Tag: mko Abiola

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 29, 2017

I have no comments on MKO Abiola’s death – Abdulsalami Abubakar

by Dolapo Adelana A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), on Friday refused to comment on allegations ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 4, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: APC senators express displeasure with party leadership | 13-year-old boy commits suicide in Sokoto | More stories

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Suspected herdsmen kill 10 in Benue – YNaija 13-year-old boy commits suicide ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 2, 2017

Buhari should unravel the killers of MKO, Kudirat Abiola – Son

by Dolapo Adelana A son of Chief MKO Abiola, Abdulmumuni Abiola, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaApril 2, 2017

How NADECO members abandoned MKO Abiola – Bamaiyi

by Dolapo Adelana A former Chief of Army Staff, General Ishaya Bamaiyi, has accused members of the defunct National Democratic ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaDecember 4, 2016

MKO Abiola’s refusal to listen to me cost him his life – Anenih

Former minister for Works Chief Tony Anenih said winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 election Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaNovember 30, 2016

June 12: Anenih betrayed Abiola – Kokori

Former General  Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) Chief Frank Kokori, says Chief Tony Anenih ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaNovember 29, 2016

How Babangida rejected Abiola’s plea to be President for one day – Anenih

Chief Tony Anenih has revealed how winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ...

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Isime EseneJune 12, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Olusegun Mimiko and the true meaning of June 12

by Jude Ndukwe No doubt, the June 12, 1993, mandate freely and willingly given to the late icon of democracy ...

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Isime EseneJune 12, 2016

Hafsat Abiola-Costello: Who is afraid of a united Nigeria?

by Hafsat Abiola-Costello We have arrived again at another anniversary of the June 12 Presidential Election of 1993, that event ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 12, 2016

Reuben Abati: Remembering MKO Abiola, June 12 and a coup against the Nigerian people

This day, June 12 will always be remembered by those who have defied the culture of silence and conspiracy against ...

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Dele BenjaminJune 11, 2016

Afenifere to Buhari: ‘Release result of June 12 presidential election

The Afenifere Renewal Group has called on the Federal Government to release the official result of the June 12 1993 ...

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Dele BenjaminJune 5, 2016

Abdusalami ‘saw to it that my father died in detention’ – Abiola’s son

A son of late Chief MKO Abiola, Jamiu Abiola, has lamented the refusal of former military Head of State, Gen. ...

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Kolapo OlapojuAugust 17, 2015

What Babangida said about Abiola, Buhari and PDP yesterday

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), says he still misses the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 15, 2015

‘OBJ is a cancer that may never get cured’ – Fayose is still on the matter

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has described former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has a terminal disease that ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 20, 2015

“GEJ is very scared of Osinbajo” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. Fayose, the APC ambusher. The opposition party is wary of Ayo Fayose… for he may be planning ...

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Op-Ed EditorDecember 13, 2014

.@DeleMomodu: My passionate letter to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

by Dele Momodu Your Excellency, let me start by congratulating you on a keenly contested Presidential Primary of your party ...

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Kolapo OlapojuDecember 9, 2014

Abiola’s brother nabbed for defrauding Pastor

by Kolapo Olapoju Mubasiru Abiola, the 73-year-old younger brother of M.K.O Abiola, has been arraigned by the police before a ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 22, 2014

@CGNOscar: Why I believe in stomach infrastructure

by Chinedu George The so-called concept of the stomach infrastructure has gradually crept into the Nigerian political lexicon, especially after ...

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July 8, 2014

Soyombo Ayomikun: Minutes before M.K.O Abiola died (Poetry)

by Soyombo Ayomikun    He sipped    The tea    Thirsty    Needing fluid    The    Evil ones    ...

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June 21, 2014

Dele Momodu: So my own Alhaji is gone!

by Dele Momodu I discovered his staying power was the ability to accommodate everyone while minding his own business. Those ...

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June 12, 2014

Opinion: June 12- Sacrifices, unity and politics of division

by M.B.O Owolowo “The Abiola chapter in Nigerian politics was historic in more ways than one, because he represented the ...

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June 6, 2014

Joe Igbokwe: 18 years after Kudirat Abiola

by Joe Igbokwe My take in all this is that Chief MKO Abiola, his wife Kudirat Abiola and other heroes ...

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May 31, 2014

MKO Abiola sacrificed everything for Nigeria – Obasanjo (finally) agrees

by Akan Ido After years of deliberately refusing to acknowledge MKO Abiola’s contribution to Nigeria’s transition to democracy, former President ...

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May 9, 2014

Akin Osuntokun: We are paying the price for the annulment of June 12, 1993 election

by Akin Osuntokun To recap — we are paying the price of the folly of the annulment of the 1993 ...

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April 5, 2014

Dele Momodu: Why are we so difficult?

by Dele Momodu The trouble now is that it has become virtually difficult if not impossible to identify anyone who ...

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March 8, 2014

Demola Rewaju: Abacha, honour and the necessary question mark

by Demola Rewaju The name ‘Sani Abacha’ and the word ‘honour’ (or the Americanised cousin ‘honor’) must never be used ...

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February 23, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Lessons to learn from Sanusi’s removal

by Tunde Fagbenle Back home and to the issue, SLS had continually poked his fingers into the eye of the ...

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February 9, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Wars and rumours of war

by Simon Kolawole To the Junaids, my advice is if you don’t want Jonathan, vote against him. No Northerner should ...

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December 6, 2013

Nduka Obaigbena remembers: MKO Abiola & his last flight to South Africa (for Mandela)

by Nduka Obaigbena The publisher of ThisDay commemorated the June 12 anniversary last year by recalling late politician MKO Abiola’s ...

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December 6, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Nelson Mandela & MKO Abiola share a big laugh

by Chi Ibe We continue our tribute to a man who only shows up once in a lifetime, former president ...

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