourist site potential The four white horses and seven red eagles’ statues in Tafawa Balewa Square’s façade are glaring from afar. Moving close to it