By Banji Ayoola ON behalf of the Federal Government, I tender the nation’s apology to the family of the late M.K.O. Abiola, who got the highest votes and to those that lost their loved ones in the cause of June 12 struggle. The above were the exact words of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe We have read: ‘If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also\’. What does this mean? The meaning of turning the other cheek is that we should endeavor not to react in a vengeful manner when we perceive that we have been wrongly treated by others. All the […]
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By Taoheed Ajao Taoheed wrote: \”Five years ago, June 2013, while on a visit to my children in Arundel, Maryland, USA, I wrote the piece below on the June 12 agitation, its appropriateness for our Democracy Day and MKO Abiola\’s place in history. The vindication of the essence of the essay recently by President […]
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IMPRESSED with their overwhelming support and solidarity over the declaration of June 12 as the new Democracy Day and the conferment of the nation\’s highest honours on the presumed winner of the annulled 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, his running mate, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe and the iconic human rights lawyer and crusader, […]
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Governments of the six South-west states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti have unanimously declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Their declaration came on the heels of a […]
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An ex President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and former House of Representatives member, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele, who was being treated of gun shot wounds at a Lagos hospital, has been flown to the United Kingdom for further treatment. The former activist who is also an ex governorship aspirant, and five […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to continue to ensure justice in governance to enable him fulfil his mandate and ascend. He spoke on Saturday at the closing of the 2018 Ramadan Tafsir held at the Aso Rock Mosque, Abuja, where he said that he is mindful of the socio-economic realities across the country and promised to […]
Continue ReadingThe Super Eagles can perform brilliantly at the forthcoming World Cup in Russia, but their handler, Gernot Rohr should not build the team around any player, as this style could back fire, Emmanuel Amuneke has warned. Nigeria is grouped with Argentina, Iceland and Croatia in the World Cup fiesta which kicks off on Thursday. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been advised by a retired Navy Commodore and former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, to settle their differences behind the curtain in the usual military style. He said in a statement that his appeal to the two is in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he stopped his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina from replying former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter against his administration because of Adesina’s age. He explained the reasons when members of the Buhari Support Organisation visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday night, adding that the second […]
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