Category: Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari at Democracy Day parade in Abuja Three persons collapsed on Monday during the military parade which held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, as part of the activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day celebrations. The individuals, drawn from the different units of the military, eyewitnesses say, may have succumbed after being weighed […]

Nigerian main opposition leader and presidential candidate Moshood Abiola votes in Lagos in a 12 June 1993 file photo. Abiola, the presumed winner of the elections, was placed under house arrest by police 11 June, one day before setting up a government of national unity. The 1993 vote was annulled by then military leader Gen. […]

Osinbajo: Democracy was hard earned by Nigerians from the six geopolitical zones All eyes on PDP over choice of my running mate, says Atiku Kwankwaso promises Southern Christian as running mate The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has, again, advised political parties against undermining the Christian community in the forthcoming presidential election by running Muslim-Muslim […]

Alhaja Aminat Irawo (left); Prof. Pat Utomi; Secretary to Lagos State Government, Mrs. Folashade Jaji; Comrade Olawale Okunniyi; wife of the late MKO Abiola, Bisi; Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Senator Shehu Sani; Human Rights Activists, Chief Mike Ozekhome and others at the yearly June 12 Democracy Day celebration in honour of M.K.O Abiola […]

Asks candidates to treat opponents with dignity President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reassured Nigerians that he would ensure a free, fair and transparent electoral process in the country. He gave the promise in a nationwide broadcast as part of the activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day in Abuja, ”I am also promising you a […]

Full text of President Buhari’s Democracy Day speech Fellow Nigerians, Today, June The 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation. From 1999, we consistently celebrated Democracy Day to mark the end of military rule and the return of power and control into the hands of […]

Stakeholders have expressed reservation over the promise by the presidential candidates of the two major political parties to turn around the power sector. Both Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Party (APC) have unveiled their manifestos with the rejuvenation of the power sector […]