In effect, Nigerian nationalist struggles were not inspired by the British war propaganda as has been asserted (lbhawoh, 2007), but by the devious inconsistencies of the colonial power. In one breath Imperial Britain denied that Nigerians were ripe for self-government, and in another granted constitutional concessions to Ceylon and the Gold Coast. Nigerians, not 'so isolated from the rest of the world' (Wesl African Pilot, 24 March 1943) and from the great impact of the war, including its explosion of old myths, insisted that they, too, were entitled to self-government. They justifiably argued that Nigeria was 'by far more populous and wealthier than the Gold Coast and Ceylon' (Wesl African Pilol, II October, 18 November, 11-16 December 1944; Daily Service, 5 July, 11-28 July, 30 August, 7 October 1944), and that Nigerians had also shed their blood to make the world safe for democracy and freedom, and should enjoy the principles enunciated by the Atlantic Charter