A Reckoning In June
It’s been 31 years since a seismic event triggered by the June 12, 1993 election nearly brought Nigeria to its knees. The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),…
It’s been 31 years since a seismic event triggered by the June 12, 1993 election nearly brought Nigeria to its knees. The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP),…
It recently occurred to me that most Nigerians were not alive on June 12, 1993. As a result, the cornerstone of Nigeria’s history is getting lost in translation, and the…
Nigeria is only one of probably two countries in the world with a democracy day. The other is Cape Verde. The respect that Nigeria pays to democracy is an irony…
Once upon a time, a soldier by the name Ibrahim Babangida ruled Nigeria. He greatly disrupted life through manipulation, lies and deception, such that he was named Maradona – after…
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Saturday marched to late Chief MKO Abiola’s Lagos home, in commemoration of the 2021 Democracy Day. Abiola was the acclaimed winner of…
In his first Democracy Day speech to be marked on June 12, instead of the traditional May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari has given a breakdown of what his government has…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday address the nation at 7am. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity announced this in a Facebook post on Thursday.…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has provision a score of the commission’s activities saying assets of N980bn have been recovered and in the last…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola who made the…
It is difficult not to read politics to President Muhammadu Buhari’s avowal of June 12. If posthumous awards for MKO and Gani Fawehinmi were truly intended to re-connect the President…