Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Politics

June 12, 2024

Some governors are busy grooming criminals to rig election, snatch ballot boxes: Goodluck Jonathan

“In some states, governors are busy encouraging criminals…that will rig election for them, carry ballot boxes, carry knives and cutlasses to pursue people,” said Mr Jonathan.

Jonathan and Mr Godwin Obaseki
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

Yusuf Gagdi should go to jail for ‘contempt of parliament’: Rep

Mr Gagdi, while moving a motion of personal explanation at the plenary on June 6, told the parliament that his privilege had been breached.

Ikenga Ugochinyere and Yusuf Gagdi
June 12, 2024

Tinubu is not Superman; even U.S. president slipped several times: Onanuga

“President Tinubu is not a Superman. He is human like all of us,” Mr Onanuga said.

June 12, 2024

National Assembly should outlaw military intervention, says MKO Abiola’s wife

Tinu Abiola, wife of the late MKO Abiola, has urged the National Assembly to enact a law prohibiting military intervention in Nigerian politics.

MKO Abiola
June 12, 2024

Nigeria not ‘truly democratic’ country: Peter Obi

“Let us use the commemoration of June 12 as an occasion to return to a truly democratic nation,” said Mr Obi.

Peter Obi
June 12, 2024

Labour Party asks Tinubu to make public office unattractive to criminals

The Labour Party has called on President Bola Tinubu to make public office unattractive to encourage well-meaning leaders.

Labour Party leaders (Credit: Guardian)
June 12, 2024

Nigerians call for six-year rotational presidency amid Democracy Day celebration

A cross-section of Nigerians have called for a single six-year tenure and a rotational system of government to improve Nigeria’s democracy.

President Bola Tinubu