Tag: JUNE 12
New MKO statue: Ambode, the man who saw tomorrow
By Deacon Teniola Popoola
Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode appears to be a man ahead of his time.
His revolutionary and forwarding-looking innovation in traffic management,...
Lagos declares June 12 public holiday
The Lagos State Government on Saturday declared June 12, 2018 as public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 presidential elections...
June 12: I give glory to God – Kingibe
Alhaji Babagana Kingibe, running mate of late Moshood Abiola on June 12, 1993, presidential election, said Federal Government’s declaration of the day as Democracy...
Tsav commends President Buhari for honouring Abiola
Former Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abubakar Tsav, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring late Moshood Abiola 25 years after the annulment...
Abiola no longer a Nigerian, can’t be given GCFR – Dino...
The senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, caused a stir on the Senate floor on Thursday when he argued that...
Gani Fawehinmi would have rejected award – NCP
The National Conscience Party (NCP) on Thursday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day.
Lagos State chairman of the party, Fatai...
Gani Fawehinmi’s family accepts national honour, thanks FG
The family of late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, on Thursday thanked the Federal Government for its decision to give its patriarch a...
June 12: Kola Abiola keeps mum as sisters express joy
Kola Abiola, the first son of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola, has maintained his characteristic silence in...
June 12: Obasanjo’s goal was to erase my father’s name –...
Daughter of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, has alleged that the goal of former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
This is what musician born on June 12, 1993 looks like...
As Nigerians lined up on that historic day, June 12, 1993, to vote for MKO Abiola to become the President of Africa’s most populous...