Browsing: June 12

It was a wise, even if a political decision, one of those few things for which President Buhari’s sleepy administration deserves to be remembered for.

The first thing to realise is that closure and justice can only come for a contrite killer and not one locked up in a circuit of non-disclosure.

Now, has the ghost of June 12 been finally laid to rest? Is MKO’s vision for Nigeria alive in Tinubu’s presidency? Vice President Kashim Mustapha Shettima thinks so.

 Bamidele, who was the Guest Speaker at the 2025 June 12 Democracy Day commemoration organized by the Ondo State Government, delivered his address through the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, SAN.

Senator Usman made this assertion in an address delivered at the New Nigeria Youth Summit 2025, themed: “Attracting Diaspora Investment, Pulling Nigeria Out of Poverty, and Transforming into a Global Economic Power.” 

This is as the party also called on key democratic institutions, including the National Assembly, Judiciary, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to assert their independence and uphold the rule of law.

This is coming days ahead of the commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day on June 12.

It was March 1995, marking the beginning of a 1,460-day nightmare for one of Nigeria’s most distinguished military engineers. No warrant. No explanation.

This is contained in a statement by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr. in Abuja on Sunday.

The concept of state capture, which originated in South Africa, was exemplified in Nigeria during the General Babangida era.

The group also backed calls for the post-humous declaration of late Bashorun Abiola as a validly elected president of Nigeria.

He, as the Commander-in-Chief, was blameless. He told Nigerians that he and the then newly elected president would have been killed.

General Babangida made this known in his autobiography: “A Journey in Service,” which was launched in Abuja on Thursday

But mindful of the need to ensure that peace continues to reign in our fragile federation, I have so far tried to pursue sweet reason and negotiation.

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election said this on Tuesday.

The former two-term Anambra State Governor said this in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle on Monday.

The Yoruba generalissimo, who spoke on Monday, stated further that the death of the late Abiola was not in vain because democracy has come to stay.

The President stated this during a National Broadcast to mark the June 12 Democracy Day on Monday in Abuja.

That presidential election was the first since the 1983 military coup that swept away the Second Republic politicians.

The organization also cautioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop inciting the public, stressing that his seditious admonition was not needed.