mko Abiola

Scientists invent 30-minute COVID detector, Adesanya defends UFC title | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Here are the top news stories you shouldn’t miss across Nigeria’s 36-state federation and capital. New device could detect COVID-19 in 30 minutes Scientists in the United Kingdom have made a headway in coming up with a device that can detect possible COVID-19 infection from a person’s body odour under 30 minutes. The researchers, who... Read More

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32-yr-old Adebo Ogundoyin emerges as speaker of Oyo Assembly, Peruzzi assaults Twitter influencer Pamilerin, Botswana decriminalises homosexuality – Here’s everything that went down this week

This week was a rollercoaster of buzzy stories, from politics to pop culture and while we routinely reported each of these stories from our YNaija desk, here’s a roundup of everything that went down in the past six days and are still trending today: 32-yr-old Adebo Ogundoyin emerges as speaker of Oyo Assembly Adebo Edward... Read More

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The Big 5: Buhari’s govt driving Nigeria towards disaster, instability – Obasanjo; Atiku, PDP seeks permission to inspect INEC’s server | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Buhari’s govt driving Nigeria towards disaster, instability – Obasanjo In a recent interview with Premium Times, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is driving Nigeria towards “disaster and instability”. He said this at his Ibogun Olaogun ancestral home in... Read More

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The Presidency wants you to know that Buhari will be sworn in on May 29, and not June 12

With so much happening in the country, from the uptick in kidnaps and attacks to the general feeling of how hopeless Nigeria is currently, we all can agree that the Presidency reminding us that Buhari’s inauguration for a second tenure will hold on May 29, and thus debunking the widely-circulated reports that it will hold... Read More

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Buhari and the Blessings of June 12

Everyone was taken by surprise. Even the President before this time had probably not given it a thought, and if he had emerged as the President in the years before 2015, he may not have considered it. We were not hinted on May 29, during the usual Democracy Day speech, not as if the President... Read More

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#YNaijaEssays: June 12 and the legacy of Nigerian Leadership III

Last week, Nigeria as a nation celebrated the post-humous honour granted to Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and the recognition that was given to the 1993 elections. However, much of this joy seemed restricted to certain age demographics. Specifically, only the people who had lived during his own run for the presidency seemed to suggest... Read More

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#YNaijaEssays: June 12 and the legacy of Nigerian Leadership II

Last week, Nigeria as a nation celebrated the post-humous honour granted to Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and the recognition that was given to the 1993 elections. However, much of this joy seemed restricted to certain age demographics. Specifically, only the people who had lived during his own run for the presidency seemed to suggest... Read More

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#YNaijaEssays: June 12 and the legacy of Nigerian Leadership I

Last week, Nigeria as a nation celebrated the post-humous honour granted to Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola and the recognition that was given to the 1993 elections. However, much of this joy seemed restricted to certain age demographics. Specifically, only the people who had lived during his own run for the presidency seemed to suggest... Read More

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Wole Soyinka shows us why Buhari doesn’t need a hero’s crown for June 12

On the evening of June 6 when President Muhammadu Buhari issued an executive order recognising June 12 as the new Democracy Day, and the decision to honour the hero of the June 12 struggle, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola alongside his running mate, Babagana Kingibe with the award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic... Read More

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The Late 5: Buhari tenders apology to Abiola over election annulment, Court convicts former Plateau Governor, Dariye and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday tendered a national apology on behalf of the Federal Government to the family of the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election that was annulled by the Military Government at the time. “We cannot... Read More

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The Late 5: New law disqualifies Jonathan from re-contesting for Presidency, Obasanjo accuses FG of plotting to silence him and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed a constitutional amendment that stops a vice president who completes the term of a president from contesting for the office of the President more than once. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang,... Read More

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BREAKING: Abiola conferred with GCFR as FG declares June 12 Democracy Day

The Federal Government on Wednesday declared June 12 as the nation’s Democracy Day, replacing May 29. In a statement signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the FG also conferred the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, the presumed winner of the election with the highest honour of the land, GCFR. Buhari also conferred Abiola’s running mate, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: Lagos to remodel statues of Gani Fawehinmi and M.K.O Abiola

The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, commenced the remodeling of Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi and Late Chief MKO Abiola statues into a new but bigger, better and more aesthetic sculpture of the two prominent Nigerians for better appreciation of their contribution to the development of Nigeria. The State Acting... Read More

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To impeach Osinbajo would be quite another June 12

by Alexander O. Onukwue Nigeria’s political climate is probably at its most tense state since the annulment of the June 12, 1993, Presidential elections. A combination of ethnic tensions all around the country and the instability around the President’s health and ability to maintain the mantle of leadership have masked all other issues in the... Read More

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“June 12 is not just a story, Abiola was killed with Abuja tea” – Fani Kayode (WATCH)

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode says we should regard June 12 as more than a story as that annulled election of 1993 was the ‘freest and fairest’ election till date. He said this in a programme on AIT (People, Politics and Power), while speaking about the incidents during and after the June 12, 1993... Read More

