Tag: late Chief MKO Abiola
Activists mark 19th anniversary of MKO Abiola’s death
Human rights and pro-democracy activists on Friday in Lagos reiterated the need for the Federal Government to name a key…
Senate Leadership: APC Should Carry The Big Stick
By Joe Igbokwe Few days ago, Professor Pat Utomi lamented that interlopers and agents of darkness have hijacked our CHANGE…
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…
Abiola’s Wife Clinches Lagos UPN Gov Ticket
Kayode Aponmade Chief Mrs Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, wife of the late politician and business mogul, Chief MKO Abiola, has emerged the…
APC: Giving A Dog A Bad Name
By Joe Igbokwe In the course of the presidential campaigns in 1992/1993 the handlers of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the Presidential…
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…
Tributes Galore For Otedola
Yisa Jamiu & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The late Sir Michael Atolagbe Otedola, former Governor of Lagos State, has been described as…
Otedola: Another Good Man Is Gone!
By Bilikis Bakare A particular dictionary simply defines philanthropy as charitable giving to human causes on a large scale. Philanthropy…
The Making Of My New Book
A book, Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics In Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo And Corporate Agency, will be presented to the public…
A Unique Brand —A Tribute To Baba Omojola
By E. C. Ejiogu If Baba Omojola were a commercial product, the most appropriate pitch-line in the marketing campaign to…
Warning On Rivers State Crisis
By Joe Igbokwe Whatever way you choose to look at the political quagmire in Rivers State, it is obvious that…
Outrage Over Reprieve For Al-Mustapha Persists
Nigerians have continued to express outrage over the recent Appeal Court judgement which discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and…
June 12: How Can We Forget? (2)
By Chido Onumah “I betrayed my very genuine friend for 25 years. From the day we met, there was rapport.…
MKO Memorial Match: Fashola’s All Stars Battle Ex-Abiola Babes
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State will join his All Stars International Football Club when they face a selected…