Babagana Kingibe, running mate of MKO Abiola in the 1993 presidential election, says he decided to work under the military government of Sani Abacha because of "national interest". Kingibe, who served then as minister of foreign affairs, had been described as a traitor. He was accused of abandoning the struggle after the election was annulled by Ibrahim Babangida, former military head [...]
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On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari named the Abuja national stadium after MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Although this has been widely commended, the state of the stadium has left sour taste in the mouth. The 60,000 capacity stadium is now turning to a shadow of itself, with dilapidated facilities, grass and refuse littering virtually every spot. The stadium, [...]
Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Razaq, governor of Kwara state, says his administration will carry people of the state along and deliver on its campaign promises. He said this at an event commemorating Democracy Day celebration in Ilorin, the state capital, on Friday. The governor said his administration will enhance economic growth by creating conducive working environment for the people. "Let me reiterate that my Government will [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari gave a wrong date on when he was reelected into office while speaking to millions of Nigerians in Abuja on Wednesday. In his Democracy Day speech, Buhari also gave wrong figures on Nigeria’s GDP growth projection for 2019. In the speech, a copy of which was obtained from Femi Adesina, his spokesman, the president said he was reelected [...]
Babagana Kingibe, running mate of MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, says he has a video recording of the events surrounding the election. Kingibe said this on Wednesday when he featured on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme. The former ambassador had been criticised as not been part of the struggle after the election was annulled by former military head [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will not tolerate those who incite violence and social unrest in the country. Buhari spoke during the June 12 Democracy Day celebration at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Wednesday. The president alleged that most instances of inter-communal and inter-religious strife are being sponsored or incited by ethnic, political or religious leaders for their selfish interest. "Most of the [...]
Wole Soyinka, foremost playwright, says he will not participate in this year’s June 12 celebrations. In honour of MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari had signed into law, a bill to make June 12 replace May 29 as Democracy Day. In an essay made available to TheCable on Tuesday, Soyinka condemned the conduct of the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the bill to make June 12 Democracy Day. Ita Enang, senior special assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), disclosed this to state house correspondents on Monday. Enang said the new law, now allows public holiday to be declared on June 12 every year, while May 29 will no longer be a public [...]
Yoruba Koya Movement, a socio-cultural group, has declared June 12 as national day of protest against killings and kidnappings across Yoruba speaking states, including Kogi and Kwara. In a statement, the organisers said protest tagged: "JUNE 12 O'TO 'GE Rally" is backed by Voice of Reason (VOR), a Yoruba intelligentsia group, and 26 other socio-cultural and self-determination groups. The protest will hold in all [...]
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has put together a symposium to mark 20 years of democratic rule in Nigeria. The symposium, which will be chaired by Adebayo Olukoshi, director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) will hold at Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja, on June 11. According to a statement, Mahmud Jega, [...]
The senate has passed a bill seeking to make June 12 Democracy Day. The bill seeking to amend the holiday act was passed at the upper legislative chamber after Ahmad Lawan, senate leader, presented a report to his colleagues on Thursday . The bill, which has only three clauses, was passed after it was put to a voice vote by Ike [...]
Ireti Kingibe, ex-wife of Baba Gana Kingibe, a former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says her husband did not betray the late Moshood Abiola. Abiola is the presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election. In June, President Muhammadu Buhari confered Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) and Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Abiola and [...]
Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, says the historical June 12 election was annulled because the military did not want to pay MKO Abiola's N45bn debt. Speaking in an interview with Punch, Lamido said the military told him that the election was cancelled because if Abiola, presumed winner of the election, became president, he would have taken the money, causing the [...]
Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari's decision to declare June 12 as Democracy Day. In an interview with NAN on Monday, the former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) said the declaration is illegal. Buhari took the decision in honour of late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The federal [...]
Since President Muhammadu Buhari announced June 12 as a public holiday and new date for celebration of Nigeria's Democracy Day, arguments on the legality of the action have continued to arise. Buhari had said the date will, in future years, replace May 29 — the usual date for the celebration — in remembrance of the annulled June 12th, 1993 presidential election. One [...]
Ben Nwabueze, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has faulted the June 12 declaration made by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement, he personally signed, Nwabueze described the declaration as “unconstitutional, a masterstroke of mischief and insincerity and a deceitful contrivance”. On June 6, Buhari announced the conferment of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the highest honour in the [...]
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