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 12th of June

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on Ynaija: “Enough is Enough! We have endured 24 years of military rule” | The MKO Abiola speech that got him arrested Buhari directs Osinbajo to sign 2017 budget “Thank God for my bullet-proof car” | Melaye reacts to fresh assassination claim

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Thought Experiment: ‘I am Ibrahim Babangida, and this is what I think about the June 12 hype’

Please, this is not a true account. This is a writer pretending to know what’s going on in the mind of General Babangida as he lives through another June 12 knowing people are judging him for annulling “their election”. Sigh, 24 years already! Every year since 1993, I have had to endure the shades, the... Read More

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June 12: The little known details you need to know

by Alexander O. Onukwue The profound discussions and questions about the annulled elections of June 12, 1993, that should have seen MKO Abiola become the President of Nigeria, usually, revolves around why General Ibrahim Babangida acted in the way he did. Could there have been an alternative to annulment, like a power sharing deal? Should... Read More

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[The Presidential Blog] What Femi Adesina learnt while working for MKO Abiola

Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity has lived long years in the media industry. He has written for Vanguard Newspapers, The Sun Newspaper, and Concord Newspapers, the news outlet of Concord Press, one of Chief MKO Abiola’s many business ventures in Nigeria. Femi Adesina has also served as the president... Read More

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How General Babangida broke the news of the annullment of June 12 elections to Nigerians

June 12 every year is always a crude reawakening to how much has been snatched from the Nigerian people by military dictators. Not only was the first truly democratic elections in Nigeria abruptly annulled by General Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida, the man who should have seen the nation through it’s first memories of democratic rule, Chief... Read More

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The Dummies’ Guide to understanding the fuss over June 12, Nigeria’s alternative Democracy day

It is said that he was not properly given a first name until he was about 15. Kashimawo, “we’ll see* or “let’s wait and see”, they called him until then because all the other kids of his father had died too young. The events of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola’s childhood echo what this day now... Read More

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“Enough is Enough! We have endured 24 years of military rule” | The MKO Abiola speech that got him arrested

Today, 24 years ago, everyone believed military rule had ended as Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the June 12, 1993, election, but the excitement was short-lived when then military rulers, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and Sani Abacha dismissed what is described till date as the freest and fairest election ever. IBB started by annulling... Read More

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The 12 main actors of June 12, what they did and why

by Alexander O. Onukwue MKO Abiola The adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993, Presidential elections, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was a businessman, philanthropist and a personal friend of the Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida. MKO ran on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), with a campaign slogan of ‘Hope 93: Farewell... Read More

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These quotes of actors and witnesses will help you understand June 12

by Alexander O. Onukwue From Abuja to Lagos, Akure to Benin, through Kano to the South East, the events that led to what we now commemorate as ‘June 12’ will remain the stuff of diverging theories, coined conspiracies, and eternal secrets. On an annual basis, fresh nuances are brought into the conversation as we attempt... Read More

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“June 12 is the mother of May 29” – Bola Tinubu (READ)

The former governor of Lagos State, and National leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, said the June 12 experience led to the eventual end of military dictatorship. Tinubu said that “June 12 is the mother of May 29” and that the annulment of the June 12 election is a “bitter pill to swallow”.... Read More

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Atiku describes the June 12 experience as “unforgettable” (READ)

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has described the June 12 experience as an unforgotten history. In a statement by his Media Office in Abuja, on Sunday, Atiku said the June 12 and the events around it “are part of our country’s history and cannot be forgotten, especially because of the unity and comradeship displayed by... Read More

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The Thread: “June 12 is the real democracy day” “The real hero” | Twitter NG remembers MKO Abiola

Nigerians today remember MKO Abiola and the price he paid for democracy to be actualised in the country. On this historic day, Twitter NG is alive with the thoughts and the feelings of the people. Do see below: Throwback https://twitter.com/d_problemsolver/status/874190946459680768 The famous Hope '93 jingle. Same problems still persist today, 24 years later. #June12 pic.twitter.com/9n9IDeOJbj... Read More

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June 12: What it is about and what it is not about

by Alexander O. Onukwue For two decades, Nigerians have annually commemorated the annulment of the Presidential elections of June 12, 1993. The elections of the still-born Third Republic were contested between the candidates of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the National Republican Convention (NRC). Though results were never officially called, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale ‘MKO’... Read More

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How Kudirat Abiola was murdered – Oyinlola

Former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has retold the incidents that led to the killing of Kudirat Abiola, wife of late MKO Abiola. Oyinlola was the Military Administrator of Lagos State when the incident happened. His said, according to Daily Post, “I was opening the reconstructed Sura Market on Lagos Island – that was... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: The Aare’s curse- Did late MKO Abiola curse the North?

by Peregrino Brimah Aare Ona Kakanfo is a title given to the generalissimo, the war general during the Old Oyo Empire. The defacto Field Marshal who leads battles and conquers enemies. It is no little title. The Aare (XIII) before MKO Abiola, Ladoke Akintola died fighting, submachine gun in both hands during the Nzeogwu coup.... Read More

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