Tag: June 12
Gov. Ambode hails Buhari’s declaration of June 12
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday hailed the announcement by President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as the…
Buhari Declares June 12 Democracy Day, confers GCFR award on Abiola
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced that Democracy Day will henceforth be celebrated on June 12 of each year.
June 12, 1993 And The Lessons Of History
Those who were not born before June 12 1993 may not know what is all about. For record purposes, June…
June 12: Ambode Urges Nigerians To Remain United, Uphold Democratic Value
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday paid glowing tributes to the late winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential…
June 12 Is Precursor Of Democracy Today- Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says without the uncompromising resistance to military rule engendered by the annulment…
Lagos Declares June 12 Public Holiday
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Sunday declared Monday public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the…
June 12: Justice Saleh lied, judiciary didn’t annul election-Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) says retired Justice Aminu Saleh lied to Nigerians in his account of June 12,…
June 12: Tinubu asks Nigerians to speak up against corruption
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress has tasked Nigerians on the need to speak up…
June 12: Osun Govt declares Monday public holiday
Osun State Government on Friday declared Monday as public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the state. Notice of…
Rethinking June 12 And The 2015 Wind Of Change Mandate
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Exactly 22 years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 general elections many Nigerians outside…
Declare June 12 Democracy Day, Ambode Tells Buhari
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…
Buhari must declare June 12 Democracy Day, says Ambode, others
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…
June 12 challenges us to protect democracy, says Bola Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress has stated that the historic June 12 general elections…
Don’t comment, identify with June 12, Afenifere tells Kingibe
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has described the ‘June 12 struggle’ as an albatross…
June 12, mother of democracy in Nigeria – Lagos Speaker
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, has described the June 12, 1993…
Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday
The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…
Ambode declares June 12 Public Holiday
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday declared Friday, June 12 as a Work Free Day in commemoration…
LASG To Buhari: Declare June 12 Democracy Day
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 Democracy Day in honour…
Between June 12 And March 28
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In the history of every country, certain dates are considered as defining and epoch making. Such dates…
Another June 12 Gathering Steam —Falana
Simon Ateba Lagos lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Barrister Femi Falana, on Wednesday warned that disturbing developments in recent…
Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram And The Future Of Nigeria (2)
By Chido Onumah For a people in search of a meaningful national identity, I worry when we miss any opportunity…
Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram And The Future Of Nigeria (1)
By Chido Onumah Nigeria’s celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is an interviewer’s delight, whether she is talking about Nigeria, novels,…
NADECO Chieftains Celebrate Kokori At 70
Prominent Nigerians, including retired Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu and Chief Segun Osoba were among guests at a book launch in…
June 12 Can’t Be Forgotten —CDHR
Lagos chapter Chairman of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, Comrade Isiak Buna, has stated that June…
Why I Named Garden Park After Kanu — Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos says he named the garden park at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, after former Military Administrator of…
June 12 A Revolution – Gov Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has described the June 12, 1993 election won by Chief MKO Abiola…
No Lesson Learnt From June 12, Says Okei-Odumakin
Kazeem Ugbodaga Twenty-one years after the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola,…
Declare June 12 Unity Day – Fasehun tells FG
The Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr Frederick Fasehun, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to proclaim…
Fashola Declares June 12 Holiday
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved Thursday, 12 June, 2014 as public holiday in Lagos. This…