Tag: June 12
Make June 12 Presidential Inauguration Day, Panelists tell Tinubu
ABUJA- Some Key players during the 1993 presidential election have called for a shift of Nigeria’s presidential inauguration day from May 29 to June...
CLO tasks Tinubu on putting up MKO Abiola’s portrait in Aso...
ENUGU- The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged President Bola Tinubu to complete June 12 healing process by ensuring pasting of Chief MKO Abiola’s...
June 12: Abiola’s legacy lives on, says Gov. Abiodun
ABEOKUTA- Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, says late MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, is ‘icon of Nigeria’s Democracy,...
Restoring the spirit of June 12, By Dakuku Peterside
Democracy is taken for granted as the best form of government. At least the West told us so. We have also accepted it by...
‘We must never take this democracy for granted’ – Full text...
TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR ON JUNE 12, 2023
Fellow Nigerians,
It is exactly three decades today...
2023: Atiku, June 12 and Keyamo’s attempt to rewrite history; By...
The events of June 12 crisis are too well documented for anyone to seek to distort it. Festus Keyamo told a blatant lie when...
Democracy is the best system of government – Bauchi governor
By OLAIDE AYINDE
BAUCHI- Democracy is the best system of government, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, declared in Bauchi on Sunday.He stated this in...
MKO Abiola’s son urges Buhari to investigate father’s death
By ADEROGBA GEORGE
Abuja- Mr Abdul Abiola, one of the sons of the late Chief MKO Abiola has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate...
Afenifere, NADECO Take IBB To The Cleaner Over Claim On June...
Afenifere, a pan Yoruba socio-political organisation and the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) have berated former Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) over...
Qualities next President must possess, by IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has identified attributes of his ideal President in 2023.
He said the next President must speak to the...
How I was nicknamed ‘evil genius’, ‘Maradona’, by IBB
Former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has explained how he was nicknamed “evil genius” and “Maradona”.
Babangida, disclosed this while speaking with Arise TV...
Why June 12 election was annulled, by IBB
The election was adjuged by most Nigerians as the freest and fairest in the nation’s democratic experience.
It was contested between Chief Moshood Abiola of...
MKO Abiola Remains Most Acceptable Nigerian Democrat – Governor Bala Mohammed
Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed has described late MKO Abiola, a self-acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, as “the most acceptable...
‘Arrest of June 12 Protesters Is Unlawful’ – Falana Demands Police...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has lambasted the federal government for sending police officers after peaceful June 12 protesters.
He said the arrest of...
June 12: Amotekun will become state police, says Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps will metamorphose into a state police.
Akeredolu who said he...
June 12 protesters apprehend travellers with guns, weapons in Akure
AKURE - Youths, who took part in the June 12 protest in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have apprehended a commercial bus alongside its...
South-West students disown NANS president, say June 12 protest must hold
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone D (South-West), has dissociated itself from a statement by NANS National President, Sunday Asefon, suspending a planned...
NANS Suspends June 12 Protest, Distances Self From ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ Campaign
According to The PUNCH, the National Association of Nigerian Students has suspended its planned June 12 nationwide protest.
NANS President, Sunday Asefon, made this known...
Fani-Kayode narrates how he became friends with T.B. Joshua in Kuje...
A ex-aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has opened up on his friendship with the late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet Temitope...
Breaking: Synagogue Church Pastor TB Joshua is dead
LAGOS - Popular Nigerian televangelist, Pastor Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, is dead.
He reportedly died in Lagos on Saturday evening shortly after concluding a programme...