Tag: June 12
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June 12: Fayose declares Monday public holiday
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has declared Monday a public holiday in honour of the winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Ogun, Ondo and Oyo states had earlier declared Monday a public holiday in commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the day. In a statement issued…
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June 12: We lost golden opportunities not handing Abiola his mandate – Dele Momodu
Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has said Nigeria lost golden opportunities not handing over Chief MKO Abiola’s mandate to him after winning the election that was widely adjudged free and fair. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup. TheNewsGuru.com reports that…
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Osun declares June 12 public holiday
The Osun State Government has declared Monday as public holiday to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election. This is contained in a release signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa in Osogbo on Friday. “The public holiday is to commemorate the June 12, 1993 presidential election believed to have…
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JDPC holds child’s rights confab June 12
The Women Development and Child’s Rights Programme of Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan will hold this year’s annual key stakeholders conference on child’ s rights on Monday 12th June, 2017. The venue of the conference is J. Travers place at the Justice Development and Peace Commission premises inside St. Patrick’s…
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June 12: We’ll ensure FG immortalises MKO Abiola – Ogun govt
The Ogun State Government has assured that it will continue to liaise with relevant authorities to ensure that the late acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, is immortalised by the Federal Government. The Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, gave the assurance at a meeting with the…
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I did not kill Abiola’s wife, Kudirat – Al-Mustapha insists
The former Chief Security Officer to the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.), on Saturday, insisted that he knows nothing about Abiola’s wife, Kudirat’s death. He noted that if he had been guilty of all allegations against him, his conscience would not allow him to speak about what happened in…
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June 12, not May 29 should be named Democracy Day – Joe Keshi
By Sunny Ogefere Former permanent secretary in the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Joe Keshi has urged the Federal Government to name June 12 Democracy Day instead of the May 29 that is currently fixed at. Keshi also noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress, APC, is yet to fulfill its promised…