Photo: Facebook /Femi Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari says he remains ever committed to upholding and defending Nigeria’s corporate existence. He declared his commitment in a nationwide broadcast on Saturday in Abuja to mark this year’s Democracy Day. The president vowed to do all within his power to constitutionally ensure that the security and welfare of […]

Today is Nigeria’s Democracy Day, which is celebrated to commemorate the end of protracted military rule in the country. Until June 6, 2018, the event held yearly on May 29, the exact date the military handed over power to an elected civilian government in 1999. The new date– June 12– announced by President Muhammadu Buhari […]

Fellow Nigerians, I join you all today to commemorate and celebrate our Democracy Day. It is a celebration of freedom and a victory for one people, one country and one Nigeria. As with all democracies we will always be going through improvement processes in our desire to reach the goal of a mature democracy, a […]

Photo: Twitter/Drahmadlwan/Topebrownn Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, admitted that the debt burden of about N32trillion on the economy is very high, but said: “it is necessary to help build needed infrastructure for development.” At a media briefing on the 2nd anniversary of the Ninth Senate in Abuja, he noted that a substantial amount is owed […]

Says: Our country still in search of true democracy Judiciary still lacks autonomy despite strike call-off by JUSUN Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has said that given the state of affairs in the country, the nation is still in the search of true democracy. He said that the […]

Photo: Twitter/Femigbaja All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that despite the challenges facing the country today, Nigeria has moved towards a better and greater democracy. He made this known yesterday as he joined other Nigerians to celebrate this year’s Democracy Day. The former Lagos State governor, in a statement, […]

As the nation marks Democracy Day today, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has disclosed its plan to approach the international community to “assist the entrapped ethnic nationalities to regain their fundamental human rights, freedom, human dignity and right to self-determination enshrined in global laws and protocols.” The group said the move became necessary because President […]