Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the result of the annulled June 12. 1993 presidential election with the honour bestowed on the presumed winner, Chief Moshood Abiola. He, therefore, called on the President to direct security chiefs to restore the rights of all […] …
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June 12: I’ll work for your second term, Tinubu promises Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said President Muhammadu Buhari deserved a second term and that he would work for his victory in the 2019 presidential election. SEE ALSO: June 12: Stop displaying loyalty to Abiola’s ‘Tormentor-in-Chief,’ Soyinka tells Buhari While highlighting some of Buhari’s achievements, Tinubu […] …
[PHOTOS] June 12: Ambode unveils 46-feet statue of MKO Abiola
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday unveiled a 46-feet statue of Nigeria’s symbol of democracy and adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, Bashorun Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola. Ambode expressed optimism that the monument will forever crystallise what he stood for in his lifetime. A press statement signed by Chief Press […] …
June 12: Buhari approves national honours for more Nigerians
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved of some other Nigerians to be conferred with national honours for their contributions to democracy. Mustapha spoke at the Presidential Villa, Abuja venue of the post-humous investiture of Chief Moshood Abiola as Grand […] …
June 12: Buhari apologises to MKO Abiola’s family on behalf of Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja offered unreserved apology on behalf of the Federal Government to the family of MKO Abiola, over the annulment of June 12, 1993 election, presumably won by late Abiola. The President apologised at the Special National Honours Investiture and award presentation to heroes of June 12, 1993 poll, which […] …
June 12: Stop displaying loyalty to Abiola’s ‘Tormentor-in-Chief,’ Soyinka tells Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to stop admiring and displaying loyalty to an unnamed individual whom he referred to late MKO Abiola’s “Tormentor-in-Chief.” Some are of the opinion that he had referred to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, who clamped the business mogul to jail for […] …
