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MKO Abiola

June 16, 2024

Eid-el-Kabir: Nigerians must sacrifice to make Nigeria great, Tinubu says

Mr Tinubu emphasised the need for the people to sacrifice to make the nation great.

PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU
June 13, 2024

Azu Ishiekwene: A reckoning in June

If the martyrs of June 12 could witness the nation’s current state, would they have made the same sacrifices?

Bola Tinubu, MKO Abiola, Anthony Enahoro and Ndubuisi Kanu
June 12, 2024

June 12: Tinubu advised to declare MKO Abiola president posthumously

Rights activists and followers of the late MKO Abiola appealed to President Bola Tinubu to declare the deceased president posthumously.

MKO Abiola and Tinubu
June 12, 2024

Governor Abiodun commutes 45 death sentences to life imprisonment, frees 41 convicts

The governor explained that he had also signed warrants converting the death sentences of 45 inmates to prison sentences.

Prisoners
June 12, 2024

Nigeria runs ‘expensive’ democracy unlike America, says Obanikoro

“We can cut the budget size of the National Assembly to a reasonable level that an average Nigerian can live with.’’

Musiliu Obanikoro
June 15, 2023

Ex-president Buhari calls Abdulsalami Abubakar ‘father of Nigeria’s modern democracy’

Prior to handing over power to a civilian government in 1999, Mr Abdulsalami Abubakar was active in successive military juntas characterised by gross human rights violation and killings.

Ex president Muhammadu Buhari and ex-military president Abdulsalami Abubakar
June 13, 2023

Tinubu should honour Humphrey Nwosu as June 12 hero

CLO stated that “Nwosu seems to have conducted the freest, fairest and most credible elections in the history of this country.”

CLO logo and Humphrey Nwosu
June 12, 2023

June 12 Annulment: MKO Abiola’s family demands apology from Babangida

Also, the family asked Mr Tinubu to honour Mr Abiola’s wife, Kudirat, as the first lady of “Hope 93”.

June 12, 2023

NLC, stakeholders demand improved workers’ welfare

NLC and other stakeholders in Enugu have lauded successive administrations in Nigeria for sustaining democracy in the country since 1999.

NLC
June 12, 2023

Accord Party tells Tinubu to declare MKO Abiola president-elect

The Accord Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to dispense justice on June 12 by declaring the late MKO Abiola the president-elect.

MKO Abiola