Tag: Abiola
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Police Service Commission reacts to attack on female police officer
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has described the attack on Insp. Teju Moses, a female Police Orderly attached to Prof. Zainab Abiola as barbaric and inhuman. Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, that the assault on the police officer was a…
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Muslim-Muslim ticket: We can’t defend this before our constituents – Northern Christian APC leaders
…say it’s unacceptable … insist 1993 June 12 not 2023 The 19 Northern states All Progressives Congress APC, Christian leaders rose from a meeting on Monday and declared that it is virtually impossible to defend a Muslim -Muslm ticket before their constituents in northern Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu…
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Babangida at 80 celebrations are in order – Dele Sobowale
Dele Sobowale “The most uncharitable critic of IBB, after experiencing four other administrations (Shonekan, Abacha, Abubakar and now Obasanjo) readily concedes that but for the annulment of June 12, 1993, IBB would have been an untainted hero.” Double Chief Duro Onabule, Chief Press Secretary to IBB. (IBRAHIM B BABANGIDA (1985-1992): LETTING A THOUSAND FLOWERS BLOOM.…
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Why IBB annulled my schoolmate, MKO Abiola’s election in 1993 – Obasanjo
A Former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says ‘bad blood’ is the reason for the annulment of the June 12, 1993, Presidential election thought to have been won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the election, regarded as the free and fairest in the nation’s history was annulled by…
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Abiola’s family speaks on robbery attack on Ikeja home
The family of late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola on Tuesday explained how some gun-welding hoodlums invaded the family’s residence at Ikeja, Lagos. The family in a statement signed and released on its behalf by Tundun Abiola said the hoodlums ransacked the house and stole cash and other valuable items. Read full statement below: GUN-WIELDING…
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June 12: Family urges FG to recognize Abiola as ex-President
The Abiola family of Abeokuta in Ogun on Friday demanded for an official recognition of late chief M.K.O Abiola as an ex-president of Nigeria. The Head of the Family, Chief Olanrewaju Abiola, made the demand on President Muhammadu Buharui at the family house in Abeokuta. The late M.K.O Abiola was believed to have won the…
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Democracy Day: Atiku eulogises Abiola, lists other ‘unsung heroes’ who lost their lives fighting for Nigeria
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in his message to Nigerians on the occasion Of the 21st Anniversary Of Democracy Day, lauded the sacrifices made by the winner of the June 12 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola. He described Abiola as a symbol of the June 12 struggle. Atiku, however, called for the honour…
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What Nigeria missed from Abiola’s presidency – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late MKO Abiola as a bridge builder who could have prevented the religious and tribal issues besetting the country now from happening, if he had been allowed to rule Nigeria. Speaking Tuesday, in Abuja, when he received Elders and Leaders of Thought from Ogun State at the State House,…
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June 12: Buhari honouring Abiola is to your shame — Fayose tells Obasanjo
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fasoye, has again criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for failing to honour Moshood Abiola throughout his eight years in power. Fayose made the rebuke in a tweet on Thursday. He said the honour done to Abiola by President Muhammadu Buhari is a shame on Obasanjo, as a…
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June 12: Obasanjo keeps mum as Abiola’s running mate, Kingibe accuses him of masterminding annulment
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ambassador Babagana Kingibe on Wednesday accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of being one of the architects of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was won by the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Recall that Kingibe was Abiola’s running mate on the…